2009年1月3日星期六

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

British couple has 'black-and-white twins' twice (AP)

Posted: 02 Jan 2009 11:54 PM CST

AP - A mixed-race British couple has defied the odds — twice — by producing two sets of twins in which one sibling appears to be black and the other white. Dean Durrant's newborn daughter Miya has dark skin like him. Twin sister Leah has fair skin like her blue-eyed, red-haired mother, Alison Spooner.

British protestors target Egypt over Gaza conflict (AFP)

Posted: 02 Jan 2009 03:20 PM CST

Protestors opposed to Israeli military action in Gaza burn material enscribed with Israeli national emblems outside the Egyptian embassy in London. Protestors rallied outside Egypt's embassy in London on Friday, urging Cairo to open its border with Gaza, in the latest in a week of demonstrations here over the Israeli military clampdown.(AFP/Leon Neal)AFP - Protestors rallied outside Egypt's embassy in London on Friday, urging Cairo to open its border with Gaza, in the latest in a week of demonstrations here over the Israeli military clampdown.

At least two dead as plane hits rail line (AFP)

Posted: 02 Jan 2009 12:49 PM CST

A policeman on patrol. Two people are feared dead after a light aircraft crashed into a major railway line on Friday, causing severe disruption to train services, police said.(AFP/File/Geoff Caddick)AFP - At least two people died Friday when a light aircraft crashed onto a major railway line, causing severe disruption to train services, police said.

British soldier killed, five Afghans said kidnapped (AFP)

Posted: 02 Jan 2009 11:07 AM CST

A British soldier with the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force talks with Afghan children during a patrol on the outskirts of Kabul in July 2008. A British soldier helping Afghanistan to fight insurgents was killed in an explosion in the volatile south where suspected Taliban also kidnapped five Afghan aid workers, officials said.(AFP/File/Shah Marai)AFP - A British soldier helping Afghanistan to fight insurgents was killed in an explosion in the volatile south where suspected Taliban also kidnapped five Afghan aid workers, officials said.

Rare 1937 Bugatti supercar found in English garage (AP)

Posted: 02 Jan 2009 08:59 AM CST

In this undated image released by Bonhams, an extremely rare 1937 Bugatti Type 57S Atalante, is seen in a garage in Gosforth, England, where it was found by relatives after the death of the owner, an elderly doctor who last used it around 1960. The Bugatti, one of only 17 ever made, is expected to draw a record price when it is auctioned in Paris next month. (AP Photo/Bonhams)AP - It was the equivalent of finding an old Picasso or an unknown Beatles tape hidden away in your uncle's attic.

British soldier killed in Afghanistan (AFP)

Posted: 02 Jan 2009 08:23 AM CST

A British soldier with the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force talks with Afghan children during a patrol on the outskirts of Kabul in July 2008. A British soldier helping Afghanistan to fight insurgents was killed in an explosion in the volatile south where suspected Taliban also kidnapped five Afghan aid workers, officials said.(AFP/File/Shah Marai)AFP - A British soldier with the NATO-led force helping to fight an extremist insurgency in Afghanistan was killed in an explosion on New Year's Day, the British military said Friday.

UK credit squeeze set to intensify in 2009 (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Jan 2009 07:38 AM CST

People walk past a store calling itself a 'Recession Buster Outlet' in Manchester, northern England, January 2, 2009. The credit squeeze for British families and businesses looks set to intensify into 2009 despite unprecedented measures to recapitalise the banking system and get lending flowing again, a survey showed on Friday. (Phil Noble/Reuters)Reuters - The credit squeeze for British families and businesses looks set to intensify into 2009 despite unprecedented measures to recapitalize the banking system and get lending flowing again, a survey showed on Friday.

House prices plummet at record annual pace: survey (AFP)

Posted: 02 Jan 2009 05:54 AM CST

A woman walks by real estate signes posted in west London, 2004. House prices have slumped a record 16.2 percent in the three months to December 2008 compared to a year earlier as the market was hit by the credit crunch, home loans provider Halifax said.(AFP/File/Jim Watson)AFP - House prices slumped a record 16.2 percent in the three months to December 2008 compared to a year earlier as the market was hit by the credit crunch, home loans provider Halifax said Friday.

British house prices fell at record rate in 2008 (AP)

Posted: 02 Jan 2009 05:48 AM CST

AP - House prices in Britain fell in 2008 at their fastest rate for at least 25 years, the country's biggest mortgage lender said Friday, stoking market expectations that the Bank of England will cut borrowing costs further next week.

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