2009年1月11日星期日

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Prince Harry apologises for "Paki" remark (AFP)

Posted: 10 Jan 2009 08:56 PM CST

File photo of Prince Harry. The prince has apologised for using racist language after a Sunday newspaper reported he had filmed himself calling an army colleague a AFP - Prince Harry has apologised for using racist language after a Sunday newspaper reported he had filmed himself calling an army colleague a "Paki" and telling another he looked like a "raghead".


Prince Harry apologizes over offensive language (AP)

Posted: 10 Jan 2009 05:03 PM CST

Britain's Prince Harry listens as his brother Prince William (not pictured) delivers a speech in west London Thursday Jan. 8, 2009. A British newspaper says it has video footage of Prince Harry allegedly using offensive and racist language. The Sunday tabloid The News of The World reported that Harry, third in line to the British throne, used offensive terms to refer to people from Pakistani and people of Arab descent. Britain's St. James's Palace — the office of Harry and his elder brother Prince William — said on Saturday that Harry was sorry for any offense caused. The newspaper said the video was recorded three years ago. It alleged he called one person a 'paki' and referred to others as 'ragheads.'  (AP Photo/Toby Melville, pool)AP - Britain's Prince Harry issued a public apology Saturday after a British newspaper published video footage of him using offensive and racist language.


Mass police hunt for post office killers (AFP)

Posted: 10 Jan 2009 07:58 AM CST

More than 100 police officers hunted on Saturday for a group of armed robbers who shot dead the son of a postmaster during a robbery in Worcestershire, officials said.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)AFP - More than 100 police officers hunted on Saturday for four armed robbers behind the shooting death of a postmaster's son during a robbery in Worcestershire, officials said.


Hide the hunny: British writer pens new Winnie-the-Pooh book (AFP)

Posted: 10 Jan 2009 06:29 AM CST

A piece from a set of early Winnie-the-Pooh merchandise is displayed on a copy of the first American edition of AFP - A new Winnie-the-Pooh story is to be published later this year, 80 years on since the last Pooh Bear book, Egmont Publishing said Saturday.


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