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The UK or United Kingdom of Great Britain is a sovereign state, an island nation northwest of mainland Europe with 60 million people consisting of the countries England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland.

The UK was the home of the British empire, the foremost world power of the 19th century. It's power peaked in the early 20th century and declined thereafter, hastened by World War II. Though the British empire is no longer sustainable, the UK still maintains significant global influence for the size of it's population, both because of it's permanent seat on the U.N. security council and as a result of the success of London as a global financial and cultural center.

The UK has an active social and blogging scene commenting on all aspects of UK society including the economic, political and social.

Pages tagged with UK will contain information relevant to, or about the United Kingdom.

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Original Technorati articles tagged “uk”

• in Travel
  TripAdvisor Barred from Claiming Reviews are Honest, Real
  A UK watchdog agency barred TripAdvisor from claiming its reviews are honest, real.
  by kaleeltvp / on Feb 1, 2012
• in Business
  News Corp Will Pay Largest Settlement in UK for its Hacking Frolic: Multi-millions
  News Corp Settlements Will Be in the Hundreds of Millions for Egregious Hacking Scandal
  by goldensylph / on Jan 19, 2012
• in Technology
  Technology and Our Memory: Can We Find a Balance?
  The rapid advancement of smartphones has allowed them to become our external brain. But is this healthy?
  by micahsingleton / on Jan 5, 2012

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “uk”

 

• Mills will give evidence to Leveson

  
  Express & Star Sport — Authority: 582
  Heather Mills is to give evidence at the Leveson Inquiry into press standards, it has emerged.
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• Fashion week cupcakes! Leopard print for Beyoncés label House of Dereon and fashion designer cake pops, including Karl Lagerfeld, Anna Wintour and Vivienne Westwood

  
  Cupcakes Take The Cake — Authority: 539
  Its New York Fashion Week, so even though these London fashion cupcakes and cake pops were made in the UK, they count for the spirit they bring and the fun style, and fashion is international, anyway. The top leopard print cupcakes and cake pops were for House of Dereon, Beyoncés fashion label, along with their logo ...
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• Obama launches Extreme Marshmallow Cannon – video

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 962
  The White House science fair launches with a bang on Tuesday as Barack Obama shoots marshmallows at the wall in the state dining room
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• Milan Mandaric profile: a rags-to-riches story that began in former Yugoslavia

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 962
  Businessman who fell foul of Marshal Tito made a fortune in the US before buying and selling football clubs Milan Mandaric revealed while giving evidence at Southwark crown court how a rags-to-riches story started with a traumatic upbringing in the former Yugoslavia. " For four years we were in mountains hiding from ...
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• Mobile News for 8 February: Apps, Apps and More Stuff Too

  
  mad4mobilephones — Authority: 125
  In today’s Mobile News, we highlight a reading app, Swype ICS and a few other sundry tidbits. Read on for details. Reading Rainbow App Levar Burton, a very talented actor, hosted a US Public Broadcast Service (PBS) television show that encouraged kids to read. He hosted the show for an amazing 23 years, from 1983 ...
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• All A380 superjumbos to be checked for wing cracks

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 962
  European aviation safety body about to expand directive to include all aircraft, not just those that have exceeded a certain number of flights The entire global fleet of A380 superjumbos will be inspected for wing cracks after the European aviation safety body ordered an expansion of safety checks. The European ...
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• Levi Bellfield loses bid to challenge Milly Dowler conviction

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 962
  Application for permission to appeal against conviction for teenagers murder is rejected by three judges in London The former bouncer Levi Bellfield has lost a bid to challenge his conviction for the kidnap and murder of Milly Dowler. An application for permission to appeal by Bellfield, 43, was rejected by the lord ...
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• Harry Redknapp profile: so old-school he feels like a breath of fresh air

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 962
  The Tottenham Hotspur manager, one of footballs great survivors, has been talked of as the next England coach Harry James Redknapp has grown to find his portrayal at the hands of the press rather distasteful. At least one reporter has made the mistake recently of referring to him as a "wheeler-dealer" prompting him ...
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• Motorola MOTOLUXE Coming to UK this month

  
  GoAndroid — Authority: 480
  Motorola has confirmed that Motorola MOTOLUXE Mid Range phone is coming to UK. Running on Android 2.3, the MOTOLUXE features a custom user interface called MotoSwitch and is powered by a single-core 800MHz processor and 512MB of RAM. Measuring 117.7 x 60.5 x 9.9 mm, it has a slim form factor and is extremely ...
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• Competition: Win 1 Of 2 Double Passes For The Opening Night Of Sing-A-Long-A SOUND OF MUSIC In Sydney, Australia!

  
  Twitch — Authority: 134
  Thanks to our friends at Cardinal Spin, we have 2 double passes to give away for the Opening Night of the upcoming Sing-A-Long-A SOUND OF MUSIC event at the State Theatre in Sydney on Friday February 24. Not only will you get to experience the musical masterpiece on the big screen, youll also get to sing along to all ...
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• BBC News channel must maintain quality

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 962
  BBC Trust review warns that cost cutting should not be allowed to damage News Channels ability to deliver breaking stories The BBC Trust has warned that planned cost-cutting on the BBC News channel should not lead to a deterioration in quality. BBC management plans to axe the second BBC News presenter outside of ...
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• Facebooks Mobile Plan: Carrier Billing, Analytics For Apps Via Bango Deal?

  
  paidContent — Authority: 767
  Last week, we highlighted how Facebook is already using mobile devices for commercial services —enabling people to buy Facebook Credits and charge them directly to their mobile bills. Now, it’s increasingly looking like that may just be the beginning: today, UK-based mobile billing and analytics specialist Bango ...
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• Facebooks Mobile Plan: Carrier Billing, Analytics For Apps Via Bango Deal?

  
  paidContent:UK — Authority: 592
  Last week, we highlighted how Facebook is already using mobile devices for commercial services —enabling people to buy Facebook Credits and charge them directly to their mobile bills. Now, it’s increasingly looking like that may just be the beginning: today, UK-based mobile billing and analytics specialist Bango ...
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• Facebooks Mobile Plan: Carrier Billing, Analytics For Apps Via Bango Deal?

  
  mocoNews — Authority: 572
  Last week, we highlighted how Facebook is already using mobile devices for commercial services —enabling people to buy Facebook Credits and charge them directly to their mobile bills. Now, it’s increasingly looking like that may just be the beginning: today, UK-based mobile billing and analytics specialist Bango ...
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• help me think through visa and immigration for my partner and child

  
  Ask MetaFilter — Authority: 646
  I am uk citizen, my partner is Japanese and here in the uk on a working holiday visa which expires mid March. She is pregnant and will give birth in September, ideally in japan, and at the end of 2012 or the start of 2013 wed like to return to the uk. Somewhere in there we want to get married, and get the baby a ...
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• Simon Hughes statement in response to settling his phone-hacking claim

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 962
  Liberal Democrat settles case against News of the World publisher News Group Newspapers • Steve Coogan and Simon Hughes settle phone-hacking claims I have today settled my claim against News International in relation to the hacking of my phone. I have settled because I am completely satisfied that the ...
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• “Now is the decade for women in business” says Cherie Blair ahead of keynote speech at Business 2012

  
  Your Story — Authority: 516
  February 8th 2012 – At Business 2012, which runs from 18-20th March at the O2 in London and is free to attend, Cherie Blair will tell the story of the challenges she faced on her way to the top of her profession. She will explain how she overcame those challenges to become a successful QC, ...
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• The Maldives nascent democracy faces an uncertain future | Maryam Omidi

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 962
  An unpopular president has replaced a tarnished one, while corruption and violence shows no signs of abating in the Maldives Just hours after he was forced from office, Mohamed Nasheed, the Maldives first democratically elected president, was said to be in "high spirits" by his brother, Ibrahim Nasim. Not bad given ...
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• Freezing weather claims Thursday jumps cards at Taunton and Huntingdon

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 962
  • Fridays meeting face early morning inspections on Thursday • Newbury hopeful ahead of Betfair Super Saturday fixture Frost covers have failed to save Thursdays scheduled jumps racing from an icy fate after freezing temperatures put paid to meetings at Taunton and Huntingdon. With temperatures above zero at ...
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• Ban on same-sex stories in romance competition causes outcry

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 962
  Romance Writers Inks More than Magic contest accepts vampires and werewolves but not gay and lesbian tales Love is patient and kind – and strictly between a man and a woman, at least according to an Oklahoma-based romantic writing competition, which decided to ban same-sex entries and prompted a furious backlash ...
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