2008年9月28日星期日

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Tories aim to show readiness for govt (AFP)

Posted: 28 Sep 2008 03:21 AM CDT

Conservative party leader David Cameron gives a speech in London in April 2008. The Conservatives are set to start their party conference believing that victory at the next general election is a distinct possibility for the first time in a decade.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - The Conservatives start their party conference Sunday believing that victory at the next general election is a distinct possibility for the first time in a decade.


MP weds lesbian partner (AFP)

Posted: 28 Sep 2008 03:16 AM CDT

A wedding cake with statuettes of two women. Treasury Minister Angela Eagle has become the first female MP to enter into a civil partnership with her lesbian partner.(AFP/File/Gabriel Bouys)AFP - A junior minister has become the first female MP to enter into a civil partnership with her lesbian partner.


Conservative poll lead halved: survey (AFP)

Posted: 28 Sep 2008 03:12 AM CDT

Conservative party leader David Cameron is seen here in April 2008. The Conservative Party has seen its opinion poll lead over the governing Labour Party halved on the eve of its annual conference, according to a new survey published in The Sunday Telegraph.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - The Conservative Party has seen its opinion poll lead over the governing Labour Party halved on the eve of its annual conference, according to a new survey published Sunday.


Newman lauded by British actors and directors (AFP)

Posted: 27 Sep 2008 04:14 PM CDT

Actor Paul Newman is pictured in August 2007 in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. Newman, who died on Friday aged 83, was lauded by director Sam Mendes and actor Daniel Craig, both of whom worked with him on the 2002 film AFP - Paul Newman, who died on Friday aged 83, was lauded by British director Sam Mendes and actor Daniel Craig, both of whom worked with him on the 2002 film "Road to Perdition."


Schwartzel clubhouse leader in weather-hit British Masters (AFP)

Posted: 27 Sep 2008 04:02 PM CDT

South Africa's Charl Schwartzel, seen here in action in June 2008, fired a third round 66 to hold the clubhouse lead at the weather-hit British Masters tournament at The Belfry here on Saturday.(AFP/DDP/Joerg Koch)AFP - South Africa's Charl Schwartzel fired a third round 66 to hold the clubhouse lead at the weather-hit British Masters tournament at The Belfry here on Saturday.


Three held as Mohammed book publisher set ablaze (AFP)

Posted: 27 Sep 2008 03:47 PM CDT

AFP - Police arrested three men on Saturday in connection with a fire at the offices of the publisher of a book about the Prophet Mohammed and his child bride.


Arrests after fire at UK publisher of Mohammad book (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Sep 2008 02:15 PM CDT

Reuters - British police said they had arrested three men on suspicion of terrorism on Saturday after a fire at the office of a London firm that is about to publish a controversial novel about the Prophet Mohammad's child bride.

3 men arrested in London on under anti-terror law (AP)

Posted: 27 Sep 2008 01:31 PM CDT

AP - London police said they arrested three men Saturday on suspicion of terror links. Two of the arrests were made in a city square where the publisher of a forthcoming book about the Prophet Muhammad has its office.
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