London, England (CNN)  -- British pensioner Ethel Kendall was "only 72" when she left the United Kingdom in 1986 to be closer to her family in Canada. At the time, she was receiving the full British pension of just over £38 ($58) a week.

Twenty-four years later, she is still receiving the same amount, and after a European Court of Human Rights ruling Tuesday she is not likely to receive any more.

"You know this isn't about me," the 96-year-old told CNN on the phone from her home in Canada.

"It's about the British government's deception and dishonesty. Our contributions were deducted from source with the clear understanding that we would get a full pension on retirement, but somewhere along the lines they changed the rule. In my book, in our book, they're guilty of both fraud and deception."

Kendall is one of more than half a million British expatriates living in countries including Canada, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand, whose pensions are not linked to inflation.

On Tuesday, the European Court of Human Rights ruled by a majority of 11 to six that the British government had not breached their human rights by failing to "up-rate" their pensions to bring them into line with the cost of living.

Under British rules, pensioners in a number of countries who do not have reciprocal agreements with the UK receive the same pension they were entitled to in the year they left Britain.

People who emigrated before retirement age receive the amount they would have received at retirement age in the UK. In Britain, men qualify for a pension at 65, women at 60.

A British expatriate who retires to Australia, for example, receives less money each week than if they had contributed the same amount during their working life and then emigrated to Barbados, Croatia, the Philippines, the United States, or one of more than 40 countries which do have reciprocal UK agreements.

Margaret Oxley moved to South Africa at the age of 23 after World War II. Now in her 80s, she receives a UK pension of just £2 ($3) a week.

"The exchange rate is ten to one. Then the bank takes charges you see. No, you can't survive. A loaf of bread is ten rand. I get around 20 rand a week. So it's really not worth bothering about," she said.

Aging expatriates who have seen their pensions dwindle due to inflation and the falling value of the pound have been campaigning for change.

The first court case was brought against the UK government in 2002 by Annette Carson, a British resident who moved to South Africa in 1989.

According to court documents, she receives a basic state pension of £67.50 ($103) -- £14.55 ($22) less than she would have received if her pension was index-linked.

After failing to make her case in the British High Court, she took her claim to the British Court of Appeal and then the House of Lords.

Many saw this week's ruling in the European Court of Human Rights as the last legal avenue for recourse, but they are reluctant to give up the fight.

"I don't think we're going to make it the end of the road," said John Markham, director of UK parliamentary affairs for the International Consortium of British Pensioners.

"Certainly I think we're going to mobilize public opinion with the new parliament," he added, referring to the upcoming British election expected on May 6.

The Vice President of the British Australian Pensioners Association, James Nelson said: "Now it is up to the people still working or living in Britain to tell their government that they will no longer stand for this injustice. By paying increases in some countries and withholding them in others, the UK government severely limits our freedom of choice regarding where we can retire."

It is estimated that around 250,000 British pensioners living in Australia are affected by the British policy.

"This is a

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Question: Where does she live now?

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Question: What is her weekly pension?

Question: when Ethel left the UK?

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Question: what is the number of pensions that are not linked to inflation?

Answer: £38 ($58) a week.

Answer: just over £38 ($58) a week.

Answer: 1986

Answer: Canada.

Answer: that the British government had not breached their

Answer: just over £38 ($58) a week.

Answer: 1986

Answer: 1986

Answer: more than half a million

Summary:
British pensioner Ethel Kendall left the UK in 1986 to be closer to her family in Canada .
24 years later, she is still receiving the same pension of just over £38 ($58) a week .
After a European Court of Human Rights ruling she is not likely to receive any more .
Over half a million British expatriates' pensions are not linked to inflation .


London, England (CNN)  -- Protesters called on the worldwide community to take action against Uganda Thursday as the African nation considers stricter laws against homosexuality.

They compared Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni to some of the world's most notorious dictators.

"In the last five years we have seen Idi Amin return to Uganda and his name is Yoweri Museveni," Ugandan human rights campaigner Michael Senyonjo told CNN.

"He... is bringing in a bill in an attempt to criminalize being gay," the activist said.

"That is not right. We cannot allow fascism to return to Uganda. He should leave power and go because he is not taking the country anywhere but to disaster," he added.

Under proposed new laws currently being considered by the Ugandan parliament, those who test positive for HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, could face the death penalty.

In addition, those convicted of having gay sex would be sentenced to life in prison, while anyone found guilty of engaging in homosexual relations on more than one occasion would be executed.

The proposals could become law before the end of the year.

Museveni has not publicly stated his support for the bill.

Homosexuality is already illegal in Uganda under laws passed in the colonial era, but the new legislation is intended to provide prosecutors with more power.

It has the blessing of various religious leaders, with one leading Muslim cleric -- Sheikh Ramathan Shaban Mubajje -- calling for all known homosexuals in the country to be rounded up and left on an island until they die.

Thursday's protest at the Ugandan High Commission -- or embassy -- in London is one of several planned demonstrations around the world, and OutRage, another gay rights organization, is backing the calls for action to be taken.

"President Museveni is fast becoming the Robert Mugabe of Uganda and that's a threat to the civil rights of every Ugandan person -- gay or straight," OutRage spokesman Peter Tatchell told CNN, referring to the authoritarian president of Zimbabwe.

"There's a huge ground swell of public opinion that this bill goes way too far. Even people who say they're against homosexuality say this bill is excessive and a threat to the human rights of all Ugandans.

"Uganda should drop this law and abide by international human rights legislation," Tatchell said.

Question: Are their civil rights being threatened?

Question: Who are the lawmakers?

Question: What does Tatchll say about proposals ?

Question: What is proposal punishment for gay sex ?

Question: In Which country is homosexuality illegal?

Answer: that's a threat to the

Answer: Ugandan parliament,

Answer: "President Museveni is fast becoming the Robert Mugabe of Uganda and that's a threat to the civil rights of every Ugandan person -- gay or straight,"

Answer: sentenced to life in prison, while anyone found guilty of

Answer: Uganda

Summary:
Homosexuality illegal in Uganda but lawmakers considering tougher laws .
Proposals include life sentences, death penalty as punishments for gay sex .
Tatchell: Proposals "threaten civil rights of every Ugandan person -- gay or straight"


London, England (CNN)  -- There are "compelling reasons" to believe the Israeli government was responsible for forging British passports used in a plot to kill a Hamas leader in the United Arab Emirates earlier this year, British Foreign Secretary David Miliband said Tuesday.

"Such misuse of British passports is intolerable," Miliband said, adding that the fact that Israel was an ally of the United Kingdom "only adds insult to injury."

The passports were "copied from genuine British passports" in a "highly sophisticated operation," indicating a government was behind it, Miliband told the House of Commons.

Britain's Serious Organised Crime Agency concluded that the 12 British people whose passports were cloned where "wholly innocent victims of identity theft," the foreign secretary said.

The UK expelled an Israeli diplomat and changed the advice it gives its citizens about traveling to Israel as a result of the scandal, Miliband said. He did not name the diplomat or say what rank the envoy held.

"The UK had absolutely no advance knowledge of what happened in Dubai nor any involvement whatsoever in the killing" of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, he said.

Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman complained that the Israelis "have not been given any evidence pointing to Israel's involvement in the affair."

"We attribute great importance to our relations with Great Britain," he said. "We maintain several different and sensitive dialogues with the UK, and we regret the British decision."

French authorities also have opened an investigation into the alleged use of forged documents, the Paris prosecutor's office said Tuesday.

Suspects in the killing allegedly used four doctored French passports, the prosecutor said in a written statement.

"Further investigation has revealed that these four passports were actually false as the photos did not correspond to the names appearing in each document," the statement said.

Al-Mabhouh, a founding member of Hamas' military wing, was found dead January 20 in his Dubai hotel room. Police believe he was killed the night before, allegedly by the secretive Israeli foreign intelligence unit Mossad.

Two sources told CNN earlier this month that the number of identified suspects in al-Mabhouh's death was up to 27. Of them, 26 were carrying European or Australian passports, authorities have said. The sources -- an official familiar with the investigation and a police source -- did not say which nation issued the passport used by the 27th suspect.

The 27 suspects are believed to have acquired false passports to travel to Dubai for the killing, then scattered to several far-flung locations afterward. But Lt. Gen. Dahi Khalfan Tamim, Dubai police chief, has said not all the suspects had fraudulent passports -- "We know some of the names are real."

Interpol, the international police agency, has issued "red notices" to help search for the suspects. The notices are not international arrest warrants, but are a way of alerting police forces around the world that the suspects are wanted by United Arab Emirates authorities.

Interpol expands search for suspects

Interpol Secretary-General Ronald K. Noble said investigators have established "clear" links through passport records, video surveillance, DNA analysis, witness interviews and hotel, credit card, phone and transport records, according to a statement.

Police have said toxicology results show al-Mabhouh was injected with succinylcholine, a drug used to relax muscles during surgery or as an anesthetic, before he was suffocated. Signs indicated that al-Mabhouh resisted as he was being suffocated, police said.

Al-Mabhouh's family members were told earlier that police had found blood on a pillow. Authorities have also said the killers left some of al-Mabhouh's medication next to him in an apparent effort to make the death appear natural. But "the medication left next to him in the room has nothing to do with the killing," Tamim has said.

Tamim told CNN last month that he is "100 percent sure" Mossad was responsible. "The Mossad needs to be ashamed of its actions," he said. "They sent 26, 27 persons

Question: Who was found dead in Dubai?

Question: Where was the Israeli official get expelled from?

Question: Who was expelled from the UK?

Question: when was he found dead?

Question: Who was found dead January 20th?

Question: what was copied?

Question: who had been expelled from UK?

Answer: Al-Mabhouh, a founding member of Hamas'

Answer: UK

Answer: an Israeli diplomat

Answer: January 20

Answer: Al-Mabhouh,

Answer: British passports

Answer: an Israeli diplomat

Summary:
Miliband: Passports copied in a "highly sophisticated operation"
British government source said an Israeli official had been expelled from UK .
Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, founding member of Hamas' military wing, found dead Jan. 20 in Dubai .
Dubai Police believe he was killed by secretive Israeli foreign intelligence unit Mossad .


London, England (CNN) --  YouTube this week announced the biggest viral video sensations of 2009, with Scottish singer Susan Boyle topping the list. The most pressing question for aspiring video creators: How do you repeat that kind of success? Value in views Topping the YouTube charts brings significant value -- Boyle's clip had more than 120 million views on the site. Had the parties involved negotiated an ad revenue split (they initially did not), a not-inconceivable $10 cost-per-thousand-impressions would have yielded revenue in excess of $1 million. When a clip has a commercial purpose, the brand value may be significantly higher: Evian's Roller Babies ad ranked fifth, with more than 27 million views, and the company says the campaign's success slowed its sales decline. A commercial impact was also felt in the case of the JK Wedding Entrance Dance (more than 33 million views). The clip, which features a wedding party dancing down the aisle to Chris Brown's "Forever," sent the track rocketing up the iTunes charts. What are the commonalities here, and is there a formula for viral video success? A definitive answer is infuriatingly absent. The cute factor The cute factor is perhaps the most prevalent trend among popular YouTube videos. In YouTube's most-viewed videos of all time, you'll find such adorable clips as a boy biting his brother's finger (140 million views), a baby laughing hysterically (100 million views), a sneezing panda (46 million views) and even the Evian ad. The explanation is simple: When a clip makes us happy, we feel compelled to share that sentiment with others. Humor If our willingness to share is based on our emotional reaction to a clip, it follows that humor ranks highly on YouTube. From Jeff Dunham's ventriloquist act "Achmed the Dead Terrorist" to the obscure humor of "Charlie The Unicorn," laughter is a common theme. In some cases, humor is not the intent: Tay Zonday's Chocolate Rain has surpassed 45 million views, our amusement (and discomfort) deriving from Zonday's utterly bizarre performance. Comedy has geographical limitations however: What's funny in one country may be unfathomable in another. This perhaps explains why laughing babies consistently outrank standup comedians: funny doesn't travel. Emotional response Not every popular clip evokes laughter -- performances from Susan Boyle and Paul Potts tug at the heartstrings. So too does the Free Hugs campaign --  a music video featuring an Australian man giving out "Free Hugs" to strangers in public places has received more than 53 million views. Music Music videos are by far the most viewed content on YouTube. Had YouTube not created a second list to highlight top music videos on the site, these would have dominated the rankings for 2009. The knowledge that best-selling artists rank highly on video sites may be of little utility to aspiring YouTube stars -- except to note that dancing videos and "lip dubs" have proved popular. With 132 million views, Judson Laipply's Evolution of Dance is a breakout success. Cumulative advantage Is the quality of the clip the only factor affecting its success? Or could it be that the rich get richer, even in the seemingly egalitarian world of YouTube? Since most YouTube users head straight to the site's "Popular" page, clips that show early promise may continue to gain momentum for weeks and years. This process of cumulative advantage may help to explain why one laughing baby shoots to the top of the charts and another giggles in obscurity. No formula? It may be the case that there's no simple formula for YouTube popularity. In fact, it may be that the only true guarantee of success is novelty. The unexpected, the bizarre, the humorous, the offbeat, the emotionally affecting -- these authentic elements are hard to bottle, and fakes are easy to spot. What will be YouTube's breakout video of 2010? We'll know it when we see it.

Question: When a clip makes us happy, what do we want to do?

Question: What is the only guarantee of success?

Question: What brings significant value to advertisers and video producers?

Question: What may be the only guarantee of success?

Question: What might be the only guarantee for a successful YouTube video?

Answer: feel compelled

Answer: novelty.

Answer: Topping the YouTube charts

Answer: novelty.

Answer: novelty.

Summary:
Mashable's Pete Cashmore ponders what makes a YouTube video a viral smash .
Topping the YouTube charts brings significant value to advertisers and video producers .
Why "cute" works: When a clip makes us happy, we want to share that feeling with others .
The only guarantee of success may be novelty: the unexpected, the bizarre .


London, England (CNN) -- "I had to be stitched into those pants," Olivia Newton-John recalls of the skin-tight black trousers she worn in the film "Grease".

That fact will come as no surprise to the millions of people who have watched the iconic scene at the end of the smash hit film musical.

"But they were quite comfortable," she assured CNN's Max Foster, "despite what they looked like."

But those trousers, "made of some sort of shark skin material" she says, plus a string of memorable songs from the film including "Summer Nights" and "You're The One That I Want" helped propel Olivia Newton-John to superstardom which has continued to this day.

The British-born actress, who was raised in Australia from the age of five, was already an established singing star -- having won three Grammy Awards -- prior to being cast as Sandy Olssen alongside John Travolta's Danny Zuko in the 1978 film.

And many of the songs from that era still rank among her favorites in a recording career which has produced over 30 albums including the 1981 double platinum selling "Physical" -- which spawned the single of the same name and a craze for spandex and leg warmers.

"The songs I did with John Farrar [the Australian producer and songwriter] are among my favorites. And a lot of those songs, 'Magic' and 'Suspended in Time' are on 'Xanadu,'" [the soundtrack from the 1980 film].

Of her more recent recordings she cites 2006's "Grace and Gratitude" as another favorite. "It was a healing CD that was very personal for me," she said.

After the runaway success of the early 1980s Newton-John was preparing for a comeback in 1992 when she was diagnosed with breast cancer. The diagnosis changed the course of her life forever.

After successfully beating the disease, Newton-John talked openly about her experience and became a passionate advocate for early detection and helping other women cope with the disease.

"I'm so grateful to be here, 17 years after being diagnosed," she told CNN. "I want to empower other women to be really observant of their breast health and do regular breast self-examination."

She also has a Website -- http://www.liv.com// -- which provides information on breast self-examination.

"When I talk to women in my age bracket, they're afraid. I understand the fear but if there is something wrong, the earlier you find it, the better chance you have of a healthy outcome," she said.

Cancer awareness isn't the only cause she lends her name to. Along with her second husband John Easterling, who she married in 2008, Newton-John helps promote education about rainforests.

"We're helping educate the children of the Amazon to realize the importance of the living rainforest so that when the timber and oil companies come in they know to save it."

Three decades on from her life-changing appearance in "Grease", Newton-John is still finding plenty things in her life to become hopelessly devoted to.

Question: What is Olivia Newton-John's profession?

Question: What musical did she star in?

Question: Who is the hit star of "Grease"?

Question: What campaign does this actress promote?

Question: What is she passionate about?

Question: What does Olivia Newton-John advocate?

Question: Who did Newton-John speak to?

Question: Who interviewed Olivia Newton-John?

Answer: actress,

Answer: "Grease".

Answer: Olivia Newton-John

Answer: education about rainforests.

Answer: early detection and helping other women cope with the disease.

Answer: early detection

Answer: CNN's Max Foster,

Answer: CNN's Max Foster,

Summary:
Singer and actress Olivia Newton-John speaks to CNN's Connect the World .
Star of hit musical "Grease" a prominent campaigner for breast cancer awareness .
Newton-John also a passionate advocate of rainforest protection .


London, England (CNN) -- A British auction house plans to sell off newly discovered sketches done by Adolf Hitler when he was a struggling student trying desperately to get into art school.

The 12 charcoal and crayon sketches cover "typical student subjects" and don't display a great deal of promise, Mullock's Auctioneers said. They include two drawings of an elderly woman thought to be Hitler's mother, as well as studies of objects, landscapes, models, and even a Roman senator.

All are signed and some even have Hitler's Vienna address, Mullock's said.

The sale also includes the original portfolio in which Hitler kept the sketches, which is signed and has his address, Mullock's said.

"They look quite typical of an aspiring student hoping to get into art school -- tentative and not very certain about his perspective when he's using pencil and pen, making basic errors by getting the top and the bottom of a candlestick wrong in relation to each other, and so on," said Michael Liversidge, emeritus dean of arts at Bristol University in England.

Letter by Hitler to Britain sells at auction

The sketches lack technical skill but are "not so bad that one can't imagine him learning.

"But there's not latent genius here, and not much beyond a moderate school grade," Liversidge said. "Probably if the artist was at school today you wouldn't encourage him to keep the subject up."

The sketches have been owned by a professional artist who had them for years in his own collection and for his own interest, said Richard Westwood-Brookes, the historical documents expert at Mullock's. The artist brought the works to Mullock's attention.

Mullock's plans to auction the sketches April 15 in Ludlow, England, about 125 miles northwest of London. They're expected to bring between £4,000 and £6,000 (about $6,100 and $9,100) each, the auction house said.

The drawings all date from around 1908 and 1909, when Hitler was a "penniless dropout" trying to get accepted into the prestigious Vienna Academy of Fine Arts to train as a professional artist, Mullock's said.

The school rejected him twice, so Hitler hung around the city, trying to make a living producing watercolors to sell to tourists, Mullock's said.

The rejection by the academy may have had huge implications for Hitler later in life, Westwood-Brookes said.

"Many believe that it was this rejection that turned his mind and unleashed the monster within him, which was to bring forth so much evil on the world," he said. "... In a sense, therefore, the academic decision of the art establishment in Vienna can go down as one of the most monumental decisions in all of history."

Nevertheless, Westwood-Brookes said, "On the evidence of these sketches, you can see why the Vienna Academy turned him away."

Question: What do some of the sketches have?

Question: Who drew them?

Question: Who is the painter of 12 sketches at the time he was trying to get into art school

Question: When do the drawings date from?

Question: What are the expected to bring at auction?

Question: What is the price range the sketches are likely to achieve at auction

Question: What price will they sell for?

Question: What was hitler trying to get into?

Question: What address do some of the paintings have on them

Answer: two drawings of an elderly woman thought to be Hitler's mother, as well as studies of objects, landscapes, models, and even a Roman senator.

Answer: Adolf Hitler

Answer: Adolf Hitler

Answer: 1908 and 1909,

Answer: between £4,000 and £6,000 (about $6,100 and $9,100) each,

Answer: between £4,000 and £6,000 (about $6,100 and $9,100) each,

Answer: between £4,000 and £6,000 (about $6,100 and $9,100) each,

Answer: art school.

Answer: Hitler's Vienna

Summary:
The 12 sketches date from when Adolf Hitler was trying to get into art school .
All the sketches are signed and some even have Hitler's Vienna address .
They're expected to bring between $6,100 and $9,100 each at auction .
Drawings all date from around 1908 and 1909, when Hitler was a "penniless dropout"


London, England (CNN) -- A British court has granted Tiger Woods an injunction prohibiting the publication of pictures of him taken or obtained in certain circumstances.

The order prevents CNN saying what those circumstances are.

The High Court in London issued the injunction Thursday afternoon, said the Schillings law firm, which is representing Woods.

"For the avoidance of doubt, this order is not to be taken as an admission that any such photographs exist," Schillings said in a letter sent to legal departments of British publications.

"Our client is not aware of any images and in any event he would not have consented to any such photographs being taken, nor would he have consented to the dissemination or exploitation of the same."

The court document says anyone who violates the order may be held in contempt of court and may be fined, imprisoned or have assets seized.

The 33-year-old golfer, who tops the sport's world rankings, has been mired in controversy since he crashed his car outside his Florida mansion last month. The crash prompted authorities to cite him for careless driving and fine him $164.

Woods was not required to talk to police about the wreck and declined to speak with investigators on several occasions.

In the week after the crash, Woods apologized for "transgressions" that let his family down. On the same day, gossip magazine US Weekly published a report alleging that Woods had an affair with a 24-year-old cocktail waitress named Jaimee Grubbs.

"I have let my family down, and I regret those transgressions with all of my heart. I have not been true to my values and the behavior my family deserves," he said in a December 3 statement on his official Web site.

US Weekly's report followed a National Enquirer article before the crash that the athlete was having an affair with a New York nightclub hostess -- an assertion the hostess vigorously denied, according to The New York Post.

Question: Who was in the spotlight after a car crash?

Question: Who started a petition about the photos?

Question: Who does not acknowledge the existence of the photos?

Question: Who crashed his car?

Question: What has the UK court prohibited?

Question: Which court prohibits some photos of Tiger Woods?

Question: Who is in the spotlight after the car crash?

Question: What does not acknowledge such photos exist?

Answer: Tiger Woods

Answer: Tiger Woods

Answer: Tiger Woods

Answer: Tiger Woods

Answer: of pictures of him taken or obtained in certain circumstances.

Answer: The High

Answer: Tiger Woods

Answer: Tiger Woods

Summary:
UK court prohibits publication of photos of Tiger Woods taken in certain circumstances .
Tiger Woods' petition does not acknowledge such photos exist .
Golfer in spotlight after car crash, allegations of affairs .


London, England (CNN) -- A British man who allegedly sold fake bomb detectors to Iraq and Afghanistan has been arrested on suspicion of fraud, police said.

The British government has also imposed an export ban on the device, known as the ADE651, effective Monday. The handheld device is commonly used at checkpoints in Iraq and Afghanistan to detect explosives.

The 53-year-old unidentified suspect, who was arrested Friday, is accused of knowingly selling a product that didn't work, police said.

Tests show that the ADE651, and similar devices, were not suitable for bomb detection, a spokesman for Britain's Department of Business, Innovation and Skills said in a statement.

"As non-military technology, it does not need an export license, and we would not normally need to monitor its sale and use abroad. However, it is clearly of concern that it is being used as bomb detection equipment," the spokesman said.

The spokesman said the export ban only applied to Iraq and Afghanistan because its legal powers to control the sale of the product were "based on the risk that [the device] could cause harm to U.K. and other friendly forces."

Question: What was a British man arrested for?

Question: What was commonly used at checkpoints in Iraq and Afghanistan

Question: Where is the handheld device commonly used?

Question: What has the British government banned?

Question: Where is the device commonly used?

Question: What was the fraud said to concern

Question: Who was arrested on suspicion of fraud

Question: What was the British man arrested for?

Answer: fraud,

Answer: the ADE651,

Answer: checkpoints in Iraq and Afghanistan

Answer: ADE651,

Answer: at checkpoints in Iraq and Afghanistan to detect explosives.

Answer: it is being used as bomb detection equipment,"

Answer: A British man

Answer: suspicion of fraud,

Summary:
British man arrested on suspicion of fraud concerning fake bomb detectors .
British government has imposed export ban on ADE651 after tests showed it was "not suitable" for bomb detection .
Handheld device is commonly used at checkpoints in Iraq and Afghanistan .


London, England (CNN) -- A British soldier who went absent without leave rather than return to fight in Afghanistan was jailed Friday for nine months by a military court, officials said.

A Ministry of Defence spokesman confirmed that Lance Corp. Joe Glenton had been convicted by a military judge at a court martial in Colchester, southeast England,

Glenton, who completed a seven-month tour of duty in Afghanistan in 2006, became an outspoken critic of British military operations in the country during his absence, frequently appearing at anti-war rallies and on television.

In an interview last July, the 27-year-old told CNN that he was not a conscientious objector, but was refusing to return because he felt the 2001 invasion and subsequent conflict against Taliban militants was not a legitimate use of force.

"The situation in Afghanistan and our involvement is further antagonizing the Muslim population of the world," Glenton said.

"I think the conflict has become part of the problem, not part of the solution."

Question:
What was the jail term for Glenton?
What is the age of the man?
What did Glenton tell CNN?
Who was jailed?
Who told CNN some news?
What was not legitimate?

Answer: nine months

Answer: 27-year-old

Answer: he was not a conscientious objector, but was refusing to return because he felt the 2001 invasion and subsequent conflict against Taliban militants was not a legitimate use of force.

Answer: A British soldier

Answer: Lance Corp. Joe Glenton

Answer: use of force.

Summary:
Lance Corp. Joe Glenton jailed for nine months for refusing to fight .
Glenton told CNN he was not a conscientious objector .
27-year-old said conflict was not legitimate use of force .


London, England (CNN) -- A controversial British Muslim cleric is threatening to stage a march through the town that receives the bodies of British war dead as a protest against the war in Afghanistan, drawing fury and outrage. Anjem Choudary has accused soldiers of "murderous crimes," and said the United States and United Kingdom are seeking to "establish their own military, economic, strategic and ideological interests in the region." British and American troops are suffering "depression" as they realize "there is no real moral or ethic (sic) reason for them to murder innocent men, women and children to fulfill their politicians (sic) agenda," the preacher says. His organization proposes to parade empty coffins through the streets of the English town of Wootton Bassett, where the bodies of British war dead are traditionally brought when they return to the country. Relatives and friends line the streets of the town along with local residents as hearses carry the flag-draped British remains, in scenes of public mourning widely reported by British media. Choudary has not announced a date for his planned march and local police said Saturday he had not contacted them about it, as people planning marches are required to do before staging a demonstration. But the threat itself prompted more than 215,000 people to join a Facebook group opposing the march as of Monday, a day after he posted a letter online justifying it. "The highway for heroes & wonderful people of WB do not deserve this march to happen," the group's home page says. "This group can march anywhere it wishes in the country but have chosen WB to cause outrage & offense. Islam4UK is an extremists (sic) Islamic group & does not represent the Muslim community in this country." Choudary's open letter, "To the Families of British Soldiers who have died or who are currently in Afghanistan," appeared on the Web site of his organization, Islam4UK, on Sunday. The group had announced its intention to stage the protest earlier in a short statement on its Web site. "The procession in Wootton Basset (sic) is therefore an attempt to engage the British publics (sic) minds on the real reasons why their soldiers are returning home in body bags and the real cost of the war," Choudary wrote. "The parades, the speeches about soldiers doing their duty and the feeling of patriotism has obfuscated the reality of the conflict and the murderous crimes being committed by the occupiers and their agents. The British public is blissfully unaware of what is being done in their name," Choudary wrote. "Afghanistan is not a British Town near Wootton Basset (sic) but rather Muslim land which no one has the right to occupy, with a Muslim population who do not deserve their innocent men, women and children to be killed for political mileage and for the greedy interests of the oppressive U.S. and UK regimes," he said. Choudary signs himself "UK Head of Al-Muhajiroun," a banned British group which supports al Qaeda. Choudary spoke positively of Osama Bin Laden in the letter and in interviews with British media on Monday. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Sunday that there would be "no support" for the march or Choudary's "perverted view of Islam." "I think most people in the Islamic community believe that those people who have adopted a perverted view of Islam to justify murder as terrorism are outside the traditional elements of what is a peaceful faith," he said. "The vast majority of the Muslim population in this country and other countries agrees with my view on this," Brown said. Police in Wiltshire, the county where Wootton Bassett is located, said they had the authority to control the terms and conditions of the march or even to apply to ban it if Choudary took steps towards staging it. "If the march or procession is believed to be likely to result in serious disorder, disruption or damage, then the police can impose conditions upon the organizer," the police said in a statement. "In exceptional circumstances, the police may apply to

Question: on what town is where the bodies of war dead are traditionally brought when they Return to the UK?

Question: Anjem Choudary accuses soldiers of what?

Question: What does he propose to do?

Question: What Anjem Choudary accusation threw the soldiers?

Question: What was Brown's reaction?

Question: What does Choudary accuse soldiers of?

Answer: Wootton Bassett,

Answer: "murderous crimes,"

Answer: parade empty coffins through the streets of the English town of Wootton Bassett,

Answer: "murderous crimes,"

Answer: there would be "no support" for the march or Choudary's "perverted view of Islam."

Answer: "murderous crimes,"

Summary:
Anjem Choudary accuses soldiers of "murderous crimes" in Afghanistan .
He proposes to parade empty coffins through the streets of Wootton Bassett .
English town is where the bodies of war dead are traditionally brought when they return to the UK .
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said there would be "no support" for the march .


London, England (CNN) -- A controversial Muslim group planning to stage an anti-war march through a town that receives British war dead will be banned in the UK from Thursday.

British Home Secretary Alan Johnson prepared an order Tuesday proscribing Al-Muhajiroun, also known as Islam4UK.

"Proscription is a tough but necessary power to tackle terrorism and is not a course we take lightly," Johnson said in a statement.

Al-Muhajiroun is already banned under two other names in the Terrorism Act 2000 -- Al-Ghurabaa and The Saved Sect. Johnson said the ban would now also apply to "a number" of the other names the group goes by.

The proscription does not need approval by Parliament, because it is considered an amendment to the act, said the Home Office spokeswoman, who did not give her name in line with policy.

"We are clear that an organization should not be able to circumvent proscription by simply changing its name," Johnson said.

The ban would prevent Al-Muhajiroun from having meetings or raising money, and it would make attending a meeting or being a member of the group a crime.

The group's leader, controversial British Muslim cleric Anjem Choudary, had threatened to stage a march in the town of Wootton Bassett as a protest against the war in Afghanistan.

Choudary said Sunday, after news of Johnson's plans, that the Home Office could not shut him down.

"We're not going to stop because the government bans an organization," he told CNN by phone. "If that means setting up another platform under another label, then so be it."

A ban "will just make the use of those names ... illegal. But Muslims everywhere are obliged to work collectively to establish the Islamic state and sharia law in the UK or wherever they are -- those things can't change," he added.

The bodies of British war dead are traditionally brought to Wootton Bassett, near a Royal Air Force base, when they are returned to the country.

Relatives and friends line the streets of the town along with local residents as hearses carry the flag-draped British remains, in scenes of public mourning widely reported by British media.

Choudary's proposal to march empty coffins through the streets drew fury and outrage.

The Home Office had said the march would be illegal if the group were banned, but the decision to proscribe the group was not caused only by its plans for the march, the Home Office said.

Choudary has never announced a date for his march and area police said he had not contacted them about it, as march organizers are required to do beforehand.

The Terrorism Act 2000 gives the home secretary the power to ban groups if the punishment is "proportionate and based on evidence that a group is concerned in terrorism as defined in the Terrorism Act 2000," according to the Home Office.

According to the law, groups can be banned if they commit or participate in terrorism; prepare for terrorism; or promote or encourage terrorism. The home secretary can also take into account factors such as specific threats posed to the United Kingdom or British nationals overseas, and the extent of the group's presence in the United Kingdom.

Question:
What other names does the group go by?
who is anjem choudary
What did the Islamist group want to do?
who is al-muhajiroun
Who is the leader of Islam4UK?
what is islam4uk

Answer: Islam4UK.

Answer: British Muslim cleric

Answer: stage an anti-war march

Answer: as Islam4UK.

Answer: Anjem Choudary,

Answer: A controversial Muslim group planning to stage an anti-war march through a

Summary:
Ban on Al-Muhajiroun, also known as Islam4UK, will take effect Thursday .
Islamist group proposed to march through town where war dead brought home .
Group is already banned under two other names in the Terrorism Act 2000 -- Al-Ghurabaa and The Saved Sect .
The group's leader Anjem Choudary said the ban would not stop them .


London, England (CNN) -- A letter written by Adolf Hitler in 1931 hoping for a "truly cordial relationship" between Britain and Germany goes on sale Tuesday and is estimated to fetch up to £12,000 at auction.

The one-page letter was addressed to Sefton Delmer, a British journalist, in which Hitler expressed hopes of a new friendship between the two countries to replace the "unhappy war-psychosis" that existed after the First World War:

Hitler wrote the letter 16 months before he became chancellor and seized power in 1933.

In the letter he said: "I hope... that out of this crisis a new readiness will grow up in Britain to submit the past twelve years to a reappraisal. I should be happy, if as a result of this the unhappy war-psychosis could be overcome on such a scale as to permit the realization of the truly cordial relationship between the British and the German peoples so eagerly desired by myself and my movement.

"For I believe that the crisis now breaking in on us can only be solved by the closest political collaboration of those nations who see in the re-establishment of a natural European balance of power the first precondition to dealing with those great world problems under which Britain too suffers today."

Andrew Roberts, the British military and political historian, said the letter was a classic example of Hitler trying to lull Western democracies into a state of appeasement.

Roberts said Hitler was saying there were underlying interests between Britain and Germany and that he wrote many such letters.

"He refers to 12 years which would make it 1919, the year the Versailles Treaty was signed... appeasement was his central message until the outbreak of war. Sefton Delmer would not have been taken in by any of this," said Roberts.

Auctioneers at Bonhams in London said the letter has remained in Delmer's family until now but they could not release the name of the person selling it.

Delmer was the Berlin correspondent of the Daily Express at the time when Hitler wrote the letter. He was born in Berlin and spent the first 15 years of his life there before his family were expatriated to the UK.

He is reported to be the first British journalist to interview Hitler, who he later described as a rather ordinary looking man with hair that had been arranged too carefully.

Question: Who was the Berlin correspondent of the Daily Express?

Question: What did Hitler write?

Question: who was correspondent of daily express?

Question: What is Roberts's first name?

Question: what was the central message before war?

Question: when did hitler seize power?

Question: Hitler seized power in what year?

Question: When did Hitler seise power?

Answer: Sefton Delmer,

Answer: A letter

Answer: Delmer

Answer: Andrew

Answer: appeasement

Answer: 1933.

Answer: 1933.

Answer: 1933.

Summary:
Hitler wrote the letter 16 months before he became chancellor and seized power in 1933 .
Andrew Roberts: "Appeasement was his central message until the outbreak of war."
Delmer was the Berlin correspondent of the Daily Express .


London, England (CNN) -- A long-awaited inquiry into Britain's role in the Iraq war got under way Tuesday -- a process that could determine whether former Prime Minister Tony Blair misled his country over the 2003 invasion. The inquiry is expected to be the most thorough investigation yet into the decisions that led up to the war and governed Britain's involvement, analysts said. It is not a court of law, so the inquiry cannot find anyone criminally responsible or even apportion blame. But inquiry members will be able to judge the legality of the conflict. "The Iraq Inquiry was set up to identify the lessons that should be learned from the UK's involvement in Iraq, to help future governments who may face similar situations," inquiry Chairman John Chilcot said at the opening of the hearings Tuesday. "To do this, we need to establish what happened." Chilcot, a senior civil servant, said on the eve of the hearings that the committee is "completely determined" to write the full story of Iraq war decision-making by the British government using all the evidence it can get. Prime Minister Gordon Brown, who announced the inquiry in June, has promised the committee will have access to the full range of information, including secret documents, in order to identify lessons that can be learned from the war. The inquiry officially began July 30, but Tuesday was the first day of hearings, which are expected to last into the new year. The hearings were initially going to be held behind closed doors, but after criticism the government decided to allow the hearings to be public and televised. The committee has said it will decide on a case-by-case basis whether to keep the hearings private when discussing sensitive or classified information. Blair will be called to testify, Chilcot said earlier this year, and the former prime minister has said he will appear. Other witnesses will be key decision-makers involved in Iraq, Chilcot has said. Chilcot has said the panel members plan to visit Iraq as part of their work, as well as hold discussions with Iraqis outside of the country. Top officials from the British and U.S. governments also might be called on for evidence, he said. Britain has already held four hearings about the Iraq war. But because all were held before the end of 2004 -- so close to the start of the war -- they were hampered by limited information, political analyst Glen Rangwala of Cambridge University told CNN. "They didn't manage to achieve anything like a comprehensive understanding of the paths that led the UK to support the United States in the invasion," he said. "This will be the first to look at political decision-making that led to the British invasion of 2003, with the potential to tell a full story." People involved in those decisions are more likely to testify now than they were a few years ago, Rangwala said. That partly because British troops are no longer involved in combat in Iraq, but also because the war there is no longer the politicized issue it was when Blair was in power, he said. "The sort of political sting has been taken out of it, and people who are presenting their evidence to the (inquiry) won't feel quite so constrained by the political line, or the party line, than they would have a few years ago," he said. Britain's first two inquiries were held by government committees in 2003. The House of Commons Select Committee on Foreign Affairs examined whether Britain's Foreign Office gave accurate and complete information to Parliament in the run-up to the war. It found the government exerted no improper influence on the drafting of the dossier given to Parliament on Iraq's alleged weapons of mass destruction. The Intelligence and Security Committee then examined whether intelligence about Iraq and its weapons was properly assessed and accurately reflected in government publications. Its findings were mixed. The next two inquiries had narrow mandates, looking at specific aspects of the war. The Hutton report from January 2004 investigated the death of David Kelly, a leading

Question: The hearings to determine what is about to begin?

Question: What is promised?

Question: Who will be called to testify?

Question: What is promised to be the most thorough investigation?

Question: What hearings will be televised?

Question: What hearings are beginning in the UK  Iraq Inquiry?

Question: Will the hearings be televised?

Answer: whether former Prime Minister Tony Blair misled his country over the 2003 invasion.

Answer: the committee will have access to the full range of information, including secret documents, in order to identify lessons that can be learned from the war.

Answer: Top officials from the British and U.S. governments

Answer: The inquiry

Answer: A long-awaited inquiry into Britain's role in the Iraq war

Answer: Britain's role in the

Answer: public and

Summary:
Hearings begin in UK Iraq Inquiry to determine legality of the Iraq War .
Promised to be the most thorough investigation into Britain's involvement in the war .
Hearings will be televised after initial plans for closed-door sessions were criticised .
Former Prime Minister Tony Blair will be called to testify .


London, England (CNN) -- A number of Latin American countries have rushed to offer their support to Argentina in its long-running territorial dispute with Britain over the Falkland Islands.

This week Britain began drilling for oil in the waters off the archipelago, despite opposition from Buenos Aires which claims sovereignty over the islands it calls Las Malvinas.

The project has reignited tensions between the two countries, who fought a brief war over the islands in 1982, with Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner accusing London of ignoring international law.

Argentina says the natural resources around the islands, which lie in the South Atlantic Ocean off the Argentinean coast, should be protected, and Britain must accept international resolutions labeling the Falklands a disputed area.

Mexico's President Felipe Calderon weighed into the dispute late Monday when he said a number of countries in the region had drafted a document in support of their South American neighbor.

Speaking at a summit of Latin American leaders in the Mexican resort of Playa Del Carmen, Calderon claimed Ecuador, Chile, Guatemala, Bolivia and Venezuela had all backed Argentina's opposition to the drilling.

"We have approved a declaration in which leaders of countries and governments present here reaffirm their support for the Republic of Argentina's legitimate rights in its sovereignty dispute with the United Kingdom," he said in a statement issued by Argentine officials.

Ecuador's President Rafael Correa offered his country's "unconditional support" to Argentina, while his Chilean counterpart Michelle Bachelet said, "We not only support our sister republic's claims to the Malvinas islands but every year we present its case to the United Nations' Special Committee on Decolonization."

Venezuela's outspoken leader Hugo Chavez also reiterated his support for Argentina. "We support unconditionally the Argentine government and the Argentine people in their complaints," Chavez told reporters Tuesday, according to Reuters.com. "That sea and that land belongs to Argentina and to Latin America."

A day earlier, Chavez had used his weekly televised address to make a direct appeal to Britain's Queen Elizabeth II. "Look, England, how long are you going to be in Las Malvinas? Queen of England, I'm talking to you," he said.

"The time for empires are over, haven't you noticed? Return the Malvinas to the Argentine people."

On Monday, British oil and gas exploration company Desire Petroleum announced that its Ocean Guardian rig had started drilling an exploration well in the North Falkland Basin, some 100 kilometers (60 miles) north of the islands.

Desire estimates that the North Falkland Basin could contain 3.5 billion barrels of oil as well as having "significant gas potential." The exploratory drilling is expected to last around 30 days, a spokesman for the company told CNN.

But the prospect of Britain making a highly lucrative discovery in region has infuriated Buenos Aires.

This has to do with the defense of the interests of Argentineans, not just about sovereignty," Argentine Cabinet Chief Anibal Fernandez said last week, adding that Argentina lays claim not just to the islands, but to any resources that could be found there.

In a statement last week, the Falkland Islands government, which represents its 2,500 residents, said it had "every right to develop a hydrocarbons industry within our waters."

"The British government has clearly stated that they support our right to develop legitimate business," it said. "The British government have also reiterated their stance on our British sovereignty."

Question: Which President says that a number of Countries support Argentina's position?

Question: what did the Mexican president say?

Question: what did falklands government say?

Question: Who is at odds over the ownership of South Atlantic Islands?

Question: who is UK at odds with?

Question: who is hugo chavez?

Answer: Felipe Calderon

Answer: "We have approved a declaration in which leaders of countries and governments present here reaffirm their support for the Republic of Argentina's legitimate rights in its sovereignty dispute with the United Kingdom,"

Answer: "every right to develop a hydrocarbons industry within our waters."

Answer: Argentina

Answer: Argentina

Answer: Venezuela's outspoken leader

Summary:
Argentina and UK at odds over ownership of South Atlantic islands .
Falklands government says it has "every right" to develop hydrocarbons industry .
Mexican president says a number of countries in the region support Argentina's position .
Venezuela's outspoken leader Hugo Chavez urges Britain to return the islands .


London, England (CNN) -- A strike that would have crippled British Airways over Christmas and New Year's Day cannot go ahead, a judge ruled Thursday. Judge Laura Cox issued an injunction blocking the planned 12-day strike, which was set to start December 22 and could have affected up to 1 million passengers. The airline immediately issued a statement saying it is "delighted for our customers. "There was never any need for a strike and we hope that Unite will take this opportunity to reflect before deciding its next steps," BA said, referring to the union that planned the strike. "Our customers do not believe that old-style trade union militancy is relevant to our efforts to move British Airways back toward profitability." But Unite joint general secretaries Derek Simpson and Tony Woodley called it "a disgraceful day for democracy when a court can overrule such an overwhelming decision by employees taken in a secret ballot. "This dispute is not settled. Passing the buck to the courts to do management's job for them was never going to be the answer," they said, warning they could vote again to strike. "BA must accept that there can be no resolution except through negotiation, failing which there will inevitably be a further ballot for industrial action." Unite has been engaged in a bitter dispute with British Airways management. "I'm not disappointed for the people that can get away at Christmas," Simpson told CNN. "It was never our desire to hurt those people. What we wanted to do was force a negotiated settlement." He said he is concerned the decision has "hardened management's attitude" toward negotiation. The union is unhappy with the airline's plans to change cabin crew conditions. Unite says working hours will be extended and crew levels will be cut, changes that will damage customer service and hit the British Airways brand. The airline says the changes will save the carrier $665 million. BA has been losing hundreds of millions of dollars each quarter this year. Cabin crew staff voted overwhelmingly in favor of the strike. But the airline argued in court that some of the workers who cast ballots had already taken voluntary redundancy -- or buyouts -- from the airline. Some 10,288 workers voted, of about 14,000 cabin crew staff overall. The airline's legal counsel, Bruce Carr, told the presiding judge that the balloting process contained "serious and substantial irregularities." Carr called the union's action in choosing to strike over Christmas "willfully disproportionate and clearly unlawful." He referred several times to the serious disruption that would be felt by the airline's passengers, saying some "ordinary people will find it very difficult to understand." Simpson said management imposed terms on the union members without agreement, and when Unite asked a court to stop it, the court did not. The fact that the court has now blocked the union from striking "shows an imbalance in employment law," he said. Travel experts have said around 1 million British Airways passengers could have been affected by the strike, finding themselves stranded and unable to rebook their tickets during the busy travel period. Thursday brought disruption to thousands of passengers on another airline, one run by the small Scottish charter company Globespan. The company announced on its Web site that it has gone into administration and that all flights on its airline, Flyglobespan, have been canceled. Further travel headaches are in store for passengers of other airlines at Heathrow and Aberdeen airports next week. Unite said baggage handlers and check-in staff at the two airports plan a series of three separate walkouts starting next week in a dispute over pay and pensions. The strike is not related to the British Airways dispute. The baggage handlers and check-in staff are employed by SAS Ground Services UK Ltd. The strike will affect travelers on Turkish, Emirates and Thai airlines at Heathrow and passengers on KLM, Air France, Wideroe and Atlantic at Aberdeen, Unite said. The walkouts are scheduled for December 22-24, December 26-27 and January 3-4. Those passengers hoping to avoid

Question: What did the High Court issue?

Question: What are travel experts saying?

Question: how many passengers will be hit by the strike

Question: how long was the strike to last

Question: When was the 12 day strike due to start?

Question: who orders an injunction

Question: What did the airline issued statement say?

Question: What did the airline say?

Question: How long was the strike?

Answer: injunction blocking the planned 12-day strike,

Answer: around 1 million British Airways passengers could have been affected by the strike,

Answer: up to 1 million

Answer: 12-day

Answer: December 22

Answer: Judge Laura Cox

Answer: "delighted for our customers.

Answer: "delighted for our customers.

Answer: 12-day

Summary:
High Court issues injunction stopping planned BA holiday strike .
Airline issues a statement saying it is "delighted for our customers"
Travel experts say around one million passengers would be hit by strike .
Twelve-day strike was due to start Monday, disrupting holiday season travel .


London, England (CNN) -- A woman's body was found in a river in Wales, police said Tuesday, the second death from severe flooding that has hit England and Wales since late last week. The body of the woman, who was not named, was found in the River Usk near the village of Talybont, in mid Wales close to the coast, Brecon police said. Search teams had been looking for her since Sunday. Talybont is about 250 miles south of Cockermouth, England, which has experienced some of the worst flooding seen in decades. Friday, parts of Cockermouth were under several feet of water after heavy rainfall the night before. The town sits at the intersection of two rivers, the Cocker and the Derwent, both of which burst their banks and raged through the town. By Tuesday, the flood waters had receded and the clean-up and damage assessment was well under way. But rain was still falling over the entire region, raising fears of further flooding in some areas. Britain's Environment Agency said river levels across the county of Cumbria remained high but are unlikely to rise to levels seen last week. Twenty road bridges in Cumbria were closed Tuesday, including seven that collapsed in the floods, Cumbria County Council spokesman Gareth Cosslett told CNN. Also shut were eight footbridges, which are an essential means of connecting residents in riverside towns. In Workington, where Cumbria Police Constable Bill Barker died in the floods last week, the two sides of the town are cut off from each other because all bridges were either washed away or closed for safety reasons. "We're hoping to get a temporary road bridge installed in Workington," Cosslett said, describing it as the council's first priority. "We haven't yet confirmed what we're going to do or when that's going to happen, but in all likelihood we're looking at a single-lane temporary bridge with traffic lights on either side." Cosslett had no estimate on when the bridge could be complete, but he said such a project may take more than a month. The worst weather Tuesday was in Cumbria, where the Met Office, the UK's weather service, predicted heavy and persistent rain and accumulations of 1.2 to 2.4 inches (30 to 60 millimeters). Rain and strong gusts were also forecast for Wales on Tuesday, the Met Office said. The rain was expected to move through the region by Wednesday, but more was set to return by Thursday, according to Met Office forecasts. Sixty-eight flood watches and warnings were in place across England and Wales on Wednesday, the Environment Agency said.

Question:
What number of road closures?
what was found in mid vales
Where is the River Usk?
how many watches were there
where was the body found
What was flooded?
What was found in river?

Answer: Twenty

Answer: A woman's body

Answer: near the village of Talybont, in mid Wales

Answer: Sixty-eight

Answer: in a river in Wales,

Answer: severe flooding that has hit England and Wales

Answer: A woman's body

Summary:
Woman's body found in the River Usk near the village of Talybont, in mid Wales .
Talybont 250 miles south of Cockermouth, England, which has also been badly hit by flooding .
20 road bridges in the region were closed Tuesday, including seven that collapsed in floods .
68 flood watches and warnings were in place across England and Wales Wednesday .


London, England (CNN) -- Apple CEO Steve Jobs this week rebuffed the suggestion that Apple will revolutionize TV in the same way it has reshaped the music industry, mobile phones and tablet computers.

But Jobs is bluffing: The time is right for Apple for tackle the TV, and the company's re-entry into that market is a no-brainer.

Just a "hobby"

"Smarter people than us will figure this out" was Jobs' deflective response to a question about Apple's TV aspirations at the D8 Conference on Tuesday. Subsidized business models essentially give customers a set-top box for free, Jobs argued; why would they pay for another?

He explained that the lack of a national cable operator, not to mention the lack of standards around TV, has led to Balkanization, or the breakup into smaller units: "It's a fundamental go-to-market problem."

"Apple TV is a hobby," he added in reference to the company's neglected set-top box offering.

Jobs' denials

The deflection is latest in a long line of half-truths from Jobs. It's a smart tactic that allows the company to lower market expectations and fool competitors.

In 2003, Jobs said of Apple's rumored entry into the cell phone business: "We didn't think we'd do well in the cell phone business. What we've done instead is, we've written what we think is some of the best software in the world to start syncing information between devices."

Four years later, the iPhone reshaped the smartphone market.

In the same interview, Jobs proclaimed, "There are no plans to make a tablet. It turns out people want keyboards. We look at the tablet, and we think it is going to fail."

This week, Apple announced that more than 2 million iPads have been sold since the touchscreen device was released in April.

Jobs is remarkably consistent in his misdirection. Two years previous to the launch of the $499 iPad, he claimed: "We don't know how to make a $500 computer that's not a piece of junk. Our DNA will not let us do that."

Prior to adding video support to the iPod, he professed: "I'm not convinced people want to watch movies on a tiny little screen." Before the launch of Apple's iBook store: "It doesn't matter how good or bad the product is; the fact is that people don't read anymore."

Jobs' denial of a new service is by no means evidence against its existence; the contrary, in fact.

The TV opportunity

The Internet-connected TV is an idea that's finally ripe for consumer adoption. Or more precisely: the TV as a platform. Apple's iTunes is an obvious starting point to turn the TV into an entertainment hub; it brings your purchased music, TV shows and movies to the big screen.

But Apple TV, the company's first foray into the television business, boasted this exact integration and failed to take the world by storm. What has changed? The glaring opportunity is for Apple to bring the App Store to TV. With access to millions of applications -- including games -- on a big screen, the television would finally become engaging.

The blockbuster launch of the iPad has proved that a screen, once connected to an endless supply of content and applications through iTunes and the App Store, becomes infinitely more powerful. The TV is simply a larger screen.

Competitive pressure

This opportunity hasn't been lost on Google. Its upcoming Google TV product will run its mobile Android OS. The reason is simple: Thanks to Android, Google TVs will benefit from the app ecosystem Google already built for mobile phones.

Google's strategy also points to a solution to the "set-top box problem": While Google will offer a separate box, the company has additionally partnered with Sony to have the software pre-installed in some TVs.

Such a union is less likely in Apple's case,

Question: Who denied that Apple was planning to enter the cell phone and tablet markets?

Question: What idea is finally ripe for consumer adoption?

Question: What did Jobs' deflection tactics allow?

Question: What has Jobs denied in the past?

Question: What is finally ripe for adoption?

Answer: CEO Steve Jobs

Answer: Internet-connected TV

Answer: the company to lower market expectations and fool competitors.

Answer: "There are no plans to make a tablet.

Answer: Internet-connected TV

Summary:
Internet-connected TV is idea that's finally ripe for consumer adoption .
In past, Steve Jobs has denied that Apple was planning to enter the cell phone or tablet markets .
His deflections are smart tactic that allows company to fool competitors .


London, England (CNN) -- At least 12 people have been killed and 25 injured after a gunman -- believed to be a local taxi driver -- went on a shooting spree through three small towns in the English county of Cumbria on Wednesday.

After a large scale search, Cumbria police found the body of the suspected gunman, 52-year-old Derrick Bird, in a wooded area of Boot, a village in the Lake District, a popular tourist area.

Authorities seized a gun from the scene where the body was found. Cumbria Police Deputy Constable Stuart Hyde said investigators believe Bird committed suicide.

"I've never known anything like this, where somebody would want to walk out and kill so many people in such a beautiful place in such a short space of time," Hyde said.

Police were working 30 separate crime scenes and are still attempting to determine the motive, Hyde said. Investigators are looking at Bird's history and his access to firearms, he said.

Police named Bird as a suspect following reports of the first shooting mid-morning on Wednesday in the Irish Sea port town of Whitehaven.

UK guns laws tightened after massacres

"Our focus is now on the movements of Mr. Bird this morning," authorities said. "Our thoughts are with the families in these tragic times. We are asking for any witnesses to come forward and help us with our investigation into the events of this morning."

British Prime Minister, David Cameron said the government would do whatever it could to help the communities affected.

"When lives and communities are suddenly shattered in this way, our thoughts should be with all those caught up in these tragic events, especially the families and friends of those killed or injured," he said.

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Armed police patrols and dog squads were dispatched in the hunt for the gunman after the first shots were fired at 10:35 a.m. (5:35 a.m. ET) in Whitehaven.

Police issued a photo of the Bird and urged members of the public to stay indoors until further notice.

More shots were fired in the small towns of Seascale and Egremont, with officers attempting to track the suspect on land and by air while ambulance crews attended the victims. Footage from one of the shooting scenes showed a covered body lying on a street.

"Police are working to identify the individuals and inform relatives," Cumbria police said. "Ambulance crews are in attendance across the area."

Peter Leder, who said he was a friend of Bird's, told CNN he spoke to Bird last night and was told: "You won't see me again."

Bird was initially driving a dark gray or silver Citroen Picasso, but police later said he had abandoned his car in the area of Boot, in the Lake District, and was traveling on foot.

Soon afterwards police said they had found a body in a wooded area.

The Lake District is a scenic rural retreat in northern England which is popular with walkers, hikers and tourists.

Leder said Bird has been an independent taxi driver in Whitehaven for more than 20 years and described him as "an outgoing, well-known guy, who everyone liked."

Bird was divorced several years ago and has two children, both boys, who have moved away from home, he said. Bird is very close to his mother, who is very ill in a local nursing home, Leder said.

He said his friend enjoyed scuba diving, went on several diving trips abroad and practised regularly at the Whitehaven swimming baths.

The vehicle police said Bird was driving at the time of the shootings was his regular taxi cab, Leder said.

A police hotline was set up for concerned relatives of those involved.

John Bevir, a reporter for CNN affiliate ITV, described nearby Whitehaven as a sleepy seaside town. "Things like this just don't happen here," he said. "Well, they didn't, until this morning."

CNN's David Wilkinson contributed to this report.

Question:
Who is Derrick Bird?
Who was the suspected gunman?
How many people were killed?
what is the number of dead?
How many confirmed dead?
in what country did the event occur?
What did the gunman say to his friends?

Answer: the suspected gunman,

Answer: Derrick Bird,

Answer: At least 12

Answer: 12

Answer: 12

Answer: England

Answer: "You won't see me again."

Summary:
Police confirm 12 people killed in shooting spree in northern England .
Police have found body believed to be suspected gunman Derrick Bird .
Friend says suspect told him, "You won't see me again"


London, England (CNN) -- Authorities evacuated 310 people from their homes early Thursday because of a major fire at a building site and nearby apartments in south London, fire officials and police said. The London Fire Brigade said it was called to the scene at 4:26 a.m. (11:26 p.m. ET Wednesday), and police said they were called minutes later. Ten fire engines and around 75 firefighters were on the scene some eight hours later, a spokesman for the fire brigade said. The fire engulfed an entire building site in Peckham, an area of south London, and spread to several three- and four-story residential buildings in the area, police and fire officials said. Firefighters had the fire surrounded by noon and said there may still be deep-seated pockets of fire, a fire brigade spokesman said. Four people were taken to a hospital, mainly for smoke inhalation, a spokeswoman for the London Ambulance Service said. None of their conditions was serious, she said. "I was in bed and my neighbor knocked and told me to wake up -- the building's on fire," said one woman wrapped in a coat on a nearby street. It was not clear what started the fire, the fire brigade spokesman said.

Question: What engulfed their apartment block?

Question: what caused the fire

Question: How many fire engines battled the blaze?

Question: When did the fire happen?

Question: How many firefighters battled the blaze?

Question: When did the fire take hold of the building?

Question: Where were residents evacuated from?

Answer: fire

Answer: It was not clear

Answer: Ten

Answer: south London,

Answer: 75

Answer: early Thursday

Answer: their homes

Summary:
Residents evacuated in area of south London after fire engulfed their apartment block .
30 fire engines and more than 310 firefighters battled the blaze .
No injuries have been reported, according to police and fire officials .
It is not known what started the fire which took hold of the building in the early hours of Thursday .


London, England (CNN) -- Britain said Thursday it expects Iceland to live up to its obligations, two days after Iceland's president refused to sign a bill that would pay back billions of dollars Iceland owes the country.

Britain spent 2.3 billion pounds ($3.69 billion) last year to cover the losses that British savers incurred when Icelandic banks collapsed.

Under a European Union directive, Iceland owes compensation to Britain.

Iceland's parliament passed a bill last week authorizing a state guarantee for repayment of the funds, but President Olafur Ragnar Grimmson refused to sign it Tuesday.

It means there will now be a public referendum on whether to approve the bill. It also puts into question whether Britain can get repaid.

"We expect Iceland to live up to its obligations," said a British Treasury spokesman, who was not authorized to give his name. "We support them in finding a way to do that."

Similar comments came from Dutch Finance Minister Wouter Bos, whose government spent 1.3 billion euros ($1.87 billion) to cover bank losses in the country.

Despite his refusal to sign the bill, Grimmson told CNN Wednesday that Iceland will not shirk its duty to repay the money.

"Iceland recognizes its obligations under this agreement," he said. Resolving the issue, he added, "is a key to our recovery and our harmonious relations with these countries."

Grimmson acknowledged that the referendum puts repayment in doubt, though he said at the very least, Icelandic opinion polls show the vote will be "very close."

He did not explain how Iceland would repay the money if voters reject the bill.

Britain and the Netherlands said it was too early to speculate on what might happen if voters in Iceland vote no, but both Bos and the British Treasury spokesman said it would have negative consequences internationally for the small Atlantic nation.

"If the referendum goes against us, then I think Iceland will have a big problem because they will have shown themselves to be very unreliable partners in the international financial scene," Bos told CNN.

Bos said non-repayment of the funds would affect "the long-term interest of the Iceland economy and the Iceland people."

In a statement Tuesday, Grimmson said the reason he refused to sign the bill was so it would go to a referendum, which is required by law in such a case. He said he received a petition over the weekend, signed by a quarter of the electorate, urging the decision be put to a public vote.

"It is the cornerstone of the constitutional structure of the Republic of Iceland that the people are the supreme judge of the validity of the law," Grimmson said in the statement.

The law passed by Iceland's parliament would compensate Britain and the Netherlands by 2024.

The International Monetary Fund approved a loan of $2.1 billion to Iceland in November, making repayment of the British and Dutch funds a requirement. It is unclear how the IMF loan would be affected if Icelandic voters were to reject the repayment bill.

Question: How much did the UK spend last year?

Question: Which banks collapsed?

Question: what amount of money spent UK last year?

Question: How much did Dutch authorities spend?

Answer: 2.3 billion pounds ($3.69 billion)

Answer: Icelandic

Answer: 2.3 billion pounds ($3.69 billion)

Answer: 1.3 billion euros ($1.87 billion)

Summary:
UK spent $3.69 billion last year to cover British savers' losses when Icelandic banks collapsed .
Dutch authorities spent $1.87 billion for the same reason .
Iceland's parliament passed a bill authorizing a state guarantee for repayment of the loan .
President Olafur Ragnar Grimmson instead chose to put decision to repay loans to a public referendum .


London, England (CNN) -- Britain's Labour Party suspended four members of Parliament -- including three former Cabinet ministers -- after they were secretly filmed offering to sell their government influence, the party said Tuesday.

The party said it has launched an investigation of Geoff Hoon, Patricia Hewitt, Stephen Byers and Margaret Moran and suspended all four from the Parliamentary Labour Party. None of the four plans to run in the next election, expected to be held in May.

"The Labour Party expects the highest standards of its representatives and believes that they have a duty to be transparent and accountable servants to their constituents at all times," the party said in a statement.

What the British media has now dubbed the "cash-for-lobbying" scandal comes just weeks before the expected general election in which Labour, the ruling party, faces a stiff challenge from the opposition Conservatives. Cabinet Secretary Gus O'Donnell, a non-partisan official, called the allegations "extremely serious."

The undercover filming was done by reporters for Channel 4's "Dispatches" program, which aired Monday night. They set up a fictional U.S. company that claimed to want to hire British politicians for an advisory board, and an undercover reporter then invited the MPs to a rented office in London to discuss the work.

A hidden camera captured the politicians agreeing to use their experience and influence to lobby the government in exchange for thousands of pounds (dollars) in pay.

"I'd be very interested. I'm a bit like a sort of cab for hire, I suppose, at the moment," said Byers, who was the transport and business secretary under former Prime Minister Tony Blair.

Byers said he usually charges a daily rate of between £3,000 and £5,000 ($4,500 and $7,500) for similar work. Among the services Byers offered was to try to get Blair to show up at a client's event.

"The three to five just depends a bit on the work, the clients, to be honest," Byers said on the tape. "I mean, sometimes I can charge more."

Hoon, who was British defense secretary during the invasion of Iraq in 2003, said he would request a similar amount. He said he could lead delegations to see certain ministers, or he could write letters to ministers to persuade them to see a client.

"One of the challenges, I think, which I'm really looking forward to is sort of translating my knowledge and contacts about (the) international scene into something that, bluntly, makes money," Hoon said.

Lawmaker Margaret Moran, who was implicated in the parliamentary expenses scandal last May, was also shown on hidden camera to be interested in a possible job. Moran spent £22,500 ($33,700) of taxpayers' money for repairs on a seaside home far from her constituency, days after declaring it as her second home, records last year showed.

Moran told the undercover reporter that she would be willing to approach parliamentary committees or special advisers on behalf of the company.

Hewitt, who served as health secretary and trade and industry secretary in the cabinet, said she is looking for another "major board position" to employ her for three days a month.

Asked how easy it would be for her to arrange meetings with Cabinet ministers or senior civil servants, Hewitt replied, "It's very doable, but you have to be kind of quite careful, you know, about how you do it. And it partly depends on the individual minister."

The Conservatives called on Prime Minister Gordon Brown to launch an investigation into the scandal.

Peter Hoskin, a columnist for The Spectator magazine, described the revelations as "dirty money and dirtier politics."

"Our democracy could hardly bear another major political scandal, but here we have one: as grubby, underhand and dispiriting as last year's expenses revelations," Hoskin wrote. "The question now is whether it's as widespread."

Daily Telegraph columnist Mary Riddell called it "the week that could finish Labour" and said it put the

Question:
What has Britain's Labour Party done?
What did politicians agree to?
who are not standing in election?
What did lawmakers do?
what Britain's labour party suspend?
what was offered  to sell?

Answer: suspended four members of Parliament

Answer: to use their experience and influence to lobby the government in exchange for thousands of pounds (dollars) in pay.

Answer: Geoff Hoon, Patricia Hewitt, Stephen Byers and Margaret Moran

Answer: launched an investigation of Geoff Hoon, Patricia Hewitt, Stephen Byers and Margaret Moran and suspended all four from the Parliamentary Labour Party.

Answer: four members of Parliament

Answer: their government influence,

Summary:
Britain's Labour Party suspends four senior MPs in cash-for-lobbying scandal .
Lawmakers were secretly filmed offering to sell their government influence .
Geoff Hoon, Patricia Hewitt, Stephen Byers, Margaret Moran not standing in election .
Politicians agreed to lobby government in exchange for thousands of pounds .


London, England (CNN) -- Britain's involvement in the invasion of Iraq "was the right decision and it was for the right reasons," Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Friday in his first response at an inquiry into country's role in the March 2003 conflict.

Brown was answering a question from the chairman of the inquiry, John Chilcot, about whether he thought taking military action in March 2003 was the right decision, especially given that it led to such a great loss of life among military personnel and civilians.

The prime minister said he respects members of the armed forces "who served with great distinction in Iraq" and lost their lives, and to civilians who died.

"I think any loss of life is something that makes us very sad indeed," Brown said.

The inquiry began last year and is expected to be the most thorough investigation yet into decisions that led up to the war and governed Britain's involvement, analysts have said.

It is not a court of law, so the inquiry cannot find anyone criminally responsible or apportion blame. But inquiry members will be able to judge the legality of the conflict.

Brown spent much of Friday defending military spending allowances, which have come under harsh scrutiny in Britain. Earlier witnesses have said Brown, as head of the British Treasury leading up to and after the Iraq invasion, did not allow the Ministry of Defence to spend as much as was needed.

Such cuts would have restricted the military's ability to buy helicopters, body armor and weapons that would have subsequently been used in Afghanistan.

Brown said as chancellor, he never ruled out a military option on the basis of cost.

"I said that every single request that was made for [military] equipment had to be met, and every request was met, and at any point military commanders were able to ask for equipment that they needed, and I know of no occasion when they were turned down for it," Brown testified.

Tony Blair testifies at Iraq inquiry

Geoff Hoon, defence secretary at the time of the 2003 invasion, testified that Brown forced cuts that limited military spending.

"We then had to look hard at our budget and make some rather difficult cuts in the future equipment program as a result," Hoon testified.

Brown had faced increasing pressure to testify before Britain holds general elections, widely expected to be held May 6. His Labour Party faces a tight race with the opposition Conservatives.

Chilcot, the inquiry chairman, said committee members previously decided not to call any government ministers who are still serving in posts relevant to Iraq, but Brown offered to testify.

Chilcot announced in January that Brown had agreed to appear in the next two months.

Susan Smith, whose son, Pvt. Phillip Hewett, died in Iraq in 2005, said she doesn't believe Brown did everything possible to equip British troops.

"Was it needed? Was it asked for? If it was, why was it not funded?" she said. "At the moment, you've got no answers. It's all speculation. It would be nice just to know the truth."

Brown has faced repeated criticism for the level of equipment for the 9,000 British troops in Afghanistan, which some have said is too low. The prime minister has defended equipment levels and said he seeks assurances from military officers in the field that troops have the supplies they need.

A military memo, sent in June but released in October, contained a warning from a British officer that a shortage of helicopters was putting troops at risk because they were forced to travel on the ground, increasing the chances a roadside bomb could kill them.

The memo was written by Lt. Col. Rupert Thorneloe, who died a month later in a roadside bombing. At the time, he was the highest-ranking British serviceman to die in combat since the 1982 Falklands War.

Gen. Michael Walker previously testified the Treasury gave defence officials a spending target that they found hard to reach.

"It was [a budget for] some of the stuff that

Question: When did Gordon Brown serve as Chancellor?

Question: What did Brown say about the decision to go to Iraq war ?

Question: What does Gordon Brown say about the decision to go to war in Iraq ?

Answer: 2003

Answer: "was the right

Answer: "was the right

Summary:
Gordon Brown served as Chancellor, or head of the Treasury, from 1997 until 2007 .
Brown: "Financial concerns played no part in military planning for the Iraq"
Brown: "I made it clear we would support whatever option the military decided upon"
The decision to go to war in Iraq was made for the right reasons, he said .


London, England (CNN) -- Britain's new Cabinet held its first meeting Thursday and promptly agreed to a five-percent pay cut for all new ministers, Downing Street said.

Tackling the country's debt crisis is a top priority for new Prime Minister David Cameron, who took office Wednesday.

The decision means all members of the new Cabinet -- including Cameron -- will be paid five-percent less than their predecessors in the government of Gordon Brown, Downing Street said.

The reduction in Cabinet minister salaries alone will save taxpayers about £50,000 ($73,800) this year, Downing Street said.

The Cabinet also agreed to a ministerial pay freeze for the lifetime of the current Parliament, which is not scheduled to have elections again for another five years.

The salary cuts and pay freeze will save approximately £3 million ($4.4 million) over the life of the Parliament, Downing Street said.

Every member of Parliament receives a basic annual salary of £65,737 ($97,105). Those who are members of the Cabinet receive an additional salary on top of that, with the amount depending on their position. The additional salary can range from about £69,000 to about £134,500 ($101,500 to $198,000).

For Cameron, the pay cut means he will earn £142,500 ($210,000) in his role as prime minister, compared to the £150,000 ($220,000) earned by Brown, his office said. That's on top of the salary he receives as a member of Parliament, representing the constituency of Witney, about 65 miles northwest of London.

Question: What did the Cabinet members agree to?

Question: How much money will be saved?

Question: How much money will be saved with the cuts?

Question: What is a priority for UK's new government?

Question: How much will salary cuts and pay freeze save?

Question: How much of a pay cut will be taken?

Question: What did cabinet members agree?

Question: What is UK governments priority?

Answer: a five-percent pay cut for all new ministers,

Answer: £50,000

Answer: approximately £3 million ($4.4 million) over the life of the Parliament,

Answer: Tackling the country's debt crisis

Answer: approximately £3 million

Answer: five-percent

Answer: a five-percent pay cut for all new ministers,

Answer: debt crisis

Summary:
Tackling the country's towering budget deficit is a priority for UK's new government .
Cabinet members have agreed to take a five-percent pay cut .
Salary cuts and pay freeze will save approximately £3 million .


London, England (CNN) -- Britain's top legal official "misled" the government over the case for war in Iraq under pressure from then prime minister Tony Blair, a former Cabinet minister claimed Tuesday.

Clare Short, who was Blair's international development secretary until she quit over the Iraq invasion, said Attorney General Peter Goldsmith withheld his own "doubts and changes of opinion" in giving the go-ahead for war.

"I think he misled the Cabinet. He certainly misled me, but people let it through," Short told an inquiry into Britain's role in the March 2003 Iraq invasion.

The inquiry -- Britain's fifth examination of its Iraq involvement -- has already grilled senior figures including Blair, former defense minister Geoff Hoon and Britain's top military commander Jock Stirrup.

Short said that Goldsmith, who last week testified before the inquiry that he was initially ambivalent but later adamant over the legality of the war, was wrong to press the case.

Goldsmith initially advised Blair in January 2003 that it would be unlawful to invade Iraq without a United Nations Security Council resolution but changed his mind a month later.

"I think for the attorney general to come and say there's unequivocal legal authority to go to war was misleading."

Short said Goldsmith was "leaned on" by Blair to agree to the war.

"Lord Goldsmith said he was excluded from lots of meetings -- that's a form of pressure.

"It was suggested to him that he go to the U.S. to get advice about the legal position.

"You have got the Bush administration who have very low respect for international law. It seems the most extraordinary place in the world to go to get advice about international law."

She added: "I think all that was leaning on -- sending him to America, excluding him and then including him."

Her comments came just days after Blair appearance at the inquiry generated protests, with several hundred anti-war campaigners gathering outside the London venue chanting "Blair lied, thousands died" and other slogans.

Blair denied claims he had struck a secret deal with U.S. President George W. Bush in 2002 pledging British backing for the invasion and said he believed "beyond doubt" his unfounded pre-war claim that Iraq was capable of launching chemical and biological weapons within 45 minutes.

Blair: No 'covert' deal with Bush over Iraq

Analysts say involvement in the Iraq war remains a "live political issue" in the UK, because the same government -- now led by Gordon Brown -- was still power, whereas the parties of other leaders in the U.S. and Australia have been voted out of office.

"The others have faced critical public scrutiny and been damaged by that," legal expert Glen Rangwala of Cambridge University told CNN. "The British haven't had a change of administration so in many ways it remains a live political issue because it reflects on people who are in government."

CNN's Simon Hooper contributed to this report

Question: Who withheld doubts over the Iraq war?

Question: who says attorney general retained doubts about the Iraq war

Question: Who did Blair lean on to support involvement in the war?

Question: Who is the attorney general?

Question: Who did Tony Blair lean on for support?

Question: What was the inquiry about?

Question: Who withheld doubts about the war in Iraq?

Answer: Attorney General Peter Goldsmith

Answer: Clare Short,

Answer: Goldsmith

Answer: Peter Goldsmith

Answer: Goldsmith

Answer: Britain's fifth examination of its Iraq involvement

Answer: Peter Goldsmith

Summary:
Ex-minister Clare Short says attorney general withheld doubts over Iraq war .
Short said Tony Blair leant on Lord Goldsmith to support UK involvement .
Inquiry is Britain's fifth examination of role in Iraq conflict .


London, England (CNN) -- British Airways cabin crew members went on strike Saturday, leaving thousands of would-be passengers' travel plans during the next two weeks in disarray.

The strike came after British Airways Chief Executive Willie Walsh and the joint general secretary of the Unite union, Tony Woodley, emerged Friday from a meeting and announced the effort to avert the walkout had failed.

"This company does not want to negotiate," Woodley said of British Airways. "This company wants ultimately to go to war with my members and the union."

Walsh said he "deeply regrets" the inconvenience the strikes will cause to passengers but said the company will still try to operate as many flights as possible. "I am disappointed the union has not been able to see the sense of the proposal we tabled today," Walsh said.

Advice for passengers

British Airways posted lists on its Web site of flights that it plans to operate during the walkout.

A spokesperson for Prime Minister Gordon Brown said he "believes that this strike is in no one's interest and will cause unacceptable inconvenience to passengers. He urges the strike be called off immediately" and the two sides return to bargaining.

In addition to the three-day strike beginning Saturday, Unite has decided to strike for four more days beginning March 27. Unite represents 95 percent of BA's 15,000 cabin crew members, but not all of them plan to strike.

The airline has unveiled an ambitious contingency plan to get as many passengers as possible to their destinations. Walsh said he hopes that by leasing aircraft and using replacement workers, BA will be able to deliver about two-thirds of its customers to their planned destinations during the strikes.

In a full-page ad in British newspapers Friday, Walsh said a "significant number" of cabin crews don't support the strike and will continue to work, supported by volunteers from across the airline.

The airline said it has also made agreements with more than 60 other carriers to rebook customers free of charge if their British Airways flights are canceled during the strike period.

Will a strike by British Airways affect you?

But in a posting on its Web site, Unite called the schedule "an accomplished work of fantasy."

The industrial action is over planned changes to the way cabin crews operate, which British Airways says will save the carrier more than 60 million pounds ($90 million) a year.

Unite has said the plans call for working hours to be extended and crew staffing levels to be cut, changes that it has said will damage customer service and the BA brand.

"Unite believes the new contractual changes are an attempt to force staff to pay the price for management failings with the company wringing more and more out of fewer and fewer staff who will be paid less," the union said in a posting on its Web site. A cabin crew member's starting salary is 11,000 pounds ($16,500), Unite said.

Unite said that BA management submitted a formal offer to the union last week, but the offer failed to address union concerns about crew numbers and service delivery. That prompted Unite officials to announce the strike dates. BA then rescinded its offer. British Airways submitted a new offer Friday, but Woodley said it reduced the amount of pay that had been in last week's offer.

iReport: Are you caught up in the strike?

A sticking point in negotiations was reportedly how BA could be compensated for the 27 million pound ($40.5 million) loss it had already incurred through canceled tickets before the talks broke down.

Walsh said he told Unite that the expense must be recovered, so the financial value of Friday's offer was "not as attractive" as last week's. The new offer, however, would have secured long-term pay protection for all existing crew, "new opportunities" for BA crew at London's Gatwick airport, and modernization of its industrial relations, he said.

Any BA workers who go on strike now risk losing permanently their travel perks, such as free and heavily discounted travel

Question: When does the next strike begin?

Question: What does the Union say teh plan calls for?

Question: What will the contingency plan trying to do ?

Question: What will the Contingency plan try to do?

Question: What are the plans calling for ?

Question: What is beginning on March 27?

Question: What did British Airways post on its website?

Question: What did BA post on its web site?

Answer: March 27.

Answer: working hours to be extended and crew staffing levels to be cut,

Answer: get as many passengers as possible to their destinations.

Answer: get as many passengers as possible to their destinations.

Answer: working hours to be extended and crew staffing levels to be cut,

Answer: strike

Answer: of flights that it plans to operate during the walkout.

Answer: of flights that

Summary:
NEW: British Airways posts lists on its Web site of flights it plans to operate .
Besides three-day strike, Unite to strike for four more days beginning March 27 .
Unite: Plans call for longer working hours, cut staff .
BA chief: Contingency plan will try to get customers to destinations .