2012年1月28日星期六

Yahoo! News: World - Britain

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - Britain


Britain says Afghan withdrawal must be carefully phased (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Jan 2012 01:36 PM PST

Reuters - Foreign troops must carefully phase their withdrawal from Afghanistan ahead of an end-2014 deadline, British Prime Minister David Cameron said on Saturday, after France suggested giving Afghan forces full responsibility for security in 2013.

British police arrest 5 in tabloid bribery probe (AP)

Posted: 28 Jan 2012 10:16 AM PST

A news camera films the offices of News International company headquarters in London, Saturday, Jan. 28, 2012.  British police on Saturday arrested four people, including a police officer, on suspicion of corruption as part of an ongoing investigation into police bribery by the now defunct News of the World tabloid newspaper, and the police said the arrests were made as a result of information provided by Murdoch's News Corp., and officers were searching the east London headquarters of the media mogul's British newspapers for evidence.  (AP Photo/Sang Tan)AP - The criminal investigation into British tabloid skullduggery turned full force on a second Rupert Murdoch publication Saturday, with the arrest of four current and former journalists from The Sun on suspicion of bribing police.


Colicky Edinburgh Zoo pandas removed from display (AP)

Posted: 28 Jan 2012 09:54 AM PST

AP - Two giant pandas on loan to a Scottish zoo have been removed from display while being treated for colic.

Afghanistan's Karzai in UK for talks with Cameron (AP)

Posted: 28 Jan 2012 02:44 AM PST

Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron (R) greets Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai at the British leader's country residence of Chequers, in Ellesborough west of London January 28, 2012. REUTERS/Carl Court/POOLAP - Afghan President Hamid Karzai is in Britain for talks with Prime Minister David Cameron, a day after France announced it would withdraw its troops a year earlier than the 2014 date agreed by NATO.


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