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</script></div><item><title><![CDATA[Iran arrests British embassy staff ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Eight British embassy employees in Tehran have been arrested in a sharp escalation of the diplomatic row between Iran and the UK.]]></description><link>http://politics.plime.com/politics/l/126052/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/126052/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[British man on trial for 'killing and EATING his girlfriend']]></title><description><![CDATA[A British killer who claimed to have chopped up and eaten his girlfriend is facing 12 years in prison after pleading guilty to her manslaughter. Paul Durant, 47, told a Spanish court he battered mother-of-two Karen Durrell, 41, to death with a mallet at her home on the Costa Blanca.]]></description><link>http://politics.plime.com/plime-com/l/41181/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/41181/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[British Airways asks staff to work for free]]></title><description><![CDATA[British Airways has asked its 40,000 staff to work without pay for up to a month as the ailing airline seeks to cut costs. They lost &#163;401 million in 2008 due in part to higher fuel costs, fewer high-dollar paying passengers and labor cost far above their competitors.]]></description><link>http://politics.plime.com/plime-com/l/123322/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/123322/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Mr. Rude is French and Flatulent for British TV]]></title><description><![CDATA[Zut alors! The popular British cartoon and television series &quot;Mr. Men&quot; has come up with a malodorous Mr. Rude who speaks with a bad French accent. &quot;Pardon me,&quot; says Mr. Rude in comedy Franglais as he breaks wind when his finger is pulled on a game played on the television show's website <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.mrmen.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.mrmen.com</a>.]]></description><link>http://politics.plime.com/entertainment/l/50825/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/entertainment/l/50825/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Serial Killers freed by Iranian court on the grounds that victim's activities were &quot;un-Islamic&quot;]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Iranian Supreme Court has vacated the murder convictions of a group of serial killers because their victims were engaging in un-Islamic activities. The victims all died gruesome deaths that were &quot;sanctioned&quot; by a local cleric.]]></description><link>http://politics.plime.com/plime-com/l/16510/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/16510/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Iran was a democracy till Britain and the US over threw the goverment]]></title><description><![CDATA[In 1951 Dr. Mohammed Mossadegh was elected prime minister of Iran. He became enormously popular in Iran after he nationalized Iran's oil reserves. Unfortunately thi$ up$et Britain who got Ei$enhower to work with them to pull off a <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Ajax" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">coup</a>. History can teach us. Are we ready and willing to learn?]]></description><link>http://politics.plime.com/plime-com/l/92131/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/92131/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[British Manners Proved Fatal on Titanic]]></title><description><![CDATA[British Passengers on the Titanic were much more likely to die than Americans who seem to have been happier to push their way to safety.]]></description><link>http://politics.plime.com/world/l/91724/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/world/l/91724/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Busty British tourist barred from casino because of her 'offensive' breasts]]></title><description><![CDATA[A British tourist has been barred from a casino in New Zealand for upsetting fellow punters with her 'offensive' breasts. Thirty-three year old Helen Simpson from Nottingham, was wearing a low-cut black evening dress when a woman staff member at the Christchurch Casino told her to cover up or leave.]]></description><link>http://politics.plime.com/plime-com/l/36792/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/36792/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[British scientists on course to become the first to produce synthetic human blood]]></title><description><![CDATA[British scientists are on course to become the first to create synthetic human blood from embryonic stem cells, it emerged today.<br/><br/>The ground-breaking project could provide an unlimited supply of blood for emergency transfusions free of the risk of infection.<br/><br/>Because stem cells multiply indefinitely, it would be possible to make enormous quantities, researchers said.]]></description><link>http://politics.plime.com/science/l/101624/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/science/l/101624/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Islamic cleric Abu Hamza says Australians are boozers hooked on gambling and prostitution]]></title><description><![CDATA[Outspoken Islamic cleric Abu Hamza has branded Australians as boozers who are hooked on gambling and prostitution.<br/><br/>In another sermon broadcast over the internet, the Melbourne cleric urged followers to spread the word of Islam to save Australians.]]></description><link>http://politics.plime.com/plime-com/l/90620/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/90620/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[British planners feared tea shortage after nuclear attack]]></title><description><![CDATA[Never mind the radiation: British contingency planners are worried there would be a dramatic shortage of tea in the aftermath of a nuclear attack, recently declassified documents showed.]]></description><link>http://politics.plime.com/world/l/60871/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/world/l/60871/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Iran to release British sailors]]></title><description><![CDATA[The 15 British sailors and marines detained in Iran for nearly a fortnight have been formally pardoned and will be released immediately, Iran's president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said today.]]></description><link>http://politics.plime.com/politics/l/15114/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/15114/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Iran: Captured UK soldier calls for troops out of Iraq]]></title><description><![CDATA[TEHRAN, Iran (CNN) -- Iran released Thursday what it says is a second letter from captured British sailor Faye Turney in which she criticizes British policy in Iraq.]]></description><link>http://politics.plime.com/plime-com/l/14556/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/14556/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[According to new poll, the British are map illiterate.]]></title><description><![CDATA[As many as 11 million British motorists are unable to read a basic road map, according to a survey released Monday.]]></description><link>http://politics.plime.com/plime-com/l/30612/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/30612/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Scary British public information films from the 1970s ]]></title><description><![CDATA[The hooded, death-dealing &quot;spirit of dark and lonely water&quot; who stars in the first video on this medley of British safety PSA's is plenty creepy.]]></description><link>http://politics.plime.com/weird/l/79394/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/weird/l/79394/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Coat hanger amnesty declared by British store]]></title><description><![CDATA[Amnesties are normally reserved for weapons or criminals but a British store has found a new offender to pardon -- the coat hanger.]]></description><link>http://politics.plime.com/plime-com/l/35478/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/35478/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Greek woman sets fire to British tourist's genitals]]></title><description><![CDATA[A drunken British tourist had his testicles and penis set alight for allegedly attempting to sexually assault a woman.<br/><br/>A 26-year old Greek woman is said to have poured an alcoholic drink on his genitals and set him on fire after he assaulted her in a crowded bar in Crete.]]></description><link>http://politics.plime.com/plime-com/l/130099/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/130099/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[US embassy in Belgrade attacked]]></title><description><![CDATA[Several hundred protesters have attacked the US and other embassies in Serbia's capital in anger at Western support for Kosovo's independence.<br/><br/>When I posted about the border posts being stormed I questioned whether there would be worse to come. I hope this does not degenerate any further but I'm very pessemistic!]]></description><link>http://politics.plime.com/plime-com/l/51600/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/51600/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[British woman turns 110 years old]]></title><description><![CDATA[A British woman born in 1897 celebrated her 110th birthday in Godalming, England, attributing her old age to ingesting lots of salt.]]></description><link>http://politics.plime.com/plime-com/l/34931/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/34931/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Kidnappers say British hostage commits suicide]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Times Online reported Sunday that kidnappers said one of five British hostages in Iraq killed himself in May.<br/><br/>The London-based newspaper published a video that included a statement claiming that the hostage, identified as Jason, died May 25, four days before the first anniversary of his abduction.]]></description><link>http://politics.plime.com/world/l/69311/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/world/l/69311/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item></channel></rss>