2009年1月18日星期日

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Nigerian rebels move British captives (AFP)

Posted: 18 Jan 2009 04:07 AM CST

An undated photo released on January 11 by Nigerian rebels shows British oil workers Robin Barry Hughes (left) and Matthew John Maguire at an undisclosed location. The rebels said Sunday they had moved them to another location after what it claimed was a botched rescue attempt by government troops in which civilians were hurt.(AFP/HO/File)AFP - Nigerian rebels holding two British oil workers said Sunday they had moved them to another location after what it claimed was a botched rescue attempt by government troops in which civilians were hurt.

Brown urges banks to come clean over bad assets (AFP)

Posted: 18 Jan 2009 03:20 AM CST

Prime Minister Gordon Brown, pictured on January 15, 2009, told British banks Saturday they must own up to the extent of their bad assets amid more reports his government could launch a fresh bail-out of the struggling sector.(AFP/DDP/File/Clemens Bilan)AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown has told banks that they must own up to the extent of their bad assets amid more reports his government could launch a fresh bailout of the struggling sector.

British soldier killed in southern Afghanistan (AFP)

Posted: 18 Jan 2009 03:16 AM CST

A NATO soldier on patrol in a village outside Bagram Air base in Afghanistan in December, 2008. A British soldier has been killed in action in southern Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence said Sunday.(AFP/File/Shah Marai)AFP - A British soldier has been killed in action in southern Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence said Sunday.

Brown offers British naval help to monitor Gaza (AP)

Posted: 17 Jan 2009 04:51 PM CST

Palestinian mourners carry the bodies of victims of Israeli strikes on January 17 in the Gaza Strip. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Saturday pledged Royal Navy help in stopping weapons being smuggled into the Gaza Strip, in a bid to break the deadlock on securing a ceasefire.(AFP/Yasser Saymeh)AP - Britain is prepared to deploy naval resources and provide security at the Gaza Strip's border crossing points as part of an effort secure the cease-fire declared by Israel in the tiny coastal territory, Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Saturday.

British PM pledges naval support to stop Gaza arms traffic (AFP)

Posted: 17 Jan 2009 10:57 AM CST

Palestinian mourners carry the bodies of victims of Israeli strikes on January 17 in the Gaza Strip. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Saturday pledged Royal Navy help in stopping weapons being smuggled into the Gaza Strip, in a bid to break the deadlock on securing a ceasefire.(AFP/Yasser Saymeh)AFP - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Saturday pledged Royal Navy help in stopping weapons being smuggled into the Gaza Strip, in a bid to break the deadlock on securing a ceasefire.

Brown says British banks must clear up bad debts (AP)

Posted: 17 Jan 2009 09:49 AM CST

AP - Britain's banks must reveal the full extent of their losses due to so-called toxic debts, Prime Minister Gordon Brown said in an interview published Saturday.

India slams British foreign secretary's Kashmir-Mumbai linkage (AFP)

Posted: 17 Jan 2009 05:38 AM CST

British Foreign Secretary David Miliband's trip to India, billed as a AFP - British Foreign Secretary David Miliband's trip to India, billed as a "solidarity visit" following the Mumbai siege, was dubbed a "disaster" Saturday.

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