2009年3月13日星期五

Yahoo! News: World - Britain

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - Britain

NIreland rejects violence as policeman buried (AFP)

Posted: 13 Mar 2009 07:19 AM PDT

Northern Ireland is grieving for the first policeman killed in the province for a decade, after his widow called for an end to violence threatening the peace process.(AFP/Peter Muhly)AFP - Northern Ireland grieved on Friday for the first policeman killed in the province for a decade, after his widow called for an end to violence threatening the peace process.


G-20 finance officials meet amid policy divisions (AP)

Posted: 13 Mar 2009 06:42 AM PDT

Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown, center, speaks with President of the World Bank Robert Zoellick, right, from the U.S., and Italian Finance Minister Giulio Tremonti before a meeting to discuss financing health systems at 10 Downing Street in London, Friday March 13, 2009.  The meeting took place Friday as finance ministers and central bankers from the Group of 20 countries will begin a two-day gathering in Britain starting later on Friday.  (AP Photo/Matt Dunham,Pool)AP - World Bank President Robert Zoellick warned on Friday that 2009 could be a "very dangerous year" and urged quick action to fix troubled economies ahead of a meeting of international finance officials expected to wrestle over whether to spend or regulate the way out of the global downturn.


Hospitals failing on children's care: watchdog (AFP)

Posted: 13 Mar 2009 03:41 AM PDT

A handout picture shows surgeons performing an operation at an unnamed hospital. Many hospitals are failing to give sick children the care they need, a health watchdog report said on Friday, with not enough nurses and doctors sufficiently trained in specialist treatment for youngsters.(AFP/HO/File/null)AFP - Many hospitals are failing to give sick children the care they need, a health watchdog report said on Friday, with not enough nurses and doctors sufficiently trained in specialist treatment for youngsters.


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