2009年3月6日星期五

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Protester throws liquid at UK minister (AP)

Posted: 06 Mar 2009 07:02 PM PST

In this photo made available by the group Plane Stupid, environmental activist Leila Deen, second left, throws a green liquid at Britain's Business Secretary Peter Mandelson, right, as he arrives at the launch of the Government's low carbon economy summit in central London Friday March 6, 2009. The group Plane Stupid, which campaigns against government plans to build a third runway at London's Heathrow Airport, says one of its activists, Leila Deen, was behind the stunt. Deen walked away after the incident. (AP Photo/Plane Stupid/PA Wire, HO)AP - An environmental activist threw a green liquid at Britain's Business Secretary Peter Mandelson as he arrived for a conference aimed at reducing carbon emissions.

US 'not ready' to follow British contact with Hezbollah (AFP)

Posted: 06 Mar 2009 02:31 PM PST

Front of the US State Department in Washington, DC. The United States said Friday it AFP - The United States said Friday it "is not ready" to follow its ally Britain in opening low-level contact with the political wing of Lebanon's Hezbollah, called a terrorist group by Washington.

SportsTicker service sold to rival STATS LLC (AP)

Posted: 06 Mar 2009 02:24 PM PST

AP - PA Sport, a sports news agency, said Friday it has agreed to sell its SportsTicker service to STATS LLC, a U.S.-based global sports information provider co-owned by News Corp. and The Associated Press.

British celebrity chef forced to shut his Fat Duck (AP)

Posted: 06 Mar 2009 01:04 PM PST

A sign and menu display outside The Fat Duck restaurant in Bray near Maidenhead, England Friday, March 6, 2009. One of Britain's best restaurants is struggling to explain how numerous customers fell ill after eating there. The restaurant remains closed after more than 400 customers have reported falling ill after eating there. Scientists say they don't know why so many people have been sickened at the Fat Duck. The restaurant is an exclusive Michelin-starred establishment known for dishes such snail porridge and bacon ice cream. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)AP - It's a culinary mystery worthy of Agatha Christie.

Lebanon's Hezbollah welcomes contacts with Britain (AP)

Posted: 06 Mar 2009 12:25 PM PST

AP - Hezbollah officials said Friday they would welcome talks with Britain but that they had rejected what they said were British demands for the contacts to take place secretly.

Fraudster in Britain jailed after life of luxury (AFP)

Posted: 06 Mar 2009 11:24 AM PST

Enzo Ferraris lines up. A British fraudster who enjoyed a lavish life of Ferrari cars and executive jets paid for with unsuspecting investors' cash was jailed for four and half years on Friday.(AFP/File)AFP - A fraudster who enjoyed a lavish life of Ferrari cars and executive jets paid for with unsuspecting investors' cash was jailed for four and half years on Friday.

British Army experts spying on IRA dissidents (AP)

Posted: 06 Mar 2009 11:23 AM PST

AP - Northern Ireland's police commander warned Friday that his force must use a specialist British Army unit to spy on IRA dissidents, whom he described as "lunatics" bent on mounting an attack as St. Patrick's Day approaches.

Mandelson attacked with green custard (AFP)

Posted: 06 Mar 2009 10:55 AM PST

image released by the protest group Plane Stupid showing Lord Mandelson moments after having green custard flung in his face as a protest over plans to build a new runway at Heathrow.(AFP/HO)AFP - A protester threw green custard in the face of business minister Peter Mandelson on Friday, in a colourful stunt to highlight opposition to a new runway at London's Heathrow airport.

Elderly British couple end lives at Swiss clinic (AP)

Posted: 06 Mar 2009 10:43 AM PST

In this undated photo made available on Friday, March 6, 2009, Peter Duff, who along with his wife Penelope, died at the Dignitas clinic in Zurich, Switzerland on Feb. 27, 2009, is seen at an unknown location. The assisted suicides of an elderly British couple at a Swiss clinic rekindled Friday the fierce debate over whether Britain should modify its laws to allow terminally ill patients to end their lives with a doctor's help. (AP Photo/PA)AP - The assisted suicides of an elderly British couple at a Swiss clinic rekindled the fierce debate Friday over whether Britain should modify its laws to allow terminally ill patients to end their lives with a doctor's help.

Britain approves low-level contacts with Hezbollah: FM (AFP)

Posted: 06 Mar 2009 09:54 AM PST

Lebanese Shiite Hezbollah militants guard a missile next to a picture of the movement's chief Hassan Nasrallah in Nabatiyeh. Britain has authorised low-level contact with the political wing of Lebanon's Hezbollah to stress the urgency of disbanding militias, Foreign Secretary David Miliband has said.(AFP/File/Mahmoud Zayat)AFP - Britain has authorised low-level contact with the political wing of Lebanon's Hezbollah to stress the urgency of disbanding militias, Foreign Secretary David Miliband said Friday.

Worsening Sri Lanka violence shakes British Tamils (AP)

Posted: 06 Mar 2009 08:01 AM PST

Protesters against Sri Lankan government demonstrate near the Commonwealth Secretariat in London, Wednesday, March 4, 2009. Protesters call for Sri Lanka to be suspended from the Commonwealth for human rights abuses against the Tamil community. (AP Photo/Akira Suemori)AP - They have fled a quarter-century of horrifying civil war in Sri Lanka for safe haven abroad, but the more than 250,000 Tamils living in Britain have not managed to put the conflict behind them.

Police, spokesman: Winehouse charged with assault (AP)

Posted: 06 Mar 2009 06:07 AM PST

AP - Fresh from a two-month Caribbean vacation, singer Amy Winehouse is due in court for an alleged attack on a fellow guest at a party last year.

Britain defends help for elderly leaving Zimbabwe (AP)

Posted: 06 Mar 2009 05:55 AM PST

Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe, right, and his wife Grace are seen during his 85th birthday celebrations in Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe Saturday, Feb. 28, 2009. Mugabe is celebrating his 85th birthday with a lavish bash while the new unity government tries to raise funds to rescue the country's collapsed economy. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)AP - Britain defended a plan to help its elderly citizens leave Zimbabwe, saying Friday in response to media criticism that it would not be a mass evacuation.

Ad giant WPP sees profits up on Olympics, US vote (AFP)

Posted: 06 Mar 2009 04:15 AM PST

Marketing guru Martin Sorrell, CEO of international marketing and advertising firm WPP at his company's office in Beijing. The global advertising giant said that the Beijing Olympic Games and the US presidential elections would boost its fortunes this year as it unveiled a 14.5% jump in first-half net profit.(AFP/File/FREDERIC J. BROWN)AFP - Global advertising giant WPP said on Friday that the Beijing Olympic Games and the US presidential elections would boost its fortunes this year as it unveiled a 14.5-percent jump in first-half net profit.

Producer prices rose in February (AFP)

Posted: 06 Mar 2009 04:00 AM PST

Robots assemble the a Rover model on the assembly line at the Longbridge plant near Birmingham. The cost of goods leaving factories rose in February, partly owing to higher prices for food and oil products, official data showed.(AFP/File/HO)AFP - The cost of goods leaving factories rose in February, partly owing to higher prices for food and oil products, official data showed on Friday.

Wolseley seeks £1 bln after tumbling into red (AFP)

Posted: 06 Mar 2009 02:41 AM PST

A worker handles a bundle of piping at a a Wolseley plant. Wolseley, the world's biggest distributor of plumbing and heating products, has said it is seeking one billion pounds of capital after diving into losses.(AFP/HO)AFP - Wolseley, the world's biggest distributor of plumbing and heating products, said on Friday it would seek 1.0 billion pounds of capital after diving into losses.

Cheese 'n' onion tops ready salted as UK's favourite crisps (AFP)

Posted: 06 Mar 2009 02:00 AM PST

A British boy eating crisps. Cheese and onion crisps have replaced ready salted as the public's favourite flavour of crips, research has shown.(AFP/File/Odd Andersen)AFP - Cheese and onion crisps have replaced ready salted as the public's favourite flavour of crisps, research showed on Friday.

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