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</title><link>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20225736,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn</link><guid>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20225736,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn</guid><description>Preparation for his role as a head of state has been put on the "back burner," his office says</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2008 15:50:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Inside the religious heart of England</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/TRAVEL/08/01/westminster.london/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/TRAVEL/08/01/westminster.london/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Wearing a red robe and a warm smile, Eddie works as a verger at London's Westminster Abbey. As a church official, he keeps order in this sacred space. 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EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Helicopter blunders hit UK forces</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/04/07/uk.helicopters/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/04/07/uk.helicopters/index.html</guid><description>A series of software blunders and equipment shortages have left Britain's armed forces with a significant helicopter shortfall, an official spending watchdog has revealed.</description><pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2004 10:06:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Gitmo men arrested upon UK return</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/03/09/gitmo.uk/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/03/09/gitmo.uk/index.html</guid><description>Four of five British men released by the U.S. military from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and returned to the UK have been arrested and sent to a London police station.</description><pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2004 13:58:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>'Dr. Death' hanging: Inquiry opens</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/01/14/shipman.death/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/01/14/shipman.death/index.html</guid><description>An inquiry has opened into the apparent suicide of a family doctor believed to be Britain's worst serial killer.</description><pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2004 12:35:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Anger as 'Dr. Death' found hanged</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/01/13/shipman.death/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/01/13/shipman.death/index.html</guid><description>As the body of UK serial killer Harold Shipman, found hanged in his prison cell, was taken away for an autopsy, relatives told of their anger.</description><pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2004 09:02:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Highways, skyways 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