2008年8月30日星期六

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Economy facing 'worst downturn in 60 years': Darling (AFP)

Posted: 30 Aug 2008 04:07 AM CDT

Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling (seen here in July 2008) has warned the country is facing AFP - Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling has warned the country is facing "arguably the worst" economic downturn in 60 years and says it will be "more profound and long-lasting" than people had expected.

'Last female veteran of World War I' dies aged 109 (AFP)

Posted: 29 Aug 2008 08:40 PM CDT

AFP - A 109-year-old woman believed to be the last surviving female veteran of World War I has died, Britain's Ministry of Defence said.

UK official gets more time in Guantanamo case (AP)

Posted: 29 Aug 2008 05:07 PM CDT

The sun rises over Camp Delta detention compound at Guantanamo Bay US Naval Base. Two detainees at the Guantanamo war-on-terror jail were recently transferred to Algeria, the US Department of Defense said Tuesday, adding that about 260 people are still being held at the facility.(AFP/Pool/File/Brennan Linsley)AP - A British court on Friday gave Foreign Secretary David Miliband a week to justify his decision to suppress secret documents that lawyers for a Guantanamo detainee argue could prove their client was tortured in Morocco.

Tata cuts Land Rover output as slowdown bites (AFP)

Posted: 29 Aug 2008 12:25 PM CDT

British automaker Land Rover, recently taken over by Indian industrial giant Tata, told its employees Friday it will scale back production in light of an economic slowdown and the credit crunch.(AFP/Getty Images/File)AFP - British automaker Land Rover, recently taken over by Indian industrial giant Tata, told its employees Friday it will scale back production in light of an economic slowdown and the credit crunch.

Energy firms Npower, Scottish Power hike prices (AFP)

Posted: 29 Aug 2008 12:09 PM CDT

A gas hob. Domestic energy providers Npower and Scottish Power has said that they will hike their electricity and gas prices by as much as 34 percent because of rocketing wholesale energy costs.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - Domestic energy providers Npower and Scottish Power said Friday that they will hike their electricity and gas prices by as much as 34 percent because of rocketing wholesale energy costs.

Man accused of Brown, Blair death threat in court (AFP)

Posted: 29 Aug 2008 08:47 AM CDT

A man accused of threatening to kill Prime Minister Gordon Brown (seen here) and ex-premier Tony Blair has appeared in court.(AFP/File/Massoud Hossaini)AFP - A man accused of threatening to kill Prime Minister Gordon Brown and ex-premier Tony Blair appeared in court Friday.

Poster appeal in hunt for Chinese couple's killers (AFP)

Posted: 29 Aug 2008 06:15 AM CDT

This handout picture obtained on August 19 from Northumbria Police shows murdered students Xi Zhou (L) and Zhen Xing Yang during a visit to Alnwick Castle in Northumberland. Police have taken the unusual step of issuing a poster in English and Mandarin as they appeal for more information about the brutal killing of the young Chinese couple in Newcastle.(AFP/Northumbria Police/File)AFP - Police took the unusual step of issuing a poster in English and Mandarin on Friday as they appealed for more information about the brutal killing of a young Chinese couple in northeast England.

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