2008年10月6日星期一

Yahoo! News: World - Britain

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - Britain

British Airways flight diverted to Chicago O'Hare (AP)

Posted: 05 Oct 2008 06:43 PM CDT

AP - Officials say a British Airways flight from London to Houston has made an emergency landing at Chicago's largest airport.

UK prime minister makes more government changes (AP)

Posted: 05 Oct 2008 01:04 PM CDT

AP - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced more changes to his government Sunday, completing a shake-up intended to strengthen the government as it faces the global economic crisis.

British commander says war in Afghanistan cannot be won (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Oct 2008 10:43 AM CDT

A British soldier from the NATO International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) patrols in Kabul December 24, 2007. (Omar Sobhani/Reuters)Reuters - Britain's commander in Afghanistan has said the war against the Taliban cannot be won, the Sunday Times reported.


Nigerian oil rebels release 19 hostages (AFP)

Posted: 05 Oct 2008 08:37 AM CDT

MEND rebels hold up their rifles in the Niger Delta last month. Armed rebels who recently ended an AFP - Militants behind a recent "oil war" in Nigeria's Delta region on Sunday freed 19 local hostages but said they were detaining two Britons and a Ukrainian "for security reasons".


Economy in 'very bad' state: Mandelson (AFP)

Posted: 05 Oct 2008 07:27 AM CDT

Britain's economy is in a AFP - The economy is in a "very bad" state, incoming business minister Peter Mandelson said in a broadcast interview on Sunday.


Oil delta militants say Nigerian hostages freed (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Oct 2008 05:58 AM CDT

Reuters - The main militant group in Nigeria's oil-producing Niger Delta said on Sunday it had released around 19 Nigerian oil workers kidnapped last month but was still holding two Britons and a Ukrainian.
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