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...pictures of 250 years of the British Museum...
...Rome Berlusconi Bribe Verdict On Feb. 17 an Italian court found British lawyer David Mills guilty of taking a bribe in exchange for lying in court on behalf of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi during corruption trials in the 1990s. Berlusconi, originally a defendant in Mills' trial, pushed through a law effectively granting himself immunity from prosecution while in office. Both men say they are innocent, and Berlusconi maintains that the trial was politically motivated. Mills, who received a sentence of 4 1/2 years in prison, was not in court for the trial or the verdict and will probably remain free...
...Paris Conn to Sonar: Ouch French and British authorities admitted on Feb. 16 that two nuclear submarines, Le Triomphant and H.M.S. Vanguard, collided in early February while deep in the Atlantic Ocean. Though neither vessel was damaged enough to leak radiation or sink along with their approximately 32 combined nuclear missiles, the incident raised concerns over the European neighbors' lack of naval coordination...
Some call Slumdog a British film. Some call it an Indian production. What do you say? Prashant Yelsangi, MUMBAI...
...know--it's weird, isn't it? I blame my British upbringing. There is a fantastic scene in Trainspotting where a character disappears down the toilet. And when we came to do this scene [in Slumdog], I remember thinking, We can't do that--it's exactly the same as Trainspotting! But it's such an extraordinary scene because all his character is right in that moment. Obviously, it's a big audience favorite...