2008年11月15日星期六

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

British press sees huge task for Pietersen after England slump (AFP)

Posted: 14 Nov 2008 11:15 PM CST

The British press predicted on Saturday that England captain Kevin Pietersen faced a daunting task to lift his demoralised side after their crushing one-day defeat to India.(AFP/Indranil Mukherjee)AFP - The British press predicted on Saturday that England captain Kevin Pietersen faced a daunting task to lift his demoralised side after their crushing one-day defeat to India.

China says door open to talks with Dalai Lama (AP)

Posted: 14 Nov 2008 06:46 PM CST

In this March 29, 2008 file photo, Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama addresses a press conference where he said Chinese government policy of 'demographic aggression' is threatening Tibetan culture, in New Delhi, India. Starting Monday, Nov. 17, exiled Tibetans from around the world will gather in Dharmsala, called together by the Dalai Lama for a six-day meeting that could end years of carefully moderated policies toward Beijing. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup, File)AP - A senior Chinese official said in comments broadcast Friday that Beijing is open to further discussions with Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama following talks earlier this month.

UK court: No bail for cancer-hit Lockerbie bomber (AP)

Posted: 14 Nov 2008 03:42 PM CST

Former Libyan intelligence agent Abdelbaset Ali Mohmet Al-Megrahi, seen here in 1992, was convicted of bombing the Pan Am flight 103 in 1988. A Scottish court has refused to release Al-Megrahi -- rejecting his appeal to be freed on bail because he has terminal cancer.(AFP/File/Manoocher Deghati)AP - A court refused Friday to free a cancer-stricken Libyan convicted of the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over the Scottish town of Lockerbie.

British air force mission to Iceland scrapped (AP)

Posted: 14 Nov 2008 02:50 PM CST

AP - A planned Royal Air Force mission to police Iceland's airspace has been called off amid a diplomatic feud triggered by the global financial crisis, Britain and Iceland said Friday.

Virtual affair leads to real divorce for UK couple (AP)

Posted: 14 Nov 2008 02:09 PM CST

A woman is to divorce her husband after discovering he was having a virtual affair within the online game AP - A virtual affair is ending a real-life marriage in southwest England.

British troops out of Iraq by end of 2009: Iraqi official (AFP)

Posted: 14 Nov 2008 01:04 PM CST

British soldiers secure the road around Basra airport in 2007. Iraq is likely to approve a military pact with a timetable for the withdrawal of all US troops by 2011 and British troops will leave by the end of next year, Iraq's national security adviser said Friday.(AFP/File/Ali al-Saadi)AFP - All British troops will be out of Iraq by the end of next year and a controversial Iraq-US security pact is likely to be approved by Baghdad this weekend, Iraq's national security adviser said Friday.

Top Iraq official upbeat over US, British pull-out pacts (AFP)

Posted: 14 Nov 2008 12:58 PM CST

British soldiers secure the road around Basra airport in 2007. Iraq is likely to approve a military pact with a timetable for the withdrawal of all US troops by 2011 and British troops will leave by the end of next year, Iraq's national security adviser said Friday.(AFP/File/Ali al-Saadi)AFP - Iraq is likely to approve a military pact with a timetable for the withdrawal of all US troops by 2011 and British troops will leave by the end of next year, Iraq's national security adviser said Friday.

HBOS chairman urges shareholders to back merger (AP)

Posted: 14 Nov 2008 12:41 PM CST

AP - The chairman of embattled British bank HBOS PLC warned Friday that it might have to be nationalized if shareholders reject a planned takeover by Lloyds TSB Group PLC.

easyJet founder hikes stake in airline, seeks maiden dividend (AFP)

Posted: 14 Nov 2008 12:28 PM CST

Stelios Haji-Ioannou, seen here in 2002, has significantly raised his stake in easyJet, the low-cost British airline he founded 13 years ago, to pressure the board into paying a maiden dividend despite an economic slowdown, a statement said Friday.(AFP/File/Adrian Dennis)AFP - Stelios Haji-Ioannou has significantly raised his stake in easyJet, the low-cost British airline he founded 13 years ago, to pressure the board into paying a maiden dividend despite an economic slowdown, a statement said Friday.

Court refuses to free Lockerbie bomber due to cancer (AFP)

Posted: 14 Nov 2008 11:23 AM CST

The cockpit of the Pan Am passenger plane that exploded over Lockerbie in 1988. Abdelbaset Ali Mohmet Al-Megrahi -- the Libyan intelligence agent convicted of the bombing that killed 270 people -- has been refused bail. The Scottish Appeal Court has refused bail for Al-Megrahi who has AFP - A Scottish court on Friday rejected an appeal by the Libyan man jailed over the 1988 Lockerbie bombing to be freed on bail because he has cancer.

EasyJet founder ups stake (AP)

Posted: 14 Nov 2008 11:12 AM CST

AP - EasyJet founder Stelios Haji-Ioannou has raised his stake in the budget airline and sought to appoint two new directors amid a disagreement with the board about the carrier's business strategy.

Investor group questions Barclays' Gulf cash deal (AP)

Posted: 14 Nov 2008 11:05 AM CST

AP - There is growing skepticism about whether Britain's Barclays bank made the right decision in raising money from Middle Eastern investors rather than the British government to survive the financial crisis.

Lehman Brothers creditors meet in London (AP)

Posted: 14 Nov 2008 11:05 AM CST

AP - Administrators of the European arm of failed investment bank Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. said Friday that untangling its financial dealings will be a much bigger — and far lengthier — task than dealing with the fallout of the collapse of energy company Enron Corp.

Reports: Kanye West arrested in England (AP)

Posted: 14 Nov 2008 10:43 AM CST

In this Sept. 26, 2007 file photo, Rapper Kanye West arrives at the 'Us Weekly Hot Hollywood 2007' party in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian, file)AP - Rapper Kanye West was arrested after a fracas outside a nightclub but released without charge, British media reported Friday.

Rap star Kanye West arrested outside British nightclub: report (AFP)

Posted: 14 Nov 2008 10:36 AM CST

US rap superstar Kanye West, seen here in September 2008, was arrested on suspicion of assault after a scuffle at a nightclub following a concert, Britain's Press Association news agency reported Friday.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Andrew H. Walker)AFP - US rap superstar Kanye West was arrested on suspicion of assault after a scuffle at a nightclub following a concert, Britain's Press Association news agency reported Friday.

Darwin's mockingbirds feature in London exhibition (AP)

Posted: 14 Nov 2008 10:03 AM CST

Natural History Museum photo released Friday Nov. 14, 2008, showing three of the four mockingbirds collected by Charles Darwin from the Galapagos Islands in 1835, during the voyage of the Beagle. These are type specimens, of, left to right, Floreana MB Nesomimus trifasciatus, San Cristobal MB Nesomimus melanotis and the Galapagos Mockingbird Nesomimus parvulus. A Darwin Exhibition opens Friday at London's Natural History Museum to mark the 200th Anniversary of the naturalist's birth. (AP Photo/ Natural History Museum-ho)AP - Two dead birds, one big idea.

British bankruptcies increase in 3Q (AP)

Posted: 14 Nov 2008 08:55 AM CST

AP - The number of British people petitioning for bankruptcy jumped 7 percent in the third quarter, while company failures rose 13 percent, as the financial crisis hiked the cost of loans, Britain's Ministry of Justice reported Friday.

Stone convicted of trying to kill N Ireland leaders (AFP)

Posted: 14 Nov 2008 08:44 AM CST

Security officials wrestle a handgun from the grip of convicted paramilitary killer Michael Stone (right) at Stormont Parliament buildings in Belfast, Northern Ireland, November 2006. Stone has been found guilty Friday of trying to murder Sinn Fein leaders Gerry Adams and Martin McGuinness during the incident.(AFP/File/Peter Muhly)AFP - Convicted paramilitary killer Michael Stone was found guilty Friday of trying to murder Sinn Fein leaders Gerry Adams and Martin McGuinness at the Northern Ireland Assembly in 2006.

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