2009年3月21日星期六

Yahoo! News: World - Britain

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Kidnappers of Britons in Iraq send video to Baghdad embassy (AFP)

Posted: 21 Mar 2009 02:57 PM PDT

An image grab taken from a videotape broadcast in by the Dubai-based Al-Arabiya news network shows a British hostage held in Iraq, who gave his name as Peter Moore. A group that kidnapped five British men in Iraq nearly two years ago has sent a video to the British embassy in Baghdad, a spokesman said Saturday.(AFP/Al-Arabiya/File)AFP - A group that kidnapped five British men in Iraq nearly two years ago has sent a video to the British embassy in Baghdad, a spokesman said Saturday.


Medics let baby die after court ruling (AFP)

Posted: 21 Mar 2009 08:55 AM PDT

A newborn baby drops his dummy at a maternity ward in Colombres, France. A seriously ill baby boy has died, the day after his parents lost a legal battle to force doctors to keep him alive.(AFP/File)AFP - A seriously ill baby boy died on Saturday, the day after his parents lost a legal battle to force doctors to keep him alive.


Parents of murdered Brit fly to Japan (AFP)

Posted: 21 Mar 2009 04:05 AM PDT

Julia Hawker shows a picture of her daughter Lindsay Ann Hawker at a press conference in Tokyo while her husband Bill listens. The parents of the 22-year-old British woman found murdered in Tokyo are returning to the city for the second anniversary of her death in a bid to track down her suspected killer.(AFP/File/Yoshikazu Tsuno)AFP - The parents of a 22-year-old British woman found murdered in Tokyo are returning to the city Saturday for the second anniversary of her death in a bid to track down her suspected killer.


Canada bars British lawmaker over Hamas support (AFP)

Posted: 20 Mar 2009 08:51 PM PDT

Former Palestinian Hamas premier Ismail Haniya (R) poses for a picture with firebrand British MP George Galloway in Gaza City March 10. Galloway has been blocked from visiting Canada because of his support of Hamas, which is banned here, the Canadian immigration minister's office said.(AFP/Ho/File/Mohammed al-Ostaz)AFP - British lawmaker George Galloway has been blocked from visiting Canada because of his support of Hamas, which is banned here, the Canadian immigration minister's office said.


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