2009年3月22日星期日

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

New video shows British hostage kidnapped in Iraq (AP)

Posted: 22 Mar 2009 08:30 AM PDT

A man reads a Kurdish newspaper which headlines the spring festival of Nowruz in southeartern city of Diyarbakir, Turkey, Sunday, March 22, 2009. Nowruz is a spring festival traditionally used by Kurdish activists to stir anti-government sentiment and assert demands for political autonomy. Nowruz, the Farsi-language word for 'new year', is an ancient Persian festival, celebrated on the first day of spring in Central Asian republics, Iraq, Turkey, Afghanistan and Iran. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)AP - The British Embassy said Sunday it has received a new video showing one of five British hostages seized by gunmen from Iraq's Finance Ministry nearly two years ago.

British reality TV star Jade Goody dead (AFP)

Posted: 22 Mar 2009 08:06 AM PDT

A woman cries after leaving a floral tribute outside Jade Goody's home in Upshire, Essex. Goody -- the British reality television star -- has died in her sleep aged just 27, after a very public battle with cervical cancer.(AFP/Leon Neal)AFP - British reality television star Jade Goody died in her sleep early Sunday aged just 27, her mother and publicist said, after a very public battle with cervical cancer.

Hunt for 'suspicious device' on plane in London (AFP)

Posted: 22 Mar 2009 05:55 AM PDT

An airliner takes off from Gatwick Airport. Explosives experts are searching an Emirates aircraft at Gatwick Airport outside London after a report of a AFP - Explosives experts are searching an Emirates plane at Gatwick Airport near London, officials said Sunday, after a passenger found a note just before landing saying there was a suspicious device onboard.

British reality TV star Jade Goody dies of cancer (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Mar 2009 05:44 AM PDT

Reality TV star Jade Goody seen at the international airport in Mumbai in this August 15, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/Punit ParanjpeReuters - Jade Goody, a one-time dental assistant whose final days were as closely chronicled in the media as her controversial appearances on reality television, died of cervical cancer on Sunday.

Family of murdered Brit appeals for help in Japan (AFP)

Posted: 22 Mar 2009 04:25 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 family of the 22-year-old woman found murdered in Japan have appealed for more information to track down her suspected killer, ahead of the second anniversary of her death.(AFP/File/Yoshikazu Tsuno)AFP - The family of a 22-year-old British woman found murdered in Japan appealed Sunday for more information to track down her suspected killer, ahead of the second anniversary of her death.

G20 summit will not halt downturn: Minister (AFP)

Posted: 22 Mar 2009 04:09 AM PDT

Lord Mark Malloch Brown, Britain's Minister for Africa, Asia and the UN is pictured during the London Conference on Combating Antisemitism at Lancaster House, London, February 2009. Brown has played down hopes for next month's G20 London summit on the credit crunch, saying the downturn AFP - British Foreign Office Minister Lord Mark Malloch Brown on Sunday played down hopes for next month's G20 London summit on the credit crunch, saying the downturn "is not going to stop on April 2".

Prince Charles blue over green crusade (AFP)

Posted: 21 Mar 2009 10:04 PM PDT

Prince Charles, pictured at Galapagos National Park in Puerto Ayora, last week, admitted in an interview published Sunday that he found it AFP - Prince Charles admitted in an interview published Sunday that he found it "depressing" that his frequent warnings over climate change had not been heeded.

Canada bans outspoken anti-war British lawmaker (AP)

Posted: 20 Mar 2009 10:07 AM PDT

AP - Canada has banned an outspoken anti-war British lawmaker from the country on national security grounds, officials said Friday.

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