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UKFI's Moreno says not sought permanent chairman role - Soldier Dies In Shooting Incident - Barat rules out Libertines reunion "right now".



UKFI's Moreno says not sought permanent chairman role

Glen Moreno, acting chairman of UK Financial Investments (UKFI), said on Thursday he had not sought to make his recent appointment to the post a permanent position.

Soldier Dies In Shooting Incident

A British soldier has died in a "shooting incident" in Iraq, the Ministry of Defence has confirmed.

Barat rules out Libertines reunion "right now"

Carl Barat has quashed rumours that his old band The Libertines are about to reform after the band's other former frontman, Pete Doherty, hinted at a possible reunion earlier this week.

Drivers warned as heavy snow falls

Motorists have been warned about dangerous driving conditions as the UK was again hit by heavy snowfall.

UK soldier dies in Iraq gun tragedy

A British soldier has died in a shooting incident in Iraq, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has confirmed.

Royal watchers can track British Queen on website

More than 30 years after she sent her first email, the Queen will unveil a new version of her website on Thursday that allows her subjects to keep track of the royal family using an online map.

Winds knock out power to thousands in Great Lakes

Wild wind with gusts topping 60 mph knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of customers and disrupted travel from the Great Lakes to the East Coast.

Victim dragged under van identified as Ecuadorean

A pedestrian killed after he was hit by an SUV, then trapped under another vehicle and dragged nearly 20 miles, was identified Thursday as a 26-year-old Ecuadorean immigrant recently laid off from a construction job.

Search for tornado victims ends in Oklahoma town

Standing in a field of debris where mobile homes once stood, Sue Rose wondered how a half-mile wide tornado could ravage nearly everything in sight and take so many lives but spare hers.

Survivors of RI club fire awaiting settlement cash

Linda Fisher's medical expenses have grown to a half-million dollars in the six years since a fire tore through a Rhode Island nightclub, killing 100 concertgoers and injuring more than 200.

Obama honors Lincoln's legacy at 'hallowed space'

President Barack Obama stood beneath the flag-draped box where Abraham Lincoln was shot inside Ford's Theatre, honoring the "hallowed space" on the eve of the 16th president's 200th birthday.

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