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British tourists robbed near Cesar Chavez Street

Two British tourists were reportedly robbed last weekend of their camera, cash, bank cards, driver’s licenses, phones and other items as they were walking just south of Cesar Chavez Street. The female tourists, who said they were in town for only a short time, called police at about 8:45 p.m. Saturday and said they were walking in the 1500 block of York Street when the suspect approached, Ingleside Station police reported Wednesday. Read More

British doctors ordered to cut back on cancer scans

WHAT: To save money, Britain’s National Health Service has demanded that family doctors ration the number of patients they send to hospitals for life-saving cancer scans.HOW: This rationing is expected to delay the wait for MRIs and CT scans by several weeks, increasing the risk of patients being diagnosed too late and dying needlessly. Read More

Obama sells out U.K. to Russia despite his popularity there

In news certain to shock the United Kingdom, where President Obama is popular, every Trident missile supplied to Britain by the U.S. will be known to Russia as part of Obama's arms control deal, according to information obtained by Wikileaks. From the Daily Telegraph: Read More

Hope and Change: British MPs say “special relationship” with U.S. is dead

Hmmm: BRITAIN’S special relationship with the US — forged by Winston Churchill and Franklin Roosevelt in the second world war — no longer exists, says a committee of influential MPs. Instead, America’s relationship with Britain is no more special than with its other main allies, according to a report by the Commons foreign affairs committee published today. Read More
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