2008年11月16日星期日

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Govt forced to review pesticide policy (AFP)

Posted: 16 Nov 2008 03:14 AM CST

A farmer spraying a rapeseed field with pesticides. The government has been ordered to review its policies on the use of pesticides after a green campaigner won a landmark victory in the high court.(AFP/File/Peter Foerster)AFP - The government has been ordered to review its policies on the use of pesticides after a green campaigner won a landmark victory in the high court.

Prince Charles wants to speak out as king: biographer (AFP)

Posted: 15 Nov 2008 11:31 PM CST

Britain's Prince Charles leaves the Beckton Community Centre in east London, on November 14. Prince Charles continued his 60th birthday celebrations Saturday with a star-studded dinner at his country retreat, where he was serenaded by rocker Rod Stewart.(AFP/POOL/File/Carl de Souza)AFP - Prince Charles, who has just turned 60, wants to break with tradition and keep speaking out on key issues when he becomes king, biographer Jonathan Dimbleby said in The Sunday Times.

Church of England Evangelicals dodge homosexuality vote (AFP)

Posted: 15 Nov 2008 05:37 PM CST

Church of England Evangelicals meeting on Saturday refused to vote to establish their position on homosexuality -- an issue that has caused deep splits within the worldwide Anglican communion.(CEEC)AFP - Church of England Evangelicals meeting on Saturday refused to vote to establish their position on homosexuality -- an issue that has caused deep splits within the worldwide Anglican communion.

Rod Stewart plays UK prince's 60th birthday bash (AP)

Posted: 15 Nov 2008 05:00 PM CST

Britain's Prince Charles reacts after he was presented with a birthday cake, at a Prince's Trust project at Beckton Community Centre in east London, on his 60th birthday, Friday Nov. 14, 2008. The Prince was attending the launch of Youth Week, a new project run by his Prince's Trust, which runs for seven days, and aims to challenge stereotypes about young people and encourage them to seek help from the trust. The cake carried a replica of a London bus pass, which entitles London residents to free public transport.(AP Photo/Carl de Souza, pool)AP - Singer Rod Stewart headlined a star-studded bash for Prince Charles' birthday party Saturday in England.

Senior UK politician warns of run on the pound (AP)

Posted: 15 Nov 2008 12:20 PM CST

AP - Britain's government risks seeing the value of its currency collapse unless public borrowing is kept under control, one of the country's senior opposition politicians said in an interview published Saturday.

Boy, 16, seeks youth record for solo global sail (AP)

Posted: 15 Nov 2008 10:56 AM CST

AP - A 16-year-old British boy has set out on an attempt to become the youngest person to sail solo around the world.

Darwin's mockingbirds featured in London exhibit (AP)

Posted: 15 Nov 2008 09:57 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.

Teen sets sail on solo round-the-world voyage (AFP)

Posted: 15 Nov 2008 08:46 AM CST

Sixteen-year-old Michael Perham, seen here just before making a solo voyage across the Atlantic when he was 14, has set sail from Portsmouth harbour in a bid to become the youngest person to sail solo around the world.(AFP/File/Ho)AFP - A 16-year-old set sail from Portsmouth harbour on Saturday in a bid to become the youngest person to sail solo around the world.

Father devastated over death of Baby P (AFP)

Posted: 15 Nov 2008 07:08 AM CST

A computer-generated image of some of the graphic facial injuries inflicted upon Baby P. The father of Baby P, who was brutally battered to death by his mother and two other men, has spoken out about his anguish over the death of his baby son as the first pictures of the toddler were made public.(AFP/MPS)AFP - The father of Baby P, who was brutally battered to death by his mother and two other men, has spoken out about his anguish over the death of his baby son as the first pictures of the toddler were made public.

British PM says progress being made at summit (AP)

Posted: 15 Nov 2008 07:00 AM CST

AP - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown says world leaders are making progress at an emergency economic summit in Washington.

Brown borrowing could cause collapse of pound: Tories (AFP)

Posted: 15 Nov 2008 05:42 AM CST

Plans by Gordon Brown to borrow his way out of trouble could lead to the collapse of the pound, shadow chancellor George Osbourne has warned in an interview.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - Plans by Gordon Brown to borrow his way out of trouble could lead to the collapse of the pound, shadow chancellor George Osbourne warned in an interview published on Saturday.

British wife-beater jailed in Dubai: report (AFP)

Posted: 15 Nov 2008 04:18 AM CST

The Dubai court. A Briton has been sentenced to three months in jail in Dubai after a court found him guilty of beating his wife and threatening to kill her, a newspaper has reported.(AFP/File/Karim Sahib)AFP - A Briton has been sentenced to three months in jail in Dubai after a court found him guilty of beating his wife and threatening to kill her, a newspaper reported on Saturday.

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