2009年2月11日星期三

Yahoo! News: World - Britain

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - Britain

MP calls for US embassy in NKorea (AFP)

Posted: 11 Feb 2009 02:07 AM CST

File image shows a man riding a bicycle in the North Korean capital Pyongyang. A MP just back from a visit to Pyongyang urged the new US administration on Wednesday to normalise ties with North Korea as part of a broader approach to the communist state.(AFP/File)AFP - A MP just back from a visit to Pyongyang urged the new US administration on Wednesday to normalise ties with North Korea as part of a broader approach to the communist state.

Explorer sets off on Arctic ice cap mission (AFP)

Posted: 10 Feb 2009 09:23 PM CST

British explorers Pen Hadow (left) and Ann Daniels hold a press conference about the Catlin Arctic Survey, in London, on January 22. Hadow, Daniels and another British explorer are to set off for a 1,200-kilometre (750-mile) trek at the North Pole to take samples of ice, snow and air.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - Explorer Pen Hadow is to embark on an expedition to the North Pole to measure the thickness of the melting ice cap, to help scientists predict how long before it disappears altogether.

Dutch anti-Islam MP says Britain refuses him entry (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Feb 2009 04:10 PM CST

Reuters - A Dutch member of parliament facing prosecution because of his anti-Islam remarks said on Tuesday that Britain had refused him entry to the country as a threat to public security.

Dutch protest Britain's ban of right-wing lawmaker (AP)

Posted: 10 Feb 2009 03:40 PM CST

AP - The British government has banned Dutch right-wing lawmaker Geert Wilders from visiting the country to show his anti-Islam film "Fitna" at the Houses of Parliament.

London protesters reject diamond mine in Botswana (AFP)

Posted: 10 Feb 2009 03:19 PM CST

Protesters rally outside the Graff Diamonds' store in central London to demand the company pull out of a mine planned on the land of the Kalahari Bushmen in Botswana.(AFP/Shaun Curry)AFP - About 20 people protested Tuesday outside the London store of Graff Diamonds to demand the company pull out of a mine planned on the land of the Kalahari Bushmen in Botswana.

US lawyer presses for UK man's Guantanamo release (AP)

Posted: 10 Feb 2009 02:15 PM CST

U.S. Lieutenant-Colonel Yvonne Bradley, right, talks with British lawmaker David Davies, left, in London, Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2009. Bradley, an American military attorney, appealed to British lawmakers Tuesday to press the United States to speed up the release of a Guantanamo detainee whose case is raising uncomfortable questions for the British government and the new administration of President Barack Obama. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)AP - In a case that is raising uncomfortable questions for President Barack Obama's new government, an American military lawyer met with British lawmakers Tuesday in an appeal to free a British resident from Guantanamo Bay.

Church of England bans clergy from far-right party (AFP)

Posted: 10 Feb 2009 01:39 PM CST

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams in 2008. The Church of England voted to ban clergymen from joining the far-right British National Party (BNP) Tuesday.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - The Church of England voted to ban clergymen from joining the far-right British National Party (BNP) Tuesday.

'Dilettante' in court over rare Shakespeare theft (AP)

Posted: 10 Feb 2009 12:09 PM CST

Raymond Scott, right, a British book dealer charged with stealing a rare First Folio of Shakespeare's plays from a university library, and Claire Smith, left, pose outside Consett Magistrates' Court in County Durham, northern England, Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2009. Scott, 51, arrived for the brief hearing in a chauffeur-driven silver stretch limo, dressed almost entirely in white and holding a cigar and an opened cup of instant noodles. He read aloud from Shakespeare's 'Richard III' before entering the court. (AP Photo/PA, Rod Minchin)AP - The self-described "dilettante" pulled up to the courthouse in a stretch limo on Tuesday, dressed in white and holding a cigar and a cup of instant noodles as he faced down charges of stealing a rare First Folio of Shakespeare's plays.

UK diplomat arrested over alleged tirade at Israel (AP)

Posted: 10 Feb 2009 11:04 AM CST

AP - A senior British diplomat has been arrested after he allegedly launched an abusive tirade against Israel and Judaism at a London gym, police said Tuesday.

Al-Qaeda leader warns India: report (AFP)

Posted: 10 Feb 2009 10:43 AM CST

This image released by the IntelCenter, shows Mustafa Abu al-Yazid speaking in a video released Febryary 6, 2008 by al-Qaeda's as-Sahab Media. Yazid, a top Al-Qaeda commander originally thought to have died last year, has released a video warning India of future terror attacks similar to those in Mumbai in November, the BBC reported Tuesday.(AFP/IntelCenter)AFP - A top Al-Qaeda commander originally thought to have died last year has released a video warning India of future terror attacks similar to those in Mumbai in November, the BBC reported Tuesday.

Parents: British girl starved after teeth pulled (AP)

Posted: 10 Feb 2009 10:27 AM CST

AP - When 8-year-old Sophie Waller cracked a baby tooth eating candy, it set off a chain of events that led to her death.

UK bank workers protest over "greed" of bosses (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Feb 2009 07:54 AM CST

A video grab shows (L-R) Dennis Stevenson former chairman of HBOS, Andy Hornby former chief executive of HBOS, Fred Goodwin former chief executive of Royal Bank of Scotland and Tom McKillop former chairman of Royal Bank of Scotland appearing at the Treasury Select Committee in London on February 10, 2009. (Parbul TV via Reuters TV/Reuters)Reuters - Workers from Britain's high street banks demonstrated outside parliament on Tuesday, saying jobs were put in jeopardy while banking executives reaped massive bonuses in recent years.

German student charged for throwing shoe at Wen (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Feb 2009 06:44 AM CST

German student Martin Jahnke arrives at Cambridge magistrates court, eastern England February 10, 2009. (Andrew Winning/Reuters)Reuters - A 27-year-old German student appeared in court Tuesday accused of throwing a shoe at Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao when he gave a speech at Britain's Cambridge University.

British bank chiefs say sorry for financial mess (AP)

Posted: 10 Feb 2009 05:47 AM CST

AP - The former heads of Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC and HBOS PLC apologized to shareholders and the public on Tuesday for the near collapse and subsequent government bailout of the two banks — events that encompassed widescale job cuts and hefty financial losses.

发贴者：iwvck15 时间 00:17 0 条评论

bnzv