2008年10月23日星期四

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Leukaemia drug can halt, reverse MS (AFP)

Posted: 23 Oct 2008 04:26 AM CDT

Researchers at the University of Cambridge said they have found that alemtuzumab, a drug originally developed to treat leukaemia, can halt and even reverse the debilitating effects of multiple sclerosis (MS).(AFP/DDP/File/Jens Schlueter)AFP - Researchers at the University of Cambridge said Thursday they have found that a drug originally developed to treat leukaemia can halt and even reverse the debilitating effects of multiple sclerosis (MS).

Queen Elizabeth II to visit Slovakia (AFP)

Posted: 23 Oct 2008 04:23 AM CDT

Queen Elizabeth speaks with children during a walk through the old city of Ljubljana. The Queen and Prince Philip will fly to Slovakia, continuing their state visit to central Europe.(AFP/Pool/Tina Kosec)AFP - Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip will fly to Slovakia on Thursday, continuing their state visit to central Europe.

Town becomes first to scrap speed cameras (AFP)

Posted: 23 Oct 2008 04:19 AM CDT

Traffic near Heathrow airport in west London, 2007. Officials said that Swindon has become the first to abolish fixed-point speed cameras.(AFP/File/Edmond Terakopian)AFP - A town has become the first to abolish fixed-point speed cameras, officials said Thursday.

Retail sales fall in September (AFP)

Posted: 23 Oct 2008 04:05 AM CDT

Shoppers in central London. Retail sales sank in September as consumers tightened their belts amid mounting economic gloom(AFP/File/Carl de Souza)AFP - Retail sales sank in September as consumers tightened their belts amid mounting economic gloom, official data showed Thursday.

Ministers push banks to relax lending conditions (AFP)

Posted: 23 Oct 2008 03:23 AM CDT

Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling, seen here on October 13, will meet the heads of few banks to urge them to relax their lending conditions for small firms.(AFP/Pool/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling will meet the heads of few banks on Thursday to urge them to relax their lending conditions for small firms, the government said.

Armed forces minister denies 'systematic failure' in RAF (AFP)

Posted: 23 Oct 2008 02:29 AM CDT

A RAF C130 Hercules transport aircraft. Armed forces minister Bob Ainsworth on Thursday rejected a coroner's verdict of AFP - Armed forces minister Bob Ainsworth on Thursday rejected a coroner's verdict of " serious systemic failure" in the RAF after a Hercules plane was shot down in Iraq, killing 10 servicemen.

Al Fayed denies sex assault allegations (AFP)

Posted: 23 Oct 2008 02:08 AM CDT

Harrods owner Mohamed al-Fayed, seen at Fulham's Craven Cottage ground in August, denied an allegation of sexual assault on a girl aged under 16, after he was interviewed by police.(AFP/File/Glyn Kirk)AFP - Mohamed Al Fayed, owner of London's Harrods department store, denied an allegation of sexual assault on a girl aged under 16, after he was interviewed by police Wednesday.

MPs back animal-human embryo research (AFP)

Posted: 23 Oct 2008 02:02 AM CDT

This 2005 picture released by RMB Online shows a photograph of the Nuclear Transer embryo. This is Britain's first cloned embryo, created by the Newcastle University team. Britain's lower house of parliament approved legislation Wednesday allowing scientists to create animal-human embryos for medical research, in the biggest shake-up of embryology laws in two decades.(AFP/RMB/File)AFP - The lower house of parliament approved legislation Wednesday allowing scientists to create animal-human embryos for medical research, in the biggest shake-up of embryology laws in two decades.

Cathay denies British Airways takeover rumours (AFP)

Posted: 23 Oct 2008 12:42 AM CDT

File photo shows Cathay Pacific aircraft at Hong Kong International Airport. Cathay Pacific on Thursday denied market rumours that it was planning a takeover of British Airways.(AFP/File/Jewel Samad)AFP - Hong Kong carrier Cathay Pacific on Thursday denied market rumours that it was planning a takeover of British Airways.

British Columbia cuts taxes to counter slowdown (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Oct 2008 09:34 PM CDT

Reuters - British Columbia will speed up planned tax cuts to help residents deal with the global economic slowdown but will not put its budget back in a deficit, Premier Gordon Campbell said on Wednesday.

Britain's Brown boldly says the "R" word (AP)

Posted: 22 Oct 2008 04:18 PM CDT

In this Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2008 file photo, Britain's Governor of the Bank of England Mervyn King leaves 10 Downing Street after meeting the Prime Minister Gordon Brown. King said Tuesday, Oct, 21, 2008, that it is likely that Britain is entering a recession, marking the first time in the current crisis that the central bank chief has used the 'r-word.' King said that, while the recent bailout package for British banks is having a major impact on restoring market confidence, the economic outlook has deteriorated rapidly as the global credit shock follows hard on the heels of rising energy and food prices. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant/file)AP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown dared to utter the dreaded "R" word Wednesday, confirming what consumers have known for months — that no country can escape the global recession.

Britain widens scope for stem cell research (AP)

Posted: 22 Oct 2008 02:41 PM CDT

AP - British lawmakers have approved plans to allow scientists to use hybrid animal-human embryos for stem cell research.

Atheists plan ad campaign on side of London buses (AP)

Posted: 22 Oct 2008 12:43 PM CDT

London buses pass the front of The Bank of England in London, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2008.Shares at numerous British banks began falling as soon as the London Stock Exchange opened on Tuesday morning. RBS' shares were hit the hardest, after having its credit rating downgraded by a leading credit agency on Monday, with falls of 39 percent to 90 pence (US$1.56). Financial regulators halted trading in the shares. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)AP - London buses have God on their side — but not for long, if atheists have their way.

US, British ex-diplomats warn Bosnia in danger of collapse (AFP)

Posted: 22 Oct 2008 12:00 PM CDT

Top former US and British diplomats urged the international community on Wednesday to AFP - Top former US and British diplomats urged the international community on Wednesday to "pay attention to Bosnia again," warning that its post-war political system was in danger of crumbling.

Woman who fled Islamic law granted asylum in UK (AP)

Posted: 22 Oct 2008 11:33 AM CDT

AP - A Lebanese mother and her child who fled to Britain to avoid being separated under their country's Islamic law and should be allowed to remain in the U.K., Britain's highest court ruled Wednesday.

Govt. wins appeal over Chagos islanders' return home (AFP)

Posted: 22 Oct 2008 11:20 AM CDT

View of the US airbase on Diego Garcia -- the main island of the Chagos archipelago, a British territory in the Indian Ocean. The government has won its appeal against a court ruling allowing 2,000 displaced Chagos islanders to return home.(AFP/USAF/File)AFP - The government on Wednesday won its appeal to Britain's highest court against previous rulings allowing displaced Indian Ocean islanders to return home.

Harrods owner Fayed denies sex assault on girl aged 15 (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Oct 2008 11:13 AM CDT

Harrods' owner Mohamed al-Fayed gestures as he arrives at the inquest into the death of Princess Diana and al-Fayed's son Dodi, at the High Court in London April 2, 2008. (Stephen Hird/Reuters)Reuters - Harrods' owner Mohamed al-Fayed was questioned by police Wednesday over a newspaper report which alleged he sexually assaulted a 15-year-old girl at his London department store, his spokeswoman said.

U.S. pilot was ordered to shoot down UFO (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Oct 2008 10:27 AM CDT

Reuters - Two U.S. fighter planes were scrambled and ordered to shoot down an unidentified flying object (UFO) over the English countryside during the Cold War, according to secret files made public on Monday.

Chagos islanders lose legal fight to return home (AP)

Posted: 22 Oct 2008 08:36 AM CDT

Women take part in a protest outside the Houses of Parliament in London, after a court ruling decided Chagos Islanders are not allowed to return to their homeland, Wednesday Oct. 22, 2008. Britain's highest court on Wednesday dashed the hopes of Chagos Islanders of returning to their homeland in the Indian Ocean, after Diego Garcia was leased to the U.S. for an air base. Three Law Lords ruled Wednesday that the government was not obligated to allow a return, in a decision reversing last year's unanimous decision by the Court of Appeal. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)AP - Britain's highest court on Wednesday dashed the hopes of Chagos Islanders seeking to return to the Indian Ocean homeland they lost when the island of Diego Garcia was leased to the U.S. for an air base.

Tories on the rack over oligarch 'donation' row (AFP)

Posted: 22 Oct 2008 07:31 AM CDT

Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osbourne, seen here in London last year. The Conservative Party is at the centre of a political storm over claims Osbourne was involved in talks over a possible donation from a company owned by Russia's richest man.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)AFP - The Conservative Party was at the centre of a political storm on Wednesday over claims one of its top figures was involved in talks over a possible donation from a company owned by Russia's richest man.

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