UK & USA Today Editoweb 8 March 2010

Straw refuses to reveal Venables details

Justice Secretary Jack Straw refused to reveal further details of Jon Venables' recall to prison as he updated MPs on the case.

Economic outlook still bumpy - Barker

Britain's economic recovery is likely to be unsteady, though for now it looks on track after favourable employment data and a return to growth late last year, Bank of England policymaker Kate Barker said on Monday.

Web warning after teenager's murder

The mother of a teenage girl kidnapped, raped and murdered by a convicted sex offender she met on Facebook has questioned why he was free to attack her daughter.

Straw: 'I Won't Answer On Bulger Killer'

Jack Straw has refused to reveal why one of James Bulger's killers was sent back to jail, saying it would not be in the interests of justice.

Teenager's chatroom killer gets life

Convicted sex offender Peter Chapman has been jailed for life after admitting the rape and murder of a teenager he met on the internet.

UK soldier killed in Afghan blast

A British soldier has been killed in an explosion while on foot patrol in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence has said.

Strong earthquake slams eastern Turkey, kills 51

A strong, pre-dawn earthquake knocked down stone and mud-brick houses, barns and minarets in eastern Turkey on Monday, killing 51 people in five villages, the government said.

'How much higher do premiums have to rise?'

President Barack Obama accused insurance companies of placing profits over people and said Republicans ignored long-festering problems when they held power as he sought to build support Monday for swift passage of legislation stalled in Congress.

Oldest person in US dies in NH at age 114

 Mary Josephine Ray, the New Hampshire woman who was certified as the oldest person living in the United States, has died at age 114 years, 294 days.

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