2008年10月26日星期日

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

British mountain race runners all accounted for (AP)

Posted: 26 Oct 2008 10:46 AM CDT

AP - Hundreds of mountain runners spent in the night in tents and hastily organized shelters after a long-distance race in England's Lake District was called off due to heavy rain and flooding, British authorities said Sunday.

Slain British aid worker buried in Afghanistan (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Oct 2008 08:29 AM CDT

The coffin of Gayle Williams is lowered into her grave during her funeral ceremony at the British cemetery in Kabul October 26, 2008. Two Taliban gunmen on a motorcycle killed Williams, a British aid worker in the Afghan capital on Monday, accusing her of spreading Christian propaganda. (Ahmad Masood/Reuters)Reuters - Surrounded by tight security, some 50 mourners gathered in the Afghan capital on Sunday for the funeral of Gayle Williams, a British aid worker killed by Taliban gunmen on her way to work a week ago.

British defence secretary backs French EU military plans (AFP)

Posted: 26 Oct 2008 12:06 AM CDT

Britain's Defence Secretary John Hutton (right) shakes hands with an Afghan general at the defence ministry in Kabul October 22. Hutton expressed support for French plans to strengthen European defence capacity, saying: AFP - Britain's new Defence Secretary John Hutton expressed support for French plans to strengthen European defence capacity, saying: "If we can support it, we should" in an interview published Sunday.

Spread betting boom as Britons gamble on turbulent markets (AFP)

Posted: 26 Oct 2008 12:03 AM CDT

A man wearing a crash helmet looks at an electronic display board showing the FTSE 100 share index in London. The credit crunch has sparked a surge in spread betting in Britain, as people speculate tax-free on the financial markets rather than sink their capital into turbulent stocks.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - The credit crunch has sparked a surge in spread betting in Britain, as people speculate tax-free on the financial markets rather than sink their capital into turbulent stocks.

British coup plotter could have sentence cut: E Guinea president (AFP)

Posted: 25 Oct 2008 09:19 PM CDT

Briton Simon Mann (seen here in June), jailed for plotting a coup in Equatorial Guinea, could be transferred home if Britain arrests others like Sir Mark Thatcher, the African state's president said in an interview Sunday.(AFP/File/Rodrigo Angue Nguema)AFP - Briton Simon Mann, jailed for plotting a coup in Equatorial Guinea, could be transferred home if Britain arrests others like Sir Mark Thatcher, the African state's president said in an interview Sunday.

Man charged after death of Chinese couple in Britain: police (AFP)

Posted: 25 Oct 2008 05:51 PM CDT

This picture obtained in August 2008 from Northumbria Police shows murdered students Xi Zhou (L) and Zhen Xing Yang during a visit to Alnwick Castle in Northumberland. A 30-year-old man has been charged with the murder of two Chinese graduates whose bodies were found in their flat in Britain, police said Saturday.(AFP/File)AFP - A 30-year-old man has been charged with the murder of two Chinese graduates whose bodies were found in their flat in Britain, police said Saturday.

Brown campaigns ahead of by-election test (AFP)

Posted: 25 Oct 2008 03:24 PM CDT

Prime Minister Gordon Brown, pictured here on October 16, 2008, broke with tradition on Saturday to campaign in a by-election which will be a test of how well voters think he is handling the financial crisis.(AFP/File/John Thys)AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown broke with tradition on Saturday to campaign in a by-election which will be a test of how well voters think he is handling the financial crisis.

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