2008年12月26日星期五

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

British playwright Pinter dead at 78: wife, agent (AFP)

Posted: 25 Dec 2008 09:04 PM CST

Writer Harold Pinter arrives for the premiere of the film, 'Sleuth', directed by Kenneth Branagh in London, 2007. Pinter, one of theatre's biggest names for nearly half a century, has died aged 78, his wife Lady Antonia Fraser and agent said Thursday.(AFP/File/Jane Mingay)AFP - Tributes have poured in for Nobel Prize-winning British playwright Harold Pinter, one of theatre's biggest names for nearly half a century, who died aged 78.

Ahmadinejad stokes criticism with Christmas message on British TV (AFP)

Posted: 25 Dec 2008 02:33 PM CST

A viewer watches a transmission of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad delivering an alternative Christmas message on Britain's Channel 4. Ahmadinejad stoked criticism on Thursday by delivering a Christmas message on British television, saying if Jesus were alive he would oppose AFP - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad stoked criticism on Thursday by delivering a Christmas message on British television, saying if Jesus were alive he would oppose "expansionist powers."

Nobel Laureate Harold Pinter dies at 78 (AP)

Posted: 25 Dec 2008 01:16 PM CST

In this Oct. 17, 1973 file photo, British playwright Harold Pinter is seen in New York. Pinter, whose distinctive contribution to the stage was recognized with the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2005, has died after a long battle with throat cancer, his second wife Lady Antonia Fraser said Thursday, Dec. 25, 2008. He was 78. (AP File Photo)AP - British Nobel laureate Harold Pinter — who produced some of his generation's most influential dramas and later became a staunch critic of the U.S.-led war in Iraq — has died, his widow said Thursday. He was 78.

British soldier, four road workers killed in Afghanistan (AFP)

Posted: 25 Dec 2008 12:33 PM CST

A US soldier belonging to the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force keeps watch during a patrol in a village outside Bagram air base on December 24, 2008. A British Royal Marine was shot dead on Christmas Eve while trying to drive AFP - A British soldier was shot dead in Afghanistan on Christmas Eve, the same day a US soldier died in a separate attack, officials said Thursday as international mortar fire killed four road workers.

Queen urges resilience in Christmas message (AFP)

Posted: 25 Dec 2008 10:01 AM CST

Queen Elizabeth II leaves Buckingham Palace for parliament. The Queen has urged victims of the credit crunch not to AFP - The Queen urged victims of the credit crunch not to "lie down and accept defeat" but to draw strength from loved ones in her annual Christmas message to the Commonwealth Thursday.

Queen Elizabeth sees a sombre Christmas for many (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Dec 2008 09:35 AM CST

Britain's Queen Elizabeth receives flowers from a well-wisher as she leaves Sandringham church following the annual Christmas Day church service at Sandringham Estate in Norfolk, east England, December 25, 2008. (Toby Melville/Reuters)Reuters - Worries about the global economy and violence across the world have turned the celebration of Christmas into a more somber affair this year, Queen Elizabeth said on Thursday.

Queen Elizabeth gives somber Christmas broadcast (AP)

Posted: 25 Dec 2008 09:22 AM CST

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II stands in the Music Room of Buckingham Palace after recording her Christmas Day message to the Commonwealth, on Monday Dec. 22, 2008.(AP Photo/ John Stillwell, pool)AP - Britain's Queen Elizabeth II delivered a somber Christmas broadcast Thursday, acknowledging how the economic crisis has cast a shadow over the traditional festive season and calling for people to show courage in the tough times ahead.

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