2008年10月28日星期二

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

BP third-quarter profits surge on record high oil prices (AFP)

Posted: 28 Oct 2008 04:19 AM CDT

Energy giant BP said that third-quarter net profit soared 83 percent to 5.16 billion pounds on record high oil prices which have since slumped.(AFP/File/Paul Ellis)AFP - Energy giant BP said on Tuesday that third-quarter net profit soared 83 percent to 5.16 billion pounds on record high oil prices which have since slumped.

Polls continue to improve for Brown (AFP)

Posted: 28 Oct 2008 04:00 AM CDT

Prime Minister Gordon Brown speaks during a question and answer session at the Imperial College in London. Voters are warming to Brown amid the financial chaos, according to a new poll which cuts the lead held by the opposition Conservatives to just eight points.(AFP/Pool/Lewis Whyld)AFP - Voters are warming to Prime Minister Gordon Brown amid the financial chaos, according to a new poll on Tuesday which cuts the lead held by the opposition Conservatives to just eight points.

Four terror suspects to appear in court (AFP)

Posted: 28 Oct 2008 04:00 AM CDT

Police stand guard after a raid in Birmingham, 2005. Four men charged under anti-terrorism laws after a series of raids in Birmingham will appear in court.(AFP/File/Carl de Souza)AFP - Four men charged under anti-terrorism laws after a series of raids in Birmingham will appear in court on Tuesday.

Search ongoing for British jetskier missing off Bali (AFP)

Posted: 28 Oct 2008 03:39 AM CDT

A man jetskies in Bali. Authorities on the Indonesian holiday island of Bali continued their search for a British jetskier who went missing four days ago(AFP/File/Sonny Tumbelaka)AFP - Authorities on the Indonesian holiday island of Bali continued their search Tuesday for a British jetskier who went missing four days ago, an official said.

Defying the crunch: shopping magnet opens in London (AFP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2008 11:00 PM CDT

Finishing touches are put to the enormous Westfield shopping centre in west London on October 23. The facility, dubbed the largest in-town retail complex in Europe, is set to defiantly open its doors this Thursday despite a looming recession.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - A shopping centre dubbed the largest in-town retail complex in Europe will defiantly open its doors in London on Thursday -- just as most Britons start tightening their belts ahead of a looming recession.

British central bank urges reform (AFP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2008 10:11 PM CDT

Sir John Gieve, Deputy Governor of the Bank of England, arrives at the British Prime Minister's official residence in central London. Gieve has called for AFP - Britain's central bank urged new constraints on banks Tuesday to avoid a repeat of the financial crisis, saying there needed to be a "fundamental rethink" of how the institutions manage risk.

Brit police to get handheld fingerprinting devices (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2008 03:58 PM CDT

Undated handout photo of a British police officer holding an IDENT1, which is a mobile electronic fingerprinting scanner. Britain's police force will be armed with handheld fingerprinting machines within 18 months, the National Policing Improvement Agency said Monday Oct 27 2008, as civil rights groups warned against using the tool to expand what is already the world's largest database. The mobile devices will allow officers to check identities within 5 minutes. The fingerprints will then be compared against the national police database, which holds information on nearly 8 million people and can interface with Interpol on international suspects .( AP Photo/ Northrop Grumman Information Technology, HO)AP - British police are getting a new weapon in their arsenal — handheld fingerprinting machines.

Top Tory admits Russian oligarch row looks bad (AFP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2008 02:30 PM CDT

George Osborne, the Conservatives' finance spokesman seen here in 2006, admitted Monday he made a AFP - One of the senior lawmakers in the Conservative Party admitted Monday he made a "mistake" over his involvement in discussions about a donation from Russia's richest man.

Blair will not face British probe over F1 tobacco ban: speaker (AFP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2008 02:11 PM CDT

Former prime minister Tony Blair, seen here in September 2008, will not face an investigation into how Formula One racing was exempted from a tobacco advertising ban, the House of Commons Speaker said in a letter released Monday.(AFP/File/Stan Honda)AFP - Former prime minister Tony Blair will not face an investigation into how Formula One racing was exempted from a tobacco advertising ban, the House of Commons Speaker said in a letter released Monday.

Britons reeling, but few crying into their beer (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2008 01:34 PM CDT

In this July 28, 2008 file photo, a pint of beer is pulled in a pub in London. The iconic British pint has become the latest victim of the global credit crunch Monday, Oct. 27, 2008, with total beer sales dropping around 7 percent in the third quarter of this year. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, file)AP - Britons may be reeling from the international financial crisis, but few are crying into their beer.

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