2008年11月2日星期日

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

British PM calls on Gulf states to give funds to the IMF (AFP)

Posted: 02 Nov 2008 01:17 AM CST

Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz (R) welcomes British Prime Minister Gordon Brown in Riyadh on November 1. Brown said Sunday it is in the interests of oil-rich Gulf states to give funds to help countries hit by the world financial crisis.(AFP/Saudi Press Agency/Ho)AFP - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Sunday it is in the interests of oil-rich Gulf states to give funds to help countries hit by the world financial crisis.

British PM seeking billions to boost IMF reserves (AP)

Posted: 01 Nov 2008 11:27 PM CDT

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, left, speaks with Saudi Foreign Minster Prince Saudi al-Faisal, upon his arrival at King Khaled airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Saturday, Nov. 1, 2008. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)AP - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, on a tour of the Gulf, said he is seeking hundreds of billions of dollars to boost the International Monetary Fund's reserves to bail out financially stricken countries.

IMF needs hundreds of billions of dollars more: British PM (AFP)

Posted: 01 Nov 2008 10:20 PM CDT

Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz (R) welcomes British Prime Minister Gordon Brown in Riyadh on November 1. Brown said Sunday it is in the interests of oil-rich Gulf states to give funds to help countries hit by the world financial crisis.(AFP/Saudi Press Agency/Ho)AFP - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said the International Monetary Fund (IMF) needs "hundreds of billions of dollars" to help countries at risk of collapsing amid the world financial crisis.

French, British FMs meet Rwandan president (AFP)

Posted: 01 Nov 2008 06:13 PM CDT

French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner (C), Alan Doss (2ndL), Head of the United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo and British Foreign Minister David Miliband (R) meet Congolese people at the Internally Displaced People camp in Kibati, about 10 kms north of the provincial capital of Goma.(AFP/Yasuyoshi Chiba)AFP - French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner and his British counterpart David Miliband on Saturday met Rwanda's president as part of efforts to defuse the crisis in neighbouring DR Congo, an official at the presidency said.

French, British foreign ministers size up Goma situation (AFP)

Posted: 01 Nov 2008 01:49 PM CDT

French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner (C), Alan Doss (2ndL), Head of the United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo and British Foreign Minister David Miliband (R) meet Congolese people at the Internally Displaced People camp in Kibati, about 10 kms north of the provincial capital of Goma.(AFP/Yasuyoshi Chiba)AFP - The French and British foreign ministers personally sized up the situation in the east of Democratic Republic of Congo on Saturday and urged greater security and aid for more than one million displaced people.

Europe to help east Congo, but cool on troops (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Nov 2008 01:38 PM CDT

A U.N. peacekeeper from Uruguay patrols the streets of Goma, October 31, 2008. Thousands of Congolese civilians displaced by a rebel attack streamed out of an eastern city on Friday to seek safety as diplomatic efforts intensified to turn a shaky ceasefire into a lasting peace. (Stringer/Reuters)Reuters - Two European ministers promised help Saturday to desperate refugees who have fled fighting in east Congo, but played down the idea of the European Union sending troops there to protect civilians.

Welsh road sign lost in translation (AFP)

Posted: 01 Nov 2008 11:19 AM CDT

A sign at the Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch railway station in Anglesey, Wales. Translated from Welsh: St Mary's church in the hollow of the white hazel near to the rapid whirlpool and the church of St Tysilio of the red cave. Welsh officials mistakenly erected a road sign that read AFP - Officials in Wales mistakenly erected a road sign that read "I am not in the office at the moment" in Welsh after a translation mix-up.

Britain in talks with financier over possible rival bid for HBOS (AFP)

Posted: 01 Nov 2008 04:37 PM CDT

A view of the British bank Halifax Bank of Scotland (HBOS) headquarters in Edinburgh in Scotland. British ministers will hold talks with a leading Scottish businessman over a possible rival bid for mortgage lender HBOS, which has been hit hard by the subprime crisis, the government confirmed Saturday.(AFP/File/Ed Jones)AFP - Britain confirmed Saturday it is in talks with a Scottish businessman over a possible rival bid for HBOS, the British banking group hit hard by the subprime crisis.

Western diplomats bid to stop crisis in eastern DR Congo (AFP)

Posted: 01 Nov 2008 05:08 PM CDT

People wait outside the gate of the Mercy Corps office where UNICEF and International Medical Corps were distributing high nutrition cookies to children in Kibati. Thousands of civilians displaced by conflict languished on the roads of east Congo Sunday as Western powers pressured Congolese and Rwandan leaders to prevent AFP - Western diplomats rushed Saturday to prevent a humanitarian disaster in conflict-torn eastern DR Congo, holding crisis talks with the presidents of the DRC and neighbouring Rwanda.

Drivers in Wales find translator out of the office (AP)

Posted: 01 Nov 2008 09:03 AM CDT

AP - In English, the road sign was just fine, warning drivers that the route ahead is not suitable for heavy trucks.

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