2008年9月15日星期一

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Lehman Brothers UK operation in administration (AP)

Posted: 15 Sep 2008 03:44 AM CDT

AP - The accounting firm PriceWaterhouseCoopers says British operations of Lehman Brothers have been placed under administration.

British soldier killed in Afghanistan to be named (AFP)

Posted: 15 Sep 2008 03:38 AM CDT

A British soldier with the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan. A British soldier killed in an explosion in southern Afghanistan, becoming the third British casualty there in a week will be named.(AFP/File/Shah Marai)AFP - A British soldier killed in an explosion in southern Afghanistan, becoming the third British casualty there in a week will be named on Monday, the Ministry of Defence said.

Parents to be alerted about paedophiles (AFP)

Posted: 15 Sep 2008 03:16 AM CDT

Parents in England will be able to ask whether a person with access to their child is a convicted sex offender, under a new pilot scheme launched on Monday.(AFP/File/Adrian Dennis)AFP - Parents in England will be able to ask whether a person with access to their child is a convicted sex offender, under a new pilot scheme launched on Monday.

GKN to buy Airbus plant in Britain (AFP)

Posted: 15 Sep 2008 03:15 AM CDT

British engineering firm GKN said Monday it had agreed to buy the plant in Britain owned by European planemaker Airbus, which has hit financial troubles owing to delays to its A380 superjumbo.(AFP/DDP/File/Michael Urban)AFP - British engineering firm GKN said Monday it had agreed to buy the plant in Britain owned by European planemaker Airbus, which has hit financial troubles owing to delays to its A380 superjumbo.

Business leaders say country slipping into recession (AFP)

Posted: 15 Sep 2008 02:00 AM CDT

Coins are pictured in London. Britain's main association of business leaders became the latest group Monday to warn that the country was slipping into a recession, although it said the downturn should be short-lived.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - Britain's main association of business leaders became the latest group Monday to warn that the country was slipping into a recession, although it said the downturn should be short-lived.

BBC: UK spies monitored Omagh bombers' phones (AP)

Posted: 14 Sep 2008 05:26 PM CDT

AP - British authorities recorded conversations between those responsible for the Omagh bombing — Northern Ireland's worst terrorist atrocity — on the day of the attack, the British Broadcasting Corp. reported Sunday.

Another travel company goes bust (AFP)

Posted: 14 Sep 2008 09:48 AM CDT

Passengers are seen at London's Heathrow Airport. A small tour operator specialising in holidays in Turkey has ceased trading just days after the collapse of another group, XL Leisure, left 85,000 holidaymakers stranded.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - A small tour operator specialising in holidays in Turkey has ceased trading just days after the collapse of another group, XL Leisure, left 85,000 holidaymakers stranded, regulators said Sunday.

Military: British soldier killed in Afghan blast (AP)

Posted: 14 Sep 2008 06:09 AM CDT

U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates gives his opening statement while testifying before the House Armed Services Committee in a hearing on 'Security and Stability in Afghanistan and Iraq: Developments in U.S. Strategy and Operations and the Way Ahead,' on Capitol Hill in Washington September 10, 2008. (Molly Riley/Reuters)AP - Britain's military says one of its soldiers has been killed in an explosion in southern Afghanistan.

Britain: Another travel company goes under (AP)

Posted: 14 Sep 2008 05:59 AM CDT

XL Airways planes are seen as they stand on the tarmac at Gatwick Airport in London, Sept. 12, 2008. Thousands of British travelers were stranded Friday when the country's third-largest tour operator collapsed under pressure from high fuel prices and a sagging economy. XL Leisure Group PLC went into administration overnight, saying it had been unable to secure more funding. (AP Photo/Steve Reigate, Pool)AP - A second British vacation company has gone bust, the aviation regulator said Sunday, the same week the country's third-largest tour operator collapsed.

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