2008年11月28日星期五

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Somali pirates hijack ship, British guards aboard (AP)

Posted: 28 Nov 2008 03:16 AM CST

AP - Somali pirates hijacked a chemical tanker Friday with two British security guards and dozens of Indian crew members on board, two diplomatic sources said.

RBS says British government to buy bank majority (AP)

Posted: 28 Nov 2008 02:42 AM CST

AP - The Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC says the British government will take majority control in the bank after investors shunned a share offering last month.

Govt to hold 58 pct of RBS after share issue (AFP)

Posted: 28 Nov 2008 01:45 AM CST

Royal Bank of Scotland said Friday the government will end up with a 57.9 percent stake in the bank after a share issue to raise funds to help it cope with the financial crisis(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - Royal Bank of Scotland said Friday the government will end up with a 57.9 percent stake in the bank after a share issue to raise funds to help it cope with the financial crisis.

Conservative MP arrested over leak (AFP)

Posted: 27 Nov 2008 11:13 PM CST

File picture shows police guarding the Houses of Parliament. A senior Conservative MP has been arrested amid a probe into leaked information, the party and police said -- sparking a furious political row.(AFP/File/Edmond Terakopian)AFP - A senior Conservative MP has been arrested amid a probe into leaked information, the party and police said -- sparking a furious political row.

UK opposition lawmaker arrested (AP)

Posted: 27 Nov 2008 08:02 PM CST

AP - British police arrested a Conservative lawmaker Thursday, party members said, drawing a wave of indignation from opposition politicians.

Titanic museum gets go-ahead in Belfast (AFP)

Posted: 27 Nov 2008 02:13 PM CST

Original china recovered from the wreck of the Titanic on display in a water-filled tank at an exhibit in 2000. A museum recounting the story of the doomed Titanic will be built in Northern Ireland after ministers gave the green light to a massive funding package Thursday.(AFP/File/Tannen Maury)AFP - A museum recounting the story of the doomed Titanic will be built in Northern Ireland after ministers gave the green light to a massive funding package Thursday.

BAT could get 1.2 billion pounds of taxes back (AP)

Posted: 27 Nov 2008 10:38 AM CST

AP - British American Tobacco PLC said it stands to get 1.2 billion pounds ($1.8 billion) worth of overpaid taxes back after a high court ruling in the company's favor on Thursday.

Two marines killed in Afghanistan: ministry (AFP)

Posted: 27 Nov 2008 10:18 AM CST

British soldiers in southern Helmand province on August 21, 2008. Two troops have been killed after being fired at by insurgents while on patrol, the Ministry of Defence said.(AFP/File/Shah Marai)AFP - Two British troops have been killed after being fired at by insurgents while on patrol in southern Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence said Thursday.

Queen sets examples for Britain in credit crunch (AP)

Posted: 27 Nov 2008 10:11 AM CST

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II meets and greets members of the public on a walk around during her visit to Banbury town centre England Thursday Nov. 27, 2008. As the credit crunch bites harder, who better than Queen Elizabeth II as a guide for hard-pressed Britons?. The Queen wore this outfit during her visit to Sandhurst Military Academy to attend her grandson's Prince William's graduation from the academy in 2006. (AP Photo/ Ben Birchall/PA)AP - It may seem improbable for a woman who divides her time among four palaces, but Queen Elizabeth II has a reputation for watching her pounds and pence.

South African anti-bribery police visit BAE (AP)

Posted: 27 Nov 2008 09:17 AM CST

AP - British defense company BAE Systems PLC said Thursday that South African police visited its offices near the capital of Pretoria as part of an investigation by Britain's Serious Fraud Office into alleged bribery.

British experts to help Mumbai probe (AFP)

Posted: 27 Nov 2008 07:30 AM CST

Indian Central Reserve Police Force soliders patrol outside Nariman House, the scene of one of a string of coordinated attacks in Mumbai on November 27, 2008. Prime Minister Gordon Brown has condemned the attacks in Mumbai that have killed more than 100 people as AFP - Britain is sending police experts to India to help investigators probing the deadly Mumbai attacks, Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Thursday.

Britain: India attack had some al-Qaida hallmarks (AP)

Posted: 27 Nov 2008 07:22 AM CST

AP - Britain's spy agencies had little warning of the terrorist attack in Mumbai, which bore some al-Qaida hallmarks but appears unlikely to be linked to the group's core leadership, officials said Thursday.

British Indians fear more India attacks after Mumbai (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Nov 2008 06:27 AM CST

Damaged ticket counters are seen after a shooting by unidentified assailants at a railway station in Mumbai November 26, 2008. REUTERS/StringerReuters - British Indians said on Thursday overnight attacks in Mumbai were an attempt to undermine India's stability and made them wonder where militants might strike next.

UK house price crash eases in November (AP)

Posted: 27 Nov 2008 06:22 AM CST

AP - The drop in British house values slowed in November, although prices were still nearly 14 percent lower than a year ago as banks curbed lending and worried buyers avoided the property market amid the credit crunch, a housing survey said Thursday.

UK electronics retailer DSG posts 1H net loss (AP)

Posted: 27 Nov 2008 06:21 AM CST

AP - DSG International PLC, Britain's largest consumer electronics retailer, posted a net loss for the first half of the year on Thursday, after the company cut prices to compete with internet retailers and spent more on restructuring the business.

Woolworths close to bankruptcy (AFP)

Posted: 27 Nov 2008 06:20 AM CST

A Woolworths store in central London. The retailer, which has 813 stores across the United Kingdom with around 25,000 employees, has confirmed that it has gone into administration.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)AFP - Retail group Woolworths said on Thursday that it was close to bankruptcy as it appointed independent admistrators to try and save the business and its 25,000 employees.

TUI Travel suffers annual net loss (AFP)

Posted: 27 Nov 2008 04:17 AM CST

European travel firm TUI Travel said it had made an annual net loss of almost 271 million pounds (324 million euros, 418 million dollars), mainly on costs linked to the creation of the new company.(AFP/DDP/File/David Hecker)AFP - European travel firm TUI Travel said on Thursday it had made an annual net loss of almost 271 million pounds (324 million euros, 418 million dollars), mainly on costs linked to the creation of the new company.

Tory MEP describes terror in Mumbai hotel (AFP)

Posted: 27 Nov 2008 04:23 AM CST

Flames and smoke pour from the historicTaj Mahal Hotel in Mumbai. A Tory Euro MP has spoken of the moment heavily armed Islamic militants stormed into the hotel and began spraying guests with bullets.(AFP/Indranil Mukherjee)AFP - A Tory Euro MP caught up in the terror attacks in Mumbai spoke Thursday of the moment heavily armed Islamic militants stormed a prestigious hotel and began spraying guests with bullets.

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