Sunday, May 27, 2012 5:14 PM EDT
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain) is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe.
It is an island country, spanning an archipelago including Great Britain, the northeastern part of the island of Ireland, and many small islands. Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK with a land border, sharing it with the Republic of Ireland. Apart from this land border, the UK is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea, the English Channel and the Irish Sea. Great Britain is linked to France by the Channel Tunnel.
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Saudi Arabia has pledged $3.25bn in aid to Yemen as fears mount that Al-Qaida is gaining foothold in country. (May 23)
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Amazon's description of its Prime delivery is 'misleading', rules the ASA. (May 23)
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The World Bank has picked on Australia for its over-dependence on its resource exports to China, which could eventually hamper growth in the Asia-Pacific Region to 7.6% this year. (May 23)
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Arsenal youngster Joel Campbell has now made his return to the Emirates after a loan-spell at Lorient, and the 19 year old has revealed that though he was disappointed to leave the club at the beginning, he's now glad that he had the chance to experience life in Ligue 1. (May 21)
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Apart from eurozone crisis, the summit concentrated on a whole range of issues including Afghanistan and Iran. (May 20)
MORE TOPICS: GLOBAL WARMING, AFGHANISTAN, HUMAN RIGHTS, DMITRY MEDVEDEV, CLIMATE CHANGE, LIBYA, INVESTMENT
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From the eurozone crisis to Afghanistan, Syria and rising global oil rises are likely to figure at the summit. (May 19)
MORE TOPICS: AL-QAEDA, AFGHANISTAN, GERMANY, JAPAN, RUSSIA, DMITRY MEDVEDEV, ELECTIONS
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In a talk at New York's Princeton Club, Nobel Prize-winning economist and New York Times Columnist Paul Krugman said the solution to create more jobs and get the U.S. economy to grow faster isn't rocket science: it's fiscal stimulus. (May 18)
MORE TOPICS: UNEMPLOYMENT, GDP, NEW YORK, NOBEL PRIZE, INVESTMENT
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The Olympic Flame has been handed over to the 2012 London delegation, at a ceremony at the Panathenaic Stadium in Greece (May 18)
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In bilateral discussions on Friday, British Prime Minster David Cameron is expected to urge newly elected French President François Hollande to renege on campaign promises to withdraw French troops from Afghanistan by the end of 2012. (May 17)
MORE TOPICS: AL-QAEDA, AFGHANISTAN, GERMANY, ELECTIONS, LONDON
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Queen Sofia of Spain will not be attending a lunch at Windsor Castle on Friday in the UK, to be held to mark the Diamond Jubilee celebrations of Queen Elizabeth II (May 17)
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