2009年2月25日星期三

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

British PM Brown to address Congress (AP)

Posted: 25 Feb 2009 03:01 PM PST

AP - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown will be the first foreign leader this year to speak before a joint meeting of Congress.

Four dead in bloody day for British troops in Afghanistan (AFP)

Posted: 25 Feb 2009 02:16 PM PST

British soldiers are silhouetted against the sky in Lashkar Gah. Three British soldiers were on Wednesday killed in southern Afghanistan as a result of an AFP - Three British soldiers were killed in southern Afghanistan on Wednesday from an "enemy explosion" while a fourth died of injuries sustained in a firefight, the Ministry of Defence said.

British Davis Cup hopefuls in seven-hour play-off (AFP)

Posted: 25 Feb 2009 12:31 PM PST

Unheralded British tennis players Chris Eaton, seen here in 2008, and James Ward slugged out a marathon Davis Cup selection play-off which lasted for almost seven hours on Wednesday.(AFP/File/Glyn Kirk)AFP - Unheralded British tennis players Chris Eaton and James Ward slugged out a marathon Davis Cup selection play-off which lasted for almost seven hours on Wednesday.

Labour peer jailed for driving and texting (AFP)

Posted: 25 Feb 2009 09:56 AM PST

Nazir Ahmed, a British Muslim peer, seen here in Khartoum in 2007, has been jailed for 12 weeks for dangerous driving after a court heard he sent and received a series of text messages minutes before a fatal accident on a motorway.(AFP/File/Charles Onian)AFP - Labour peer Lord Ahmed was jailed for 12 weeks on Wednesday for dangerous driving after a court heard he sent and received a series of text messages minutes before a fatal accident on a motorway.

UK opposition leader David Cameron's son dies at 6 (AP)

Posted: 25 Feb 2009 09:56 AM PST

In this Dec. 27, 2007 file photo, Conservative Party leader David Cameron, second from right, walks with his wife Samantha, back left, and children Ivan, front left, Nancy, center, and Elwen, right, in the village of Chadlington, Oxfordshire, England. Britain's Conservative Party said Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2009 that the 6-year-old son of leader David Cameron has died. Ivan Cameron had cerebral palsy. He was one of three children of Cameron and his wife Samantha. (AP Photo/PA, Stefan Rousseau, File)AP - The severely disabled 6-year-old son of British opposition leader David Cameron died suddenly on Wednesday, and the country's usually partisan politicians united in expressing their shock and grief.

EBRD warns EEurope reforms at risk, posts record loss (AFP)

Posted: 25 Feb 2009 09:25 AM PST

The vice president of finance for the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Manfred Schepers, gives a press conference at bank headquarters in London. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development warned Wednesday the global financial crisis threatened 20 years of reforms in Eastern Europe as it posted a record loss of 602 million euros (769 million dollars) for 2008.(AFP/Leon Neal)AFP - The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development warned Wednesday the global financial crisis threatened 20 years of reforms in Eastern Europe as it posted a record loss of 602 million euros (769 million dollars) for 2008.

David Cameron's disabled son dies (AFP)

Posted: 25 Feb 2009 08:49 AM PST

The six-year-old son of Conservative Party leader David Cameron, who was suffering from cerebral palsy, died early at a London hospital after being taken ill.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - The six-year-old son of Conservative Party leader David Cameron, who was suffering from cerebral palsy, died early on Wednesday at a London hospital after being taken ill overnight, a party spokesman said.

Bishop who denied Nazi Holocaust back in Britain (AP)

Posted: 25 Feb 2009 08:38 AM PST

Bishop Richard Williamson, second from left in foreground, is escorted out of Heathrow airport by police and security officers after arriving on a flight from Argentina, in London, Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2009. Argentina's government on Thursday ordered the traditionalist Catholic bishop to leave the country or face expulsion, citing his failure to declare a job change as required by immigration law as well as his denials of the Holocaust, which it called 'an insult' to humanity. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)AP - A British bishop whose denial of the Holocaust led Argentina to order him out of that country returned to England Wednesday.

Holocaust-denying bishop returns to UK (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Feb 2009 05:29 AM PST

Reuters - Britain should not provide a "safe haven" for a Roman Catholic Bishop who has caused tension between the Vatican and Jews by denying the scale of the Holocaust, a leading Holocaust remembrance group said on Wednesday.

Holocaust-denying bishop arrives in London (AFP)

Posted: 25 Feb 2009 02:38 AM PST

Roman Catholic bishop Richard Williamson -- who has denied the Holocaust -- has arrived back in Britain after being asked to leave Argentina.(AFP/Leon Neal)AFP - A British-born Roman Catholic bishop who has denied the Holocaust arrived back in Britain on Wednesday after being asked to leave Argentina, an AFP photographer at London's Heathrow airport said.

British finance minister urges banks 'to clean balance sheets' (AFP)

Posted: 25 Feb 2009 02:28 AM PST

Britain's finance minister Alistair Darling, seen here in January 2009. Darling on Wednesday urged the nation's ailing banks to clean up their balance sheets, ahead of expected government action to ring-fence their toxic assets.(AFP/Pool/File/Lewis Whyld)AFP - Britain's finance minister Alistair Darling on Wednesday urged the nation's ailing banks to clean up their balance sheets, ahead of expected government action to ring-fence their toxic assets.

Holocaust-denying bishop returns to Britain (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Feb 2009 12:33 AM PST

British-born Roman Catholic Bishop Richard Williamson (2nd L) is escorted by police on his arrival at Heathrow Airport in London February 25, 2009. A Roman Catholic bishop who caused an international uproar by denying the scale of the Holocaust arrived back in his native Britain on Wednesday after the Argentine government ordered him out. REUTERS/Luke MacGregor (BRITAIN)Reuters - A Roman Catholic bishop who caused an international uproar by denying the scale of the Holocaust arrived back in his native Britain on Wednesday after the Argentine government ordered him out.

Cadbury annual net profit down 10% (AFP)

Posted: 25 Feb 2009 12:31 AM PST

A bar of Cadbury's chocolate. Confectionery giant Cadbury has said its net profit dropped by 10% to £364 mln pounds in 2008.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)AFP - Confectionery giant Cadbury said on Wednesday its net profit dropped by ten percent to 364 million pounds in 2008.

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