2008年11月17日星期一

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Plane crash off British Columbia coast kills 7 (AP)

Posted: 16 Nov 2008 11:07 PM CST

AP - A small plane crashed on a remote island off British Columbia's southern coast Sunday, killing seven of the eight people on board. One survivor walked away, rescue officials said.

Seven killed in British Columbia plane crash (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Nov 2008 08:28 PM CST

Reuters - Seven people were killed and one was injured when the charter plane they were flying in crashed on Sunday on a small island on Canada's Pacific coast, officials said.

Pop opera hunks Il Divo top British charts (AFP)

Posted: 16 Nov 2008 07:59 PM CST

Members of the Il Divo group L-R: US tenor David Miller, Spanish baritone Carlos Marin, Swiss tenor Urs Buhler and French singer Sebastien Izambard pose with their six-platinum sales award following a press conference in 2007. Il Divo topped the British charts on Sunday with their new album AFP - Pop opera quartet Il Divo topped the British charts with their new album "The Promise," knocking Girls Aloud off the number one spot in a top 10 dominated by old classics.

'Meh': Apathetic expression enters dictionary (AP)

Posted: 16 Nov 2008 06:23 PM CST

AP - At least someone is excited about "meh."

British TV comedy star Reg Varney dies at 92 (AP)

Posted: 16 Nov 2008 03:52 PM CST

AP - Reg Varney, a comic actor who played a cheery Cockney bus driver in British sitcom "On the Buses," died Sunday, his daughter said. He was 92.

Iceland, EU states draw up plan to rescue British savers (AFP)

Posted: 16 Nov 2008 03:17 PM CST

A man enters a branch of Iceland's second largest bank, Landsbanki, in Rejkjavik, in October 2008. Iceland and a group of EU countries have agreed on a negotiating framework to settle a row over compensating British savers, the government in Rejkjavik said Sunday.(AFP/File/Olivier Morin)AFP - Iceland and a group of EU countries have agreed on a negotiating framework to settle a banking row between the island and Britain over compensating savers, the government in Reykjavik said Sunday.

Osbourne defends remarks on collapse of sterling (AFP)

Posted: 16 Nov 2008 10:03 AM CST

Conservative shadow chancellor George Osbourne has defended his warning about the collapse of sterling in an interview with BBC1's Andrew Marr show.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - Conservative shadow chancellor George Osbourne on Sunday defended his warning about the collapse of sterling in an interview with BBC1's Andrew Marr show.

Miliband urged to support Israel's stand on Gaza (AFP)

Posted: 16 Nov 2008 12:54 PM CST

Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni (L) welcomes her British counterpart David Miliband upon his arrival for a meeting in Jerusalem. Livni on Sunday told Miliband that she expected the international community to support the Jewish state's tough stand in Gaza.(AFP/Menahem Kahana)AFP - Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni on Sunday told her visiting British counterpart David Miliband that she expected the international community to support the Jewish state's tough stand in Gaza.

British soldier killed in Afghanistan: ministry (AFP)

Posted: 16 Nov 2008 04:37 AM CST

A British soldier talks with an Afghan boy during a patrol on the outskirts of Kabul last year. A British soldier has been killed by a bomb in the restive southern Afghan province of Helmand, the Ministry of Defence has announced.(AFP/File/Shah Marai)AFP - A British soldier was killed by a bomb in the restive southern Afghan province of Helmand, the Ministry of Defence announced on Sunday.

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