2009年3月5日星期四

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Michael Jackson plans London gig before beating it (AP)

Posted: 05 Mar 2009 03:04 PM PST

US singer Michael Jackson announces that he is set to play ten live concerts at the London O2 Arena in July, which he announced at a press conference at the London O2 Arena, Thursday, March 5, 2009. The singer also stated that this would be his final performances in London. (AP Photo/Joel Ryan)AP - Michael Jackson has returned to the spotlight after eight years marked more by scandal than by song and told a crowd of screaming fans that he would play a series of London engagements — his first concerts since 2001.

Chile, Argentina battle British in Antarctica (AP)

Posted: 05 Mar 2009 02:32 PM PST

AP - Lawmakers from Chile and Argentina met in Antarctica Thursday, preparing to speak with a common voice against Britain's claim to oil and gas in the southernmost seas.

Boy makes thousands off McDonald's memorabilia (AP)

Posted: 05 Mar 2009 02:08 PM PST

AP - A British boy made a big deal out of Happy Meals.

Britain re-establishing contact with Hezbollah (AP)

Posted: 05 Mar 2009 01:56 PM PST

Hezbollah lawmaker Mohammed Raad, left, speaks with Christian lawmaker Michel Murr, right, during the fifth session of the national dialogue at the Presidential Palace in Baabda, east of Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, March 2, 2009. Leaders of political factions met at the presidential palace for the talks headed by President Michel Suleiman, to discuss a national defense strategy. (AP Photo/Wael Hamzeh, Pool)AP - Britain is re-establishing contact with the militant group Hezbollah following the formation of a unity government in Lebanon, the British government said Thursday.

Dye another gray: UK spies getting older (AP)

Posted: 05 Mar 2009 01:20 PM PST

The headquarters of Britain's secret intelligence service MI6 on the banks of the River Thames in London, are seen in this June 4, 2003, file photo. British lawmakers disclosed Thursday March 5, 2009, that veteran intelligence operatives are being asked to keep working after their usual retirement date to tackle an unrelenting threat from terrorism. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)AP - When 007 hits 65, should he be deep-sixed?

US charges 2 British men in KBR bribe case (AP)

Posted: 05 Mar 2009 01:05 PM PST

AP - U.S. authorities charged two British men Thursday with helping a former Halliburton Co. subsidiary steer massive bribes to Nigerian officials to win construction contracts.

US charges two Britons in Nigeria bribery probe (AFP)

Posted: 05 Mar 2009 11:18 AM PST

The seal of the Department of Justice. The United States Thursday charged two Britons with bribing Nigerian government officials to obtain lucrative contracts, in part of a lengthy corruption investigation.(AFP/File)AFP - The United States Thursday charged two Britons with bribing Nigerian government officials to obtain lucrative contracts, in part of a lengthy corruption investigation.

Europe, UK cut rates; UK expands money supply (AP)

Posted: 05 Mar 2009 03:45 PM PST

AP - Europe's two leading central banks cut interest rates to record lows Thursday to boost their recession-mired economies, but as rates near their floor all eyes turned to a radical alternative move by the Bank of England to effectively create new money.

Five jailed over huge theft bid at Japanese bank (AFP)

Posted: 05 Mar 2009 07:53 AM PST

The Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation office in London, 2005. Five men were jailed over a failed plot to steal hundreds of millions of pounds from the Japanese bank which would have been the biggest theft of its kind.(AFP/File/Alessandro Abbonizio)AFP - Five men were jailed on Thursday over a failed plot to steal hundreds of millions of pounds from a Japanese bank which would have been the biggest theft of its kind.

BoE cuts rates to 0.5 percent, to pump money into economy (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Mar 2009 06:42 AM PST

Reuters - The Bank of England cut interest rates by 50 basis points to a record low of 0.5 percent on Thursday, and said it would pump 75 billion pounds of new money into buying assets, mostly gilts, in its battle with recession.

BoE cuts interest rates to 0.5 percent (AP)

Posted: 05 Mar 2009 04:48 AM PST

AP - The Bank of England cut official interest rates by half a percentage point to 0.5 percent and announced plans to expand the domestic money supply on Thursday as its attempted to revive Britain's ailing economy.

Bank of England cuts interest rates (AFP)

Posted: 05 Mar 2009 04:48 AM PST

A city worker reads a newspaper opposite the Bank of England in London, 2008. The BoE has said it had cut interest rates to a record-low 0.5 percent, adding it will create 75 billion pounds (106 billion dollars, 84 billion euros) under a AFP - The Bank of England said Thursday it had cut interest rates to a record-low 0.5 percent, adding it will create 75 billion pounds (106 billion dollars, 84 billion euros) under a "quantitative easing" plan to boost lending.

'Harry Potter' actor's killer jailed for minimum 20 years (AFP)

Posted: 05 Mar 2009 04:17 AM PST

Friends of Rob Knox pay their respects at the scene where he was stabbed and killed in Sidcup, Kent, 2008. A man who stabbed Knox, teenaged actor in the new Harry Potter film to death outside a London nightclub was jailed for a minimum of 20 years.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)AFP - A man who stabbed a teenaged actor in the new Harry Potter film to death outside a London nightclub was jailed for a minimum of 20 years on Thursday.

Killer of teenage actor gets life in prison (AP)

Posted: 05 Mar 2009 03:57 AM PST

AP - A London man has been sentenced to life in prison for the murder of "Harry Potter" actor Rob Knox.

EU court: British forced retirement at 65 is legal (AP)

Posted: 05 Mar 2009 02:35 AM PST

AP - The European Court of Justice says Britain's law requiring retirement at age 65 is legal under EU rules.

House prices plunge at record annual rate (AFP)

Posted: 05 Mar 2009 02:27 AM PST

Home loans provider Halifax said that house prices slumped by a record 17.7 percent in the three months to February 2009 compared to a year earlier as the recession continued to bite.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - House prices slumped by a record 17.7 percent in the three months to February 2009 compared to a year earlier as the recession continued to bite, home loans provider Halifax said Thursday.

British car sales slide 22% in February: trade data (AFP)

Posted: 05 Mar 2009 01:43 AM PST

File picture shows the 500,000th Mini Cooper rolling off the assembly line. British new car sales dived by almost 22 percent in February as the recession sapped demand, trade data has shown.(AFP/File/Martin Hayhow)AFP - British new car sales dived by almost 22 percent in February as the recession sapped demand, trade data showed Thursday.

Britain's Aviva insurance logs 885 mln pound loss (AFP)

Posted: 05 Mar 2009 12:41 AM PST

The logo of Aviva, Britain's largest insurance company, pictured at the firm's London offices. The company has reported a net loss of 885 million pounds (995 million euros, US$1.25 billion) in 2008, citing the falling value of its assets.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)AFP - British insurance giant Aviva on Thursday reported a net loss of 885 million pounds (995 million euros, 1.25 billion dollars) in 2008, citing the falling value of assets in the financial crisis.

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