2009年3月15日星期日

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Cleopatra 'was part-African' (AFP)

Posted: 15 Mar 2009 07:51 AM PDT

A visitor admires one of the statues of Cleopatra at an exhibition at the British Museum in London, 2001. According to a British TV documentary to be shown this month Cleopatra may have been part-African and not Greek Caucasian.(AFP/File/Adrian Dennis)AFP - Cleopatra may have been part-African and not Greek Caucasian, according to a British TV documentary to be shown this month, its makers said Sunday.

Maldives president vows carbon neutral nation (AP)

Posted: 15 Mar 2009 07:03 AM PDT

AP - The president of the Maldives says the Indian Ocean nation will become the world's first carbon-neutral country within a decade.

Nine questioned over N. Ireland killings (AFP)

Posted: 15 Mar 2009 05:32 AM PDT

Masked youths prepare to throw molotov cocktails as they block the railway line near the house of former Irish Republican Army man Colin Duffy in Lurgan, Northern Ireland. Nine people were being quizzed Sunday about the murder of two soldiers and a policeman in Northern Ireland, as the police chief compared dissident groups behind the attacks to a AFP - Nine people were being quizzed Sunday about the murder of two soldiers and a policeman in Northern Ireland, as the police chief compared dissident groups behind the attacks to a "cornered animal."

British PM promises tougher financial watchdog (AFP)

Posted: 14 Mar 2009 08:38 PM PDT

Prime Minister Gordon Brown promised on Sunday to strengthen Britain's financial watchdog, giving it more power and resources to supervise the country's financial sector.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown promised on Sunday to strengthen Britain's financial watchdog, giving it more power and resources to supervise the country's financial sector.

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