2008年10月17日星期五

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Russia eases penalties against British Council (AFP)

Posted: 17 Oct 2008 03:47 AM CDT

People take their lessons in the office of the British Council in Moscow, January 2008. The British Council won a victory in its politically charged dispute with Russian authorities on Friday when a Moscow court reduced its back-tax fines.(AFP/File/Maxim Marmur)AFP - The British Council won a victory in its politically charged dispute with Russian authorities on Friday when a Moscow court reduced its back-tax fines, news agencies reported.

NIreland police find large arms cache in Belfast (AFP)

Posted: 17 Oct 2008 03:21 AM CDT

Pedestrians walk past an Ulster Volunteer Force mural in Belfast, 2005.(AFP/File/Cathy Mcarthur)AFP - Northern Ireland police said Friday they had found a large cache of weapons linked to the pro-London Ulster Volunteer Force, which has refused to disarm as part of the province's peace process.

Calls to overhaul abortion laws (AFP)

Posted: 17 Oct 2008 02:45 AM CDT

A doctor carries out an abortion. Top medical and ethics experts have demanded an overhaul of the abortion laws giving women a greater freedom of choice.(AFP/File/Didier Pallages)AFP - Top medical and ethics experts on Friday have demanded an overhaul of the abortion laws giving women a greater freedom of choice.

New British army chief backs more troops in Afghanistan: reports (AFP)

Posted: 17 Oct 2008 12:33 AM CDT

General David Richards, seen here in 2007 in Germany, who has called for more multinational troops to be sent to Afghanistan is set to be named the new head of the British army within days, a newspaper reported Friday.(AFP/DDP/File/Berthold Stadler)AFP - A general who has called for more multinational troops to be sent to Afghanistan is set to be named the new head of the British army within days, newspapers reported Friday.

Britain museum notes discovery of huge bug (AP)

Posted: 16 Oct 2008 06:58 PM CDT

In this undated picture made available Thursday, Oct. 16, 2008 by Britain's Natural History Museum, Orthoptera Curator George Beccaloni, holds a giant stick insect named Phobaeticus chani, meaning 'Chan's megastick.' Britain's Natural History Museum says a Malaysian amateur naturalist has discovered the world's longest insect, the more than 22-inch long 'megastick.' The museum says the oversized walking stick bug was discovered by Datuk Chan Chew Lun on the Malaysian island of Borneo. (AP Photo/Natural History Museum/HO)AP - A stick bug from the island of Borneo measuring well over a foot in length has been identified by researchers as the world's longest insect, British scientists said Thursday.

Concorde & `queens' — British empire's NY comeback (AP)

Posted: 16 Oct 2008 06:56 PM CDT

In this Nov. 24, 2003 file photo, a retired British Airways Concorde is loaded on a barge in New York before being transported to the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in New York City where the supersonic aircraft was on public display until December 2006. Now, after being stored in Brooklyn during a nearly two-year overhaul of the Intrepid, the Concorde will return Monday, Oct. 20, 2008, to its berth next to the Intrepid at a Hudson River pier. (AP Photo/Ed Betz, Filw)AP - The way British history was on the move in New York harbor on Thursday, one might think the empire itself was staging a comeback — if only for a day.

British bank regulator says soft touch is over: report (AFP)

Posted: 16 Oct 2008 06:53 PM CDT

Lord Adair Turner, Chairman of the Financial Services Authority (FSA) arrives at 10 Downing Street in London on October 7. Turner said that banks will face tougher regulation following the credit crisis as new rules are drawn up across the world.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)AFP - British banks will face tougher regulation following the credit crisis as new rules are drawn up across the world, the head of Britain's financial watchdog said in interviews published Friday.

Titanic survivor sells mementos to pay for care (AP)

Posted: 16 Oct 2008 02:46 PM CDT

This is a Friday, April 17, 1998 file photo of Millvina Dean, 86, a living Titanic survivor, as she looks up and smiles as she signs a Titanic movie poster for an enthusiast at the Titanic Historical Society's convention in Springfield, Mass. As a 2-month-old baby, Millvina Dean was wrapped in a sack and lowered into a lifeboat from the deck of the sinking RMS Titanic. Now Dean, the last living survivor of the disaster, is selling some of her mementos to help pay her nursing home fees. Dean's artifacts, including a suitcase given to her family by the people of New York after their rescue, are expected to sell for about 3,000 pounds (US$5,200) at Saturday's auction in Devizes, western England. Dean, 96, has lived in a nursing home in the southern English city of Southampton Titanic's home port since she broke her hip two years ago. (AP Photo/Nancy Palmieri)AP - Millvina Dean was only 2 months old when she was wrapped in a sack and lowered into a lifeboat from the doomed Titanic. Now 96, the last survivor of the tragic sinking is selling mementos of the disaster to help pay her nursing home fees.

Bank of England to start new facility (AP)

Posted: 16 Oct 2008 11:51 AM CDT

AP - The Bank of England will introduce new emergency overnight borrowing facilities for banks starting Monday and tighten disclosure rules as it attempts to improve access to liquidity and remove the stigma attached to borrowing from the central bank.

Translator accused of spying for Iran 'took Blair pictures': witness (AFP)

Posted: 16 Oct 2008 11:44 AM CDT

A British army interpreter, who worked for General David Richards, commander of international forces in Afghanistan seen here in 2007, and who is accused of spying for Iran, took pictures of then prime minister Tony Blair when he visited Afghanistan, a witness told his trial Thursday(AFP/File/Shah Marai)AFP - A British army interpreter accused of spying for Iran took pictures of then prime minister Tony Blair when he visited Afghanistan, a witness told his trial Thursday.

Dubai: Britons get jail time in sex on beach case (AP)

Posted: 16 Oct 2008 10:36 AM CDT

Vince Acors, from Britain leaves a court in Dubai in a Tuesday Sept. 2, 2008 file photo. British couple Vince Acors and Michelle Palmer were on trial for allegedly having sex on a Dubai beach. The couple were sentenced to three months in jail Thursday Oct 16 2008 in a case that has caused controversy in this Gulf boom town. In addition to the three month jail sentence, Judge Hamdi Mustafa Abu el-Khair levied a 1,000 dirham (US$272) fine against each of the defendants and ordered them to be deported from Dubai after serving their prison time. (AP Photo/Aziz Shah, File)AP - A British couple charged with having sex on the beach were sentenced to three months in jail Thursday in a case that has caused controversy in this Gulf boom town.

Queen visit marked by royal Google doodle (AFP)

Posted: 16 Oct 2008 10:31 AM CDT

Queen Elizabeth II walks past Google's royal logo while talking with Google employees during a visit to the company UK headquarters in London. The Queen and her husband Prince Philip have paid a visit to Internet search giant Google's British headquarters in central London.(AFP/Adrian Dennis)AFP - Queen Elizabeth II and her husband Prince Philip paid a visit to Internet search giant Google's British headquarters in central London on Thursday.

Last Titanic survivor sells mementoes to pay for care (AFP)

Posted: 16 Oct 2008 10:24 AM CDT

Millvina Dean, the last remaining survivor of the Titanic disaster, seen here in 2002, is auctioning mementoes from the doomed liner to pay for her nursing home fees, a newspaper has said.(AFP/File/Gerry Penny)AFP - The last remaining survivor of the Titanic disaster is auctioning mementoes from the doomed liner to pay for her nursing home fees, a newspaper said Thursday.

Watchdog voices concerns over healthcare (AFP)

Posted: 16 Oct 2008 10:01 AM CDT

An ambulance is parked in front of a London hospital. A report said that NHS trusts are improving but hospitals need to combat the spread of deadly superbugs like MRSA and GPs are missing their waiting time targets.(AFP/File/Martin Hayhow)AFP - NHS trusts are improving but hospitals need to combat the spread of deadly superbugs like MRSA and GPs are missing their waiting time targets, a report said on Thursday.

McCann case 'Tapas Seven' accept damages from papers (AFP)

Posted: 16 Oct 2008 07:28 AM CDT

Friends of the parents of missing toddler Madeleine McCann, seen here, nicknamed AFP - The so-called "Tapas Seven," friends of the parents of missing toddler Madeleine McCann, accepted substantial libel damages Thursday from newspapers which linked them to a possible cover-up.

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