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Irish voters went to the polls on Friday to punish their government for bringing the former Celtic Tiger economy to its knees and leaving it a ward of the European Union and International Monetary Fund.

The final legal obstacle was removed to Starbucks Corp ending its coffee distribution agreement on March 1 with Kraft Foods Inc by a U.S. appeals court ruling on Friday.

The inflation debate is raging in the UK among policy makers. Meanwhile, the only inflation hawk and dissenting voter on the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), Thomas Hoenig, is no longer a voting member this year.

The London Stock Exchange (LSE), which is seeking to acquire The Toronto Stock Exchange, suffered a four-hour halt in trading today due to some technical glitch.

The London Stock Exchange's top trading rivals failed to capitalize on the UK exchange's four-hour crash Friday as trading slowed across the market after the LSE's second trading glitch in a week.

The Droid Bionic designed by Motorola will go to Verizon featuring the 4G LTE (Long Term Evolution) network. Meanwhile Samsung Galaxy S2 is expected to go to T-Mobile.

The United States and Turkey have discussed a range of options with regard to the situation in Lybia, the White House said Friday.

Besieged Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi has chemical and biological weapons at his disposal and would not hesitate to use them against his opponents, warned the country’s former Justice Minister Mustafa Abdel Galil, according to various media reports.

Gold and Silver Prices failed to hold onto a sharp overnight bounce in London trade on Friday, trading below $1404 and $33 respectively per ounce as volatility in crude oil remained at record levels but world stock markets rose for the first day in six.

Political leaders around the world have almost universally condemned the government of Moammar Gaddafi for its brutal crackdown against anti-government protesters. At least 3000 people have died in the bloodshed that appears to be getting worse by the day.

Readout of President Obama’s Calls with President Sarkozy of France, Prime Minister Cameron of the United Kingdom and Prime Minister Berlusconi of Italy

Amidst reports of thousands of deaths in Libya as a result of a brutal crackdown against protesters, the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council is meeting in a special session in Geneva, Switzerland today to discuss possible sanctions against Moammar Gaddafi’s embattled government.

Google is planning to launch an unlimited subscription of its YouTube movie service in UK, according to a report from NewYork Post.

Britain's economy suffered an even sharper slump than expected at the end of last year and would have shrunk slightly even without December's bad weather, official data showed on Friday.

A restaurant in London is selling ice cream made with breast milk donated by a British mom to make the totally natural treat.

Part-nationalized British bank Lloyds swung back into profit last year after a recovery in its core UK retail banking operations absorbed a 4 billion-pound ($6.5 billion) hit on bad debts in Ireland.

It will be awfully hard for William and Kate’s nuptials to match the intense media coverage and global impact of another Royal Wedding from thirty years ago -- when William’s parents Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer were married

British government officials have uncovered billions of pounds of assets that Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi and his regime have deposited in London banks and will immediately seek to freeze them within days.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who rocked the U.S. government by publishing thousands of secret diplomatic memos, must be extradited to Sweden to face sex crimes allegations, a British judge ruled on Thursday.

The Gold Price rose further in London trade Thursday morning, hitting new 2011 highs for Dollar investors as Brent crude oil jumped to $119 per barrel and a raft of economic analysis warned of stagflation ahead for the global economy.

Scientists have detected massive waves, known as 'sausage waves', in giant magnetic holes on the surface of the Sun, bringing a step closer to unveiling the secrets of the Sun.