2009年3月11日星期三

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

UK tycoon asks court to reduce divorce payment (AP)

Posted: 11 Mar 2009 12:58 PM PDT

AP - An investment tycoon asked a British court Wednesday to trim the size of his multimillion-pound (-dollar) divorce settlement because the value of his assets had fallen amid the world financial turmoil.

British lawmaker secretly meets Hamas leader (AP)

Posted: 11 Mar 2009 11:00 AM PDT

In this photo released by the Islamic group Hamas on Wednesday, March 11, 2009, head of the Hamas government Ismail Haniyeh, right, hands British lawmaker George Galloway a symbolic VIP Palestinian passport during their meeting in Gaza City, Tuesday, March 10, 2009. British lawmaker George Galloway entered Gaza from Egypt on Monday. About 50 British volunteers and 100 vehicles carrying food, clothing and medicine passed through Egypt's Rafah border crossing, a Hamas border official said. (AP Photo/ Hamas, Muhammad Alostaz, HO)AP - A renegade British lawmaker who had financial dealings with Saddam Hussein and praised Fidel Castro in Cuba can add this to his resume: an honorary Palestinian passport, awarded during a secret meeting with the prime minister of Hamas.

Peace protesters express anger at NIreland killings (AFP)

Posted: 11 Mar 2009 10:44 AM PDT

Map locating Craigavon in Northern Ireland, where a policeman was killed, 2 days after an army base was attacked. Two men were being questioned over a second deadly attack on Northern Ireland's security forces in 48 hours, prompting warnings the province faces a return to violence.(AFP graphic/Gil)AFP - Thousands of people joined peace vigils in Northern Ireland Wednesday to protest the killings of a policeman and two soldiers which threaten to re-ignite sectarian conflict after a decade of calm.

'Eccentric' airline pilot undressed in cockpit (AFP)

Posted: 11 Mar 2009 09:44 AM PDT

A Thomas Cook Airlines plane on the tarmac at Manchester Airport, north-west England, October 2006. An eccentric pilot, who worked for Thomas Cook Airlines, was sacked for letting a Premier League footballer into his cockpit -- after being given a final warning for undressing during a security check, an employment tribunal heard Wednesday.(AFP/File/Paul Ellis)AFP - An eccentric pilot was sacked for letting a Premier League footballer into his cockpit -- after being given a final warning for undressing during a security check, an employment tribunal heard Wednesday.

Prince Charles heads to Brazil with eco-warning (AFP)

Posted: 11 Mar 2009 08:41 AM PDT

Prince Charles and his wife Camilla attend a public event in the port of Valparaiso. Charles was heading to Brazil with a warning that the world had just months to come up with a coordinated plan to combat climate change.(AFP/Gardner Hamilton)AFP - Prince Charles was heading to Brazil on Wednesday with a warning that the world had just months to come up with a coordinated plan to combat climate change.

Promoter adds more London Michael Jackson dates (AP)

Posted: 11 Mar 2009 08:41 AM PDT

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 - As Michael Jackson once said: Don't stop till you get enough.

Brown is Britain's dullest speaker: poll (AFP)

Posted: 11 Mar 2009 08:30 AM PDT

According to a poll Prime Minister Gordon Brown, seen here on March 1, is the country's most boring speaker, ahead of footballer David Beckham and actress Kate Winslet.(AFP/File/John Thys)AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown is the country's most boring speaker, ahead of footballer David Beckham and actress Kate Winslet, according to a poll published on Wednesday.

Britain denies G20 planning rift with United States (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Mar 2009 07:28 AM PDT

Reuters - Britain moved on Wednesday to prevent a diplomatic row with the United States over the April G20 summit after its top civil servant said the transition to a new team in Washington was hampering preparations.

Brown rejects judge-led inquiry into UK spies (AP)

Posted: 11 Mar 2009 07:01 AM PDT

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown leaves 10 Downing Street for the Prime Minister's Questions at the House of Common in London, Wednesday, March 11, 2009. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)AP - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Wednesday declined a request by opposition parties to authorize a judge-led inquiry into the conduct of U.K. intelligence agencies in supporting the U.S. government's pursuit of terror suspects since 2001.

British police help with Bangladesh mutiny probe (AFP)

Posted: 11 Mar 2009 06:11 AM PDT

Bangladesh army soldiers search a Bangladeshi border soldier (C) at the entrance to the Bangladesh Rifles headquarters in Dhaka. Four senior British police officers arrived in Dhaka Wednesday to help with an investigation into last month's mutiny by rank-and-file soldiers in the Bangladeshi capital that killed 74 people.(AFP/File/Munir Uz Zaman)AFP - Four senior British police officers arrived in Dhaka Wednesday to help with an investigation into last month's mutiny by rank-and-file soldiers in the Bangladeshi capital that killed 74 people.

Cut-price Britain-Asia airline takes off (AFP)

Posted: 11 Mar 2009 06:03 AM PDT

An AirAsia X Airbus A330 arrives at Kuala Lumpur international airport in Sepang. Budget airline AirAsia X launched a low-cost service from London to Kuala Lumpur, saying it offered travel to Asia for the price of a trip to Europe.(AFP/HO AirAsia/File/AFP)AFP - Budget airline AirAsia X launched a low-cost service from London to Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday, saying it offered travel to Asia for the price of a trip to Europe.

Trade deficit worsens in January (AFP)

Posted: 11 Mar 2009 05:30 AM PDT

Trade-in-goods deficit widened to 7.7 billion pounds in January from a revised 7.2 billion pounds in December(AFP/Getty Images/File/David Mcnew)AFP - Trade-in-goods deficit widened to 7.7 billion pounds in January from a revised 7.2 billion pounds in December, official data showed on Wednesday.

Toyota cuts output, pay by 10% at British plants (AFP)

Posted: 11 Mar 2009 03:28 AM PDT

Troubled Japanese car group Toyota announced 10 percent cuts in production and pay at its two British factories for a year in a bid to safeguard thousands of jobs.(AFP/File/Kazuhiro Nogi)AFP - Troubled Japanese car group Toyota announced on Wednesday 10 percent cuts in production and pay at its two British factories for a year in a bid to safeguard thousands of jobs.

Toyota to cut UK production and wages by 10 pct (AP)

Posted: 11 Mar 2009 03:04 AM PDT

AP - Japanese carmaker Toyota said Wednesday it will cut pay and production by 10 percent at its British plants, for one year starting from April 1, to cut costs while avoiding layoffs.

Northern Ireland murder scene on edge (AFP)

Posted: 10 Mar 2009 10:06 PM PDT

A flag pole bearing an Irish flag and the letters CIRA (Continuity IRA) is pictured in a residential estate in Craigavon, Northern Ireland, a short distance away from the scene where a policeman was killed late Monday night.(AFP/Peter Muhly)AFP - Armed police smash down doors as youths lurk around the Drumbeg housing estate, scene of a killing that leaders fear could trigger a return to civil war in Northern Ireland.

Max Mosely, McCann father ask for UK privacy law (AP)

Posted: 10 Mar 2009 02:12 PM PDT

AP - The father of a missing girl whose family life was dissected in the tabloid press joined Tuesday with the motor racing boss whose sexual exploits were broadcast across the Web to demand better protection for personal privacy in Britain.

Muslim protest mars parade for Iraq troops (AFP)

Posted: 10 Mar 2009 12:26 PM PDT

Britain's defense minister John Hutton, seen here in 2008, condemned as AFP - Defence minister condemned as "insulting" Tuesday a Muslim protest against a parade for British soldiers returning from Iraq.

Minister warns of all-English 2012 football team (AFP)

Posted: 10 Mar 2009 09:40 AM PDT

Sports minister Gerry Sutcliffe, seen here in 2004. Great Britain will take part in the football tournament at the 2012 London Olympics even if it means fielding a side entirely composed of English players, Sutcliffe told MPs Tuesday.(AFP/File/Dieter Nagl)AFP - Great Britain will take part in the football tournament at the 2012 London Olympics even if it means fielding a side entirely composed of English players, sports minister Gerry Sutcliffe told MPs here Tuesday.

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