2009年2月20日星期五

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

British clinical trial yields success with nut allergies (AFP)

Posted: 19 Feb 2009 11:18 PM CST

A team of British scientists have come one step closer to curing nut allergies after a small-scale clinical trial in which they successfully built up children's tolerance to peanuts, they said Friday.(AFP/File/Saul Loeb)AFP - A team of British scientists have come one step closer to curing nut allergies after a small-scale clinical trial in which they successfully built up children's tolerance to peanuts, they said Friday.

UK withdraws controversial terrorism lesson plan (AP)

Posted: 19 Feb 2009 09:45 PM CST

AP - Britain's government apologized Thursday for endorsing a lesson plan which asked students to think like suicide bombers.

British reality TV star battles cancer on camera (AP)

Posted: 19 Feb 2009 04:32 PM CST

British reality television personality Jade Goody , who is battling cancer, leaves her home in Upshire, England, Thursday Feb. 19, 2009, According to her publicist Max Clifford Goody, who plans to wed on Feb. 22, will have a special pouch concealed in her wedding dress to hold her painkillers.(AP Photo/Stefan Rousseau-pa)AP - A brash British reality show star whose ups and downs captivated the nation is approaching her death the same way she has lived — on television.

Chopper rescue helped by training, equipment (AP)

Posted: 19 Feb 2009 03:15 PM CST

AP - Tough training and an airbag-like flotation system helped save the 18 people caught aboard the Super Puma helicopter that crashed into the North Sea, a union official and safety experts said Thursday.

Royal christening for UK's newest steam engine (AP)

Posted: 19 Feb 2009 03:07 PM CST

Britain's Prince Charles, second right, and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, wave to the newly named Peppercorn class A1 steam locomotive 'Tornado' at York railway station, York, England, Thursday Feb. 19, 2009. The 'A1' steam engines were designed by Arthur Peppercorn and were the last in a line of express, passenger steam locomotives which operated on Britain's East Coast Main Line. Famous examples include the Flying Scotsman and the Mallard. (AP Photo/Jon Super, pool)AP - The first new mainline steam locomotive to be built in Britain for nearly 50 years was christened Thursday by Prince Charles and his wife Camilla.

BP suspends 'copter use after near-miss at British oil rig (AFP)

Posted: 19 Feb 2009 02:26 PM CST

Oil giant BP has stopped using Super Puma helicopters, as seen here, which ditched into the North Sea this week while carrying workers to an oil rig, it said Thursday.(AFP/File/Rodrigo Buendia)AFP - Oil giant BP has stopped using the type of helicopter which ditched into the North Sea this week while carrying workers to an oil rig, it said Thursday.

British train travel among Europe's most expensive (AP)

Posted: 19 Feb 2009 02:17 PM CST

Trains are seen from Clapham Junction station in London, Thursday Feb. 19, 2009. A major report released Thursday provided more fuel for passenger complaints, finding that train travel in Britain is expensive, frustrating and confusing. The government-commissioned study found that British rail journeys are among the highest-priced in Europe, while passengers find the country's Byzantine fare structures baffling. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)AP - Board a train in London, and in 2 1/2 hours you can be in Paris, City of Light — or in Manchester, city of gray skies and grit.

Anger in Britain as radical cleric wins payout (AFP)

Posted: 19 Feb 2009 01:29 PM CST

A photo from Jordan's al-Dustour newspaper of Abu Qatada in 2000. The European Court of Human Rights awarded compensation Thursday to radical Muslim cleric Abu Qatada for his AFP - The European Court of Human Rights awarded compensation Thursday to radical Muslim cleric Abu Qatada for his "unlawful detention" in Britain, triggering anger despite the modest size of the payout.

Pray for dying British reality TV star: India's Shetty (AFP)

Posted: 19 Feb 2009 12:41 PM CST

Bollywood star Shilpa Shetty, seen here on February 06, 2009, called Thursday for people to pray for terminal cancer-stricken British reality television star Jade Goody, who triggered a racism row with her in 2007.(AFP/File)AFP - Bollywood star Shilpa Shetty called Thursday for people to pray for terminal cancer-stricken British reality television star Jade Goody, who triggered a racism row with her in 2007.

British couple face drug charges in Venezuela (AP)

Posted: 19 Feb 2009 12:39 PM CST

AP - A British couple who were traveling with four children have been arrested on charges of trying to smuggle more than 23 kilograms (50 pounds) of cocaine in three suitcases. British police said Thursday the man also faces an arrest warrant back home.

Britain bans members of anti-gay US church (AFP)

Posted: 19 Feb 2009 12:04 PM CST

Anti-gay activists Fred Phelps(L) and Betty Phelps of the Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, Kansas, protesting in Durham, New Hampshire, in 2003. Britain has barred entry to Fred Phelps and Shirley Phelps-Roper for inciting hatred against gays and others, the government said Thursday on the eve of a planned protest by the radical group.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Michael Springer)AFP - Britain has barred entry to two members of a US church for inciting hatred against gays and others, the government said Thursday on the eve of a planned protest by the radical group.

MS sufferer loses assisted suicide law bid (AFP)

Posted: 19 Feb 2009 11:40 AM CST

MS (Multiple Sclerosis) sufferer Debbie Purdy leaves the High Court in London, in 2008. Purdy lost her court bid Thursday to clarify the law on whether her husband could be prosecuted if he helped her travel to commit suicide abroad.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - A British multiple sclerosis sufferer lost her court bid Thursday to clarify the law on whether her husband could be prosecuted if he helped her travel to commit suicide abroad.

Britain bars entry to anti-gay U.S. preacher (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Feb 2009 09:31 AM CST

Reuters - An anti-gay U.S. Christian preacher and his daughter have been barred from entering Britain as they could spread "extremism and hatred," the British government said Thursday.

UK woman loses assisted suicide case (AP)

Posted: 19 Feb 2009 07:35 AM CST

This is a June 11 2008 file photo of multiple sclerosis sufferer Debbie Purdy and her husband Omar Puente outside the Royal Courts of Justice in London. Purdy lost a court case seeking to protect her husband from prosecution if he helps her travel to a suicide clinic overseas on Thursday Feb. 19, 2009. Debbie Purdy asked Britain's courts for an assurance her husband wouldn't be criminally charged if he helped her do that. (AP PhotoJohn Stillwell/PA)AP - A British woman with multiple sclerosis lost a court battle on Thursday aimed at protecting her husband from possible prosecution if he takes her to a suicide clinic overseas.

Ex-England star Lewis denies drug smuggling (AFP)

Posted: 19 Feb 2009 07:08 AM CST

Chris Lewis playing for England in Melbourne, Australia, in 1992. Lewis has denied trying to smuggle cocaine into the country as he appeared in a London court.(AFP/File/David Callow)AFP - Former England cricketer Chris Lewis denied trying to smuggle cocaine into the country as he appeared in a London court on Thursday.

BAE net profits sky-rocket in 2008 (AFP)

Posted: 19 Feb 2009 07:08 AM CST

The BAE Systems construction hall in Barrow-in-Furness, seen in 2007. British defence equipment firm BAE Systems said Thursday that net profits rocketed 93 percent in 2008 owing to strong demand for vehicles used in US-led conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan.(AFP/File/Paul Ellis)AFP - British defence equipment firm BAE Systems said Thursday that net profits rocketed 93 percent in 2008 owing to strong demand for vehicles used in US-led conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan.

British rail prices highest in Europe: report (AFP)

Posted: 19 Feb 2009 07:06 AM CST

A passenger train travels along snow-covered tracks heading west towards Basingstoke in Hampshire on February 3. British rail commuters are paying up to 50 percent more for their journeys than their European counterparts, the national rail consumer watchdog has said.(AFP/File/Adrian Dennis)AFP - Rail fares are on average at least 50 percent higher in Britain than in the rest of Europe, a study for the government showed Thursday.

US dollar mostly lower in European trading (AP)

Posted: 19 Feb 2009 06:47 AM CST

AP - The U.S. dollar was mostly lower against other major currencies in early European trading Thursday. Gold rose.

British rail fares much higher than Europe: watchdog (AFP)

Posted: 19 Feb 2009 05:16 AM CST

A passenger train travels along snow-covered tracks heading west towards Basingstoke in Hampshire on February 3. British rail commuters are paying up to 50 percent more for their journeys than their European counterparts, the national rail consumer watchdog has said.(AFP/File/Adrian Dennis)AFP - British rail commuters are paying up to 50 percent more for their journeys than their European counterparts, the national rail consumer watchdog said Thursday.

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