2009年3月10日星期二

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

N.Ireland faces 'abyss' after new killing (AFP)

Posted: 10 Mar 2009 07:25 AM PDT

Graffiti reads 'CIRA (Continuity IRA) Still At War' in Craigavon, Northern Ireland, near the site where a policeman was killed. The second deadly attack on Northern Ireland security forces in 48 hours has prompted fears that the province was AFP - The second deadly attack on Northern Ireland security forces in 48 hours prompted warnings on Tuesday that the province was "staring into the abyss" of a return to violence, after over a decade of calm.

Cambridge shoe thrower to face trial in June (AFP)

Posted: 10 Mar 2009 06:26 AM PDT

German student Martin Jahnke seen leaving Cambridge Magistrates court. Jahnke, who is is accused of throwing a shoe at Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, is to go on trial in June.(AFP/Shaun Curry)AFP - A German student accused of threatening Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao by throwing a shoe at him is to go on trial in June, a court heard on Tuesday.

NIreland faces 'abyss' after new killing (AFP)

Posted: 10 Mar 2009 05:30 AM PDT

The second deadly attack on Northern Ireland security forces in 48 hours prompted warnings that the province was AFP - The second deadly attack on Northern Ireland security forces in 48 hours prompted warnings on Tuesday that the province was "staring into the abyss" of a return to violence, after over a decade of calm.

Manufacturing output slumps again in January (AFP)

Posted: 10 Mar 2009 04:18 AM PDT

Robots assemble the a Rover model on the assembly line at the Longbridge plant near Birmingham. Manufacturing output in tumbled in January for the 11th month in a row, official data has shown.(AFP/File/HO)AFP - Manufacturing output in tumbled in January for the 11th month in a row, official data showed on Tuesday.

Global crisis straining EU ties: Miliband (AFP)

Posted: 10 Mar 2009 04:09 AM PDT

Foreign Secretary David Miliband, said the economic crisis had put relations in the European Union AFP - Foreign Secretary David Miliband said the economic crisis had put relations in the European Union "under strain", adding its achievements were "being tested as never before".

British MP gives money, vehicles to Hamas in Gaza (AFP)

Posted: 10 Mar 2009 03:28 AM PDT

Firebrand British MP George Galloway has donated thousands of dollars and dozens of vehicles to the Hamas-run government in the Gaza Strip after arriving in an aid convoy.(AFP/File/Geoff Caddick)AFP - Firebrand British MP George Galloway on Tuesday donated thousands of dollars and dozens of vehicles to the Hamas-run government in the Gaza Strip after arriving in an aid convoy.

UK: rocket attack on British base in Iraq kills 1 (AP)

Posted: 09 Mar 2009 04:01 PM PDT

A policeman stands guard at the site of a bomb attack in Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad March 10, 2009. A parked car bomb killed two civilians and wounded six people, including two policemen in al-Hamdaniya town, east of Mosul, police said. REUTERS/Khalid al-Mousuly (IRAQ CONFLICT POLITICS IMAGE OF THE DAY TOP PICTURE)AP - Rockets slammed into the British military base outside the southern Iraqi city of Basra on Monday, killing one civilian, the British Ministry of Defense announced. It was the first such attack on the base in nearly three months.

UK survivor of WWI trenches given French honor (AP)

Posted: 09 Mar 2009 03:04 PM PDT

One of the last British survivors of the World War I trenches, 110-year-old Harry Patch, seen here in 2008, was awarded one of France's highest honours in recognition of his AP - The last British survivor of World War I's grinding trench warfare was made an officer of the French Legion of Honor on Monday.

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