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Conservatives to outlaw non-dom lawmakers - UK waters down vetting scheme for school helpers - Britain Braced For Big Freeze - And Snow.



Conservatives to outlaw non-dom lawmakers

David Cameron said on Sunday that he wanted to change the law to ensure that all MPs and peers pay their taxes in Britain following criticism of members of his own Conservative party.

UK waters down vetting scheme for school helpers

The British government is diluting vetting requirements for adults who work with children after complaints that planned changes would deter volunteers who help out in schools and with clubs.

Britain Braced For Big Freeze - And Snow

The weather will become distinctly seasonal this week with ice, freezing temperatures - and even some snow predicted.

Brown beds down in Afghan war zone

Gordon Brown has bedded down in forces accommodation in Afghanistan as he sought to demonstrate his support for British troops serving in the country.

Blair to give Iraq evidence 'very much in public'

The Iraq war inquiry has insisted that Tony Blair will be questioned "very much in public".

Jailed Amanda Knox tells AP that she's scared

Amanda Knox sounded casual, surprised even, by the simple question as it came through the door of her prison cell in English on Sunday: "How are you?" "OK, thanks.

Houston biggest US city to elect openly gay mayor

Houston became the largest U.S. city to elect an openly gay mayor, with voters handing a solid victory to City Controller Annise Parker after a hotly contested runoff.

Calif. rains ending, residents can return to homes

Residents forced to flee the Los Angeles area foothills amid fears that heavy rains would cause mudslides can return to their homes

Missing Utah mom's family prays for her return

The father of a missing Utah woman is doing what he can to keep attention focused on the search for her, saying investigators' focus on her husband appeared to be misplaced.

Economist Samuelson, Nobel laureate, dead at 94

Economist Paul Samuelson, who won a Nobel prize for his effort to bring mathematical analysis into economics, helped shape tax policy in the Kennedy administration and wrote a textbook read by millions of college students, died Sunday. He was 94.

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