2008年9月23日星期二

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Dad rang mother after killing daughters, says friend (AFP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2008 04:20 AM CDT

A father who smothered his two young daughters to death over the weekend, rang their mother to tell her they had AFP - A father who smothered his two young daughters to death over the weekend, rang their mother to tell her they had "gone to sleep forever" before hanging himself, a family friend has said.

Brown aims to silence rebels in crunch speech (AFP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2008 04:13 AM CDT

Prime Minister Gordon Brown is hoping to silence critics with a make-or-break speech to the Labour Party conference, which is convulsed with talk of plotting against him.(AFP/Paul Ellis)AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown was hoping to silence critics on Tuesday with a make-or-break speech to the Labour Party conference, which is convulsed with talk of plotting against him.

Most Australians want to dump British monarch: poll (AFP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2008 12:52 AM CDT

File photo shows Britain's Queen Elizabeth II receiving flowers from schoolchildren with Australian flags in Sydney. Most Australians now want to dump the monarch as head of state and become a republic, an opinion poll has shown.(AFP/Pool/File/Rob Griffith)AFP - Most Australians want to dump the British monarch as head of state and become a republic, an opinion poll showed Tuesday.

Young pretender Miliband favourite for PM if Brown goes (AFP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2008 11:18 PM CDT

Foreign Secretary David Miliband addresses delegates during the 2008 Labour Party Conference in Manchester. Nicknamed AFP - He is nicknamed "Brains", has left-wing politics in his blood and is loved by the Labour Party faithful, but David Miliband insists he does not want a coup against Gordon Brown.

Police probe arson attack on Iranian embassy (AFP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2008 09:14 PM CDT

File photo shows the Iranian embassy in London. Police have launched an arson investigation after an apparent petrol bomb attack on the diplomatic mission.(AFP/File/Chris Young)AFP - Police launched an arson investigation Tuesday after an apparent petrol bomb attack at the Iranian embassy in London.

Accused claims N. Ireland parliament attack was art: reports (AFP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2008 05:24 PM CDT

Security officials remove a handgun (bottom R) from former Northern Ireland Protestant paramilitant Michael Stone (C) at Stormont Parliament buildings, in Belfast, in 2006. A convicted Protestant paramilitary denied Monday he tried to murder the leaders of Northern Ireland's Catholic Sinn Fein, saying his attempt to storm parliament buildings was an AFP - A convicted Protestant paramilitary denied Monday he tried to murder the leaders of Northern Ireland's Catholic Sinn Fein, saying his attempt to storm parliament buildings was an "artistic protest".

Stonehenge was ancient healing site: experts (AFP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2008 02:53 PM CDT

A view of Stonehenge at sunrise. Two bluestone fragments found at Britain's prehistoric Stonehenge monument could prove that the mysterious stone circle was once a centre of healing, archaeologists said Monday.(AFP/File/Carl de Souza)AFP - Two bluestone fragments found at the prehistoric Stonehenge monument could prove that the mysterious stone circle was once a centre of healing, archaeologists said Monday.

Britain vows finance reform as PM battles for job (AFP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2008 02:51 PM CDT

Chancellor Alistair Darling leaves Number 11. Britain faces a rocky road to recovery after being battered by the world economic turmoil, Darling has told Labour's annual conference which is humming with talk of a challenge to premier Gordon Brown.(AFP/File/Carl de Souza)AFP - Britain faces a rocky road to recovery after world economic turmoil, its finance minister told a Labour Party conference humming with talk of a challenge to premier Gordon Brown on Monday.

UK experts say Stonehenge was place of healing (AP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2008 01:17 PM CDT

President of the Society of Antiquaries, Geoff Wainwright, holds a fragment of bluestone after a press conference at the Society of Antiquaries of in London to reveal preliminary findings about the purpose of the prehistoric Stonehenge monument, Monday, Sept. 22, 2008. Two British archeologists say the first excavation at the site of Stonehenge in more than 40 years has shed new light on the purpose of the landmark. Professors Geoffrey Wainwright and Timothy Darvill told journalists Monday that Stonehenge was a kind of primeval Lourdes. They say the stone circle was a center of healing which attracted the sick and infirm from all over prehistoric Europe. They also say they have dated the first stone monuments at the site to about 2,300 B.C. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)AP - The first excavation of Stonehenge in more than 40 years has uncovered evidence that the stone circle drew ailing pilgrims from around Europe for what they believed to be its healing properties, archeologists said Monday.

Miliband urges UK Labour Party to win back support (AP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2008 10:59 AM CDT

Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling, right, gestures to the audience to stop applauding him and take their seats as Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown, left, applauds, following his speech on the third day of the Labour Party Conference, Monday Sept. 22, 2008. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)AP - Britain's governing Labour Party officials must go on the political offensive to win back dwindling support, the foreign secretary said Monday — attacking their rivals' stance on the U.S. and Europe.

Zookeepers search for missing wallaby in England (AP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2008 10:59 AM CDT

AP - Zookeepers and police were chasing reports Monday of a wayward wallaby, spotted days after escaping a children's zoo in western England.

London mayor studies new 'island' airport plan (AP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2008 10:33 AM CDT

AP - Mayor Boris Johnson is looking to put his stamp on London's future by building a major international airport on landfill in the Thames River estuary east of London.

Wolseley cuts 600 jobs as profits slump 84% (AFP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2008 09:29 AM CDT

A worker handles a bundle of piping at a a Wolseley plant. Wolseley, the world's biggest distributor of plumbing and heating products, has said it will axe 600 jobs after annual net profit slumped 84 percent.(AFP/HO)AFP - Wolseley, the world's biggest distributor of plumbing and heating products, said on Monday that it had axed 600 more jobs after annual net profit slumped 84 percent on a US economic downturn.

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