2009年2月23日星期一

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

'Slumdog' success not sign of British film renaissance: Boyle (AFP)

Posted: 23 Feb 2009 11:18 PM CST

Winner for Best Director for AFP - Observers should be wary of pronouncing a renaissance for the British film industry after the success of "Slumdog Millionaire" at the Oscars, director Danny Boyle has writen.

Guantanamo detainee freed after 4 years in prison (AP)

Posted: 23 Feb 2009 10:52 PM CST

Binyam Mohamed, 30, foreground, a British resident who has been held at Guantanamo Bay for more than four years, covers his face as he leaves RAF Northolt in west London Monday Feb. 23, 2009, after nearly seven years in U.S. captivity — the first inmate from the U.S. prison camp freed since President Barack Obama took office. The Ethiopian-born detainee has been held at Guantanamo since September 2004 after his arrest in Pakistan, accused by U.S. officials of being part of a conspiracy to detonate a 'dirty bomb' on American soil. (AP Photo/ Sang Tan)AP - The first Guantanamo detainee released since President Barack Obama took office returned to Britain on Monday, saying his seven years of captivity and torture at an alleged CIA covert site in Morocco went beyond his "darkest nightmares."

Feathers and fun in Paul Smith's winter collection (AP)

Posted: 23 Feb 2009 04:29 PM CST

AP - British designer Paul Smith threw together feathers, fedoras and forest greens for an outdoorsy feel as he unveiled a 2009 collection at London Fashion Week on Monday.

FT says staff offered three-day working week (AFP)

Posted: 23 Feb 2009 02:23 PM CST

The Financial TimesFT, the leading financial newspaper, will offer staff the chance to work three days a week over the summer as part of its drive to cut costs, a company spokesman said Monday.(FT)AFP - The Financial Times, the leading financial newspaper, will offer staff the chance to work three days a week over the summer as part of its drive to cut costs, a company spokesman said Monday.

No individual blame in UK's tainted blood scandal (AP)

Posted: 23 Feb 2009 01:20 PM CST

This is a Tuesday July. 31, 2007 file photo of Robert Mackie as he speaks during an interview in Peebles, Scotland . Mackie is one of some 5,700 British hemophiliacs who received tainted blood and were infected with HIV, hepatitis or both. The first extensive report into Britain's 'tainted blood' scandal stopped short Monday Feb. 23, 2009 of blaming individual doctors in what is widely viewed as the worst treatment disaster in the history of Britain's National Health Service. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell)AP - The first extensive report into Britain's tainted blood scandal stopped short Monday of blaming individual doctors or companies for what is widely viewed as the National Health Service's worst treatment disaster.

Guantanamo detainee returns to Britain, alleges 'torture' (AFP)

Posted: 23 Feb 2009 03:28 PM CST

British resident detained at Guantanamo Binyam Mohamed hides his face as he leaves RAF Northolt, in north London. Mohamed, detained at Guantanamo Bay for more than four years walked free Monday after returning to Britain and alleging he had been AFP - A British resident detained at Guantanamo Bay for more than four years walked free Monday after returning to Britain and alleging he had been "tortured in medieval ways".

OPEC faces extreme difficulty to lift oil prices: CGES (AFP)

Posted: 23 Feb 2009 12:27 PM CST

OPEC headquarters in Vienna. The OPEC cartel will find it AFP - The OPEC cartel will find it "extremely difficult" to boost oil prices by cutting output because of the uncertain economic climate, energy consultancy CGES said on Monday.

UK resident freed from Guantanamo, alleging torture (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Feb 2009 11:26 AM CST

Binyam Mohamed, who returned to Britain after being released from the US detention camp at Guantanamo Bay, is being detained under anti-terror laws(AFP/HO/File)Reuters - A British resident held at Guantanamo Bay for more than four years returned to Britain a free man on Monday and accused the U.S. government of inflicting "medieval" torture on him -- with British collusion.

Tainted blood inquiry attacks govt 'delays' (AFP)

Posted: 23 Feb 2009 11:15 AM CST

A woman donates blood. An inquiry into a contaminated blood scandal in Britain which caused the death of around 2,000 people criticised Monday AFP - An inquiry into a contaminated blood scandal which caused the death of around 2,000 people criticised Monday "procrastination" by government and officials over the affair.

Statement from ex-Guantanamo detainee Mohamed (AP)

Posted: 23 Feb 2009 10:36 AM CST

AP - The following is a statement released Monday by former Guantanamo detainee Binyam Mohamed:

Key dates in life of Binyam Mohamed (AP)

Posted: 23 Feb 2009 09:02 AM CST

AP - Key dates in the life of former Guantanamo Bay detainee Binyam Mohamed, who returned to Britain on Monday:

U.S. transfers prisoner from Guantanamo to Britain (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Feb 2009 08:22 AM CST

Reuters - Binyam Mohamed, the Ethiopian-born British resident whose rendition and torture allegations strained U.S.-UK relations, has been transferred from the Guantanamo Bay prison camp to Britain, the U.S. Justice Department said on Monday.

Prince William criticised for "doing almost nothing" (AFP)

Posted: 23 Feb 2009 06:57 AM CST

A well-respected Royal commentator has criticised Prince William, seen here in 2008, for AFP - A well-respected Royal commentator has criticised Prince William for "doing almost nothing" in a documentary to be aired on Monday.

Police prepared for "summer of rage" (AFP)

Posted: 23 Feb 2009 03:58 AM CST

Police in riot gear are covered in red smoke from a grenade launched at them from protestors during a demonstration outside parliament in London, 2004. Police are bracing themselves for an unruly AFP - Police are bracing themselves for an unruly "summer of rage" as people join in angry demonstrations against the economic crisis, a senior Metropolitan Police officer warned on Monday.

Goody enjoys first day of marriage (AFP)

Posted: 23 Feb 2009 02:30 AM CST

Reality TV star Jade Goody, pictured in 2008, got married Sunday, the latest installment in her very public fight with terminal cancer which has enchanted and unnerved the public in near equal measure.(AFP/File/Pal Pillai)AFP - Reality TV star Jade Goody woke up Monday a newly married woman after tying the knot with boyfriend Jack Tweed, the latest installment in her very public struggle with terminal cancer which has both enchanted and unnerved Britons.

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