2009年3月30日星期一

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Canadian judge doesn't allow British lawmaker in (AP)

Posted: 30 Mar 2009 02:41 PM PDT

AP - A judge on Monday upheld a government order banning an outspoken anti-war British lawmaker from visiting Canada for a speaking tour.

Mexico's Calderon rules out joint raids with US (AP)

Posted: 30 Mar 2009 01:29 PM PDT

AP - Mexican President Felipe Calderon said Monday he's ruled out joint raids with the United States aimed at stemming drug cartel violence along their border, but called for closer cooperation between the neighboring nations.

Court upholds British MP's Canadian entry ban (AFP)

Posted: 30 Mar 2009 01:00 PM PDT

The federal court on Monday refused to overturn the Canadian border agency's decision to deny firebrand British lawmaker George Galloway, seen here in 2008, entry for a speaking tour, on security grounds.(AFP/File/Geoff Caddick)AFP - The federal court on Monday refused to overturn the Canadian border agency's decision to deny firebrand British lawmaker George Galloway entry for a speaking tour, on security grounds.

Britain tightens security as leaders meet for G-20 (AP)

Posted: 30 Mar 2009 12:03 PM PDT

British police officers stand guard outside the Houses of Parliament ahead of the G20 summit in London, Monday March 30, 2009. World leaders are gathering in London for the Group of 20 summit amid an unprecedented security operation to protect the meeting from violent protests and terrorists. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)AP - Thousands of extra police are patrolling London's streets ahead of this week's Group of 20 summit amid fears that terrorists could capitalize on the presence of tens of thousands of unruly protesters to launch an attack.

Mexico rules out joint border patrols with U.S. (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Mar 2009 11:00 AM PDT

Soldiers patrol the streets of Reynosa, on Mexico's northeastern border with the U.S., Tuesday, March 17, 2009. Mexico has deployed thousands of soldiers and federal agents to drug strongholds as part of a nationwide crackdown on drug cartels since President Felipe Calderon took office in 2006. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)Reuters - Mexico will cooperate with the United States in sharing intelligence to fight drug trafficking but does not plan joint patrols with U.S. forces, President Felipe Calderon said Monday.

Barclays rules out govt help, says doing well (AFP)

Posted: 30 Mar 2009 10:50 AM PDT

British bank Barclays said Monday that it will not take part in a government insurance scheme for risky assets that could have led to the lender's partial nationalisation.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - British bank Barclays said Monday that it will not take part in a government insurance scheme for risky assets that could have led to the lender's partial nationalisation.

UK plans to sell off nuclear clean up authority (AP)

Posted: 30 Mar 2009 09:43 AM PDT

AP - Britain's government said Monday it was putting the body responsible for decommissioning and cleaning up the country's nuclear sites up for sale.

Five arrested in UK ahead of G20 London protests (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Mar 2009 09:20 AM PDT

Reuters - Five people suspected of planning to join protests against the G20 summit in London on Thursday have been arrested after weapons were found during a raid on a house in southwest England, police said Monday.

Tesco to open 30 in-store banks (AFP)

Posted: 30 Mar 2009 06:14 AM PDT

Tesco is to open 30 in-store banking outlets by the end of 2009 as it seeks to tap into growing public anger at the crisis-hit traditional banking sector.(AFP/File/Paul Ellis)AFP - Tesco said on Monday it would open 30 in-store banking outlets by the end of 2009 as it seeks to tap into growing public anger at the crisis-hit traditional banking sector.

British forces to start Iraq pullout (AFP)

Posted: 30 Mar 2009 05:54 AM PDT

British soldiers keeping watch as a tank drives by near the airport in Basra, southern Iraq. British forces will officially start to pull out of Iraq this week signalling the end of six years of military operations that began with the US-led invasion that ousted Saddam Hussein.(AFP/File/Ali al-Saadi)AFP - British forces will officially start to pull out of Iraq on Tuesday, signalling the end of six years of military operations that began with the US-led invasion that ousted Saddam Hussein.

T.S. Eliot nixed Orwell's 'Trotskyite' Animal Farm (AFP)

Posted: 30 Mar 2009 05:00 AM PDT

An actor wears the costume for 'Napoleon the Pig' during rehearsals for a version of George Orwell's 'Animal Farm' at a Beijing theater in 2002. US-born poet T.S. Eliot refused to publish Orwell's Animal Farm because of its AFP - US-born poet T.S. Eliot refused to publish novelist George Orwell's "Animal Farm" because of its "Trotskyite" and unconvincing viewpoint, according to a newly-released letter.

Nationwide saves Dunfermline after govt backs out (AFP)

Posted: 30 Mar 2009 05:15 AM PDT

Scotland's biggest building society has been saved from collapse by being sold to the larger lender Nationwide, after the government failed to come to the rescue, the Bank of England said(The Dunfermline Building Society)AFP - Scotland's biggest building society has been saved from collapse through its sale to larger lender Nationwide after the government failed to bail it out, the Bank of England said on Monday.

British activist jailed for Olympics protest (AFP)

Posted: 30 Mar 2009 02:47 AM PDT

Activist Matt James Pearce reads newspaper as he sits on a toilet bowl during a protest outside the prison service HQ in Hong Kong in 2006. The British human rights activist and serial prankster who stages public spectacles to promote liberal political causes, has been sentenced to six months in jail by a Hong Kong court for protesting against Beijing during the Olympic Games last August.(AFP/File/Woody Wu)AFP - A British human rights activist who protested against Beijing during the Olympic Games last year was sentenced to six months in jail by a Hong Kong court, local authorities said on Monday.

100,000 secular Britons seek 'de-baptism' (AFP)

Posted: 30 Mar 2009 02:10 AM PDT

An artist's impression of a London bus with the slogan 'There's probably no God. Stop worrying and enjoy your life'. The atheist adverts were put on the side of London's buses in January 2009. More than 100,000 Britons have recently downloaded AFP - More than 100,000 Britons have recently downloaded "certificates of de-baptism" from the Internet to renounce their Christian faith.

Smith back to work after expenses row (AFP)

Posted: 30 Mar 2009 12:31 AM PDT

Home Secretary Jacqui Smith, seen here in January 2009, will return to her desk after an embarrasing incident when she AFP - Home Secretary Jacqui Smith will return to her desk on Monday after an embarrasing incident when she "mistakenly" submitted an expenses claim which included adult films watched by her husband.

Prince William up for Afghanistan fight: report (AFP)

Posted: 29 Mar 2009 06:57 PM PDT

Prince William, pictured in 2008, who is training to become a full-time military helicopter pilot, wants to fight in Afghanistan, a newspaper said Sunday, citing the royal.(AFP/Pool/File/Chris Ison)AFP - Prince William, who is training to become a full-time military helicopter pilot, wants to fight in Afghanistan, a newspaper said, citing the royal.

Smith red-faced over husband's porn films (AFP)

Posted: 29 Mar 2009 03:41 AM PDT

Home Secretary Jacqui Smith, seen here in January 2009, will return to her desk after an embarrasing incident when she AFP - Home Secretary Jacqui Smith apologised on Sunday after she "mistakenly" submitted an expenses claim which included adult films watched by her husband.

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