2009年2月24日星期二

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Jack Straw targeted by Internet fraudsters: report (AFP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2009 09:57 PM CST

Justice Secretary Jack Straw (seen here in 2008) was targeted by Internet fraudsters who sent e-mails to his contacts claiming he was in need of emergency money while on a foreign trip, according to a report.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)AFP - Justice Secretary Jack Straw was targeted by Internet fraudsters who sent e-mails to his contacts claiming he was in need of emergency money while on a foreign trip, according to a report.

Tube chief quits to return to US (AFP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2009 07:28 PM CST

Commuters on the platform at Aldgate underground station in London. The American head of London's Underground train network has quit, the public transport body said Wednesday.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - The American head of London's Underground train network has quit, the public transport body said Wednesday.

Former Guantanamo detainee arrested at London airport (AFP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2009 06:02 PM CST

In this photo reviewed by the US Military, a guard works at Guantanamo's Camp 6 detention center at the US Naval Base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, January 21, 2009. A Qatari man held at Guantanamo Bay until last year was detained at London's Heathrow Airport Tuesday on his way to visit a human rights lawyer.(AFP/Pool/File/Brennan Linsley)AFP - A Qatari man held at Guantanamo Bay until last year was detained at London's Heathrow Airport Tuesday on his way to visit a human rights lawyer.

Relics of the Black Death era put on show in UK (AP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2009 04:39 PM CST

AP - Medieval silver vessels, historic coins and glittering jewelry believed to have been hidden by Jews who feared persecution as the Black Death raged through 14th Century Europe have gone on display in London.

Govt accused of cover-up over Iraq war minutes (AFP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2009 04:17 PM CST

Prime Minister Tony Blair (C) disembarks from a hellicopter after arriving at Basra airport in Iraq, in 2004. The government said Tuesday it would veto publication of minutes from ministerial discussions about the legality of the 2003 invasion of Iraq, immediately drawing accusations of a cover-up.(AFP/Pool/File/Adrian Dennis)AFP - The government said Tuesday it would veto publication of minutes from ministerial discussions about the legality of the 2003 invasion of Iraq, immediately drawing accusations of a cover-up.

Giant fish washes up on English coast (AFP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2009 03:21 PM CST

This Blue Reef Aquarium(BRA) handout shows Blue Reef Curator Zahra D'Aronville inspecting a three-metre (10-foot) long oarfish washed up on a beach in Tynemouth, northeast England.(AFP/BRA-HO)AFP - A three-metre long oarfish was discovered by a member of the public in Tynemouth on Tuesday.

Mystery ends: Agatha Christie's country home opens (AP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2009 03:09 PM CST

In this photo released by the National Trust, the English holiday home where mystery writer Agatha Christie spent her summers and entertained guests with readings from her thrillers is seen in Galmpton, Devon, southwest England, Feb. 20, 2009. Craftspeople have worked for two years to restore the house, Greenway, to gleaming 1950s condition. The rooms remain much as they were when the writer lived there, complete with books, papers, boxes of chocolates and bunches of flowers. (AP Photo/Mark Passmore, National Trust)AP - The house has everything an Agatha Christie fan could want — except a body in the library.

UK blocks publication of Iraq war discussions (AP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2009 02:21 PM CST

A US soldier in Baghdad walks past protective blast walls with an Arabic inscription 'The Law comes First.' President Barack Obama said his upcoming budget would increase the number of US soldiers, state the true cost of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and cut AP - Britain's justice secretary overturned an order on Tuesday that would have forced the government to make public the formal minutes of two contentious Cabinet discussions held before the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq.

Agatha Christie set many books in Devon (AP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2009 12:52 PM CST

In this photo released by the National Trust, the English holiday home where mystery writer Agatha Christie spent her summers and entertained guests with readings from her thrillers is seen in Galmpton, Devon, southwest England, Feb. 20, 2009. Craftspeople have worked for two years to restore the house, Greenway, to gleaming 1950s condition. The rooms remain much as they were when the writer lived there, complete with books, papers, boxes of chocolates and bunches of flowers. (AP Photo/Mark Passmore, National Trust)AP - Agatha Christie had many links to the county of Devon in southwest England, where Greenway, her holiday home, opens to the public this week. Fifteen of her mysteries have Devon settings, including:

British royals unveil statue of queen mother (AP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2009 12:42 PM CST

A new statue of Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, is unveiled on the Mall in London, England, Tuesday Feb. 24, 2009. The bronze sculpture sits near a statue of the Queen Mother's husband, King George VI, near Buckingham Palace in central London. The Queen Mother died in 2002 at age 101. (AP Photo/Chris Jackson, pool)AP - Queen Elizabeth II unveiled a memorial to her late mother Tuesday, paying tribute to the beloved royal known for her sense of humor and dignity during a century marked by war and social upheaval.

UK government refuses to publish pre-Iraq war discussion (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Feb 2009 11:42 AM CST

Reuters - The British government refused on Tuesday to publish records of cabinet discussions on the legality of invading Iraq in 2003, despite a tribunal ruling in January that it should release them.

Statue of cherished queen mother unveiled (AFP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2009 11:38 AM CST

A memorial to Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, is unveiled on the Mall, in central London. Standing at the foot of the statue of her husband king George VI, and smiling in the direction of Buckingham Palace, the statue of the last empress of India is surrounded by friezes of moments from her 101 years.(AFP/POOL/Chris Jackson)AFP - Prince Charles paid a heartfelt tribute to his "darling grandmother" on Tuesday as the country unveiled its national memorial to queen Elizabeth, the queen mother.

'Serious errors' in Barrymore murder investigation: police (AFP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2009 11:19 AM CST

A police investigation into the death of a man found floating in the pool of TV entertainer Michael Barrymore, seen here in London last May, was flawed by serious errors and may have overlooked crucial evidence, a police report has found.(AFP/File/GLYN KIRK)AFP - A police investigation into the death of a man found floating in the pool of TV entertainer Michael Barrymore was flawed by serious errors and may have overlooked crucial evidence, a police report concluded on Tuesday.

Lonmin cuts 5,500 jobs in new blow for S.Africa (AFP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2009 09:39 AM CST

A Lonmin hossy shaft. British mining group Lonmin announced up to 5,500 job cuts in South Africa, dealing a new blow to the continent's biggest economy as it reported a contraction for the first time in a decade.(AFP/HO/File)AFP - British mining group Lonmin announced Tuesday up to 5,500 job cuts in South Africa, dealing a new blow to the continent's biggest economy as it contracted for the first time in a decade.

Thomson Reuters 2008 profits jump 19% (AFP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2009 09:36 AM CST

A new signboard is displayed at the Thomson Reuters building in Canary Wharf in London. Financial information provider Thomson Reuters said that operating profits soared by about a fifth to 2.8 billion dollars (2.19 billion euros) in 2008 despite global markets turmoil.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - Financial information provider Thomson Reuters said Tuesday that operating profits soared by about a fifth to 2.8 billion dollars (2.19 billion euros) in 2008 despite global markets turmoil.

Rolls Royce wins £103 mln contract from Total (AFP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2009 06:23 AM CST

Engine maker Rolls Royce said it had won a 103 million pound contract from French oil group Total to supply turbines for Total's drilling operations in Nigeria.(AFP/Pool/File/Leon Neal)AFP - Engine maker Rolls Royce said Tuesday it had won a 103 million pound contract from French oil group Total to supply turbines for Total's drilling operations in Nigeria.

UK Poll: Conservatives far ahead of Brown's Labour (AP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2009 06:07 AM CST

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown walks past a cold storage sign,during a 'listening' event at the City Terminal in the Western docks in Southampton, England, Monday Feb. 23, 2009. Brown also held a Cabinet meeting, at the docks - the fourth time the Cabinet has met outside London, and will be accompanied by a series of ministerial visits around the region designed to highlight various aspects of government policy. (AP Photo/Chris Ison, pool)AP - A new poll shows Britain's Conservative Party with a steady double-digit lead over Prime Minister Gordon Brown's ruling Labour Party.

Vodafone to slash 500 UK jobs (AFP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2009 05:07 AM CST

Mobile phone giant Vodafone is to axe 500 jobs in its home market as part of a cost-cutting programme that was unveiled last year.(AFP/File/John Macdougall)AFP - Mobile phone giant Vodafone said on Tuesday it would axe 500 jobs in its home market as part of a cost-cutting programme that was unveiled last year.

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