2009年2月14日星期六

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Chambers streaks ahead of British field (AFP)

Posted: 14 Feb 2009 03:40 PM CST

Sprinter Dwain Chambers walks during the 60m heats during the European Championships Trials and UK Championships at English Institute of Sport in Sheffield. Chambers outpaced all his domestic rivals on Saturday by winning the 60 metres at the European Indoor Championships trials in a personal best 6.51sec.(AFP/Ian Kington)AFP - Disgraced sprinter Dwain Chambers outpaced all his domestic rivals on Saturday by winning the 60 metres at the European Indoor Championships trials in a personal best 6.51sec.

British diplomats to visit detainee at Guantanamo (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Feb 2009 09:39 AM CST

In this photo, reviewed by the U.S. Military, an American flag flies at Camp Justice, the location of the U.S. Military Commissions court for war crimes, at the U.S. Naval Base, in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, January 19, 2009. (Brennan Linsley/Pool/Reuters)Reuters - British officials are en route to the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay to visit Binyam Mohamed, a British resident who has been held there for five years, the Foreign Office (FCO) said on Saturday.

Officials visit Guantanamo detainee (AFP)

Posted: 14 Feb 2009 08:40 AM CST

Razor wire rises to the sky at the Camp 5 maximum security facility on the US Naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. A team of officials have flown into Guantanamo Bay, the Foreign Office said, to visit a hunger-striking detainee and prepare for his likely return.(AFP/File/Paul J. Richards)AFP - A team of officials flew into Guantanamo Bay on Saturday, the Foreign Office said, to visit a hunger-striking detainee and prepare for his likely return.

UK envoys to visit ailing Guantanamo detainee (AP)

Posted: 14 Feb 2009 08:03 AM CST

US Air Force Lieutenant-Colonel Yvonne Bradley, poses for the photographers in front of Britain's High Court, in central London, Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2009. In a case that is raising questions for US President Barack Obama's new government, the military lawyer has met with British lawmakers in an appeal to free British resident Binyam Mohamed from Guantanamo Bay's US Army detention center. Although Mohamed's release will ultimately be determined by his American captors, Bradley says Britain has the power to put more pressure on Obama. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)AP - British officials headed to the U.S. military prison camp at Guantanamo Bay on Saturday to visit a hunger-striking detainee at the center of overseas torture claims and prepare him for his possible release.

Frail Great Train Robber Biggs in hospital (AFP)

Posted: 14 Feb 2009 07:04 AM CST

Ronnie Biggs, one of the masterminds of the Great Train Robbery, is in hospital with pneumonia, his son told AFP.(AFP/File/Files)AFP - Ronnie Biggs, the notorious Great Train Robber, is in hospital with pneumonia, his son told AFP on Saturday.

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Drug giant pledges cheap medicine for the poor: report (AFP)

Posted: 14 Feb 2009 12:31 AM CST

The head of British drugs giant GlaxoSmithKline has said in a British newspaper he would cut prices for medication in developing countries and share knowledge of patented treatments.(AFP/HO/GLAXOSMITHKLINE/File)AFP - The head of drugs giant GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) said in a newspaper Saturday he would cut prices for medication in developing countries and share knowledge of patented treatments.

Brown calls for review of MPs' pensions (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Feb 2009 09:35 PM CST

Prime Minister Gordon Brown pauses during a visit to Corby Business Academy, in Corby, February 13, 2009. (Rui Vieira/Pool/Reuters)Reuters - MPs' generous pension arrangements could be downgraded after Prime Minister Gordon Brown set up a review.

UK: No police charges in accidental terror death (AP)

Posted: 13 Feb 2009 09:21 PM CST

AP - No police will be charged in the death of a Brazilian who was mistakenly shot by officers in the tense days following 2005 terror attacks in London, prosecutors announced Friday after a new review of the case.

British press slam West Indies officials over sand farce (AFP)

Posted: 13 Feb 2009 08:47 PM CST

West Indies and England cricketers wait as umpires confe. British newspapers heaped criticism on the West Indies cricket authorities on Saturday after a sand-logged pitch caused one of most bizarre days in the history of Test cricket(AFP/Jewel Samad)AFP - British newspapers heaped criticism on the West Indies cricket authorities on Saturday after a sand-logged pitch caused one of most bizarre days in the history of Test cricket.

Jet's nosegear collapses during landing in London (AP)

Posted: 13 Feb 2009 08:23 PM CST

The scene showing the British Airways aeroplane at London City Airport on Friday, Feb. 13, 2009. A British Airways passenger jet carrying 71 people crash-landed Friday evening after part of its landing gear failed, officials said. One person was taken to a hospital with a minor injury. BA Flight 8456 was flying from Amsterdam to London and the airline said in a statement the four-engine aeroplane's nosewheel failed on landing. Emergency slides were deployed to evacuate the passengers. British Airways said the plane was carrying 67 passengers and four crew. (AP Photo / pa, Stefan Rousseau)AP - The nosewheel of a British Airways passenger jet collapsed with a loud bang as it landed Friday evening at London City Airport, sending the plane scraping across the tarmac with 71 people aboard, officials and witnesses said. All aboard escaped by emergency slides, but one person was taken to a hospital with a minor injury.

British boy reportedly becomes a father at age 13 (AP)

Posted: 13 Feb 2009 07:37 PM CST

AP - He's 13. He scarcely looks 10. And according to a British tabloid, he's a father. Baby-faced and only 4 feet tall, the boy, Alfie, was just 12 when he impregnated Chantelle, now 15, The Sun reported Friday. Shown in a video posted Friday on the tabloid's Web site, the diminutive Alfie takes the newborn girl in his arms.

British investor in Madoff scheme kills himself (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Feb 2009 06:11 PM CST

Disgraced financier Bernard Madoff (R) is escorted by a U.S. Marshall as he departs U.S. Federal Court after a hearing in New York in this January 5, 2009 file photo. (Lucas Jackson/Files/Reuters)Reuters - A former British soldier killed himself after losing his life savings in an alleged $50 billion fraud run by Wall Street financier Bernard Madoff, news reports said on Friday.

Plane crash-lands at London airport (AFP)

Posted: 13 Feb 2009 06:03 PM CST

People mill arround a British Airways aircraft with its nose on the tarmac at London City airport, London after its nosewheel of the aircraft failed on landing. The plane, arriving from Amsterdam, crash-landed but all 67 passengers and four crew were safely evacuated, emergency services said.(AFP/Carl de Souza)AFP - A British Airways plane arriving from Amsterdam crash-landed at London City Airport on Friday but all 67 passengers and four crew were safely evacuated, emergency services said.

BA plane's undercarriage fails on landing, 4 hurt (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Feb 2009 04:18 PM CST

British Airways flight BA8456 from Amsterdam with 67 passengers and four crew on board is slumped on its nose after it crash-landed at London's City airport February 13, 2009. All 67 passengers were evacuated safely although four people were slightly injured according to the London ambulance service. The aircraft is a British Aerospace 146 RJ100. (Andrew Winning/Reuters)Reuters - Passengers used emergency slides to evacuate a British Airways plane when its nosewheel collapsed on landing at London's City airport on Friday, injuring four people, officials said.

Prince Charles to visit South America on eco-mission (AFP)

Posted: 13 Feb 2009 04:13 PM CST

Prince Charles, seen here in 2008, is to visit the Amazon and the Galapagos Islands next month on a mission promoting environmental preservation, British officials said Friday.(AFP/POOL/File/Leon Neal)AFP - Prince Charles, is to visit the Amazon and the Galapagos Islands next month on a mission promoting environmental preservation, officials said Friday.

Police escape charges over mistaken shooting (AFP)

Posted: 13 Feb 2009 01:40 PM CST

An undated handout photo of Jean Charles De Menezes. Prosecutors will not press charges against anti-terror police officers involved in shooting the Brazilian who was mistaken for a suicide bomber in 2005, a lawyer said Friday.(AFP/HO/File)AFP - Prosecutors will not press charges against anti-terror police officers involved in shooting an innocent Brazilian mistaken for a suicide bomber in 2005, a lawyer said Friday.

UK anti-Semitic attacks rise after Gaza conflict (AP)

Posted: 13 Feb 2009 12:34 PM CST

This image issued by Britain's Community Security Trust on Friday Feb. 13, 2009 shows graffiti on a piece of pavement in north London in Oct. 2008, one of 314 incidences of graffiti, verbal abuse, and anti-Semitic hate mail. A Jewish charity in Britain says that the number of anti-Semitic attacks on British Jews rose sharply after the start of the conflict in Gaza. The Community Security Trust said Friday that 250 anti-Semitic incidents were recorded in the four weeks after the Gaza conflict began Dec. 27. That compares with 40 from the same period the year before. (AP Photo/ Community Security Trust, HO)AP - The number of anti-Semitic attacks on British Jews rose sharply after the start of the conflict in Gaza, a Jewish charity said Friday.

British bank Lloyds warns of ten-billion-pound HBOS loss in 2008 (AFP)

Posted: 13 Feb 2009 12:13 PM CST

A branch of British bank Lloyds TSB and a logo of Halifax Bank. Britain's Lloyds Banking Group warned Friday that its HBOS division would suffer a 2008 pre-tax loss of about ten billion pounds (11.2 billion euros, 14.5 billion dollars) because of the credit crunch.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)AFP - Britain's Lloyds Banking Group warned Friday that its HBOS division would suffer a 2008 pre-tax loss of about ten billion pounds (11.2 billion euros, 14.5 billion dollars) because of the credit crunch.

Anger as major British train deal goes to Japan (AFP)

Posted: 13 Feb 2009 06:20 AM CST

A train arrives at London's Victoria station in central London on February 2. A British decision to award a 7.5 billion pound (10.9 billion dollar, 8.4 billion euro) order for trains to a Japanese-led group sparked anger Friday amid rising unemployment and recession here.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - A British decision to award a 7.5 billion pound (10.9 billion dollar, 8.4 billion euro) order for trains to a Japanese-led group sparked anger Friday amid rising unemployment and recession here.

Heathrow the most annoying but safest airport: survey (AFP)

Posted: 13 Feb 2009 06:00 AM CST

Armed police patrol terminal five at Heathrow airport in March 2008. Heathrow has been voted the worst international airport for passport queues and baggage problems - but also the safest, a survey of air travellers said on Friday.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - Heathrow has been voted the worst international airport for passport queues and baggage problems, a survey of air travellers said on Friday.

Rise in attacks on British Jews (AFP)

Posted: 13 Feb 2009 05:45 AM CST

Orthodox Jews protest in Trafalgar Square in January 2009 against Israel's offensive in the Gaza Strip. Attacks on Jews in Britain, including violent street assaults, have risen sharply since the Israeli offensive in Gaza, a report said on Friday.(AFP/File/Carl de Souza)AFP - Attacks on Jews in Britain, including violent street assaults, have risen sharply since the Israeli offensive in Gaza, a report said on Friday.

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