2008年11月20日星期四

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Rolls-Royce plans up to 2,000 job cuts in 2009 (AP)

Posted: 20 Nov 2008 02:39 AM CST

A man stands next to a modified Rolls Royce sports coupe AP - Rolls-Royce Group PLC said Thursday it plans to cut up to 2,000 jobs next year as demand for its products slumps amid the global economic downturn.

Rolls-Royce plans up to 2,000 job cuts in 2009 (AFP)

Posted: 20 Nov 2008 01:52 AM CST

A visitor looks at a Rolls Royce Trent 900 jet engine at the Farnborough Air Show in Surrey, southern England. Rolls-Royce, the British maker of plane engines, has said it anticipated cutting between 1,500 and 2,000 jobs worldwide in 2009.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)AFP - Rolls-Royce, the British maker of plane engines, said Thursday it anticipated cutting between 1,500 and 2,000 jobs worldwide in 2009, or up to five percent of its global workforce.

Colombian VP says cocaine destroying rain forests (AP)

Posted: 19 Nov 2008 03:24 PM CST

AP - Does white powder damage your green credentials?

Far-right UK party's member list is posted online (AP)

Posted: 19 Nov 2008 02:10 PM CST

AP - The leader of the far-right British National Party said he will ask police to investigate how his party's membership list was posted online despite a court order. The publication was causing problems for several party members Wednesday, including a police officer who was being investigated.

Flat-footed journalist quits British dancing show (AP)

Posted: 19 Nov 2008 12:28 PM CST

This undated image shows John Sergeant dancing with Kristina Rihanoff during a dress rehearsal for BBC program Strictly Come Dancing. Sergeant the retired BBC political correspondent has waltzed off TV talent show 'Strictly Come Dancing' because he is afraid he might win. The 64-year-old Sergeant is the surprise star of the BBC show. Despite being labeled the program's worst-ever competitor by judges, viewers have voted for him above more accomplished competitors. Sergeant announced Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2008 he was quitting the show, because there was a real danger he might win. He said victory would be a joke too far. The ballroom dancing competition is one of the BBC's most popular shows and the format has been exported around the world. A U.S. version, Dancing With the Stars,' is currently airing on ABC. (AP Photo/Guy Levy/BBC/PA)AP - The public adored him, but the judges hated him. One called him a "dancing pig in Cuban heels."

One in three schools failing students, top inspector finds (AFP)

Posted: 19 Nov 2008 12:27 PM CST

School children stand outside Windsor Castle in 2006. More than one third of English schools are failing to give students a good education, inspectors have said.(AFP/File/Adrian Dennis)AFP - More than one third of English schools are failing to give students a good education, the chief inspector of schools said on Wednesday.

Lloyds shareholders approve HBOS takeover (AP)

Posted: 19 Nov 2008 11:48 AM CST

AP - Shareholders of Lloyds Group TSB voted overwhelmingly in favor of a government-brokered takeover of rival HBOS PLC on Wednesday.

FDA approves generic of AstraZeneca asthma drug (AP)

Posted: 19 Nov 2008 11:43 AM CST

AP - AstraZeneca PLC said Wednesday it is launching a generic version of its own child asthma medication Pulmicort Respules after U.S. regulators paved the way for its rival Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. to do the same.

Publicist: Winona Ryder hospitalized in UK (AP)

Posted: 19 Nov 2008 11:43 AM CST

AP - Winona Ryder's publicist says the actress was briefly hospitalized after falling ill on a flight to London's Heathrow Airport.

Lloyds' shareholders approve HBOS takeover (AFP)

Posted: 19 Nov 2008 10:57 AM CST

Shareholders of Lloyds TSB backed the takeover of troubled rival HBOS and a recapitalisation that will hand the government a key stake.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)AFP - Shareholders of Lloyds TSB on Wednesday backed the takeover of troubled rival HBOS and a recapitalisation that will hand the government a key stake.

Crackdown on prostitution sparks criticism (AFP)

Posted: 19 Nov 2008 10:39 AM CST

A sex worker waits for trade in a brothel. The government has announced plans to outlaw prostitution involving women forced into the sex trade through illegal trafficking.(AFP/File/Robin Utrecht)AFP - The government announced plans Wednesday to outlaw prostitution involving women forced into the sex trade through illegal trafficking, but the move was sharply criticised by experts.

Brown hints at more steps to get credit flowing (AP)

Posted: 19 Nov 2008 10:30 AM CST

AP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Wednesday that further measures may be needed to encourage banks to resume a normal flow of credit to small British businesses and homeowners.

UK government unveils plan for sex trade crackdown (AP)

Posted: 19 Nov 2008 09:30 AM CST

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, left, meets cast members, from left, Derek Jacobi and Samantha Bond before the Royal Film Performance of 'A Bunch of Amateurs' at a cinema in London, Monday, Nov. 17, 2008. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, Pool)AP - The British government announced plans Wednesday to make it illegal to pay for sex with women forced into prostitution and to name men who solicit sex on the streets — measures that prostitutes say will put more women at risk.

iPhone sex: Google application baffled by British accents (AFP)

Posted: 19 Nov 2008 08:18 AM CST

A man shows the Apple iPhone. A new voice-recognition search tool for the iPhone has problems understanding British accents, leading to some bizarre answers to spoken queries.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Mario Tama)AFP - A new voice-recognition search tool for the iPhone has problems understanding British accents, leading to some bizarre answers to spoken queries, a newspaper report and users said Wednesday.

UK manufacturers' expectations fall to 28-year low (AP)

Posted: 19 Nov 2008 07:33 AM CST

AP - British manufacturers' expectations about output are the weakest for nearly 30 years because of falling demand resulting from the economic slowdown, Britain's largest employers' group said Wednesday.

Bank of England considered even larger rate cut (AP)

Posted: 19 Nov 2008 06:47 AM CST

AP - The Bank of England said Wednesday it considered an even bigger rate cut than the 1.5 percentage point trim to a 53-year low of 3 percent it made earlier this month — catching markets offguard — to counter a sharp deterioration in the economic outlook and inflationary expectations.

BNP's membership list leaked online (AFP)

Posted: 19 Nov 2008 05:19 AM CST

British National Party leader Nick Griffin in 2006 outside a court in Leeds. The far-right BNP has complained to the police after its membership list was stolen and posted on the Internet.(AFP/File/Scott Heppell)AFP - The far-right British National Party (BNP) has complained to the police after its membership list was stolen and posted on the Internet, in breach of a court injunction barring its publication.

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