2008年10月29日星期三

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

First guilty verdict in British student murder in Italy (AFP)

Posted: 28 Oct 2008 05:20 PM CDT

Ivorian immigrant Rudy Guede (centre) arrives at a court hearing in Perugia. Guede, the first of three suspects in the 2007 murder of exchange student Meredith Kercher in central Italy starts a 30-year prison sentence.(AFP/Tiziana Fabi)AFP - The first of three suspects in the 2007 murder of British exchange student Meredith Kercher in central Italy was jailed for 30 years on Tuesday while the other two were ordered to stand trial.


Britain proposes to ban entry of 230 extremists (AP)

Posted: 28 Oct 2008 04:26 PM CDT

AP - Britain will publicly list and ban entry of more than 200 people whose extremist views and "violent messages" are a threat to national security, the home secretary said Tuesday.

Govt calls for immediate ceasefire in DR Congo (AFP)

Posted: 28 Oct 2008 02:12 PM CDT

A Democratic Republic of Congo tank and jeeps move in the road as they withdraw from the Kibumba town. Foreign Secretary David Miliband called Tuesday for an immediate ceasefire in the troubled eastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo as thousands of people fled fresh fighting there.(AFP/Walter Astrada)AFP - Foreign Secretary David Miliband called Tuesday for an immediate ceasefire in the troubled eastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo as thousands of people fled fresh fighting there.


London buses may advertise 'there's probably no God' (AFP)

Posted: 28 Oct 2008 12:42 PM CDT

This handout from Atheistcampaign.Org (AC.Org) shows an artist's impression of a London bus with the slogan 'There's probably no God. Stop worrying and enjoy your life.' London's iconic red buses are to be plastered in January with the slogan in an atheist advertising campaign responding to a set of Christian ads.(AFP/AC.Org-HO)AFP - London's iconic red buses could be plastered with the slogan "There's probably no God. Now stop worrying and enjoy your life," in an atheist advertising campaign responding to a set of Christian ads.


UK official fined for leaving documents on train (AP)

Posted: 28 Oct 2008 12:36 PM CDT

AP - A British intelligence official was fined Tuesday for leaving top secret documents on a London commuter train earlier this year.

British oil summit downgraded to ministerial meeting (AFP)

Posted: 28 Oct 2008 12:07 PM CDT

Britain insisted Tuesday that plans for a December meeting of oil producer and consumer states were on track but a spokesman said it would now involve ministers and not heads of state. The summit will be chaired by Ed Miliband, secretary of state for energy and climate change seen here on October 07, 2008.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)AFP - The government insisted Tuesday that plans for a December meeting of oil producer and consumer states were on track but a spokesman said it would now involve ministers and not heads of state.


Iceland PM hopes for solution to British frozen money row (AFP)

Posted: 28 Oct 2008 06:39 AM CDT

Iceland's Prime Minister Geir Haarde talks during a press conference in Reykjavik on October 9. Haarde said he hoped for a solution to a row with London over British savers' money frozen in a stricken Icelandic bank, but he did not exclude legal action.(AFP/File/Olivier Morin)AFP - Icelandic Prime Minister Geir Haarde said on Tuesday he hoped for a solution to a row with London over British savers' money frozen in a stricken Icelandic bank, but he did not exclude legal action.


BP PLC posts 83 pct rise in 3Q profits (AP)

Posted: 28 Oct 2008 06:18 AM CDT

AP - British oil company BP PLC reported a huge 83-percent rise in third-quarter net profit Tuesday on the back of surging energy prices between July and September.
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