2008年9月14日星期日

Yahoo! News: World - Britain

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Spicy food may have killed British bride in India, says doctor (AFP)

Posted: 14 Sep 2008 01:20 AM CDT

An Indian labourer carries a sack of dried red chilli peppers from a wholesale spice store in New Delhi. A British bride who died ten days after marrying a local man in India may have been killed by asthma provoked by eating spicy food, her doctor was quoted as saying Sunday.(AFP/File/Nicholas Bradley)AFP - A British bride who died ten days after marrying a local man in India may have been killed by asthma provoked by eating spicy food, her doctor was quoted as saying Sunday.


Brown facing growing revolt (AFP)

Posted: 14 Sep 2008 12:42 AM CDT

Prime Minister Gordon Brown stands outside 10 Downing Street. The calls for Brown to face a leadership contest grew Sunday as former ministers attacked his performance and more party members backed a showdown(AFP/File/Adrian Dennis)AFP - The calls for Prime Minister Gordon Brown to face a leadership contest grew Sunday as former ministers attacked his performance and more party members backed a showdown.


Iron Maiden to the rescue for stranded British holidaymakers (AFP)

Posted: 13 Sep 2008 10:07 PM CDT

Iron Maiden singer Bruce Dickinson (seen in this file photo) flew to the rescue of holidaymakers left stranded abroad after Britain's third largest tour operator collapsed, according to newspaper reports.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Frazer Harrison)AFP - Iron Maiden singer Bruce Dickinson flew to the rescue of holidaymakers left stranded abroad after Britain's third largest tour operator collapsed, newspapers reported Sunday.


Britain's Brown faces leadership challenge call (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Sep 2008 04:56 AM CDT

Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown speaks during his monthly news conference in Downing Street, central London on September 11, 2008. (Suzanne Plunkett/Reuters)Reuters - A senior member of British Prime Minister Gordon Brown's ruling Labour Party said on Saturday he should face a leadership challenge, piling more pressure on a premier struggling with economic downturn and weak poll ratings.


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