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Britons flood Ireland with EU passport queriesBritons trying to hang onto EU citizenship have inundated Ireland's embassy in London and post offices in British-run Northern Ireland with passport enquiries and requests for application forms, the Irish foreign office said on Monday. More… |
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Payments glitch at HSBC leaves Britons without wagesThousands of Britons failed to receive their wages on Friday (August 28) when a problem at Europe's biggest bank HSBC prevented some of its business customers from making payments. The glitch affected payme More… |
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New registration rules for Britons in BahrainBritons in Bahrain will no longer be able to register births and deaths at the British Embassy in Manama from January 14. As part of a centralisation programme, the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has announced that it wi More… |
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Briton jailed in Dubai denies GFH's fraud allegationsA British citizen being sued by a subsidiary of the Bahrain-based Gulf Finance House (GFH) claims he was tricked into visiting Dubai, where he was subsequently arrested. Former GFH Capital deputy chief executive David Haigh has be More… |
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New emergency passports for Britons on wayEmergency passport procedures are being introduced for Britons in Bahrain, after it emerged there was a massive backlog of overseas applications that was taking months to clear. From June 23, UK citizens can ap More… |
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Britons in Bahrain urged to be vigilantBritons in Bahrain are being warned to be extra vigilant ahead of opposition threats to stage protests this week. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has warned of series of demonstrations are expected to start today (Februa More… |
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Missing Briton: UAE arrests three IraniansSecurity forces in the United Arab Emirates have detained three Iranians suspected of kidnapping a British-Iranian businessman who went missing in Dubai in June, the Dubai government said on Thursday. Britain's Foreign Office More… |
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New SARS-like virus kills BritonA British man infected with a new virus from the same family as SARS has died, health officials said on Tuesday, bringing the worldwide death toll from the previously unknown disease to six. The More… |
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Briton sentenced to life for 2 murders in IraqAn Iraqi court sentenced a British security contractor on Monday to life in prison for killing two colleagues in 2009. Daniel Fitzsimons had faced a possible death sentence after he was arrested in August 2009 over the shootings of Paul Mc More… |
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New passports set for Britons in Dubai assassinationBritain has offered new passports to six citizens whose identities were used by suspects in a Dubai assassination, to spare the Britons from inadvertent arrest under an Interpol alert, according to an official. Consular staff at the B More… |
