2008年11月30日星期日

Yahoo! News: World - Britain

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - Britain

British soldiers shoot Afghan policeman dead: military (AFP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2008 01:31 AM CST

A British soldier with the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force talks to Afghan policemen on the outskirts of Lashkar Gah in southern Afghanistan in October. British soldiers in a NATO-led force shot and killed an Afghan policeman in a vehicle that approached a convoy, despite warnings to keep away, and was seen to be a threat, the military said Sunday.(AFP/File/Bronwen Roberts)AFP - British soldiers in a NATO-led force shot and killed an Afghan policeman in a vehicle that approached a convoy, despite warnings to keep away, and was seen to be a threat, the military said Sunday.


British actor arrested after escaping real life Mumbai horror (AFP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2008 12:04 AM CST

Indian soldiers stand guard at the Taj Mahal Hotel in Mumbai on November 29Indian soldiers stand guard at the Taj Mahal Hotel in Mumbai. A British actor who played one of the London suicide bombers in a TV documentary escaped death at the hands of real life terrorists in the Mumbai massacre before being detained as a suspect by police.(AFP/Pedro Ugarte)AFP - An actor who played one of the London suicide bombers in a TV documentary escaped death at the hands of real life terrorists in the Mumbai massacre before being detained as a suspect by police.


Japan should acknowledge 'comfort women' pain: British MPs (AFP)

Posted: 29 Nov 2008 06:07 PM CST

Japanese women hold portraits of Chinese, Philippine, South Korean and Taiwanese former comfort women who were sex slaves during World War II, at a protest in Tokyo, in 2007. Japan should acknowledge the importance of Second World War AFP - Japan should acknowledge the importance of Second World War "comfort women" as a "painful and emotive" issue in South Korea, an influential committee of British parliamentarians said Sunday.


Relieved British MP lands back home from Mumbai (AFP)

Posted: 29 Nov 2008 05:05 AM CST

British Euro MP Sajjad Karim(R) is greeted by family on his return Mumbai India to Manchester, after getting caught up in the terror attacks in Mumbai.(AFP/Andrew Yates)AFP - A British Euro MP caught up in the terror attacks in Mumbai has been greeted by emotional scenes after arriving back in Manchester.


Top official denies Mumbai attackers were British (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Nov 2008 04:24 AM CST

A view of the shattered windows at the lobby of Trident-Oberoi hotel, a day-after the operations to dislodge militants ended in Mumbai November 29, 2008. REUTERS/Greg BeitchmanReuters - Maharashtra chief minister said on Saturday that there was no evidence of British citizens being involved in the attacks in Mumbai.


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