2008年9月27日星期六

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Bradford & Bingley may be nationalised: reports (AFP)

Posted: 27 Sep 2008 03:20 AM CDT

British mortgage lender Bradford & Bingley, which has been hit by a housing downturn and weakness in the wider economy, may be nationalised, according to newspaper reports.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)AFP - British mortgage lender Bradford & Bingley, which has been hit by a housing downturn and weakness in the wider economy, may be nationalised, according to newspaper reports.

Cigarette packs to carry graphic picture warnings (AFP)

Posted: 27 Sep 2008 03:15 AM CDT

People sit outside a bar to smoke in the open air in Wrexham in northern Wales in 2007. Smokers in Britain will be confronted with graphic pictures on cigarette packets from October, showing how tobacco damages health, officials said Friday.(AFP/File/Neil Jones)AFP - Smokers will be confronted with graphic pictures on cigarette packets from October, showing how tobacco damages health, officials said Friday.

Labour closes poll gap on opposition (AFP)

Posted: 27 Sep 2008 03:11 AM CDT

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown speaks at the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) in New York. Britain's governing Labour Party has closed the gap on the main opposition Conservatives to single digits in the wake of its annual party conference, according to the latest poll released on Friday.(AFP/Stan Honda)AFP - The Labour Party has closed the gap on the main opposition Conservatives to single digits in the wake of its annual party conference, according to the latest poll released on Friday.

Brown suggests no US-style bailout for UK banks (AP)

Posted: 26 Sep 2008 06:41 PM CDT

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown speaks at the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) in New York. Britain's governing Labour Party has closed the gap on the main opposition Conservatives to single digits in the wake of its annual party conference, according to the latest poll released on Friday.(AFP/Stan Honda)AP - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown suggested Friday that his county would not offer its banks a U.S.-style bailout.

Thieves steal personal records from RAF base (AFP)

Posted: 26 Sep 2008 06:06 PM CDT

A computer. The personal records of thousands of current and former Royal Air Force staff have been stolen, the British defence ministry confirmed Friday.(AFP/File)AFP - The personal records of thousands of current and former Royal Air Force staff have been stolen, the British defence ministry confirmed Friday.

FTSE slumps amid uncertainty over US bailout (AFP)

Posted: 26 Sep 2008 12:23 PM CDT

A large computerised display of the FTSE 100 index in London. The leading share index fell sharply into the red after the proposed $700 billion bailout of the US financial sector hit an impasse amid political wrangling in Washington.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - The leading share index fell sharply into the red on Friday after the proposed $700 billion bailout of the US financial sector hit an impasse amid political wrangling in Washington.

"Fusion Man" makes historic Channel flight (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Sep 2008 11:02 AM CDT

Swiss airline pilot Yves Rossy gestures after becoming the first person to cross the English channel with a jetpack strapped to his back, in Dover southern England September 26, 2008. (Kieran Doherty/Reuters)Reuters - Swiss adventurer Yves Rossy flew from England to France Friday propelled by a jetpack strapped to his back -- the first person to cross the English Channel in such a way.

British Airways cancels flights from Heathrow (AP)

Posted: 26 Sep 2008 06:09 AM CDT

Airplanes approcaching London Heathrow Airport for landing in 2003. Thousands of air passengers in Britain were faced travel chaos Thursday after a computer fault at the main air traffic control centre caused delays and cancellations.(AFP/File/Adrian Dennis)AP - British Airways canceled more than a dozen flights Friday following an air traffic control computer glitch a day earlier, the airline said.

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