2008年12月6日星期六

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Anti-apartheid campaigner Mike Terry dies (AP)

Posted: 05 Dec 2008 04:25 PM CST

AP - Mike Terry, who led Britain's anti-apartheid movement for nearly two decades and played a pivotal role in turning British public opinion against South Africa's white minority rule, has died. He was 61.

Big blue diamond on display in London (AP)

Posted: 05 Dec 2008 01:24 PM CST

Becky Markley holds the Wittelbach diamond, a rare 35.6 carat 17th century grey-blue diamond, at Christie's auction house in London, Friday, Dec. 5, 2008. The diamond was part of the dowry of the Infanta Mararita Teresa upon her engagement to Leopold I of Austria, given by her father King Philip IV of Spain, and is expected to sell for some 9 million pounds, ($ 15 million, euro 10.4 million ), at auction on Dec. 10. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)AP - An unusually cut blue diamond with a royal history could fetch as much as 9 million pounds ($13 million) when it goes under the hammer at Christie's on December 10.

Teddy take-off: bears launched into space (AFP)

Posted: 05 Dec 2008 12:47 PM CST

This Cambridge University press office(CUPO) handout shows two of the four teddy bears that were lauched to the edge of space. Four teddy bears, fully decked out in custom-made spacesuits, were launched to the edge of space this week as part of a British university experiment.(AFP/CUPO-HO)AFP - Four teddy bears, fully decked out in custom-made spacesuits, were launched to the edge of space this week as part of a British university experiment.

London stocks close down (AFP)

Posted: 05 Dec 2008 12:09 PM CST

The FTSE 100 index of shares closed down after the US announced the worst job losses in 34 years, signalling the world's largest economy was falling deeper into recession.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - The FTSE 100 index of shares closed down again on Friday after the US announced the worst job losses in 34 years, signalling the world's largest economy was falling deeper into recession.

Londoner remanded over Qatari student's death (AFP)

Posted: 05 Dec 2008 11:57 AM CST

Relatives of Qatari teenager Mohammed al-Majed marching in Doha in September 2008. A 21-year-old Briton was remanded in custody Friday after appearing in an English court charged with the manslaughter of a al-Majed.(AFP/Karim Jaafar)AFP - A 21-year-old man was remanded in custody Friday after appearing in an English court charged with the manslaughter of a Qatari language student.

American sentenced in wrong-side English crash (AP)

Posted: 05 Dec 2008 11:39 AM CST

AP - An American who killed three people in a head-on collision after driving on the wrong side of an English road was sentenced Friday to 20 months in prison.

Council to probe handling of Shannon Matthews case (AFP)

Posted: 05 Dec 2008 11:21 AM CST

A council in Yorkshire is to launch an investigation into the conduct of all the agencies involved with the family of Shannon Mathews, seen here in an undated handout. The schoolgirl who was kidnapped by her own mother and another man who were hoping to scoop the reward for finding her.(AFP/West Yorkshire Police/File)AFP - A council in Yorkshire is to launch an investigation into the conduct of all the agencies involved with the family of Shannon Mathews, the schoolgirl who was kidnapped by her own mother in a bid to scoop the reward money.

Graham Norton replaces Wogan as Eurovision presenter (AFP)

Posted: 05 Dec 2008 10:55 AM CST

Comedian Graham Norton, seen here in New York in 2005, is to take over from veteran BBC presenter Terry Wogan as the commentator for the annual Eurovision Song contest, the BBC has said.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Evan Agostini)AFP - Comedian Graham Norton is to take over from veteran BBC presenter Terry Wogan as the commentator for the annual Eurovision Song contest, the BBC has said.

Woolworths slashes 450 jobs (AFP)

Posted: 05 Dec 2008 08:14 AM CST

A Woolworths in Bramhall, near Manchester. The troubled retailer, which last week said it was close to bankruptcy, has cut 450 support staff, its administrators have said.(AFP/File/Andrew Yates)AFP - Troubled retailer Woolworths, which last week said it was close to bankruptcy, has cut 450 support staff, its administrators said on Friday.

Woolworths ramps up retail discounting war (AP)

Posted: 05 Dec 2008 07:47 AM CST

AP - Woolworths PLC began a massive sale on Friday — raising the stakes for its peers by slashing prices by up to 50 percent — after talks between the troubled retailer's financial administrator and a potential buyer failed.

Thierry Henry in £8m divorce settlement: report (AFP)

Posted: 05 Dec 2008 05:46 AM CST

Barcelona striker Thierry Henry, seen here in Vienna in September, has paid his ex-wife a divorce settlement of £8m, The Sun tabloid has reported.(AFP/File/Franck Fife)AFP - Barcelona striker Thierry Henry has paid his ex-wife a divorce settlement of eight million pounds, a report said on Friday.

HSBC buys back London HQ, earning £250m (AFP)

Posted: 05 Dec 2008 05:35 AM CST

HSBC's London headquarters in Canary Wharf. HSBC has made a profit of about £250m after buying back its Canary Wharf headquarters 18 months after selling it.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - HSBC said on Friday it had made a profit of about 250 million pounds after buying back its London headquarters 18 months after selling it.

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