2008年12月14日星期日

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

British PM Brown blames Pakistan militants over Mumbai (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Dec 2008 03:30 AM CST

Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown (L) is greeted by India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in New Delhi December 14, 2008. REUTERS/Darren StaplesReuters - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown blamed banned Pakistan-based militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba for last month's deadly Mumbai attacks as tension between nuclear-armed neighbours India and Pakistan simmered on Sunday.

British PM visits Pakistan after Mumbai attacks (AFP)

Posted: 14 Dec 2008 03:00 AM CST

File photo shows Indian fighter jets taking part in a mock exercise at the Indian Air Force Station in Gwalior. Pakistan accused India's air force of violating its airspace, drawing a swift denial from New Delhi, as Britain's visiting prime minister sought to defuse tensions on Sunday.(AFP/File/Manan Vatsyayana)AFP - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown arrived in Pakistan Sunday for talks aimed at calming tensions with India as Islamabad accused its neighbour of violating its airspace, drawing a swift denial.

Britain offers Pakistan more aid in terror fight (AP)

Posted: 14 Dec 2008 03:15 AM CST

AP - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown says his country will give Pakistan millions more in funding and technology to eradicate terrorism in the wake of the attacks in Mumbai, India.

British police may seek to question Mumbai gunman (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Dec 2008 02:09 AM CST

Closed circuit television footage released on December 3, 2008 shows gunmen walking across a parking lot after a shooting spree at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus train station in Mumbai on November 26, 2008. REUTERS/Investigating Team Video via Reuters TVReuters - British police may wish to question the only surviving gunman from the Mumbai attacks, a British government source said on Sunday.

Queen Elizabeth II reins in extravagance as credit crunch grips (AFP)

Posted: 14 Dec 2008 12:08 AM CST

Queen Elizabeth II delivers her speech during the State Opening of Parliament in London, on December 3. Always concerned about staying in touch with her subjects, the queen has invited Britain's royal family to follow her example and tighten the purse strings during the financial downturn.(AFP/File/Dominic Lipinski)AFP - Always concerned about staying in touch with her subjects, Queen Elizabeth II has invited Britain's royal family to follow her example and tighten the purse strings during the financial downturn.

Britain's environment minister concerned by Heathrow plan (AFP)

Posted: 13 Dec 2008 11:45 PM CST

Vapour trails from aircraft landing and taking off from Heathrow and London City airports are pictured during a sunset over south-east London, in September. The British government should ditch plans to expand London's main airport Heathrow if pollution levels are not dramatically cut, Environment Minister Hilary Benn told The Sunday Times newspaper.(AFP/File/Alessandro Abbonizio)AFP - The government should ditch plans to expand London's main airport Heathrow if pollution levels are not dramatically cut, Environment Minister Hilary Benn told The Sunday Times newspaper.

A British Row Over College Beauty Pageants (Time.com)

Posted: 13 Dec 2008 11:40 PM CST

Time.com - Are female students being exploited or do the pageants instill confidence in the contestants?

British PM visits UK troops near Afghan front line (AP)

Posted: 13 Dec 2008 05:15 PM CST

Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown meets troops at Camp Bastion in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, Saturday, Dec. 13, 2008. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is in Afghanistan and has visited UK troops near the front lines with the Taliban in the country's volatile south. Brown says the presence of international troops in Afghanistan is critical to stem terrorism and to support Afghan elections next year. Brown is visiting one day after four troops were killed Helmand. He says there is 'disgust and horror' that the Taliban used a 13-year-old boy as a suicide bomber in one of the attacks, which killed three Marines. (AP Photo / Lewis Whyld)AP - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Saturday that the U.K. could send extra troops to Afghanistan under a U.S.-led military surge aimed at stemming terrorism and supporting upcoming Afghan elections.

One dead as storms hit Dorset (AFP)

Posted: 13 Dec 2008 04:09 PM CST

AFP - One motorist died as high winds, torrential rain and flash floods lashed southwest England on Saturday as nearly 100 flood warnings were imposed across the region.

British PM arrives in India ahead of talks with Singh (AFP)

Posted: 13 Dec 2008 03:05 PM CST

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, seen here on December 12, 2008, arrived in India late Saturday ahead of talks with his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh following last month's attacks on Mumbai which killed 172 people.(AFP/File/John Thys)AFP - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown arrived in India late Saturday ahead of talks with his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh following last month's attacks on Mumbai which killed 172 people.

Protest over Baby P abuse scandal (AFP)

Posted: 13 Dec 2008 09:30 AM CST

A handout image obtained November 26 from ITV news shows a child identified only as Baby P. Demonstrators on Saturday handed a petition with 20,000 signatures to Prime Minister Gordon Brown's office over the abuse scandal that shocked the country.(AFP/ITV News/File)AFP - Demonstrators on Saturday handed a petition with 20,000 signatures to Prime Minister Gordon Brown's office over the Baby P abuse scandal that shocked the country.

Vauxhall offers staff sabbaticals to cut costs (AFP)

Posted: 13 Dec 2008 08:58 AM CST

Vauxhall cars at the company's Ellesmere Port northwen England in 2006. Vauxhall, owned by crisis-hit American carmaker General Motors, said Saturday it would offer staff sabbaticals of up to nine months in a bid to cut costs amid the global economic downturn.(AFP/File/Paul Ellis)AFP - Vauxhall, owned by crisis-hit American carmaker General Motors, said Saturday it would offer staff sabbaticals of up to nine months in a bid to cut costs amid the global economic downturn.

RSPCA mends ties with Hindu temple (AFP)

Posted: 13 Dec 2008 08:37 AM CST

Protestors in Parliament Square in London in February 2008 over the kiling of a sacred cow. The RSPCA said Saturday it would donate a cow to a Hindu temple north of London, in a bid to repair relations that were damaged last year when the sacred cow was put down.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - A British animal welfare charity said Saturday that it would donate a cow to a Hindu temple north of London, in a bid to repair relations that were damaged last year when a sacred cow was put down.

British PM to visit India (AFP)

Posted: 13 Dec 2008 07:12 AM CST

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, seen here on December 12, 2008, arrived in India late Saturday ahead of talks with his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh following last month's attacks on Mumbai which killed 172 people.(AFP/File/John Thys)AFP - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown will head to India late Saturday for talks with his counterpart Manmohan Singh following the devastating Mumbai attacks, an AFP correspondent travelling with him said.

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