2008年12月20日星期六

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

British defence minister compares Taliban to Nazis (AFP)

Posted: 19 Dec 2008 08:22 PM CST

Britain's Defence Secretary John Hutton, seen December 4, compared the Taliban and Al-Qaeda to the Nazis and said Western forces faced a long fight to defeat insurgents in Afghanistan, in an interview on Saturday.(AFP/File/Patrick Kovarik)AFP - Defence Secretary John Hutton compared the Taliban and Al-Qaeda to the Nazis and said Western forces faced a long fight to defeat insurgents in Afghanistan, in an interview on Saturday.

Oil producers call for more price stability (AP)

Posted: 19 Dec 2008 05:56 PM CST

AP - The world's largest oil producers and consumers called for more cooperation Friday on measures to increase stability in oil prices and guarantee the investment necessary for future supplies.

Brown's Labour falling further behind opposition: poll (AFP)

Posted: 19 Dec 2008 05:07 PM CST

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown speaks during his monthly press conference at Downing Street in London. Brown's resurgence in popularity has slowed, according to a poll Friday which showed his governing Labour Party falling further behind the opposition Conservatives.(AFP/POOL/Oli Scarff)AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown's resurgence in popularity has slowed, according to a poll Friday which showed his governing Labour Party falling further behind the opposition Conservatives.

Mayor: London's iconic buses to return by 2011 (AP)

Posted: 19 Dec 2008 02:58 PM CST

This is a Friday, Feb. 13, 2004 file photo of an old style step on-off London Routemaster buses as they pass through London's Piccadilly Circus. London's mayor said Friday Dec. 19, 2008 that he is making good on his promise to return London's iconic open-backed Routemaster bus to the British capital. The traditional Routemaster had an open platform at the back, enabling passengers to get on and off quickly. It was phased out three years ago in favor of boxy-looking double-deckers deemed safer and more accessible. But the Routemaster was widely loved and Mayor Boris Johnson said Friday that winning open-backed designs for its successor have been chosen. (AP Photo/Richard Lewis)AP - The mayor unveiled plans Friday to bring back the beloved red double-decker Routemaster to London's streets, but his opponents say the appeal to nostalgia throws pragmatism under the bus.

UK furniture chain MFI to close all stores (AP)

Posted: 19 Dec 2008 01:21 PM CST

AP - The administrators of British furniture chain MFI said Friday they had failed to find a buyer for the firm and that all its stores had been closed with the loss of 1,400 jobs.

Protesters shake shoes at US Embassy in London (AP)

Posted: 19 Dec 2008 12:46 PM CST

A Protestor holds a shoe up during a demonstration outside the US Embassy in London Friday, Dec. 19, 2008, by Stop the War coalition calling for the guaranteed safety and release of Iraqi journalist, Muntadhar al-Zeidi, who threw his shoes at US President George Bush during a press conference in Baghdad. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)AP - Protesters shook their shoes at the U.S. Embassy in London on Friday in a show of support for a jailed Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at President George W. Bush during a news conference in Iraq.

Court issues protective order for Bangladeshi doc (AP)

Posted: 19 Dec 2008 12:15 PM CST

AP - Britain's High Court issued an order Friday preventing a London-based doctor from being removed from the U.K. without her consent after her parents forced her into an arranged marriage in Bangladesh.

UK consumer confidence rises slightly in December (AP)

Posted: 19 Dec 2008 11:43 AM CST

AP - Consumer confidence in Britain rose slightly in December as Britons were encouraged by falling gas prices, lower interest rates and the government's decision to reduce the national sales tax.

London's red buses to go green in 2011 (AFP)

Posted: 19 Dec 2008 11:40 AM CST

Handout computer generated picture released by London's Mayor Office(LMO) shows one of the winning designs in the New Bus for London competition. The new environmentally-friendly version of London's iconic red double-decker bus will be introduced in the British capital from 2011, officials said Friday.(AFP/LMO-HO)AFP - A new environmentally-friendly version of London's iconic red double-decker bus will be introduced in the British capital from 2011, officials said Friday.

Aussie repays fellow traveller... 39 years later: report (AFP)

Posted: 19 Dec 2008 11:23 AM CST

File photo of a 10 US dollar note and a sterling note. A Briton who lent five pounds to a cash-strapped Australian while travelling through Europe has had his loan repaid -- nearly 40 years later, a report said Friday.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - A Briton who lent five pounds (seven dollars) to a cash-strapped Australian while travelling through Europe has had his loan repaid -- nearly 40 years later, a report said Friday.

British car parts maker Wagon cuts 300 jobs (AP)

Posted: 19 Dec 2008 11:07 AM CST

AP - British car parts maker Wagon PLC laid off almost 300 staff as it shut down its manufacturing base Friday.

Britain issues warning on Israeli settlements (AP)

Posted: 19 Dec 2008 10:18 AM CST

AP - Britain's Foreign Office says it is advising Britons not to buy property in Israeli settlements in Palestinian territories or the Golan Heights.

Bangladeshi doctor wins protection (AFP)

Posted: 19 Dec 2008 10:05 AM CST

Humayra Abedin leaves the High Court on December 19, 2008. The court ruled on Friday in favour of the Bangladeshi doctor held captive in Dhaka by her parents seeking an enforced marriage, saying she cannot be removed from Britain without her consent.(AFP/Shaun Curry)AFP - A court ruled Friday in favour of a Bangladeshi doctor held captive in Dhaka by her parents seeking an enforced marriage, saying she could not be removed from Britain without her consent.

Doubts remain 20 years after Lockerbie (AP)

Posted: 19 Dec 2008 10:02 AM CST

Part of the wreckage of the Boeing 747 that was Pan Am Flight 103, and which exploded over Lockerbie, Scotland, on Dec. 21, 1988, with the loss of 270 lives, lies in the corner of a salvage yard near Tattershall, England, Wednesday Dec. 17, 2008. A dying Libyan secret agent is in prison, the sole person convicted of the crime, but he has earned a second appeal by convincing judges that 'a miscarriage of justice' may have occurred during his 2002 trial. Some of the families of the victims, particularly those on the British side of the Atlantic, are still not convinced that Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi, 56, is to blame for the bombing, which killed 259 people, mostly Americans, in the air, and 11 more on the ground. Al-Megrai is serving a life sentence for the mass killings.(AP Photo/Anna Gowthorpe-pa)AP - Much of the political fallout from the Lockerbie air disaster has been resolved, but doubts remain about who was behind the explosion 20 years ago Sunday in the skies above Scotland.

All I want for Christmas is a British football team: Brown (AFP)

Posted: 19 Dec 2008 08:51 AM CST

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown (right) and Energy and Climate Change Secretary Ed Miliband arrive for the London Energy Meeting in London. Brown has joked that his Christmas wish list includes a British football team for the 2012 Olympics Games in London.(AFP/Oli Scarff)AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown joked Friday that his Christmas wish list includes a British football team for the 2012 Olympics Games in London.

British Muslim gets life for terror charge (AFP)

Posted: 19 Dec 2008 07:56 AM CST

A handout image obtained December 18, 2008, from Greater Manchester Police shows Rangzieb Ahmed. The British Muslim, who was convicted of directing terrorism and being a member of the Al-Qaeda terror network, was sentenced to life imprisonment on Friday.(AFP/HO/File)AFP - A British Muslim convicted of directing terrorism and being a member of the Al-Qaeda terror network was sentenced to life imprisonment on Friday.

Iraqis accused of killing British soldiers can be handed over (AFP)

Posted: 19 Dec 2008 07:33 AM CST

British soldiers close to the city of Basra on December 10, 2008. Two Iraqi men accused of murdering British soldiers can be handed over to Iraqi authorities to stand trial, the High Court in London ruled Friday.(AFP/File/Essam -al-Sudani)AFP - Two Iraqi men accused of murdering British soldiers can be handed over to Iraqi authorities to stand trial, the High Court in London ruled Friday.

US firms now control UK's nuclear weapons plant (AP)

Posted: 19 Dec 2008 07:28 AM CST

AP - Britain's government said Friday that a state-owned nuclear group has sold its stake in the company that manages the U.K.'s atomic weapons research center, bringing the facility under the control of U.S. companies.

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