2009年2月28日星期六

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Cameron devastated over son's death (AFP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2009 03:40 PM PST

Conservative Party leader David Cameron (L) kisses his wife Samantha at the Conservative Party conference in Birmingham in 2008. Cameron said Saturday that the sudden death of his severely disabled boy had left a hole in his life AFP - Opposition leader David Cameron said Saturday that the sudden death of his severely disabled boy had left a hole in his life "so big that words can't describe it".


British PM hopes for economic pact in Obama talks (AP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2009 03:32 PM PST

AP - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Saturday he will try to forge a global pact to buck the global economic downturn during talks with U.S. President Barack Obama next week.

UK's Cameron says son's death an indescribable loss (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Feb 2009 03:29 PM PST

Reuters - Britain's main opposition leader David Cameron said on Saturday the sudden death of his young son had left his family with a "hole in our life so big that words can't describe it."

UK opposition leader speaks about son's death (AP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2009 01:20 PM PST

AP - Britain's main opposition Conservative Party leader David Cameron made his first public comments Saturday about the sudden death of his severely disabled son.

Trial for Iraqis accused of killing British soldiers: judge (AFP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2009 11:34 AM PST

Two Iraqis accused of killing two British soldiers in 2003 are to go on trial in Baghdad in April accused of war crimes, court president Aref al-Shahin, seen here in 2006, told AFP.(AFP/File/Ceerwan Aziz)AFP - Two Iraqis accused of killing two British soldiers in 2003 are to go on trial in Baghdad in April accused of war crimes, a senior judge said on Saturday.


Dead British skiers in French Alps named (AFP)

Posted: 28 Feb 2009 03:02 AM 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 who plunged to their deaths down a steep valley after leaving a bar late at night in a ski resort in the French Alps were named on Saturday.


World-famous British restaurant shuts in poisoning scare (AFP)

Posted: 27 Feb 2009 08:08 PM PST

The Fat Duck restaurant in Berkshire, near London. The world-famous British restaurant has been temporarily closed due to a food poisoning scare, owner Heston Blumenthal has said.(AFP/HO/File/AFP)AFP - The Fat Duck, considered one of the very best in the world, has been temporarily closed due to a food poisoning scare, owner Heston Blumenthal said Saturday.


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