2009年1月21日星期三

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

UK jobless rate at 6.1 pct, highest in 10 years (AP)

Posted: 21 Jan 2009 03:55 AM CST

AP - Unemployment rose to 6.1 percent in Britain in the September-November quarter, the highest rate in nearly 10 years, the government said Wednesday.

Bank of England voted 8-1 for half-point cut (AP)

Posted: 21 Jan 2009 03:48 AM CST

AP - The Bank of England voted 8-1 in favor of cutting its benchmark rate by a half percentage point to a historic low of 1.50 percent earlier this month, with only arch-dove David Blanchflower preferring a bigger cut to help ward off a "deep and prolonged recession," minutes to the meeting showed Wednesday.

SAfrica crew arrested over drugs haul at Heathrow (AFP)

Posted: 21 Jan 2009 02:47 AM CST

Handout photo of a South African Airways plane. Fifteen crew members on a South African Airways plane were arrested Tuesday after 110 pounds of cannabis was found on a flight from Johannesburg to Heathrow airport, customs officials said.(AFP/HO/File/Pascal Pavani)AFP - The crew of a South African Airways plane have been arrested after more than 310,000 pounds worth of cannabis and cocaine was found on a Johannesburg-London flight, customs officials said.

2 British mutual banks to merge (AP)

Posted: 21 Jan 2009 02:12 AM CST

AP - Two of Britain's largest mutual banks said Wednesday they will merge to form a financial business with 70 billion pounds ($98 billion) in assets and more than 9 million customers.

Official: flight crew arrested with cannabis (AP)

Posted: 20 Jan 2009 03:02 PM CST

AP - A British customs official says 15 crew members of a South African Airways flight that landed in London have been arrested after a large shipment of cannabis was found in their luggage.

Bank of England to buy banking assets within weeks (AP)

Posted: 20 Jan 2009 02:10 PM CST

AP - The financial crisis has raised questions about the solvency of Britain's banks that may lead the Bank of England to buy up assets from them within "weeks, not months," the central bank's governor, Mervyn King, said Tuesday.

Former Rothschild bank chief dies, aged 93 (AFP)

Posted: 20 Jan 2009 01:48 PM CST

AFP - Edmund de Rothschild, former head of the London-based bank N. M. Rothschild & Sons, has died aged 93, his family announced on Tuesday.

British bank Lloyds sees shares plunge by almost 50 percent (AFP)

Posted: 20 Jan 2009 12:11 PM CST

People walk past a window display advertising loans at a Lloyds Bank branch in London. Shares in Lloyds Banking Group slumped on Tuesday as concerns grew about the wellbeing of Britain's financial sector just one day after the government launched another huge bank bailout programme.(AFP/Leon Neal)AFP - Shares in Lloyds Banking Group slumped on Tuesday as concerns grew about the wellbeing of Britain's financial sector just one day after the government launched another huge bank bailout programme.

Black Britons hope Obama will open doors for them (AFP)

Posted: 20 Jan 2009 11:27 AM CST

Black Britons voiced hope Tuesday that Barack Obama, seen here, becoming US president would help blaze a trail for black politicians in Britain.(AFP/Getty Images/Alex Wong)AFP - Black Britons voiced hope Tuesday that Barack Obama becoming US president would help blaze a trail for black politicians in Britain.

UK hacker asks court to stop extradition to US (AP)

Posted: 20 Jan 2009 11:15 AM CST

AP - Lawyers for a British man accused of hacking into U.S. military computers asked Britain's High Court Tuesday to block his extradition to the United States.

Isle of Man proposes file-sharing fee (AP)

Posted: 20 Jan 2009 09:35 AM CST

AP - Music fans and record labels have long fought over the rights and wrongs of file-sharing, but now an island tax haven in the Irish Sea says it has come up with a way to keep the peace.

British hacker fights extradition to US (AFP)

Posted: 20 Jan 2009 08:39 AM CST

Gary McKinnon, pictured here outside the Royal Courts of Justice earlier in July 2008. McKinnon, accused of hacking into the computer systems of the US military and NASA would be at risk of psychosis or suicide if made to face trial in the United States, a London court has heard.(AFP/File/John D McHugh)AFP - A Brit accused of hacking into the computer systems of the US military and NASA would be at risk of psychosis or suicide if made to face trial in the United States, a London court heard Tuesday.

Pound slumps against dollar on credit rating fears (AP)

Posted: 20 Jan 2009 07:49 AM CST

AP - The British pound slumped to a seven and a half year low against the dollar Tuesday amid fears that Britain's credit rating could be downgraded if the government has to take over ailing banks.

Iraq, Afghanistan blighting troops' marriages: defence chiefs (AFP)

Posted: 20 Jan 2009 06:39 AM CST

A British soldier with the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) keeps watch as he sits on the top of their vehicle during a patrol on the outskirts of Kabul in July 2008. Defence Secretary John Hutton has said that relentless army deployments to Afghanistan and Iraq were putting AFP - Defence Secretary John Hutton said Tuesday that relentless army deployments to Afghanistan and Iraq were putting "very substantial strain" on British forces, including soldiers' marriages.

British inflation slides to 3.% in December after tax cut (AFP)

Posted: 20 Jan 2009 06:29 AM CST

A sale sign at a department store on London's Oxford Street. 12-month inflation fell sharply to a rate of 3.1 percent in December from 4.1 percent in November as energy costs crumbled, official data has shown.(AFP/File/Carl de Souza)AFP - 12-month inflation dived in December from the previous month due to a tax cut on goods and services, falling energy prices and heavy pre-Christmas discounting, official data showed Tuesday.

Dollar hits one month high against euro, down against yen (AFP)

Posted: 20 Jan 2009 05:20 PM CST

A bank employee counts US dollar bank notes. The dollar rose to a one-month high against the euro Tuesday amid a flight to safety as global financial market gyrated on banking sector fears as Barack Obama took office as the 44th president.(AFP/File/Jung Yeon-Je)AFP - The dollar rose to a one-month high against the euro Tuesday amid a flight to safety as global financial market gyrated on banking sector fears as Barack Obama took office as the 44th president.

Army chief calls for longer gap between tours (AFP)

Posted: 20 Jan 2009 05:18 AM CST

A British soldier with the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) keeps watch as he sits on the top of their vehicle during a patrol on the outskirts of Kabul in July 2008. Defence Secretary John Hutton has said that relentless army deployments to Afghanistan and Iraq were putting AFP - Breaks between soldiers' tours of duty should be increased by six months to allow them to spend more time with their families, the head of the army urged on Tuesday.

Cancer patients to receive free prescriptions (AFP)

Posted: 20 Jan 2009 05:10 AM CST

A doctor uses an imaging gun to check a petient's skin for deadly melanomas at the Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney. Cancer patients can apply for free prescriptions from but campaigners are urging the government to extend the scheme to all sufferers of long-term conditions.(AFP/File/Torsten Blackwood)AFP - Cancer patients can apply for free prescriptions from Tuesday but campaigners are urging the government to extend the scheme to all sufferers of long-term conditions.

British inflation falls to lowest since April 2008 (AP)

Posted: 20 Jan 2009 04:12 AM CST

AP - Britain's annual inflation rate dropped in December to its lowest since April 2008 amid falling gas prices at the pumps and lower sales taxes in the pre-Christmas trading period, official figures showed Tuesday.

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