2009年2月3日星期二

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

China condemns protest and says Wen successful (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Feb 2009 02:31 AM CST

Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown stands with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao inside 10 Downing Street in London, February 2, 2009. (Oli Scarff/Pool/Reuters)Reuters - China denounced as despicable on Tuesday a protester who threw a shoe at Prime Minister Wen Jiabao at Cambridge University and said the Chinese leader's visit to Europe was a total success.

BP reports 24% slide in quarterly profit (AFP)

Posted: 03 Feb 2009 02:30 AM CST

Oil major BP reported a 23.8-percent slide in fourth-quarter net earnings but a leap of 39 percent in earnings for the whole of 2008.(AFP/File/Paul Ellis)AFP - Oil major BP reported on Tuesday a 23.8-percent slide in fourth-quarter net earnings but a leap of 39 percent in earnings for the whole of 2008.

China upset over shoe protest, but no harm to UK ties (AFP)

Posted: 03 Feb 2009 02:27 AM CST

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao gives a speech at Cambridge University in Cambridge at the end of Wen's three day visit to the UK. British police said they have charged the protester who hurled a shoe at Wen as he addressed Cambridge University.(AFP/POOL/Darren Staples)AFP - China said Tuesday it had expressed its strong dissatisfaction to the British government over a protester throwing a shoe at Premier Wen Jiabao, but emphasised that bilateral ties would not be harmed.

China treads lightly after shoe protest (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Feb 2009 02:07 AM CST

Reuters - China denounced a protester at Cambridge University who threw a shoe at visiting Premier Wen Jiabao, but nevertheless hailed Wen's visit as a success and avoided widespread reporting of the incident.

What shoe? Chinese media silent on shoe toss (AP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2009 10:21 PM CST

A security guard picks up a shoe that was thrown towards Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao at the University of Cambridge, eastern England, Monday, Feb. 2, 2009. Wen's visit to Britain is the last stop on a regional tour that also included Spain, Germany, the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, and EU headquarters in Brussels. (AP Photo/Darren Staples, Pool)AP - China's media, quick to report when a shoe was thrown at former President George W. Bush last year, sidestepped any direct mention or images Tuesday of a protester hurling his shoe at the Chinese premier during a speech in Britain.

Protester hurls shoe at Chinese PM during UK visit (AP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2009 10:02 PM CST

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao arrives to deliver a speech at the University of Cambridge, England, Monday, Feb. 2, 2009. Wen's visit to Britain is the last stop on a regional tour that also included Spain, Germany, the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, and EU headquarters in Brussels. (AP Photo/Darren Staples, Pool)AP - A protester hurled abuse and then a shoe at China's premier Monday while he delivered a speech on the global economy at Cambridge University.

British Columbia sees budget deficits for 2 years (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Feb 2009 05:51 PM CST

Reuters - British Columbia forecasts it will run budget deficits for the next two years, saying its resource-based economy is being too battered by the global economic slowdown to avoid it.

Protester throws shoe at Chinese premier (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Feb 2009 05:50 PM CST

Reuters - A protester threw a shoe at Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and called him a dictator as he delivered a speech on the global economy on Monday.

British strikes widen over foreign laborers (AP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2009 03:08 PM CST

AP - Hundreds more British power plant workers went on strike Monday in a widening labor campaign over the use of overseas workers to build an oil refinery in this northeastern town.

British galleries save Titian for public display (AFP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2009 01:11 PM CST

A group of British artists including Sir Peter Blake and Bob & Roberta Smith look at a painting entitled AFP - National galleries from Scotland and England have raised 50 million pounds to keep a painting by Italian Renaissance master Titian in public ownership, they said Monday.

UK troops have met conditions for Iraq withdrawal (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Feb 2009 12:09 PM CST

British soldiers guard outside the presidential palace during a handover ceremony in Basra, 550 km (340 miles) south of Baghdad, December 16, 2007. (Atef Hassan/Reuters)Reuters - British troops in Iraq have largely met the conditions required for their withdrawal and are on track to begin leaving the country by May 31, a top British commander said on Monday.

Titian masterpiece acquired by British galleries (AP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2009 11:48 AM CST

In this Nov. 19, 2008 file photo, a press photographer takes photographs of Titian's masterpiece 'Diana & Actaeon', at the National Gallery in central London. Two British art galleries announced Monday, Feb. 2, 2009 they have together acquired Titian's 'Diana and Actaeon' after an appeal for donations to purchase the classic painting. The announcement came Monday Feb. 2, 2008, with the National Gallery of Scotland and London's National Gallery saying they had managed to raise the 50 million pounds (USD 70 million) to buy the Renaissance master's artwork. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, File)AP - Two national galleries said Monday they raised 50 million pounds ($70 million) after a public appeal to keep Titian's 16th century masterpiece "Diana and Actaeon" on display in Britain.

Drugs firm GSK appoints James Murdoch to board (AFP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2009 10:58 AM CST

James Murdoch, News Corp. Europe and Asia's chairman and chief executive, seen here in March 2007. British drugs giant GlaxoSmithKline said Monday that it has appointed Murdoch as a non-executive director.(AFP/File/Chris Young)AFP - Drugs giant GlaxoSmithKline said Monday that it has appointed James Murdoch, News Corp. Europe and Asia's chairman and chief executive, as a non-executive director.

More workers walk out over foreign labour (AFP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2009 10:51 AM CST

Protesters demonstrate outside the Lindsey oil refinery near Immingham, Lincolnshire, on February 2. Wildcat strikes against foreign workers resumed on Monday at energy plants across Britain, fuelled by fears of rising job cuts amid the global slowdown.(AFP/Paul Ellis)AFP - Wildcat strikes against foreign workers resumed on Monday at energy plants across Britain, fuelled by fears of rising job cuts amid the global slowdown.

More British workers walk out over foreign labour (AFP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2009 10:49 AM CST

Protesters outside the Total Lindsey oil refinery in Immingham northeast England on January 30. Workers at the Sellafield nuclear plant joined a series of wildcat strikes Monday at energy facilities in protest at the use of foreign contractors instead of unemployed Britons.(AFP/File/Andrew Yates)AFP - Wildcat strikes against foreign workers resumed on Monday at energy plants across Britain, fuelled by fears of rising job cuts amid the global slowdown.

Govt 'aiming to double exports to China' (AFP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2009 10:26 AM CST

Prime Minister Gordon Brown speaks at the UK-China Business Summit at the Institute of Directors in London, during Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao's visit on February 2. Britain wants to double its exports to China within 18 months, taking advantage of Beijing's efforts to boost its own economy, Brown said Monday.(AFP/Pool/Frantzesco Kangaris)AFP - Britain wants to double its exports to China within 18 months, taking advantage of Beijing's efforts to boost its own economy, Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Monday.

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