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The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,
is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe.
It is an island country, spanning Great Britain, the northeast part of Ireland, and many small islands. Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK with a land border, sharing it with the Republic of Ireland. Apart from this land border, the UK is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea, the English Channel and the Irish Sea. The largest island, Great Britain, is linked to France by the Channel Tunnel.

The United Kingdom is a unitary state consisting of four countries: England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. It is governed by a parliamentary system with its seat of government in London, the capital, but with three devolved national administrations in Belfast, Cardiff and Edinburgh, the capitals of Northern Ireland, Wales and Scotland respectively. The UK is a constitutional monarchy with Queen Elizabeth II as the head of state. The Channel Islands and the Isle of Man are Crown Dependencies and not part of the UK, but form a federacy with it.
The UK has fourteen overseas territories, all remnants of the British Empire, which at its height in 1922 encompassed almost a quarter of the world's land surface, the largest empire in history. British influence can continue to be observed in the language, culture and legal systems of many of its former colonies. Queen Elizabeth II remains the head of the Commonwealth of Nations and head of state of each of the Commonwealth realms.

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  1. UK pinpointed for measles figures

    ...vaccine was linked to autism. Vaccination levels remain at around 85% of British children, well below target. That means there are "serious doubts" whether a World Health Organisation target to eradicate measles by 2010 will be reached, the...

    2 hours ago | BBC News

  2. UK firms face 45pc fall in earnings says Citigroup

    ...Citigroup building in Canary Wharf Photo: Getty The US bank said Britain would the pay the price for letting consumer debt reach the highest levels of the G8 bloc while also running a large fiscal deficit at the top of the cycle. "This is...

    1 day ago | Telegraph.co.uk - Business

  3. Remaining UK plods to get mobile-data gadgets

    ...new tech at that point - following on from early adopters like the British Transport Police, whose coppers have been carrying GPRS-equipped handhelds and "slim printers" (for issuing time-consuming legally required forms, for instance after a...

    19 hours ago | The Register

  4. UK economy must shift focus away from south-east England, say Conservatives

    ...team took part in 13 countrywide business forums under the slogan of Get Britain Working - just 24 hours before Gordon Brown sets off today on a three-day tour of England and Wales. At a forum in Cardiff, George Osborne, the shadow chancellor,...

    6 hours ago | The Herald

  5. United Kingdom Expands TASER Program to Patrol Officers

    ...TASER devices for front line law enforcement officers throughout England and Wales. "The United Kingdom's expansion of its TASER program comes after years of careful consideration and pilot programs proving the positive effects and life-saving...

    1 day ago | Prime Newswire

  6. Britain moves to curb rise in knife violence

    ...people were fatally stabbed last year. Guns are strictly controlled in Britain and shootings rare. Oli Scarff / Getty Images) Reporting from London - Nabeer Bakurally's short life came to an end on a chilly, inky night in November, on a...

    2 days ago | Newsday.com - Nation

  7. UK not asked to take Gitmo prisoners

    Britain has not yet received any formal request to accept prisoners from Guantanamo Bay if it is closed, Prime Minister Gordon Brown said today. The Government is reported to be considering helping incoming US president Barack Obama - who has...

    2 days ago | The Herald

  8. UK to extend powers to spy on PCs

    Jan 2009, 0024 hrs IST, ANI LONDON: British citizens will soon have to subject their personal computers for a police check under new plans on electronic surveillance formulated by the European Union. According to a report in the Telegraph,...

    1 day ago | Times of India

  9. Britain 'will be immune' to gas shortages in Russian row

    11 hours ago | The Herald

  10. UK settles for modest gains in Helmand

    "Good enough" have become the watchwords of the British effort to tame Afghanistan's largest and most unruly province. The term comes up repeatedly in conversation with officials and soldiers in Helmand, a slab of Afghanistan the size of...

    13 hours ago | FT.com - World

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