2008年9月10日星期三

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

London 'umbrella' murder recalled amid Cold War chill (AFP)

Posted: 10 Sep 2008 04:34 AM CDT

A businessman walks across London's Waterloo Bridge where the 'umbrella murder' took place in 1978. Thirty years ago the infamous AFP - The infamous "umbrella" killing of Bulgarian dissident Georgy Markov, which became a symbol of Soviet intrigue at the height of the Cold War, is being remembered this week amid a new East-West chill.

Govt finalises deal to reduce fuel bills (AFP)

Posted: 10 Sep 2008 04:11 AM CDT

The government is on the verge of finalising a deal with the country's biggest energy providers to reduce soaring household bills, ministers have said.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)AFP - The government is on the verge of finalising a deal with the country's biggest energyproviders to reduce soaring household bills, ministers said on Wednesday.

Downing Street denies Brown backed Obama in article (AFP)

Posted: 10 Sep 2008 02:33 AM CDT

US Democratic presidential candidate Illinois Senator Barack Obama speaks to the media regarding the war in Iraq at Stebbins High School in Riverside, Ohio. Prime Minister Gordon Brown's Downing Street Office denied that he backed Barack Obama in the US presidential election in a magazine article.(AFP/Saul Loeb)AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown's Downing Street Office denied that he backed Barack Obama in the US presidential election in a magazine article.

Darling defends govt, reassures unions over slump (AFP)

Posted: 09 Sep 2008 02:45 PM CDT

British Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling, seen here in July 2008, received a frosty reception from trade unions Tuesday as he sought to defend his unpopular government's policies in the face of an economic slump.(AFP/POOL/File/Simon Dawson)AFP - Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling received a frosty reception from trade unions Tuesday as he sought to defend his unpopular government's policies in the face of an economic slump.

British says US rushed alleged bomb plot arrests (AP)

Posted: 09 Sep 2008 01:51 PM CDT

An airliner making its final approach to London's Heathrow airport. Prosecutors have been given until the end of the month to consider a retrial of men accused of plotting to blow up transatlantic aircraft with liquid explosives in 2006.(AFP/File/Adrian Dennis)AP - American worries about a suspected plot to blow up trans-Atlantic airliners in 2006 led to premature arrests and a weaker case at trial, British investigators said Tuesday, a day after a London jury failed to convict eight men of pursuing the alleged plan.

UK man charged with terrorism offenses (AP)

Posted: 09 Sep 2008 01:08 PM CDT

AP - A man was charged with five terrorism offenses Tuesday, including possession of an ingredient used to make gunpowder. British media reported that the arrest came in connection with an alleged plot to assassinate Prime Minister Gordon Brown.

British Muslim police chief suspended in racism row (AFP)

Posted: 09 Sep 2008 12:36 PM CDT

Britain's top Muslim policeman Tarique Ghaffur has been suspended from his job after accusing the head of London's Metropolitan Police of racial discrimination, Scotland Yard has said.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - Britain's top Muslim policeman was suspended Tuesday from his job after accusing the head of London's Metropolitan Police of racial discrimination, sparking claims of "victimisation".

BG Group drops Origin bid (AP)

Posted: 09 Sep 2008 12:29 PM CDT

Compressed liquefied petroleum gas is stored at an Origin Energy processing plant. British gas firm BG Group has conceded that its hostile bid for the Australian energy firm would fail as it would not raise its offer after Origin teamed up with US oil giant ConocoPhillips.(AFP/ORIGIN ENERGY/FILE/AFP)AP - British natural gas producer BG Group PLC on Tuesday abandoned its hostile takeover bid for Origin Energy Ltd., Australia's second-largest power retailer.

Shell agrees landmark 4.0 bln-dlr gas deal with Iraq (AFP)

Posted: 09 Sep 2008 12:03 PM CDT

The Shell logo. Royal Dutch Shell will form a gas venture with energy-rich Iraq worth up to four billion dollars, the oil ministry said Tuesday of the first Western oil major to do a deal with the central government since the 2003 invasion.(AFP/File/Karen Bleier)AFP - Royal Dutch Shell will form a gas venture with energy-rich Iraq worth up to four billion dollars, the oil ministry said Tuesday of the first Western oil major to do a deal with the central government since the 2003 invasion.

London shares close lower (AFP)

Posted: 09 Sep 2008 11:22 AM CDT

London shares closed lower as crude oil futures slid close to 100 dollars a barrel, traders said.(AFP/File/Hugo Philpott)AFP - London shares closed lower on Tuesday as crude oil futures slid close to 100 dollars a barrel, traders said.

Recession risk rises as manufacturing weakens (AFP)

Posted: 09 Sep 2008 11:08 AM CDT

A coal mine in the village of Cwmgwrach in south Wales. The prospect of recession has intensified as official data revealed further weakening of the country's manufacturing sector, analysts have said.(AFP/File/Pierre Pratabuy)AFP - The prospect of recession in intensified on Tuesday as official data revealed further weakening of the country's manufacturing sector, analysts said.

BG drops bid for Australia's Origin Energy (AFP)

Posted: 09 Sep 2008 06:20 AM CDT

Oil and gas giant BG Group has dropped its bid for Origin Energy, saying the price was too high after the Australian firm hooked up with US oil giant ConocoPhillips to produce clean gas for Asia.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - Oil and gas giant BG Group on Tuesday dropped its bid for Origin Energy, saying the price was too high after the Australian firm hooked up with US oil giant ConocoPhillips to produce clean gas for Asia.

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