2008年10月24日星期五

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Tearful police marksman recalls shooting De Menezes (AFP)

Posted: 24 Oct 2008 09:58 AM CDT

Giovani Da Silva and Maria Otone de Menezes, brother and mother of Brazilian Jean Charles De Menezes arrive at the Oval cricket ground in London. A police marksman who shot dead De Menezes in the aftermath of the London bombings choked back tears as he recalled how he was convinced the man was a suicide bomber about to strike.(AFP/Shaun Curry)AFP - A police marksman who shot dead an innocent Brazilian in the aftermath of the London bombings choked back tears Friday as he recalled how he was convinced the man was a suicide bomber about to strike.

Queen rides funicular, opens hockey match in Slovakia (AFP)

Posted: 24 Oct 2008 09:30 AM CDT

Queen Elizabeth II greets Slovaks during her trip to the Hrebienok ski resort. The Queen and Prince Philip wrapped up their visit to Slovakia with a funicular ride in the Tatras mountains in the north of the formerly communist country.(AFP/Joe Klamar)AFP - Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip wrapped up their visit to Slovakia on Friday with a funicular ride in the Tatras mountains in the north of the formerly communist country.

Father given life sentence for baby's murder (AFP)

Posted: 24 Oct 2008 09:11 AM CDT

A man who killed his baby daughter by snapping her spine after months of abuse was jailed for a minimum term of 22 years.(AFP/File/Odd Andersen)AFP - A man who killed his baby daughter by snapping her spine after months of abuse was jailed for a minimum term of 22 years on Friday.

UK economy officially on the brink of recession (AP)

Posted: 24 Oct 2008 08:30 AM CDT

AP - Britain's economy shrank in the third quarter as the global credit squeeze took its toll, according to figures out Friday, confirming that the country is on the brink of its first recession since 1991. The pound plunged.

Officer who shot Brazilian testifies at inquest (AP)

Posted: 24 Oct 2008 08:28 AM CDT

AP - A police marksman who shot dead an unarmed Brazilian aboard a London subway train said Friday he was sure he faced "immeasurable" danger from a suicide bomber.

Stephen Hawking to retire from prestigious post (AP)

Posted: 24 Oct 2008 08:01 AM CDT

British mathematician, astrophysicist (cosmologist) Stephen W. Hawking smiles during a news conference at the University of Potsdam, near Berlin, Germany, in this Wednesday, July 21, 1999 file photo. Cambridge University confirmed on Friday Oct. 24, 2008 that Hawking would retire as Lucasian Professor of Mathematics, a title once held by Isaac Newton, at the end of the academic year in September. He will take the title of Emeritus Lucasian Professor of Mathematics. University policy is that officeholders must retire at the end of the academic year in which they become 67. Hawking will reach that milestone on Jan. 8. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, FILE)AP - Cosmologist Stephen Hawking will retire from his prestigious post at Cambridge University next year, but intends to continue his exploration of time and space.

British economy on edge of recession for first time since 1992 (AFP)

Posted: 24 Oct 2008 06:36 AM CDT

Tower cranes next to St Paul's Cathedral in central London, April 2008. The British economy is teetering on the brink of recession, official data showed, revealing it shrank 0.5 percent in the three months to September in the first contraction since 1992.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - The British economy is teetering on the brink of recession, official data showed on Friday, revealing it shrank 0.5 percent in the three months to September in the first contraction since 1992.

Hawking to retire as Lucasian Professor of Maths (AFP)

Posted: 24 Oct 2008 02:59 AM CDT

Astrophysicist Stephen Hawking (seen here in June) will next year retire as Cambridge University's Lucasian Professor of Mathematics, a position once held by Isaac Newton.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - Astrophysicist Stephen Hawking will next year retire as Cambridge University's Lucasian Professor of Mathematics, a position once held by Isaac Newton, the university said on Thursday.

Govt to announce pensions hike for women (AFP)

Posted: 24 Oct 2008 02:57 AM CDT

Work and Pensions Secretary James Purnell attends a cabinet meeting at Downing Street in London, January 2008. An amendment to the Pensions Bill to be unveiled will entitle hundreds of thousands of women to a full state pension if they top it up with one-off payments.(AFP/Pool/File/Alessia Pierdomenico)AFP - An amendment to the Pensions Bill to be unveiled on Friday will entitle hundreds of thousands of women to a full state pension if they top it up with one-off payments.

British media buzz over Tory scandal allegation (AP)

Posted: 23 Oct 2008 04:26 PM CDT

British shadow Chancellor George Osborne outside Conservative Party HQ in London, Tuesday Oct. 21, 2008, where he said that he neither asked for, nor received money for his party from Russian billionaire, Oleg Deripaska. It is revealed in a letter published Tuesday in The Times newspaper, that Osborne and David Cameron's chief fundraiser Andrew Feldman met with Russian billionaire Deripaska aboard his yacht off Corfu, in summer 2008, but Osborne denied any wrongdoing. (AP Photo / Anthony Devlin, PA)AP - It was a potent mix: a Greek holiday isle, the scorching summer sun, a Russian oligarch with a huge yacht, and some of Britain's top politicians.

Kindergarten sex ed becoming mandatory in England (AP)

Posted: 23 Oct 2008 03:45 PM CDT

School children stand outside Windsor Castle in 2006. Millions of children in England aged from five to 16 in state-funded schools will receive compulsory lessons about subjects including sex and drug use.(AFP/File/Adrian Dennis)AP - It's a controversial idea in a land known for prudishness about sex — teaching kids as young as 5 about the birds and bees.

British dispute delays Iceland deal with IMF: report (AFP)

Posted: 23 Oct 2008 01:12 PM CDT

Iceland's Prime Minister Geir Haarde talks during a press conference in Reykjavik on October 9, 2008. Iceland's decision to seek a rescue loan from the International Monetary Fund has been delayed by failure to reach a deal with London over British savings frozen in an Icelandic bank, media reports said Thursday.(AFP/File/Olivier Morin)AFP - Iceland's decision to seek a rescue loan from the International Monetary Fund has been delayed by failure to reach a deal with London over British savings frozen in an Icelandic bank, media reports said Thursday.

Leukaemia drug in MS breakthrough (AFP)

Posted: 23 Oct 2008 11:07 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 - A drug licensed for use against leukaemia slowed and even reversed the effects of multiple sclerosis among patients with MS, British reseachers said on Thursday.

Three arrested on suspicion of murdering Chinese students (AFP)

Posted: 23 Oct 2008 10:05 AM CDT

A handout photo from Northumbria Police shows murdered Chinese students Xi Zhou (left) and Zhen Xing Yang. Police arrested three Chinese men on suspicion of murdering of the two students two months ago.(AFP/HO/File/Ho)AFP - Police on Thursday arrested three Chinese men on suspicion of murdering two Chinese students two months ago.

British team launches bid for 1,000 mph land speed record (AFP)

Posted: 23 Oct 2008 09:41 AM CDT

A British team will attempt to set a new land speed record with a rocket-powered car that could reach 1,000 miles per hour (1,600 kilometres per hour).(AFP/HO/Bloodhound Project)AFP - A British team launched an attempt on Thursday to set a new land speed record with a rocket-powered car that could reach 1,000 miles per hour (1,600 kilometres per hour).

Sex education to be taught in all primary schools (AFP)

Posted: 23 Oct 2008 09:19 AM CDT

School children stand outside Windsor Castle in 2006. Millions of children in England aged from five to 16 in state-funded schools will receive compulsory lessons about subjects including sex and drug use.(AFP/File/Adrian Dennis)AFP - Millions of children in England aged from five to 16 in state-funded schools will receive compulsory lessons about subjects including sex and drug use, a minister said on Thursday.

Charity concerned over mystery of vanishing cats (AFP)

Posted: 23 Oct 2008 05:34 AM CDT

An animal rescue charity said it was concerned by the unexplained disappearances of dozens of cats in a town newspapers have dubbed the AFP - An animal rescue charity said Thursday it was concerned by the unexplained disappearances of dozens of cats in a town newspapers have dubbed the "Purr-muda Triangle".

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