2008年12月22日星期一

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Britain says Mugabe main obstacle to Zimbabwe deal (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Dec 2008 03:37 AM CST

Reuters - Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe will have to step down if any power-sharing government deal is to succeed, Britain's Africa minister said on Monday, echoing comments from Washington.

BA orders 11 Embraer jets for £247m (AFP)

Posted: 22 Dec 2008 03:28 AM CST

A technician assembles an aircraft's cockpit at the production line of the Embraer 170 and 190 models at the Embraer executive jets production plant in Sao Jose dos Campos, some 90 km north of Sao Paulo, Brazil, in 2007. British Airways said Monday it had agreed to buy six 170 and five 190 SR efficiency jets from Embraer, with options on three more, in a deal worth 247 million pounds.(AFP/File/Mauricio Lima)AFP - British Airways said Monday it had agreed to buy 11 jets from Brazilian aircraft maker Embraer, with options on three more, in a deal worth 247 million pounds (376 million dollars).

Bank of England's deputy head calls for new tools (AP)

Posted: 22 Dec 2008 02:56 AM CST

AP - The Bank of England needs a new way of keeping financial crises from getting out of hand, its deputy head said in an interview aired Monday.

Iraq parliament may vote on British troop presence (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Dec 2008 01:58 AM CST

Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki gestures as he speaks during a meeting with Iraqi journalists in Baghdad December 21, 2008. (Iraqi government/Handout/Reuters)Reuters - Iraq's parliament may vote on Monday on a proposal giving troops from Britain, Australia and a handful of other countries permission to stay on after a U.N. mandate expires at the end of the year, parliamentary sources said.

Tata gives Jaguar cash boost pending bail-out decision: FT (AFP)

Posted: 21 Dec 2008 09:27 PM CST

Logo of car-maker Jaguar at an auto show in Detroit, Michigan. India's Tata Motors, which owns Jaguar Land Rover, has agreed to inject AFP - India's Tata Motors, which owns Jaguar Land Rover, has agreed to inject "tens of millions" of pounds into the British car company to tide it over while London considers a bail-out, reports said Monday.

UK Ceremonies mark 20th anniversary of Lockerbie (AP)

Posted: 21 Dec 2008 02:06 PM CST

AP - Ceremonies were held Sunday in the Scottish town of Lockerbie to mark the 20th anniversary of the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103, in which 270 people were killed.

Low-key US remembrance of Lockerbie bombing (AFP)

Posted: 21 Dec 2008 01:56 PM CST

A memorial is seen at a service held at Drysdale Cemetary near the town of Lockerbie in the Scottish Borders to mark the 20th Anniversary of the Lockerbie Bombing. Low-key ceremonies were held in the United States Sunday to remember the victims of the Lockerbie bombing killed 20 years ago when Pan Am Flight 103 was blown up over a quiet Scottish town.(AFP/Callum Bennetts)AFP - Low-key ceremonies were held in the United States Sunday to remember the victims of the Lockerbie bombing killed 20 years ago when Pan Am Flight 103 was blown up over a quiet Scottish town.

Hallelujah! Cohen classic dominates British music charts (AFP)

Posted: 21 Dec 2008 01:17 PM CST

Canadian singer Leonard Cohen performs in July 2008. Leonard Cohen's song AFP - Leonard Cohen's song "Hallelujah" made British chart history Sunday when it became both number one and number two in the Christmas singles charts -- although both versions were covers.

Top US general in Iraq prepares for troop decision (AP)

Posted: 21 Dec 2008 03:31 PM CST

In this Sep. 16, 2008 file photo, Gen. Ray Odierno listens to a question during a press briefing at camp Victory in Baghdad, Iraq. American troops will move into southern Iraq early next year to replace departing British forces, Odierno, the top U.S. general in Iraq said. The news came as Iraq's parliament rejected a draft law requiring all foreign troops other than Americans to depart before the end of July 2009. Britain says its 4,000 troops will withdraw from the southern port city of Basra by the end of May.(AP Photo/Dusan Vranic, Pool)AP - The top U.S. general in Iraq said he will make a decision about the future role of American troops in early spring, to allow enough time to address any violence that may arise from January's provincial elections.

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