2008年12月17日星期三

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

British unemployment up 137,000 at 1.86 million (AP)

Posted: 17 Dec 2008 03:54 AM CST

AP - The number of jobless in Britain rose further toward the 2 million mark in the three months to October as the economy slows, official figures showed Wednesday.

British Airways cutting fuel surcharge (AP)

Posted: 17 Dec 2008 03:25 AM CST

AP - British Airways is cutting its fuel surcharges because of the falling price of oil, the company said Wednesday.

UK panel says BAA should sell 3 airports (AP)

Posted: 17 Dec 2008 03:25 AM CST

AP - BAA Ltd. should be forced to sell two airports serving London and one in Scotland, the government's anti-monopoly agency said Wednesday.

BA cuts fuel surcharge on tickets as oil prices slide (AFP)

Posted: 17 Dec 2008 02:58 AM CST

Airline passengers await their flights inside Terminal 4 at Heathrow airport. British Airways has said it was cutting fuel surcharges on long-haul plane tickets by as much as a third because of tumbling oil prices which slash the cost of jet fuel.(AFP/File/Adrian Dennis)AFP - British Airways said on Wednesday it was cutting fuel surcharges on long-haul plane tickets by as much as a third because of tumbling oil prices which slash the cost of jet fuel.

Britain's Brown in Iraq ahead of troop withdrawal (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Dec 2008 02:47 AM CST

Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown walks away from his aircraft on arrival in Baghdad, in Iraq December 17, 2008. Brown arrived in Baghdad for an unannounced visit on Wednesday and was received by Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, Iraqi state television said. (Peter Macdiarmid/Pool/Reuters)Reuters - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown arrived in Baghdad on Wednesday, a day after the Iraqi cabinet drafted a law paving the way for British forces to withdraw more than six years after the U.S.-led invasion.

Brown visits Iraq, says mission to end mid-2009 (AFP)

Posted: 17 Dec 2008 03:53 AM CST

British troops at a base near Basra. British forces will wrap up their mission in Iraq in the first half of next year, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said during a surprise trip to Baghdad on Wednesday.(AFP/File/Essam -al-Sudani)AFP - British forces will wrap up their mission in Iraq in the first half of next year, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said during a surprise trip to Baghdad on Wednesday.

Iraqi police: Baghdad bombs kill 6, wound 41 (AP)

Posted: 17 Dec 2008 03:08 AM CST

The wreckage of a vehicle used in a bomb attack lies on a road in Baghdad December 16, 2008. A car bomb exploded in central Baghdad on Tuesday targeting a convoy of Iraq's Minister of Science and Technology, police sources said. REUTERS/Saad Shalash (IRAQ)AP - Iraqi police say a double-bombing in eastern Baghdad targeting traffic police has killed at least 6 and wounded 41 people.

Internet gambling tycoon gives up $300M in plea (AP)

Posted: 16 Dec 2008 09:11 PM CST

AP - A co-founder of an Internet gambling company and one of the world's richest people pleaded guilty Tuesday to violating the federal wire act and agreed to forfeit $300 million as part of a cooperation deal.

Iraqi doctor faces life for failed London, Glasgow attacks (AFP)

Posted: 16 Dec 2008 08:05 PM CST

An updated handout photo from the Metropolitan Police of Bilal Abdulla. The Iraqi doctor found guilty of trying to murder hundreds of people in failed car bombings in London and Glasgow faces a life behind bars as he awaits sentencing here on Wednesday(AFP/HO/File)AFP - An Iraqi doctor found guilty of trying to murder hundreds of people in failed car bombings in London and Glasgow faces a life behind bars as he awaits sentencing here on Wednesday.

Ding's maximum joy fades as O'Sullivan exits (AFP)

Posted: 16 Dec 2008 05:07 PM CST

China's Ding Junhui, seen here in 2006, potted a maximum 147 break during his second round match at the United Kingdom Championship in Telford, England, on Tuesday as defending champion Ronnie O'Sullivan exited the tournament.(AFP/File/Manan Vatsyayana)AFP - China's Ding Junhui potted a maximum 147 break during his second round match at the United Kingdom Championship here on Tuesday as defending champion Ronnie O'Sullivan exited the tournament.

BBC complains of Chinese censorship (AP)

Posted: 16 Dec 2008 03:10 PM CST

AP - The British Broadcasting Corp. complained Tuesday that Chinese authorities were blocking access to its Chinese language Web site.

Doctor convicted in failed London, Glasgow attacks (AP)

Posted: 16 Dec 2008 03:03 PM CST

This CCTV image made available in London Tuesday Dec. 16, 2008, by the Metropolitan Police, shows the scene when a Jeep Cherokee burst into flames during in a terrorist attack on Glasgow Airport, Scotland, in June 2007. Bilal Abdulla was found guilty at Woolwich Crown Court in London, Tuesday Dec. 16, 2008, of conspiring to murder hundreds of people with car bomb attacks on London and Glasgow. Abdulla, 29 an Iraqi doctor, claimed that he intended only to frighten Britons. (AP Photo/Metropolitan Police, ho)AP - A British-Iraqi doctor was convicted of conspiracy to murder Tuesday for failed car bomb attacks upon young nightclubbers and rescue workers in London and airport travelers in Scotland. Prosecutors said he plotted to kill hundreds in revenge for the deaths of loved ones in Iraq.

Future looks rose for US wine in Britain (AFP)

Posted: 16 Dec 2008 01:36 PM CST

Bottles being filled with wine at a winery. Britons for the first time are drinking more American wine than French, thanks to slick marketing and a growing British penchant for Californian rose, a market study revealed Tuesday.(AFP/iIle/Gali Tibbon)AFP - Britons for the first time are drinking more American wine than French, thanks to slick marketing and a growing British penchant for Californian rose, a market study revealed Tuesday.

Brown receives poll boost (AFP)

Posted: 16 Dec 2008 01:12 PM CST

According to an ICM survey for The Guardian, Prime Minister Gordon Brown's Labour gained three percentage points from a month ago to 33 percent, while the Tories dropped seven points to 38 percent.(AFP/POOL/File/Leon Neal)AFP - The Labour Party has slashed the main opposition Conservatives' opinion poll lead by two-thirds, according to a survey published Tuesday, on the back of its strong performance on the economy.

Iraqi doctor guilty of British car bomb plots (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Dec 2008 12:54 PM CST

Bilal Abdulla is seen in this undated police handout photograph, received in London December 16, 2008. (Metropolitan Police/Handout/Reuters)Reuters - An Iraqi doctor was convicted on Tuesday of planning to bomb a nightclub in central London and a packed Scottish airport a day later last year in order to commit murder on an "indiscriminate and wholesale scale."

UK gang member found guilty of killing schoolboy (AP)

Posted: 16 Dec 2008 12:35 PM CST

The parents of murdered schoolboy Rhys Jones, Melanie Jones, left and Stephen Jones are seen speaking outside the Liverpool Crown Court, Liverpool, England, Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2008. A jury in Liverpool has found 18-year-old gang member Sean Mercer, guilty of murdering 11-year-old Rhys Jones, who became a random victim of a gang dispute. In addition to Tuesday's verdict for Sean Mercer, the jury also found six fellow gang members guilty of assisting in the murder and its cover up. Jones was shot dead outside a pub in the Croxteth section of Liverpool while returning home from football practice in August 2007. The random killing raised fears that a culture of gun and gang violence was on the rise in Britain. (AP Photo/Paul Thomas)AP - A teenage gang member was found guilty Tuesday of murdering an 11-year-old schoolboy in a case that raised the specter of American-style gun violence in Britain.

Govt plans to part-privatise mail service (AFP)

Posted: 16 Dec 2008 12:14 PM CST

A letter is posted in a Royal Mail post box in central London. Britain plans to part-privatise state-owned postal operator Royal Mail and has already received interest from Dutch company TNT, British Business Secretary Peter Mandelson said Tuesday.(AFP/Shaun Curry)AFP - The government plans to part-privatise state-owned postal operator Royal Mail and has already received interest from Dutch company TNT, Business Secretary Peter Mandelson said Tuesday.

Cadbury sees good '08 profit despite slow US sales (AP)

Posted: 16 Dec 2008 12:04 PM CST

AP - Cadbury PLC, the world's biggest candy maker, said Tuesday it expects a strong rise in profits for 2008 despite seeing sales growth in North America slow in the fourth quarter.

Britain wins a victory: The pint won't be renamed (AP)

Posted: 16 Dec 2008 10:36 AM CST

AP - British beer drinkers found a measure of good news Tuesday amid a flood of economic downers: The fabled pint won't have to be renamed.

Teenage gang member convicted of Rhys Jones shooting (AFP)

Posted: 16 Dec 2008 10:25 AM CST

A handout photograph of 11-year-old Rhys Jones who was shot dead in Liverpool in August, 2007. A teenage gang member was found guilty on Tuesday of murdering Jones who was caught in the crossfire of a dispute between gangs in a shooting which shocked the country.(AFP/HO/File/Merseyside Police)AFP - A teenage gang member was jailed for at least 22 years Tuesday for murdering a schoolboy caught in the crossfire of a dispute between gangs, in a shooting which shocked the country.

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