Read more British stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/3699/british.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 8:30:35 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/61921/9-missing-foreigners-found-dead-in-yemen.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNine missing foreigners, including three children, have been found dead in Yemen today, their bodies mutilated, a security official said. The foreigners, including seven Germans, a Briton, and a South Korean, disappeared Friday while on a picnic in the turbulent northern Saada region. Shepherds roaming the area found some remains...http://www.newser.com/story/61921/9-missing-foreigners-found-dead-in-yemen.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 15 Jun 2009 9:27:31 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/57732/worlds-largest-cave-found.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA British expedition team has discovered what they believe to be the world’s largest cave deep within the Vietnamese jungle, the Telegraph reports. At 650 feet high and nearly 500 feet wide, Hang Son Doong—or Mountain River Cave—is twice the size of current record holder Deer Cave in...http://www.newser.com/story/57732/worlds-largest-cave-found.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 01 May 2009 5:03:24 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/56614/cult-writer-jg-ballard-dead-at-78.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBritish author JG Ballard died this morning "with great sadness" after many years of poor health, his agent said today. The 78-year-old novelist and short story writer was most famous for his semi-autobiographical book Empire of the Sun , later made into a film by Steven Spielberg, and his controversial novel...http://www.newser.com/story/56614/cult-writer-jg-ballard-dead-at-78.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 19 Apr 2009 17:30:11 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/53697/jargon-not-a-best-practice-brit-bureaucrats-told.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThis recession requires the British government to drop its jargon and get consensually transparent, er, clear. A government agency frets that people are missing out on services because they don't understand bureaucratic lingo like the following phrases, per Reuters: Slippage: Why not just admit the delay? A menu of options...http://www.newser.com/story/53697/jargon-not-a-best-practice-brit-bureaucrats-told.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 18 Mar 2009 15:46:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/48599/manners-killed-titanics-brits-as-yanks-fled-study.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBritish passengers aboard the Titanic were most likely to die because their sense of propriety inclined them to line up for lifeboats while Americans elbowed past to save themselves, claims an Australian researcher who is studying how people react in life-threatening disasters. Americans were 8.5% more likely than other...http://www.newser.com/story/48599/manners-killed-titanics-brits-as-yanks-fled-study.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 21 Jan 2009 16:12:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/46280/us-phrases-that-annoy-brits.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagToby Harnden must live among Yanks in his job as a correspondent for the UK's Telegraph , and sometimes American phrases drive him nuts. Here are his worst offenders: Happy holidays (just say Christmas, please) Have a nice day (make it stop) You're welcome (this one's just "Pavlovian" to him)http://www.newser.com/story/46280/us-phrases-that-annoy-brits.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 27 Dec 2008 18:50:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/45846/sorry-pops-lily-allen-aint-my-mouthpiece.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBritish pop singer Lily Allen can carry a cute tune, but "spokesperson for her generation"? Puh-leeze, Emily Hill writes in Spiked. Allen's first album, Alright, Still , "soundtracked a summer," inspiring middle-aged music hacks to praise her and London Mayor Boris Johnson to ask for her insight into gang violence. But...http://www.newser.com/story/45846/sorry-pops-lily-allen-aint-my-mouthpiece.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 21 Dec 2008 12:07:29 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/44692/mumbai-linked-terror-crew-hunts-western-recruits.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Islamic militant group thought to be behind the Mumbai terror attacks has recruited Westerners, particularly Americans and Britons, to aid in planning and executing attacks, the Los Angeles Times reports. A 23-year-old Brit, convicted this year on terror-related charges, was among the Lashkar-e-Taiba adherents helping get converts to Pakistan...http://www.newser.com/story/44692/mumbai-linked-terror-crew-hunts-western-recruits.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 08 Dec 2008 9:52:22 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/44047/brits-turn-to-sex-for-cheap-thrills.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFor those who can't afford to shop during the holidays, the British offer a suggestion: have sex instead. Love-making topped a list of increasingly popular cost-free activities, followed by window shopping and gossiping—which beat out sex among women—in a survey of 2,000 Brits. The findings coincide with...http://www.newser.com/story/44047/brits-turn-to-sex-for-cheap-thrills.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 01 Dec 2008 3:41:37 CST