2008年10月19日星期日

Yahoo! News: World - Britain

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Afghanistan stability 'not mission impossible': Miliband (AFP)

Posted: 19 Oct 2008 12:15 AM CDT

British Foreign Secretary David Miliband denied on Sunday that the international community was failing in its mission in Afghanistan.(AFP/File/Dominique Faget)AFP - British Foreign Secretary David Miliband denied on Sunday that the international community was failing in its mission in Afghanistan.


Brown's crisis handling fails to win over voters: poll (AFP)

Posted: 18 Oct 2008 08:36 PM CDT

Prime Minister Gordon Brown gives a press conference at the headquarters of the European Council on October 16 in Brussels. Brown may have won international praise for taking the lead in the financial crisis, but his performance has failed to improve his prospects at home, a poll Sunday showed.(AFP/File/John Thys)AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown may have won international praise for taking the lead in the financial crisis, but his performance has failed to improve his prospects at home, a poll released Sunday showed.


London WWII-era bombproof tunnels up for sale (AP)

Posted: 18 Oct 2008 08:21 PM CDT

AP - For sale: A labyrinth of bombproof tunnels hidden about 100 feet beneath central London. Great location, mysterious past. And the price tag? Well, that's a secret.

Govt to limit immigration: minister (AFP)

Posted: 18 Oct 2008 08:28 AM CDT

A man enters a job centre office on a council house estate in Liverpool in 2006. The government will impose tougher restrictions on immigration as the global financial crisis lifts unemployment, the country's new immigration minister said in an interview.(AFP/File/Paul Ellis)AFP - The government will impose tougher restrictions on immigration as the global financial crisis lifts unemployment to the highest rate in nearly a decade, the country's new immigration minister said on Saturday.


British princes begin motorbike rally for charity (AP)

Posted: 18 Oct 2008 04:37 AM CDT

Britain's Prince William, right, and his brother Harry, left, are seen with their motorcycles in Port Edward, South Africa, Friday, Oct. 17, 2008, on the eve of their charity motorcycle ride. The off-road motorcycle ride will raise money for UNICEF, the Nelson Mandela Children's Fund and Sentebale, a charity founded in 2006 by Prince Harry and Lesotho's Prince Seeiso, for projects in South Africa and Lesotho. (AP Photo/Jon Hrusa, POOL)AP - Britain's Prince William and Prince Harry have set off on an endurance motorcycle rally for charity in South Africa.


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