2008年9月21日星期日

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

British PM bids to silence rebels at party conference (AFP)

Posted: 20 Sep 2008 10:14 PM CDT

Police in Manchester on the eve of the Labour Party Conference. Gordon Brown came out fighting Saturday at the Labour Party conference, pledging AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown will seek to shore up his authority Sunday on the first full day of his Labour Party's annual conference despite a budding rebellion against him.

British minister says Palin is 'horrendous' (AFP)

Posted: 20 Sep 2008 08:46 PM CDT

Hazel Blears, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and local MP for Salford, attacked Republican US vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin as AFP - A British government minister attacked Republican US vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin as "horrendous" at the Labour Party conference on Saturday.

British embassy in Yemen shut until security stepped up (AFP)

Posted: 20 Sep 2008 06:43 PM CDT

Yemeni soldiers stand guard on a road leading to the US embassy in Sanaa. The British embassy in Sanna has been closed until security at the building has been improved in the wake of a rebel attack on the US mission, which killed 16 people.(AFP/Khaled Fazaa)AFP - The British embassy in Sanaa has been closed until security at the building has been improved in the wake of a rebel attack on the US mission, which killed 16 people.

George Michael cautioned for drugs: British police (AFP)

Posted: 20 Sep 2008 06:24 PM CDT

British pop star George Michael, seen here during a July 2008 performance, has been cautioned by police after being arrested in a public toilet in London in possession of drugs, police said late Saturday.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Stephen Lovekin)AFP - Pop star George Michael has been cautioned by police after being arrested in a public toilet in London in possession of drugs, police said late Saturday.

Divers reunite British war hero with lost medals (AFP)

Posted: 20 Sep 2008 05:25 PM CDT

Divers of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution defied the murky waters of the River Thames on Saturday to recover priceless medals for a British war hero after he feared they were lost forever.(RNLI)AFP - Divers defied the murky waters of the River Thames on Saturday to recover priceless medals for a British war hero after he feared they were lost forever.

Austria in control after British doubles gamble backfires in Davis Cup (AFP)

Posted: 20 Sep 2008 10:36 AM CDT

British Jamie Murray (right) and Ross Hutchins are pictured during their Davis Cup tennis match against Austrian Jurgen Melzer and Julian Knowle at Wimbledon,in London. Great Britain's hopes of retaining a Davis Cup World Group spot were left hanging in the balance after Austria won the doubles in their play-off tie to take a 2-1 lead into the final day.(AFP/Ian Kington)AFP - Great Britain's hopes of retaining a Davis Cup World Group spot were left hanging in the balance after Austria won the doubles in their play-off tie to take a 2-1 lead into the final day.

Blair's sister-in-law finally leaves Gaza (AFP)

Posted: 20 Sep 2008 08:57 AM CDT

British journalist and peace activist Lauren Booth, sister-in-law of former British premier Tony Blair, has left the Gaza Strip nearly a month after arriving there by boat to protest an Israeli blockade of the territory.(AFP/File/Mahmud Hams)AFP - Lauren Booth, the sister-in-law of former prime minister Tony Blair, left the Gaza Strip on Saturday nearly a month after sailing in to protest an Israeli blockade of the territory.

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