2009年3月3日星期二

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

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.


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.


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