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United Kingdom

Overview

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain) is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe.

It is an island country, spanning an archipelago including Great Britain, the northeastern part of the island of Ireland, and many small islands. Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK with a land border, sharing it with the Republic of Ireland. Apart from this land border, the UK is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea, the English Channel and the Irish Sea. Great Britain is linked to France by the Channel Tunnel.

Headlines Around the Web

Nigeria: Foremost Economist, Aluko, Dies At 83

Feb 08 - AllAfrica News

Nigeria: Jailed Arik Airhostess Gets Counselling

Feb 08 - AllAfrica News

Kenya: Giving Nationals in the UK a Feel Home Experience

Jan 25 - AllAfrica News

Africa: UK Aid Minister Promotes Private Enterprise

Jan 12 - AllAfrica News

Scotland warned it could lose the pound and be forced to join Euro as price of independence

Jan 11 - Independent

Nigeria: The Nation Drops in Global GDP Ranking

Dec 29 - AllAfrica News

MF Global's missing $700 million could be in UK

Dec 22 - CNN Money

Nigeria: Graduates of Some Medical Colleges Barred From Practising in UK

Dec 22 - AllAfrica News

Zambia: MMD Externalised K50 Billion - Mahtani

Dec 07 - AllAfrica News

Nigeria: UK Advises Another Bidding Round for PHCN Assets

Nov 25 - AllAfrica News

Nigeria: PHCN Privatisation - DFID Calls for Transparent, Competitive Process

Nov 25 - AllAfrica News

Nigeria: Nationals in UK Move to Boost FDI, Remittance

Nov 23 - AllAfrica News

Nigeria: Basa - Arik Gets Seven Slots to UK

Nov 16 - AllAfrica News

Nigeria: Face-Off Between Govt and British Airways Heats Up

Nov 14 - AllAfrica News

Nigeria: FG Grants BA One-Week Extension

Nov 08 - AllAfrica News

Netflix to launch in U.K., Ireland in 2012

Oct 24 - MarketWatch

Sierra Leone: Six Ministers for Investment Conference in London

Oct 05 - AllAfrica News

Nigeria: UK Civil Aviation Grants Peacock Travels ATOL Certification

Oct 03 - AllAfrica News

Africa: Continent Lags Behind West, Asia in Electronic Commerce

Sep 30 - AllAfrica News

Focus still on growth of UK business - NAB

Sep 29 - News.com.au

Articles About United Kingdom

Economic Activities Moving Up in March but Not Too Much, Westpac Says

World Bank: Australia Should Brace for More Economic Backlash from China Slowdown

By IBTimes AU

The World Bank has picked on Australia for its over-dependence on its resource exports to China, which could eventually hamper growth in the Asia-Pacific Region to 7.6% this year. (8:32 am)

Arsenal Youngster Taking Inspiration From French Loan

By IBTimes UK

Arsenal youngster Joel Campbell has now made his return to the Emirates after a loan-spell at Lorient, and the 19 year old has revealed that though he was disappointed to leave the club at the beginning, he's now glad that he had the chance to experience life in Ligue 1. (May 21)

G8 Summit: Top 10 Agenda Items From Talks

By IBTimes UK

Apart from eurozone crisis, the summit concentrated on a whole range of issues including Afghanistan and Iran. (May 20)

MORE TOPICS: GLOBAL WARMING, AFGHANISTAN, HUMAN RIGHTS, DMITRY MEDVEDEV, CLIMATE CHANGE, LIBYA, INVESTMENT

Top 10 Likely Issues at G8 Summit

By IBTimes UK

From the eurozone crisis to Afghanistan, Syria and rising global oil rises are likely to figure at the summit. (May 19)

MORE TOPICS: AL-QAEDA, AFGHANISTAN, GERMANY, JAPAN, RUSSIA, DMITRY MEDVEDEV, ELECTIONS

The Most-Effective, Quickest Way To Create More U.S. Jobs

By IBTimes

In a talk at New York's Princeton Club, Nobel Prize-winning economist and New York Times Columnist Paul Krugman said the solution to create more jobs and get the U.S. economy to grow faster isn't rocket science: it's fiscal stimulus. (May 18)

MORE TOPICS: UNEMPLOYMENT, GDP, NEW YORK, NOBEL PRIZE, INVESTMENT

Ino Menegaki, a Greek actress, in the role of an ancient high-priestess, lights a torch from a cauldron with the Olympic Flame

2012 London Olympics: Greece Hands Olympic Flame to Britain [PHOTOS]

By IBTimes UK

The Olympic Flame has been handed over to the 2012 London delegation, at a ceremony at the Panathenaic Stadium in Greece (May 18)

David Cameron To Oppose François Hollande On Afghanistan Troop Withdrawal Timetable

By IBTimes

In bilateral discussions on Friday, British Prime Minster David Cameron is expected to urge newly elected French President François Hollande to renege on campaign promises to withdraw French troops from Afghanistan by the end of 2012. (May 17)

MORE TOPICS: AL-QAEDA, AFGHANISTAN, GERMANY, ELECTIONS, LONDON

Diamond Jubilee: Spanish Queen Sofia Boycott's Lunch with Queen Elizabeth in Gibralter Protest

By IBTimes UK

Queen Sofia of Spain will not be attending a lunch at Windsor Castle on Friday in the UK, to be held to mark the Diamond Jubilee celebrations of Queen Elizabeth II (May 17)

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City Should Spend Like Barcelona and Real Madrid, Says Mancini

By IBTimes UK

Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini, after leading his boys to a first ever Premier League win since 1968, says that City have to spend like Spanish giants Barcelona and Real Madrid this summer, if they are to target the Champions League trophy next season. (May 16)