2008年10月22日星期三

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Govt wins appeal against Chagos islanders (AFP)

Posted: 22 Oct 2008 04:12 AM CDT

Chagossian Islanders and their supporters arrive at the Court of Appeal in central London in 2007. The government has won its appeal against a court ruling allowing some 2,000 displaced islanders from the Chagos archipelago in the Indian Ocean, to return home.(AFP/File/Carl de Souza)AFP - The government on Wednesday won its appeal against a court ruling allowing some 2,000 displaced islanders from the Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean to return home.

Police to offer new ID to victims of 'honour' crime (AFP)

Posted: 22 Oct 2008 03:34 AM CDT

A government campaign poster against the issue of 'forced marriage. London police are to offer new identities to victims of so-called AFP - London police on Wednesday said they would offer new identities to victims of so-called "honour" violence, in a bid to take fresh steps against a crime which affects hundreds of people here every year.

British women find Germans sexiest in Europe: poll (AFP)

Posted: 22 Oct 2008 02:31 AM CDT

A German fan seen at the 2008 World Cup game. British women holidaying in Europe find German men the sexiest, while their male counterparts say Croatian women are the most attractive, a survey has found.(AFP/File)AFP - British women find German men the sexiest in Europe, while their male counterparts say Croatian women are the most attractive, a survey has found.

Britain to loan Iceland £3bln to repay savers: report (AFP)

Posted: 22 Oct 2008 02:09 AM CDT

The logo of Icesave, the online British arm of Iceland's second biggest bank, Landsbanki. Britain is planning to lend about £3bln to Iceland to repay savers with money in a stricken Icelandic bank, The Financial Times has reported.(AFP/File)AFP - Britain is planning to lend about three billion pounds to Iceland to repay savers with money in a stricken Icelandic bank, a newspaper reported on Wednesday.

Tories say they rejected Russian oligarch donation (AFP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2008 03:36 PM CDT

The Conservative Party said Tuesday it had rejected a donation from a company owned by Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska, seen here in 2004, as a row over British politicians' links to him hots up.(AFP/File/Denis Sinyakov)AFP - The Conservative Party said Tuesday they had rejected the offer of a donation from a company owned by Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska as a row over politicians' links to him heats up.

UK defense minister says Afghan army to expand (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Oct 2008 01:11 PM CDT

A British military vehicle drives past an Afghan man in Lashkar Gah, capital of Helmand province October 20, 2008. (Abdul Qodus/Reuters)Reuters - British Defense Secretary John Hutton made a surprise visit to Afghanistan on Tuesday, visiting a former Taliban stronghold where he praised the work of the Afghan army.

British explorer to measure Arctic ice cap next year (AFP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2008 12:05 PM CDT

British explorer Pen Hadow, seen here in 2007, and two other Britons said Tuesday they would go ahead next year with a pioneering expedition to measure the thickness and density of the rapidly shrinking Arctic Ocean ice cap.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)AFP - A British explorer said Tuesday he would go ahead next year with a pioneering expedition to measure the thickness and density of the rapidly shrinking Arctic Ocean ice cap.

Jane's identifies key emerging defense markets (AP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2008 11:38 AM CDT

AP - Arms manufacturers will have to seek new markets as the economic crisis and changing priorities curb military spending in the U.S. and Europe, analyst Jane's Information Group said Tuesday.

Family set sail for Australia in self-built wooden boat (AFP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2008 09:52 AM CDT

A handout image obtained on October 21 shows a wooden boat called 'Spirit of Mystery' pictured at Plymouth Sound and Rame Head in Cornwall in July 2008. An adventurer and his three-man crew have set sail for Australia in the 11-metre wooden boat that he built himself, in a bid to re-create a 150-year-old voyage.(AFP/Lloyd Images/File)AFP - An adventurer and his three-man crew set sail for Australia late Monday in an 11-metre wooden boat that he built himself, in a bid to re-create a 150-year-old voyage.

Queen Elizabeth II makes first visit to Slovenia (AFP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2008 09:00 AM CDT

Queen Elizabeth II (left) and Slovenian President Danilo Turk inspect an honour guard before their meeting in Brdo castle, some 50 kilometres north of Ljubljana. The Queen and her husband Prince Philip have arrived in Slovenia for their first visit to the former Yugoslav state since it declared independence in 1991.(AFP/Hrvoje Polan)AFP - Queen Elizabeth II and her husband Prince Philip arrived in Slovenia on Tuesday for their first visit to the former Yugoslav state since it declared independence in 1991.

Lawyers for Briton at Guantanamo: charges dropped (AP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2008 07:50 AM CDT

AP - Lawyers for a British resident held at Guantanamo say the U.S. has dropped all charges against him.

Police officer admits 'failings' in De Menezes shooting (AFP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2008 07:27 AM CDT

A tribute to Jean Charles de Menezes outside Stockwell tube station in south London. Obvious AFP - Obvious "failings" led to the shooting of an innocent Brazilian man who was mistaken for a suicide bomber, a senior policeman said at an inquest on Tuesday.

Portuguese driver held after M6 crash kills five (AFP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2008 06:16 AM CDT

Lorries on a section of the M6 motorway near Warrington in Cheshire. Police have arrested a Portuguese truck driver after a major collision on the M6 in Cheshire killed five people, including three children.(AFP/File/Andrew Yates)AFP - Police arrested a Portuguese truck driver on Tuesday after a major collision on the M6 in Cheshire killed five people, including three children.

Prudential eyes AIG assets in Asia (AFP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2008 05:26 AM CDT

Prudential, Britain's second-biggest insurance group, has said it will monitor AFP - Insurance group Prudential said on Tuesday that it will monitor "opportunities" which could arise from an asset disposal programme by US giant AIG in Asia.

UK police arrest 5 men under Terrorism Act (AP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2008 05:19 AM CDT

AP - Police arrested five men under the Terrorism Act on Tuesday in the central England city of Birmingham.

Lockerbie bomber has prostate cancer: British lawyer (AFP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2008 05:18 AM CDT

Picture from 1992 of the Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali Mohmet Al-Megrahi. Megrahi, who was convicted of bombing a transatlantic airliner over the Scottish town of Lockerbie in 1988, killing 270 people, has AFP - The Libyan man convicted of bombing a transatlantic airliner over the Scottish town of Lockerbie in 1988, killing 270 people, has "advanced stage" prostate cancer, his lawyer said on Tuesday.

Police to probe gun suicide on hospital ward (AFP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2008 05:14 AM CDT

Police are investigating how a patient on a busy hospital ward in Northampton was able to obtain a gun with which to take his own life.(AFP/File/Saeed Khan)AFP - Police were on Tuesday investigating how a patient on a busy hospital ward in Northampton was able to obtain a gun with which to take his own life.

Leading British literary agent Pat Kavanagh dies (AP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2008 04:22 AM CDT

AP - Pat Kavanagh, one of Britain's most respected literary agents, has died at age 68.

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