2009年1月31日星期六

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Protests against foreign energy workers spread (AFP)

Posted: 31 Jan 2009 03:22 AM CST

Protesters demonstrate outside the Total Lindsey oil refinery in Immingham, near Grimsby, north-east England on January 30. Hundreds of workers at oil refineries across Britain went on strike in protest at the use of foreign labour in engineering and construction projects.(AFP/Andrew Yates)AFP - Wildcat strikes against foreign workers spread through oil refineries and other energy facilities, fuelled by fears of rising job cuts.

Hamas needs to be part of peace process: Blair (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Jan 2009 05:49 PM CST

Reuters - Hamas should be part of the Middle East peace process, Tony Blair, envoy to the region of the international "quartet" of powers, said in comments published on Friday.

British soldier killed in Afghanistan firefight (AFP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2009 03:56 PM CST

British soldiers in Lashkar Gah, Afghanistan. A British soldier was killed in a firefight in southern Afghanistan on Friday, the Ministry of Defence here said.(AFP/File/John D McHugh)AFP - A British soldier was killed in a firefight in southern Afghanistan on Friday, the Ministry of Defence here said.

Its a catastrophe for the apostrophe in Britain (AP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2009 03:08 PM CST

A street sign naming St. Paul's Square without an apostrophe is seen in Birmingham, England, Thursday Jan. 29, 2009. An English local government has decided to stop using apostrophes in its street signs, saying they are confusing, old fashioned and interfere with modern GPS systems. Britain's self appointed guardians of the English language are outraged. (AP Photo/David Jones, PA)AP - On the streets of Birmingham, the queen's English is now the queens English.

Protests against foreign workers spread in UK (AP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2009 03:02 PM CST

Demonstrators gather at dawn at Total's Lindsey oil refinery near Immingham, north east England Friday Jan. 30, 2009. Seven hundred employees at a Scottish refinery walked out Friday, joining a growing campaign of protests against foreign citizens being hired for an oil industry construction project in England. The protests were provoked by an Italian company's decision to use Italian and Portuguese workers for a 200 million-pound ($280 million) project at the Total's Lindsey refinery. (AP Photo/Jon Super).AP - Thousands of energy workers across Britain walked off the job Friday, joining a growing campaign of protests against foreign citizens being hired for an oil industry construction project in England.

British man fined for riding horse while drunk (AP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2009 12:29 PM CST

AP - Using a 19th-century law, a British court has fined a man 150 pounds ($215) after be admitted riding a horse while drunk.

New father stabbed to death on way to hospital (AP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2009 10:08 AM CST

AP - British police say a man has been attacked and killed on his way to a hospital to visit his newborn son.

Honda shuts down Swindon plant for 4 months (AFP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2009 10:02 AM CST

A transporter loaded with Honda cars leaves the Swindon plant on January 30. Workers at the factory factory made the last cars on Friday before a four-month shutdown caused by a sharp fall in worldwide sales.(AFP/Max Nash)AFP - Workers at Honda's Swindon factory made the last cars on Friday before a four-month shutdown caused by a sharp fall in worldwide sales.

Would-be suicide bomber in UK sentenced to prison (AP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2009 09:51 AM CST

AP - A would-be suicide bomber who tried to detonate a nail bomb in a restaurant but injured only himself was sentenced Friday to at least 18 years in prison.

Failed restaurant bomber jailed for life (AFP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2009 09:09 AM CST

File photo of a police officer. A Muslim convert who injured himself in a failed suicide attack on a restaurant in Exeter was jailed for life on Friday, and ordered to spend at least 18 years behind bars.(AFP/PAUL ELLIS)AFP - A Muslim convert who injured himself in a failed suicide attack on a restaurant in Exeter was jailed for life on Friday, and ordered to spend at least 18 years behind bars.

Failed British suicide bomber jailed for life (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Jan 2009 08:32 AM CST

Reuters - A Muslim convert who tried to carry out a suicide bomb attack on a busy family restaurant in southwest England was jailed for life Friday.

Father killed in 'shocking' knife attack visiting baby (AFP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2009 08:09 AM CST

A man was stabbed to death while on his way to hospital with his young daughter, to visit his wife who had just given birth, police said Friday.(AFP/File/Odd Andersen)AFP - A man was stabbed to death while on his way to hospital with his young daughter, to visit his wife who had just given birth, police said Friday.

Arrests of girls, women hit record high (AFP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2009 05:49 AM CST

A AFP - A "ladette" culture has been blamed in part for a hike in the number of young women committing crimes and being arrested, reports said on Friday citing official figures.

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