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The UK House of Lords Tuesday voted by a margin of 160-156 to remove references to the "glorification" of terrorism from the Terrorism Bill , proposed after the London bombings last...

BBC News is reporting that the UK House of Commons has voted to include the glorification of terrorism as a criminal offense in the proposed Terrorism Bill , overturning the House of Lords on...

British MPs voted Tuesday by an overwhelming margin to ban smoking in all public enclosed spaces beginning in the summer of 2007. Prime Minister Tony Blair , Chancellor Gordon Brown , and Home Secretary Charles Clark...

A UK parliamentary report released Tuesday concludes that British control orders confining and/or regulating the conduct of suspected terrorists who cannot be prosecuted in courts may violate the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) . Eighteen...

The controversial Identity Cards Bill narrowly passed its critical second reading in the British House of Commons Monday evening despite efforts by opposition parties and rebellious backbenchers from British Prime Minister Tony Blair's ...

In an apparent political climbdown, UK Home Secretary Charles Clarke has approved publication of proposed amendments to the controversial British Identity Cards Bill that would require another Act of Parliament be passed to...

Following angry protests over the Muhammad cartoons by British Muslims in London late last week, UK Home Secretary Charles Clarke Tuesday renewed calls for the inclusion of a "glorifying terrorism" offense in the proposed...

An effort to increase the detention period for terror suspects in the UK from 28 days to 60 days was defeated Wednesday in the House of Lords by a vote of 210-108. Under current law [Criminal Justice...

UK Home Secretary Charles Clarke was pressured by UK Prime Minister Tony Blair to ban two Islamic parties in Great Britain after the July 2005 London bombings , according to civil service e-mails...

The UK Terrorism Bill proposal , introduced following last year's July 7 London bombings, suffered two defeats Tuesday in the House of Lords as peers voted against introducing a "glorification" of terrorism offense and called for more...