2009年2月27日星期五

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

UK police say man apparently set himself on fire (AP)

Posted: 27 Feb 2009 02:11 PM PST

Parliament Square is seen cordoned off outside the Houses of Parliament in London, Friday, Feb. 27, 2009. British police say they are investigating a report that a man was engulfed in flames outside Parliament and said that London's ambulance service attended a man 'who was apparently on fire for a short time' in Parliament Square in the heart of London. The extent of any injuries are not known. (AP Photo / Sang Tan)AP - A man apparently set himself on fire outside Britain's Parliament on Friday and he was taken to a hospital with superficial burns, authorities said.

Man sets himself ablaze outside British parliament (AFP)

Posted: 27 Feb 2009 01:45 PM PST

AFP - A man set himself on fire opposite Britain's Houses of Parliament on Friday, police said.

US, British rail police to jointly patrol stations (AFP)

Posted: 27 Feb 2009 01:22 PM PST

A man looks at the departure board while people wait for trains at Penn Station in May, 2006, in New York City. US and British rail police are to jointly patrol train stations in the Northeastern United States for their first major security and counterterrorism tactics exchange, Amtrak announced Friday.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Michael Nagle)AFP - US and British rail police are to jointly patrol train stations in the Northeastern United States for their first major security and counterterrorism tactics exchange, Amtrak announced Friday.

Holocaust-denying bishop's apology sparks fresh outrage (AFP)

Posted: 27 Feb 2009 12:37 PM PST

An apology from Holocaust-denying bishop Richard Williamson, seen here on February 25, 2009, failed to placate the Vatican on Friday which called on him to AFP - An apology from Holocaust-denying bishop Richard Williamson failed to placate the Vatican on Friday which called on him to "unequivocally and publicly" withdraw his comments.

Two British skiers die in fall in French Alps (AFP)

Posted: 27 Feb 2009 12:23 PM PST

A view of the French Alps. Two British tourists fell to their deaths down a steep valley after leaving a bar late at night in a ski resort in the French Alps, police said Friday.(AFP/File/Jacques Demarthon)AFP - Two British tourists fell to their deaths down a steep valley after leaving a bar late at night in a ski resort in the French Alps, police said Friday.

Madoff moved $164 million from UK firm to U.S.: receiver (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Feb 2009 11:27 AM PST

Reuters - Accused swindler Bernard Madoff moved $164 million from his firm in Britain to New York in the weeks before he was arrested on a charge of running the largest Ponzi scheme in Wall Street history, according to court papers.

The Lloyds bank logs record loss for HBOS unit (AFP)

Posted: 27 Feb 2009 10:37 AM PST

A Lloyds TSB bank branch logo is pictured opposite St. Paul's Cathedral in London in 2006. Lloyds Banking Group, 43-percent state owned after a bailout, said its HBOS operations made a pre-tax loss of 10.8 billion pounds last year.(AFP/File/Carl de Souza)AFP - The partly-nationalised Lloyds Banking Group said Friday its HBOS unit made a record pre-tax loss of 10.8 billion pounds in 2008.

Hint that English cardinal may join House of Lords (AP)

Posted: 27 Feb 2009 10:14 AM PST

AP - A Roman Catholic archbishop could be appointed to sit in the House of Lords for the first time in nearly 500 years — or at least Prime Minister Gordon Brown did not immediately rule it out.

Rolls-Royce, HK Airlines announce £845m deal (AFP)

Posted: 27 Feb 2009 09:49 AM PST

A Rolls-Royce technician inspects an engine at a production plant in Dahlewitz, Germany. An 845-million-pound deal between British jet engine maker Rolls-Royce and Hainan Airlines of China was announced Friday as British and Chinese firms signed deals worth up to 1.33 billion pounds.(AFP/DPA/File/Karlheinz Schindler)AFP - An 845-million-pound deal between British jet engine maker Rolls-Royce and Hainan Airlines of China was announced Friday as British and Chinese firms signed deals worth up to 1.33 billion pounds.

UK police seeking radioactive fugitive (AP)

Posted: 27 Feb 2009 09:32 AM PST

AP - British authorities hunted Friday for a fugitive whose treatment for a thyroid problem has made him radioactive.

RSPCA hits out at circuses for using elephants (AFP)

Posted: 27 Feb 2009 09:24 AM PST

A performing elephant pictured walking past a tower block, March 2007. The RSPCA has criticised the return of elephants to circus acts in the UK, as three prepared to make their debuts at a big top in Nottinghamshire, it was reported.(AFP/DDP/File/Theo Heimann)AFP - The RSPCA has criticised the return of elephants to circus acts in the UK, as three prepared to make their debuts at a big top in Nottinghamshire, it was reported.

Sat-nav causes Cotswolds chaos (AFP)

Posted: 27 Feb 2009 06:01 AM PST

Lorry drivers drive in convoy along the M6 motorway in north-west England. A stranded articulated lorry caused traffic chaos in a Cotswolds village after a sat-nav directed its driver down a narrow country lane, The Daily Telegraph reported.(AFP/File/Andrew Yates)AFP - A stranded articulated lorry caused traffic chaos in a Cotswolds village after a sat-nav directed its driver down a narrow country lane, The Daily Telegraph reported Friday.

Fingers point at gov't over RBS pension (AFP)

Posted: 27 Feb 2009 05:27 AM PST

Sir Fred Goodwin, Former Chief-Executive Officer of the Royal Bank of Scotland, speaks on his mobile phone as he leaves the Edinburgh International Conference Centre, 2008.The government is locked in a row over how Goodwin claim a massive pension, drawing a claim Prime Minister Gordon Brown was AFP - The government was locked in a row Friday over how it let the ex-boss of Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) claim a massive pension, drawing a claim Prime Minister Gordon Brown was "asleep on the job."

Lloyds TSB profits drop 75 pct, HBOS in big loss (AP)

Posted: 27 Feb 2009 03:02 AM PST

People walk past a branch of Lloyds TSB bank in the City of London, Friday, Feb. 27, 2009. Lloyds Banking Group PLC reported Friday that profits fell 75 percent in its Lloyds TSB unit in 2008, while the recently acquired Halifax/Bank of Scotland lost 7.5 billion pounds (US$ 10.7 billion) over the year. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)AP - Lloyds Banking Group PLC reported Friday that profits shrank to 819 million pounds in its Lloyds TSB unit in 2008, while the recently acquired Halifax/Bank of Scotland lost 7.5 billion pounds ($10.6 billion) over the year.

RBS pension row rumbles on (AFP)

Posted: 27 Feb 2009 12:39 AM PST

Demonstrators protest outside the Royal Bank of Scotland annual general meeting in London. The 70 percent state-owned Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) was again mired in controversy after ex-chief Fred Goodwin, blamed by many for steering it to disaster, refused a government call to give up part of his pension.(AFP/Leon Neal)AFP - The 70 percent state-owned Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) was again mired in controversy after ex-chief Fred Goodwin, blamed by many for steering it to disaster, refused a government call to give up part of his pension, it was reported Friday.

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