2009年2月19日星期四

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

BAE sees robust growth this year (AFP)

Posted: 19 Feb 2009 02:14 AM CST

A Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft flies past RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire, north-east England, in July 2007. Defence group BAE Systems have said it foresaw robust growth this year after a 93 percent surge in net earnings in 2008.(AFP/File/Paul Ellis)AFP - Defence group BAE Systems said Thursday it foresaw robust growth this year after a 93 percent surge in net earnings in 2008.

Sri Lanka stands firm in row over British envoy (AFP)

Posted: 19 Feb 2009 12:54 AM CST

Sri Lanka's cabinet refused to withdraw its opposition to a British special envoy despite fresh talks between the two sides on the island's growing humanitarian crisis, a minister has said.(AFP/File)AFP - Sri Lanka's cabinet refused to withdraw its opposition to a British special envoy despite fresh talks between the two sides on the island's growing humanitarian crisis, a minister said Thursday.

18 rescued after helicopter drops into North Sea (AFP)

Posted: 18 Feb 2009 05:59 PM CST

A Super Puma helicopter. A helicopter carrying 18 people to an oil rig crashed into the North Sea on Wednesday but British coastguards rescued everyone involved from the rough seas.(AFP/File)AFP - A helicopter carrying 18 people to an oil rig crashed into the North Sea on Wednesday but British coastguards rescued everyone involved from the rough seas.

UK judge dismisses jury in airline plot case (AP)

Posted: 18 Feb 2009 05:00 PM CST

These images made available by the Metropolitan Police in London, Tuesday Feb 17, 2009, show: top row, from left, Waheed Zaman, Ibrahim Savant, Arafat Waheed Khan, Umar Islam, and, bottom row, from left, Tanvir Hussain, Donald Stewart-Whyte, Abdulla Ahmed Ali and Assad Sarwar, who plotted to use 'home made bombs' disguised as soft drinks to blow up transatlantic aircraft in mid-flight, according to the prosecution in their trial at Woolwich Crown Court in London, Tuesday Feb. 17, 2009. The eight men, aged between 22 and 30, deny conspiracy to murder, but the prosecutor, Peter Wright, said the defendants were close to carrying out their plan when they were arrested in August 2006. Seven of the men are undergoing a retrial. One is facing charges for the first time. (AP Photo/Metropolitan Police)AP - A judge dismissed the jury Wednesday in the trial of a group of British Muslims accused of plotting to blow up trans-Atlantic passenger jets, citing legal reasons.

Helicopter crashes off Scotland, all on board safe (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Feb 2009 04:49 PM CST

Reuters - Rescuers plucked 18 people from the icy, dark waters of the North Sea on Wednesday after a helicopter ditched close to an oil and gas platform off the east coast of Scotland.

UK chopper crashes in North Sea, all 18 rescued (AP)

Posted: 18 Feb 2009 04:38 PM CST

AP - A transport helicopter crashed into the North Sea on Wednesday evening, but all 18 aboard were rescued from the chilly waters, British officials said.

Judge rules to keep young father's story secret (AP)

Posted: 18 Feb 2009 04:24 PM CST

AP - You can read the tantalizing tale but not its ending, a British judge has ruled.

Radical cleric can be deported to Jordan (AFP)

Posted: 18 Feb 2009 03:33 PM CST

A photo from Jordan's al-Dustour newspaper of Abu Qatada in 2000. The radical Muslim cleric once described as Osama bin Laden's right-hand man in Europe, can be deported to Jordan despite his fears of torture, the top appeal court said Wednesday.(AFP/OFF/File)AFP - Abu Qatada, a radical Muslim cleric once labelled Osama bin Laden's right-hand man in Europe, can be deported to Jordan despite his fears of being tortured there, the top appeal court said Wednesday.

UK court: Radical preacher can be deported from UK (AP)

Posted: 18 Feb 2009 12:55 PM CST

Abu Qatada, seen here, a radical Muslim cleric once described as Osama bin Laden's right-hand man in Europe, can be deported to Jordan despite his fears of torture.(AFP/OFF/File)AP - An extremist Muslim preacher once called a key operative for Osama bin Laden in Europe can be deported to Jordan despite fears he could face torture there, Britain's highest court ruled on Wednesday.

Brown says no cover up over torture allegations (AP)

Posted: 18 Feb 2009 11:04 AM CST

AP - Britain acted lawfully in the case of a Guantanamo Bay detainee who alleges he was the victim of torture, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Wednesday.

Susan Hibbert, witness to German surrender, dies (AP)

Posted: 18 Feb 2009 09:48 AM CST

AP - Susan Hibbert, who typed the English version of the German surrender document and then messaged London when World War II ended in Europe in 1945, has died at age 84.

Brown calls for 'grand bargain' at G20 summit (AFP)

Posted: 18 Feb 2009 10:09 AM CST

Prime Minister Gordon Brown, seen here on December 10, 2008, has called for a AFP - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown called Wednesday for a "grand bargain" between national leaders to help the global economy out of a marked slowdown, as he set out plans for the April G20 summit.

Iraqi who threw shoes at Bush due in court (AP)

Posted: 18 Feb 2009 12:40 PM CST

Durgham al-Zeidi, right, a brother of Iraqi journalist Muntadhar al-Zeidi, who threw his shoes at President George W. Bush at a news conference last December, talks to a supporter during a meeting of a committee for al-Zeidi's release in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2009. Al-Zeidi has been in custody since the Dec. 14 news conference and is scheduled to go on trial Thursday on charges of assaulting a foreign leader. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)AP - About 100 people staged a protest in Baghdad on Wednesday to demand the release of the Iraqi who threw his shoes at ex-President George W. Bush on the eve of the TV journalist's trial.

US dollar mostly higher in European trading (AP)

Posted: 18 Feb 2009 08:48 AM CST

AP - The U.S. dollar was mostly higher against other major currencies in early European trading Wednesday. Gold fell.

No kissing, please, we're British (AFP)

Posted: 18 Feb 2009 08:06 AM CST

A sign depicting a no kissing zone is pictured at Warrington Bank Quay train station in Warrington. The train station has erected a no kissing sign to stop lovers going full steam ahead with their over-amorous farewells.(AFP/Andrew Yates)AFP - A train station has erected a no kissing sign to stop lovers going full steam ahead with their over-amorous farewells.

Four Iraqis killed in collision with British vehicle (AFP)

Posted: 18 Feb 2009 07:44 AM CST

A British soldier keeps watch as an armoured vehicle drives by on the road around the airport ahead of the security transfer the southern Iraqi city of Basra, December 2007. Four Iraqi pilgrims were killed when their minibus ran into the back of a British army vehicle during a sandstorm near Basra, officials said on Wednesday.(AFP/File/Ali al-Saadi)AFP - Four Iraqi pilgrims were killed when their minibus ran into the back of a British army vehicle during a sandstorm near the southern city of Basra, officials said on Wednesday.

Jury in airliner bomb plot trial dismissed (AFP)

Posted: 18 Feb 2009 07:25 AM CST

An undated handout image from the Metropolitan Police shows Abdulla Ahmed Ali. The jury in the trial of eight Islamic fundamentalists, including Ali, accused of exploding bombs on transatlantic flights was discharged Wednesday for legal reasons.(AFP/HO/File/Metropolitan Police)AFP - The jury in the trial of eight Islamic fundamentalists accused of exploding bombs on transatlantic flights was discharged Wednesday for legal reasons.

Poor transport holding Britain back: CBI (AFP)

Posted: 18 Feb 2009 07:13 AM CST

Traffic near Heathrow Airport in west London. Britain's biggest business lobby group said the country's unreliable and congested transport network is hampering its long-term competitiveness.(AFP/File/Edmond Terakopian)AFP - Britain's unreliable and congested transport network is hampering its long-term competitiveness, the country's biggest business lobby group said Wednesday.

Britain's Brown holds talks on G-20 (AP)

Posted: 18 Feb 2009 06:18 AM CST

AP - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has called for countries to immediately boost the International Monetary Fund and renounce protectionism ahead of the G-20 summit in London.

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