2009年2月7日星期六

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Britain orders bank bonuses, management probe (AFP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2009 09:06 PM CST

British Finance Minister Alistair Darling in London. Britain is to conduct a review of bank management that will probe the link between bonuses and excessive risk-taking, Darling has said.(AFP/Pool/File/Lewis Whyld)AFP - Britain is to conduct a review of bank management that will probe the link between bonuses and excessive risk-taking, Finance Minister Alistair Darling said in comments published Sunday.

Bugatti found in Britain gets big bucks at auction (AP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2009 08:14 PM CST

A rare 1937 Bugatti Type 57S Atalante Coupe, originally the property of Francis Curzon, the 5th Earl Howe, is seen displayed at the Retromobile Vintage Cars show, in Paris, Friday, Feb. 6, 2009. The car abandoned in the garage for 50 years has sold at auction for approximately euro3.100,000, US$ 4.006,000, Saturday. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)AP - A car abandoned in a garage in Britain for half a century sold at an auction in Paris for euro3.4 million (about $4.4 million) Friday.

The Foreign Office facing big cash pressures: report (AFP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2009 06:09 PM CST

The Foreign Office is facing AFP - The Foreign Office is facing "serious financial pressures" due to the falling pound which could hit its international diplomacy efforts, an influential group of lawmakers said in a report Sunday.

Tributes pour in for Scotland's first Muslim lawmaker (AFP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2009 02:55 PM CST

Tributes poured in on Saturday for Bashir Ahmad, the first Muslim member of the Scottish parliament, who has died aged 68, his party announced. Scotland's First Minister and SNP leader Alex Salmond, seen here in 2008, led tributes to Ahmad while his deputy Nicola Sturgeon said he represented AFP - Tributes poured in on Saturday for Bashir Ahmad, the first Muslim member of the Scottish parliament, who has died aged 68, his party announced.

Ecstasy no worse than horse riding: Top drug advisor (AFP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2009 02:50 PM CST

Ecstasy tablets. Taking the synthetic drug ecstasy, which is derived from amphetamine, is no more dangerous than horse riding, a top drug adviser said Saturday.(AFP/ANP/File)AFP - Taking the synthetic drug ecstasy, which is derived from amphetamine, is no more dangerous than horse riding, a top drug adviser said Saturday.

Police seize Man Utd striker Tevez's car (AFP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2009 10:13 AM CST

Manchester United's Argentinian forward Carlos Tevez celebrates a goal during a January 2009 match. Police said Saturday they had seized Tevez's car after he was found to not have the proper documents to drive.(AFP/File/Paul Ellis)AFP - Police said Saturday they had seized Manchester United star Carlos Tevez's car after he was found to not have the proper documents to drive.

UK milkman delivered cannabis with bottles of milk (AP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2009 07:34 AM CST

AP - A British prosecutor says an elderly milkman supplied customers with cannabis as well as bottles of milk.

Clarkson won't apologise for calling Brown PM 'idiot' (AFP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2009 04:55 AM CST

BBC television presenter Jeremy Clarkson, seen here in 2007, has said that while he was sorry for having made fun of Prime Minister Gordon Brown's appearance, he would not apologise for calling him an AFP - BBC television presenter Jeremy Clarkson said on Saturday that while he was sorry for having made fun of Prime Minister Gordon Brown's appearance, he would not apologise for calling him an "idiot".

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Details emerge on Thatcher 'froggy golliwog' slur (AFP)

Posted: 06 Feb 2009 09:16 PM CST

Carol Thatcher, seen here in a file picture, called a French tennis star a AFP - Carol Thatcher, the daughter of former PM Margaret Thatcher, called a French tennis star a "froggy golliwog guy", a BBC presenter said Saturday, in the first full account of how a sensitive race row flared.

Italian defendant denies killing British student (AP)

Posted: 06 Feb 2009 04:08 PM CST

Amanda Knox's father Curt is surrounded by journalists as he arrives at the court building in Perugia, Italy, Friday, Feb. 6, 2009. The first witnesses are scheduled to take the stand in the trial of an American student and her Italian former boyfriend accused of killing a British woman in central Italy. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)AP - An Italian student accused of sexual violence and murdering a British student told a court Friday that he was innocent and the victim of a terrible judicial mistake.

Nigerian kidnappers say British hostage 'very ill' (AFP)

Posted: 06 Feb 2009 02:25 PM CST

This undated photo released by the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) in January 2009 shows British oil workers Robin Barry Hughes (L) and Matthew John Maguire while being held hostage at an undisclosed location. A Briton held hostage in southern Nigeria has fallen AFP - A Briton held hostage in southern Nigeria has fallen "very ill" after contracting a "strange" illness, the armed group that kidnapped him said Friday, adding that the man would be treated locally.

Clarkson apologizes for insulting UK leader (AP)

Posted: 06 Feb 2009 11:22 AM CST

AP - British TV presenter Jeremy Clarkson said Friday he was sorry for calling Prime Minister Gordon Brown a "one-eyed Scottish idiot."

Christians post faith messages on London buses (AP)

Posted: 06 Feb 2009 11:16 AM CST

In this Tuesday Jan. 6, 2009 file photo, Professor Richard Dawkins, the author of non-fiction book 'The God Delusion', poses for photographers in front of a London bus featuring an atheist advertisement with the slogan 'There's probably no God. Now stop worrying and enjoy your life'. Christian groups are to launch a campaign promoting God on posters pasted onto the city's iconic red buses, in response to similar ads from atheists proclaiming that God does not exist. The Christian Party has paid 15,000 pounds ($22,000) to run an advertisement declaring: 'There definitely is a God. So join the Christian Party and enjoy your life,' in bright red, pink and orange letters on the side of the buses.(AP Photo/Akira Suemori, file)AP - Christians are soldiering on in the battle over God's existence by putting ads on London's famous red buses urging people to have faith.

Oh crap! Student loses research work (AFP)

Posted: 06 Feb 2009 10:03 AM CST

A Komodo dragon, which is closely related to the rare butaan lizard. A graduate student was left AFP - A graduate student was left "reeling" after his university threw out a bag of lizard excrement he had spent seven years collecting in the rainforests of the Philippines, he said on Friday.

Husband ends marriage on Facebook, court hears (AFP)

Posted: 06 Feb 2009 09:35 AM CST

A man surfs the web at an internet cafe. A 39-year-old husband ended his six-year marriage by announcing it on social networking website Facebook, a court heard Friday.(AFP/File/Denis Sinyakov)AFP - A 39-year-old husband ended his six-year marriage by announcing it on social networking website Facebook, a court heard Friday.

Clarkson brands PM 'one-eyed idiot' (AFP)

Posted: 06 Feb 2009 09:26 AM CST

BBC presenter Jeremy Clarkson, seen here in 2007, sparked anger on Friday after he reportedly called Prime Minister Gordon Brown a AFP - BBC presenter Jeremy Clarkson sparked outrage on Friday after he called Prime Minister Gordon Brown a "one-eyed Scottish idiot".

New snowfalls grip Britain, Ireland (AFP)

Posted: 06 Feb 2009 07:15 AM CST

A trooper on duty at Horse Guards Parade in London on February 2, 2009. Fresh snowstorms plunged parts of Britain back into travel chaos Friday, after a week which saw the heaviest falls in nearly 20 years paralyse the country.(AFP/Adrian Dennis)AFP - Fresh snowstorms plunged parts of Britain and Ireland back into travel chaos Friday, after a week which saw the heaviest snowfalls in nearly 20 years paralyse much of Britain.

UK university says sorry for excrement error (AP)

Posted: 06 Feb 2009 07:13 AM CST

AP - A British university has apologized to a Ph.D. student for throwing away his treasured, seven-year collection of lizard dung.

UK University says sorry for excrement error (AP)

Posted: 06 Feb 2009 06:58 AM CST

AP - A British university has apologized to a Ph.D. student for throwing away his treasured collection of lizard excrement.

Johnson backs Thatcher in 'golliwog' row (AFP)

Posted: 06 Feb 2009 06:58 AM CST

London mayor Boris Johnson came out in support of Carol Thatcher, seen here in 2006, on Friday, saying the BBC was wrong to sack the former premier's daughter from a show for using the word AFP - London mayor Boris Johnson came out in support of Carol Thatcher on Friday, saying the BBC was wrong to sack the former premier's daughter from a show for using the word "golliwog."

Palace denies royal visit cancellation (AFP)

Posted: 06 Feb 2009 06:47 AM CST

Buckingham Palace denied Friday that Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, seen here in 2008, cancelled a state visit to an undisclosed destination next month amid concerns about the prince's health.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - Buckingham Palace denied Friday that Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip cancelled a state visit to an undisclosed destination next month amid concerns about the prince's health.

Army swaps corned beef rations for curry (AFP)

Posted: 06 Feb 2009 06:18 AM CST

British soldiers line up for food in 2003 at Camp Eagle Four in the Kuwaiti desert. British troops in Iraq and Afghanistan will soon be swapping their chocolate bars and corned beef hash for oreos and chicken kormas, in a radical overhaul of army rations, a spokeswoman said Friday.(AFP/File/Paul Richards)AFP - British troops in Iraq and Afghanistan will soon be swapping their chocolate bars and corned beef hash for oreos and chicken kormas, in a radical overhaul of army rations, a spokeswoman said Friday.

British Airways books 9-mth loss of 127 mln pounds (AP)

Posted: 06 Feb 2009 05:58 AM CST

AP - British Airways said Friday it swung to a net loss of 127 million pounds ($186 million) for the nine months ending Dec. 31, as fewer passengers boarded its planes amid the economic crisis and fuel costs soared.

Jump in measles cases (AFP)

Posted: 06 Feb 2009 05:23 AM CST

A file photo of child being vaccinated against infectious diseases. Measles cases jumped by more than a third in England and Wales in 2008, figures released on Friday show, sparking harsh criticism of parents who fail to vaccinate their children.(AFP/File/Ed Oudenaarden)AFP - Measles cases jumped by more than a third in England and Wales in 2008, figures released on Friday show, sparking criticism of parents who did not vaccinate their children.

Jurists urge U.S. to drop Guantanamo case secrecy (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Feb 2009 04:37 AM CST

In this photo, reviewed by the U.S. Military, a Guantanamo detainee opens a cooler inside the open yard at Camp 4 detention center at Guantanamo Bay, January 21, 2009. (Brennan Linsley/Pool/Reuters)Reuters - The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) has strongly urged the United States to withdraw its opposition to the release of evidence on the alleged torture of a former British Guantanamo Bay detainee.

Human rights worker denies receiving secrets (AP)

Posted: 06 Feb 2009 03:22 AM CST

AP - A human rights worker has denied that she received secret information from a senior British army officer arrested in Afghanistan on suspicion of leaking official secrets.

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