2008年9月11日星期四

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

British police chief condemned for bin Laden costume (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Sep 2008 04:11 AM CDT

Saudi-born militant Osama bin Laden is seen in Afghanistan in this May 26, 1998 file photo. (Stringer/Files/Reuters)Reuters - A senior British policeman is in trouble after he dressed as Osama bin Laden at a carnival days before the seventh anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks.

British team capture first pictures of Africa's 'unicorn' (AFP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2008 04:10 AM CDT

An Okapi in the Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The okapi, an African animal so elusive that it was once believed to be a mythical unicorn, has been photographed in the wild for the first time, the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) said Thursday.(AFP/HO/Zoological Society Of London)AFP - The okapi, an African animal so elusive that it was once believed to be a mythical unicorn, has been photographed in the wild for the first time, the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) said Thursday.

EON says sorry for joke over profitability of cold winter (AFP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2008 02:35 AM CDT

Energy firm EON UK, which is owned by German power giant EON, apologised on Wednesday after one of its senior executives joked that a harsh winter would mean AFP - Energy firm EON UK, which is owned by German power giant EON, apologised after one of its senior executives joked that a harsh winter would mean "more money for us".

Govt to unveil new energy measures (AFP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2008 02:32 AM CDT

A gas burner of a stove. The government will unveil a series of measures after finalising a deal with the country's biggest energy providers to reduce soaring household bills.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - The government will unveil a series of measures on Thursday after finalising a deal with the country's biggest energy providers to reduce soaring household bills.

Credit crunch slows pay rises for bosses: survey (AFP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2008 02:02 AM CDT

The global credit crunch has brought the recent rapid increase in executive pay in Britain to a halt, but the gap between top- and lower-earning executives has grown, a survey showed Thursday. The biggest earner in 2007 was Sorrell (seen here on August 11) who took home a total salary package of 23.4 million pounds.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - The global credit crunch has brought the recent rapid increase in executive pay in Britain to a halt, but the gap between top- and lower-earning executives has grown, a survey showed Thursday.

Brown out of touch with average voter: poll (AFP)

Posted: 10 Sep 2008 09:31 PM CDT

Prime Minister Gordon Brown was dealt a fresh blow Thursday as a new poll showed he was increasingly out of touch with the average voter.(AFP/Adrian Dennis)AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown was dealt a fresh blow Thursday as a new poll showed he was increasingly out of touch with the average voter.

Prince Charles calls for 'wartime' effort against deforestation (AFP)

Posted: 10 Sep 2008 05:59 PM CDT

Britain's Prince Charles visits Cotroceni Palace, the Romanian Presidency headquarters in Bucharest in May 2008. Prince Charles called on the world Wednesday to act with a AFP - Britain's Prince Charles called on the world Wednesday to act with a "sense of wartime urgency" to protect the rainforests, warning they were "umbilically connected" to the phenomenon of climate change.

Retrial ordered in Britain over alleged transatlantic bomb plot (AFP)

Posted: 10 Sep 2008 03:34 PM CDT

(Left-Right) Abdulla Ahmed Ali, Assad Sarwar and Tanvir Hussain, seen here in undated handout photos from the Metropolitan Police. The seven men accused of being part of a cell that allegedly plotted to bring down transatlantic airliners will face a retrial, after a jury failed to reach verdicts this week, British prosecutors have said.(AFP/MP-HO/Files)AFP - Seven men suspected of plotting to blow up airliners over the Atlantic Ocean in 2006 face a retrial, prosecutors said Wednesday, after a jury in London failed to reach verdicts.

Brown denies backing Obama in magazine article (AFP)

Posted: 10 Sep 2008 03:25 PM CDT

Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown, seen here outside 10 Downing Street, denied Wednesday favouring either Barack Obama or John McCain in the US presidential race, despite writing an article in which he appeared to back the Democrats.(AFP/Adrian Dennis)AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown denied Wednesday favouring either Barack Obama or John McCain in the US presidential race, despite writing an article in which he appeared to back the Democrats.

Iran says keen to resume talks on nuclear program (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Sep 2008 02:13 PM CDT

A general view shows the Natanz uranium enrichment facility in Natanz, about 322km (200 miles) south of Tehran March 9, 2006. (Raheb Homavandi/Reuters)Reuters - Iran is keen to resume talks with major powers on its disputed nuclear program to clear up "ambiguities" in the discussions, Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Mahdi Safari said on Wednesday.

Cambridge U official: Social justice not our role (AP)

Posted: 10 Sep 2008 02:08 PM CDT

AP - Britain's top colleges need more government money, but officials should stop trying to meddle in what they teach and looking at them as instruments for boosting social mobility, a senior official at the University of Cambridge said Wednesday.

British prosecutors seek retrial in airline plot (AP)

Posted: 10 Sep 2008 11:49 AM CDT

An airliner making its final approach to London's Heathrow airport. Seven men accused of being part of a cell that allegedly plotted to bring down transatlantic airliners will face a retrial, after a jury failed to reach verdicts this week, British prosecutors have said.(AFP/File/Adrian Dennis)AP - British prosecutors said Wednesday they were seeking a retrial of seven men accused of plotting to down trans-Atlantic airliners using liquid explosives disguised as soft drinks.

Britain's Brown denies endorsing Obama (AP)

Posted: 10 Sep 2008 10:52 AM CDT

AP - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown denied he was endorsing Barack Obama on Wednesday, despite praising the Democratic presidential candidate in a published commentary.

British trade deficit narrows in July (AFP)

Posted: 10 Sep 2008 10:47 AM CDT

Nissan vehicles being assembled at a car plant in Sunderland. Britain's trade-in-goods deficit with the rest of the world narrowed to 7.7 billion pounds in July from June, official data has shown.(AFP/File/Dave Foster)AFP - Britain's trade-in-goods deficit with the rest of the world narrowed to 7.7 billion pounds in July from June, official data showed on Wednesday.

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