2009年2月5日星期四

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

British Council suspends operations in Tehran (AFP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2009 05:52 PM CST

Chief Executive of the British Council Martin Davidson speaks to the press in 2008. The British Council cultural organisation said Wednesday it had suspended its operations in Tehran after the AFP - The British Council cultural organisation said Wednesday it had suspended its operations in Tehran after the "intimidation" of local staff by the Iranian authorities.

British Council says harassed in Iran, halts work (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Feb 2009 05:43 PM CST

Reuters - The British Council, the cultural arm of the government, has halted operations in Tehran, complaining its local staff have been intimidated.

UK court rules to keep Guantanamo documents secret (AP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2009 05:06 PM CST

AP - A British court ordered Wednesday that intelligence documents detailing a Guantanamo detainee's alleged abuse should be kept secret — shifting the burden to President Barack Obama to disclose information that was hidden under the Bush administration.

Govt denies US threat over revelation of alleged torture (AFP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2009 04:33 PM CST

A guard leans on a fencepost as a Guantanamo detainee, left, jogs inside the exercise yard at Camp 5 detention center, the U.S. Naval Base, in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in January 2009. Foreign Secretary David Miliband denied Wednesday that the United States had threatened to review intelligence-sharing arrangements with Britain if evidence about alleged torture was released.(AFP/Pool/File/Brennan Linsley)AFP - Foreign Secretary David Miliband denied Wednesday that the United States had threatened to review intelligence-sharing arrangements with Britain if evidence about alleged torture was released.

Little sparkle for Beckham in British footballing return (AFP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2009 04:15 PM CST

David Beckham of AC Milan controls the ball during a friendly football match against Rangers at the Ibrox Stadium in Glasgow, Scotland. The match ended in a 2-2 draw.(AFP/Graham Stuart)AFP - David Beckham made his British footballing return with AC Milan in a 2-2 friendly draw against Rangers at Ibrox on Wednesday night though, taken off at half-time, he rarely sparkled.

UK judges accuse U.S. over Guantanamo case (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Feb 2009 04:14 PM CST

In this photo, reviewed by the U.S. Military, a guard stands as birds fly by, at Guantanamo's Camp 4 detention center, at the U.S. Naval Base, in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, January 21, 2009. (Brennan Linsley/Pool/Reuters)Reuters - Two senior British judges accused the United States on Wednesday of threatening to end intelligence cooperation if Britain released evidence about the alleged torture of a Guantanamo detainee.

Oil prices mixed after spike in US inventories (AFP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2009 02:49 PM CST

A motorist holds a fuel pump. Oil prices were mixed Wednesday after the US government reported a spectacular rise in crude stockpiles last week, driving home the lack of demand in the the world's biggest energy consumer.(AFP/DDP/File/Norbert Millauer)AFP - Oil prices were mixed Wednesday after the US government reported a spectacular rise in crude stockpiles last week, driving home the lack of demand in the the world's biggest energy consumer.

Britain seeks new talks on nuclear disarmament (AP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2009 01:27 PM CST

AP - Britain's Foreign Secretary David Miliband says he wants major world powers to begin new talks aimed at ridding the world of nuclear weapons.

Thatcher camp demands BBC apology in racism row (AFP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2009 12:39 PM CST

The BBC should apologise to the daughter of former prime minister Margaret Thatcher, Carol Thatcher, seen here in 2006, over the leaking of her off-air AFP - The BBC should apologise to the daughter of former prime minister Margaret Thatcher over the leaking of her off-air "golliwog" comment, her agent insisted Wednesday.

83 years after teen disappears, police reopen case (AP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2009 10:51 AM CST

Undated handout photo issued by Sussex Police of Emma Alice Smith, 16, (back row far left). British detectives began looking into the 1926 disappearance of a 16-year-old this week after hearing new evidence about a deathbed confession in an investigation believed to be one of the country's oldest cold case reviews. Emma Alice Smith disappeared as she cycled between her home and a nearby railway station, and her disappearance has been unsolved and her body missing ever since. But that could change after David Wright, the teenager's great-nephew, said Wednesday Feb. 4, 2009 that he came forward to tell police about the confession, a long-held family secret. (AP Photo/ Sussex Police/PA)AP - The teenage girl disappeared in 1926. But a deathbed confession supposedly made decades ago has led detectives to open what might be one of Britain's oldest-ever cold case reviews.

Soldier arrested in Afghanistan in secrets probe (AFP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2009 09:55 AM CST

An International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) soldier walks during a patrol outside Kabul, in December. A British soldier has been arrested in Afghanistan over an alleged breach of the country's Official Secrets Act, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) in London said.(AFP/File/Shah Marai)AFP - A British soldier has been arrested in Afghanistan over an alleged breach of the country's Official Secrets Act, the Ministry of Defence in London said Wednesday.

UK union recommends end of wildcat strike (AP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2009 09:37 AM CST

Workers demonstrate outside the Lindsey refinery at Killingholme in England continues as union negotiators hold their talks with employers. Wednesday Feb. 4, 2009. A union representing striking workers at a British refinery says it is recommending that its members end their wildcat walkout over the hiring of foreign workers. Officials with the Unite union say they have made significant progress toward achieving their demand that half the jobs on a disputed construction project should go to British workers. (AP Photo/John Giles/PA)AP - A union representing striking workers at a Total refinery in northeastern England recommended Wednesday that its members end their wildcat walkout over the hiring of foreign workers.

British PM says world in 'depression,' in latest slip (AFP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2009 09:14 AM CST

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, seen here leaving 10 Downing Street, said Wednesday that the world is in a full-blown economic AFP - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Wednesday that the world is in a full-blown economic "depression," but his office quickly scrambled to say it been a slip of the tongue.

London man arrested over US jogger's 2003 murder (AP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2009 09:06 AM CST

AP - British police say they have arrested a man on suspicion of murdering a 27-year-old American jogger who was stabbed to death in a London park six years ago.

British insurer Aviva drops £1 bln payout (AFP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2009 08:44 AM CST

The logo of Aviva, Britain's largest insurance company, is pictured at their offices in London, March 2006. Aviva, the biggest British insurer, said Wednesday it had halted a plan to distribute one billion pounds (1.1 billion euros, 1.4 billion dollars) to policyholders owing to AFP - Aviva, the biggest British insurer, said Wednesday it had halted a plan to distribute one billion pounds (1.1 billion euros, 1.4 billion dollars) to policyholders owing to "market volatility."

BBC drops Thatcher daughter after reported remark (AP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2009 08:28 AM CST

This Thursday, Oct. 13, 2005 file photo shows Carol Thatcher, the daughter of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, in London. The BBC says it has dropped Carol Thatcher as a contributor to a TV show after she reportedly used an offensive term in front of colleagues. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)AP - The BBC says it has dropped Carol Thatcher, daughter of former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, as a contributor to a TV show after she reportedly used an offensive term in front of colleagues.

Brown red-faced over flag gaffe (AFP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2009 05:59 AM CST

Union Jack flags are waved by fans in Trafalgar Square in London during the British Olympic and Paralympic Heroes Parade, 2008. Prime Minister Gordon Brown has been left red-faced after the national flag was displayed upside-down at a ceremony with visiting Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown has been left red-faced after the national flag was displayed upside-down at a ceremony with visiting Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao.

Smith pledges action on burglary (AFP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2009 05:18 AM CST

Home Secretary Jacqui Smith has insisted that a rise in burglary is not an inevitable consequence of a recession as she prepares to host a summit on the issue.(AFP/File/Odd Andersen)AFP - Home Secretary Jacqui Smith insisted on Wednesday that a rise in burglary is not an inevitable consequence of a recession as she prepares to host a summit on the issue.

Spain's Ferrovial sees sale of Gatwick airport by April (AFP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2009 04:39 AM CST

A tailfin of a British Airways jet pictured in front of the control tower at Gatwick airport, 2008. Spanish construction group Ferrovial is AFP - Spanish construction group Ferrovial is "confident" it will conclude the sale of Gatwick, the country's second busiest airport, over the coming weeks, the president of the firm said Wednesday.

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