2009年2月22日星期日

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

British Guantanamo detainee released to UK: report (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Feb 2009 09:12 PM CST

Reuters - A British detainee at the U.S. military detention camp in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, who drew international attention with his assertions that he was tortured while in CIA custody, is scheduled to arrive in Britain on Monday, the New York Times reported on Sunday.

Nationalized UK bank to expand mortgage book (AP)

Posted: 22 Feb 2009 07:05 PM CST

AP - Britain's government is throwing nationalized lender Northern Rock back into the home loan business in a bid to spur the market for mortgages, a government official said Sunday.

UK lawyer: Guantanamo inmate release due Monday (AP)

Posted: 22 Feb 2009 04:33 PM CST

In this file photo dated 2000 and released by the human rights and legal defense organization Reprieve, Guantanamo detainee Binyam Mohamed is pictured in London. Mohamed, a former U.K. resident who alleges he was tortured while in U.S. custody will soon be released from Guantanamo Bay and sent back to Britain, authorities said Friday, Feb. 20, 2009. (AP Photo/Reprieve, File)AP - A Guantanamo Bay inmate who claims he was tortured while in U.S. custody will be released on Monday and returned to Britain, his lawyer said Sunday.

Dying British reality TV star weds (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Feb 2009 11:49 AM CST

Jade Goody, the former British reality show contestant, speaks to the media upon her arrival at the international airport in Mumbai in this August 15, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/Punit Paranjpe/FilesReuters - Terminally ill reality television star Jade Goody married her ex-convict lover on Sunday in a hurriedly arranged ceremony that dominated the media in celebrity-obsessed Britain.

Bank protection deal to be announced (AFP)

Posted: 22 Feb 2009 10:27 AM CST

People walk into the London headquarters of the Royal Bank of Scotland, January 2009. The Royal Bank of Scotland and Lloyds, are close to reaching an agreement under which the state would insure nearly 500 billion pounds worth of assets.(AFP/File/Carl de Souza)AFP - The Royal Bank of Scotland and Lloyds, are close to reaching an agreement under which the state would insure nearly 500 billion pounds worth of assets, the Sunday Telegraph reported.

Darling attacks Swiss bank secrecy (AFP)

Posted: 22 Feb 2009 09:03 AM CST

Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling, seen here in January 2009, denounced the secrecy of Swiss banks.(AFP/Pool/File/Lewis Whyld)AFP - Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling denounced the secrecy of Swiss banks in an interview with the Observer newspaper Sunday.

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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Terminally ill British TV star to marry, as cameras roll (AFP)

Posted: 21 Feb 2009 09:02 PM CST

File photo of British actress Jade Goody who gets married Sunday, the latest installment in her very public fight with terminal cancer which has enchanted and unnerved the British in near equal measure.(AFP/File/Pal Pillai)AFP - Rags-to-riches reality-TV star Jade Goody gets married Sunday, the latest installment in her very public fight with terminal cancer which has enchanted and unnerved the British in near equal measure.

Ex-PM Blair sets up consultancy: watchdog (AFP)

Posted: 21 Feb 2009 08:21 PM CST

Former Prime Minister Tony Blair, seen here in January, has established a commercial partnership to offer advice to potential clients on economic and political matters, a government watchdog confirmed Sunday.(AFP/File/Pierre Verdy)AFP - Former prime minister Tony Blair has established a commercial partnership to offer advice to potential clients on economic and political matters, a government watchdog confirmed Sunday.

Cancer-stricken star 'unwell' ahead of marriage (AP)

Posted: 21 Feb 2009 07:45 PM CST

Cancer-stricken reality TV star Jade Goody and her fiance Jack Tweed, right, share a kiss on the drive way of her home in Upshire, southern England Saturday Feb. 21, 2009. The couple are scheduled to marry Sunday in a lavish ceremony at a country house hotel just eight miles from her home. The ceremony will be aired on cable television, and the photographs printed in OK! magazine. A brash young British reality TV star whose ups and downs have captivated the nation is approaching her death the same way she has lived — on television. Given just months to live from cervical cancer that spread to her liver and bowels, 27-year-old Jade Goody sees no reason to turn the cameras off now. (AP Photo/Chris Radburn/PA Wire)AP - A dying British reality television star was feeling unwell from "overdoing it" the day before her televised wedding, her publicist said Saturday, and it was not clear whether she would be well enough to continue with a ceremony that has gripped the country.

Vivienne Westwood show makes prep-school look sexy (AP)

Posted: 21 Feb 2009 05:25 PM CST

British designer Vivienne Westwood, foreground right, holds flowers as she takes her bow next to Jo Wood, left, during her catwalk show at London Fashion Week, in west London, Saturday, Feb. 21, 2009. The designers are showing their Autumn/Winter 2007/8 collections. (AP Photo/Joel Ryan)AP - Trust punk priestess Vivienne Westwood to turn London Fashion Week upside down.

UK's Brown to visit Washington March 3: White House (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Feb 2009 03:20 PM CST

Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown pauses during his monthly news conference at 10 Downing Street in London, February 18 2009. (Kieran Doherty/Reuters)Reuters - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown will hold talks with President Barack Obama in Washington on March 3 on the global financial crisis and a comprehensive strategy for Afghanistan, the White House said on Saturday.

Iran offered nuclear deal to stop Iraq troop attacks: BBC (AFP)

Posted: 21 Feb 2009 11:07 AM CST

Shiite militants prepare a roadside bomb on the corner of a street in the southern city of Basra in March 2008. Iran offered to stop attacking troops in Iraq if the West dropped opposition to its nuclear programme, a top British official said in comments to be broadcast Saturday.(AFP/File/Essam al-Sudani)AFP - Iran offered to stop attacking troops in Iraq if the West dropped opposition to its nuclear programme, a top British official said in comments to be broadcast Saturday.

McGowan, Bickerton set the pace at Johnnie Walker classic (AFP)

Posted: 21 Feb 2009 04:55 AM CST

John Bickerton of Britain plays a tee shot on day-three of the Johnnie Walker Classic at the Vines Resort and Country Club in Perth, on February 21. Unheralded English pair Ross McGowan and Bickerton are sharing the lead after the third round of the event.(AFP/Tony Ashby)AFP - Unheralded pair Ross McGowan and John Bickerton are sharing the lead after the third round of the Johnnie Walker Classic at The Vines resort.

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