UK & USA Today Editoweb 12 January 2010

Brown was 'key member of Iraq inner circle'

The Chilcot Inquiry has heard that Gordon Brown was a key member of Tony Blair's "inner circle" involved in decision-making on Iraq.

Pair escape after ice canal plunge

Two men were plunged into a frozen canal when they drove a car along ice covering the water.

Three Britons, one Colombian kidnapped in Nigeria

Gunmen Tuesday seized three Britons and a Colombian, shooting dead their police escort in the first major kidnapping for six months in southern Nigeria's Niger Delta.

Defence Minister's Niece Jailed For Murder

A niece of defence minister Quentin Davies has been jailed for 15 years for murdering a Frenchman who she met in a bar.

Islamist 'march' group to be banned

Home Secretary Alan Johnson has moved to ban the Islamist group behind a planned march through Wootton Bassett.

Minister's niece jailed for French sex murder

The niece of a British government minister was sentenced to 15 years in prison on Tuesday for drunkenly stabbing a Frenchman she picked up in a bar.

Some fear Kan. ruling may spur abortion violence

A judge's decision to allow a confessed killer to argue that he believes the slaying of one of the nation's few late-term abortion providers was a justified act aimed at saving unborn children has upended what most expected to be an open-and-shut first-degree murder case.

Mystery object to whizz by Earth Wednesday

A mystery object from space is about to whizz close by Earth on Wednesday. It won't hit our planet, but scientists are stumped by what exactly it is.

Historian: Marriage about more than procreation

A Harvard professor testifying in a case challenging California's gay marriage ban said Tuesday that procreation is historically not the only function of marriage.

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