AFP - British 12-month inflation rose to 2.0 percent in February, meeting the government's target on the eve of finance minister Gordon Brown's 2006 budget.

Danielle George - AHN Staff Reporter Los Angeles, California (AHN) - The latest action flick from the Wachowski brothers, V for Vendetta, replaces the romantic comedy, Failure to Launch, in the North American box office top slot. Based on a graphic novel by British writer Alan Moore, V for...

AFP - Tesco, Britain's biggest supermarket chain, and Indian telecom giant Bharti Enterprises are in talks to set up a possible grocery chain together in India, a British newspaper said.

HealthDay - MONDAY, March 20 (HealthDay News) -- Asymmetry between a woman's breasts is normal, with few women having exactly the same-sized left and right breasts. But a new British study suggests that the greater the size difference between breasts, the higher a woman's risk of developing breast cancer.

Reuters - Sixteen years after the Rolling Stones first toured Japan, the venerable British rockers are set to play this week for the one-millionth fan to hear them in the cavernous Tokyo Dome.

AP - A new exhibition gives audiences a chance to see the creative process behind such Renaissance masterpieces as the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel and the interior of the Medici Chapel in Florence.

AFP - British Prime Minister Tony Blair's government moved towards full disclosure of loans to political parties, as it scrambled to put a lid on embarrassing allegations of sleaze.

HealthDay - MONDAY, March 20 (HealthDay News) -- Asymmetry between a woman's breasts is normal, with few women having exactly the same-sized left and right breasts. But a new British study suggests that the greater the size difference between breasts, the higher a woman's risk of developing breast cancer.

AFP - Prudential, the second-biggest insurance group in Britain, has snubbed a takeover approach from rival Aviva that valued it at 17.2 billion pounds (24.8 billion euros, 30.2 billion dollars).

AP - Humphrey, the cat who shared 10 Downing Street with two British prime ministers but was evicted by current resident Tony Blair, has died. He was aged about 18.

Reuters - Some 9 million children in Africa have lost a mother to AIDS, British charity Save the Children said Monday, calling on donors to sharply increase aid to meet their needs.

AFP - Humphrey, the black and white cat who saw at close quarters the comings and goings of three British leaders, has died, a spokesman for Prime Minister Tony Blair's London residence said Monday.

Reuters - A Syrian al Qaeda militant went on trial in Turkey on Monday, charged with masterminding bomb attacks on synagogues, the British consulate and an HSBC bank branch which killed more than 60 people in Istanbul.

Reuters - Senior foreign affairs officials from the five veto-holding U.N. Security Council powers and Germany meet on Monday in an effort to break the impasse over reining in Iran's nuclear ambitions.

AFP - Defence Secretary John Reid was set to make a keynote speech on the third anniversary of the start of the Iraq war, outlining coalition achievements and the challenges ahead.

Reuters - British Prime Minister Tony Blair faced growing pressure on Monday to step down over a sleaze row which has tarnished his reputation and boosted calls for finance minister Gordon Brown to take the reins.

AFP - Aviva, the biggest British insurer, has made a takeover approach for Prudential worth 17.2 billion pounds (24.8 billion euros, 30.2 billion dollars), but would only proceed with a recommended deal.

AFP - Prime Minister Tony Blair awoke to another editorial-page appeal to stand down sooner rather than later, as a flap over financing for his Labour Party refused to go away.

Playbill - Broadway's reigning Best Musical Tony Award winner Monty Python's Spamalot celebrates its first anniversary March 17 at the Shubert Theatre.

AP - At the annual South by Southwest music festival, hundreds of bands often seamlessly mix in with the young, hip crowd. One of those bands, the obsessively melodic British trio Field Music, would easily go unnoticed if they weren't having their photo taken. A curious onlooker asks, "Which band are you guys?"