2008年12月18日星期四

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

London shares stable at open (AFP)

Posted: 18 Dec 2008 02:43 AM CST

The London stock market fell slightly in early trade on Thursday after closing up marginally the day before as traders mulled a sharp fall in oil prices said to be a sign of deeper economic woes.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - The London stock market fell slightly in early trade on Thursday after closing up marginally the day before as traders mulled a sharp fall in oil prices said to be a sign of deeper economic woes.

Mandelson says considering Jaguar Land Rover bailout (AFP)

Posted: 18 Dec 2008 02:23 AM CST

A Jaguar sign is seen in front of a Jaguar/Land Rover dealership in Utica, Michigan. Business Secretary Peter Mandelson said Wednesday the government had held talks with Jaguar Land Rover about a possible bailout, but stressed that no decisions had yet been reached.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Bill Pugliano)AFP - Business Secretary Peter Mandelson has said that the government has held talks with Jaguar Land Rover about a possible bailout, but stressed that no decisions have yet been reached.

Qantas and BA merger talks grounded (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Dec 2008 02:55 AM CST

A Qantas plane taxis past a British Airways jet at Kingsford Smith International Airport in Sydney December 3, 2008. Qantas and BA have called off their merger talks because they cannot agree key terms, Qantas said on Thursday. (Daniel Munoz/Reuters)Reuters - Australia's Qantas Airways and British Airways have called off talks for a $6.4 billion merger that analysts said could have helped transform an industry grappling with falling demand and volatile fuel prices.

British Airways-Qantas merger talks fail: BA (AFP)

Posted: 18 Dec 2008 01:30 AM CST

A Qantas aircraft (left) is pictured beside British Airways aircraft at Heathrow airport in early December. British Airways has announced that merger talks with Australia's Qantas Airways had failed, with the two sides unable to agree on key terms.(AFP/File/Chris Ratcliffe)AFP - British Airways announced Thursday that merger talks with Australia's Qantas Airways had failed, with the two sides unable to agree on key terms.

Qantas says no merger with British Airways (AP)

Posted: 18 Dec 2008 01:26 AM CST

AP - Qantas Airways Ltd. and British Airways have been unable to agree on the terms of a proposed merger that both carriers had hoped would help them fend off an industry downturn.

British folk musician Davy Graham dies (AP)

Posted: 18 Dec 2008 01:11 AM CST

AP - Virtuoso guitarist Davy Graham, a leading figure in Britain's 1960s folk music revival, has died. He was 68.

British biplane hits cow on emergency landing (AP)

Posted: 17 Dec 2008 05:00 PM CST

AP - A British pilot says he ran into an unusual hazard while making an emergency landing — a cow.

UK government says it's considering auto bailout (AP)

Posted: 17 Dec 2008 03:25 PM CST

AP - The British government is in talks with Jaguar Land Rover about a possible government bailout, a senior official said Wednesday.

Sixth British soldier in a week killed in Afghanistan (AFP)

Posted: 17 Dec 2008 02:59 PM CST

British soldiers in Lashkar Gah, Afghanistan. A British soldier was killed in fighting in troubled southern Afghanistan on Wednesday, the sixth fatality among British forces in the past week, the defence ministry said in a statement.(AFP/File/John D McHugh)AFP - A British soldier was killed in fighting in troubled southern Afghanistan on Wednesday, the sixth fatality among British forces in the past week, the defence ministry said in a statement.

British boxer Hatton eyes Mayweather re-match (AFP)

Posted: 17 Dec 2008 12:53 PM CST

Ricky Hatton's lawyer said Wednesday the British boxer, seen here in November 2008, had been approached by Floyd Mayweather junior about the possibility of a re-match.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Ethan Miller)AFP - Ricky Hatton's lawyer said Wednesday the British boxer had been approached by Floyd Mayweather junior about the possibility of a re-match.

Jail term sought for British lawyer in Berlusconi graft case (AFP)

Posted: 17 Dec 2008 12:10 PM CST

Prosecutors sought Wednesday a jail term of four years and eight months for British lawyer Daid Mills, seen here in 2006, accused of accepting a bribe from Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi in exchange for giving false testimony.(AFP/File/Andrew Stuart)AFP - Prosecutors sought Wednesday a jail term of four years and eight months for a British lawyer accused of accepting a bribe from Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi in exchange for giving false testimony.

British retailer Woolworths to close by next month: administrator (AFP)

Posted: 17 Dec 2008 11:42 AM CST

A Woolworths in Bramhall, near Manchester. The century-old British high street institution will close all its stores at the start of next month, affecting some 27,000 staff, administrators for the century-old chain said Wednesday.(AFP/File/Andrew Yates)AFP - Woolworths will close all its stores at the start of next month, affecting the jobs of some 27,000 staff, the retailer's administrators said Wednesday.

Woolworths stores to shut by early January (AP)

Posted: 17 Dec 2008 11:32 AM CST

AP - Administrators for Woolworths announced plans Wednesday to close all the retailer's stores by the early new year, signaling the end of the road for the venerable British company and the loss of almost 30,000 jobs.

British ship safely anchored at Strait of Magellan (AP)

Posted: 17 Dec 2008 10:18 AM CST

AP - The Chilean Navy said Wednesday that a British Navy ice patrol ship that lost engine power at the eastern mouth of the Strait of Magellan on the southern tip of South America is now safely anchored.

Doctor gets 2 life sentences in UK bomb plot (AP)

Posted: 17 Dec 2008 08:34 AM CST

This image made available in London Tuesday Dec. 16, 2008, by the Metropolitan Police, shows Bilal Abdulla who was found guilty at Woolwich Crown Court 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 doctor who led failed car bomb attacks in Britain in revenge for U.S.-led military action in his family's native Iraq was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison.

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