2009年4月3日星期五

Yahoo! News: World - Britain

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - Britain

YouTube video of queen, Italian leader popular (AP)

Posted: 03 Apr 2009 12:54 PM PDT

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, front left, sits with G20 leaders during a group photograph at Buckingham Palace in London, Wednesday, April 1, 2009. In a video posted online Friday April 3, 2009, immediately following this group photo, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, seen at top, is heard on a video to call out to U.S. President Barack Obama, seen here top right, and Queen Elizabeth is heard saying 'Why does he talk so loud?', although a royal spokesman has said her comment was 'a jovial lighthearted moment'. Others seen are, at right the President of Brazil Luiz Innacio Lula da Silva. Second row, Kgalema Motlanthe the President of South Africa; US President Barack Obama. At top from left, Prime Minister of Japan Taro Aso; and at top Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, Pool)AP - Was Queen Elizabeth II angry at Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi for trying too hard to get President Barack Obama's attention? Apparently not.

Royal Bank of Scotland execs face shareholders (AP)

Posted: 03 Apr 2009 11:56 AM PDT

Royal Bank of Scotland chairman Philip Hampton is driven away after the Royal Bank of Scotland, RBS, annual shareholders meeting in Edinburgh, Scotland Friday April 3 2009. The chairman of Royal Bank of Scotland on Friday called for an end to the 'public flogging' of the embattled bank as executives prepared to face angry investors at the annual shareholders meeting. Hampton also warned that more jobs would be lost as the bank sorts through its problems and seeks to cut annual expenses by 2.5 billion pounds ($3.7 billion) within three years, though he provided no estimate on numbers. (AP Photo/Andrew Milligan/PA Wire)AP - Angry Royal Bank of Scotland shareholders demanded that former chief executive Fred Goodwin return some of his multimillion-pound pension pot Friday in the first major stockholders session since the bank's near collapse last year.

Mandelson to lead landmark trade mission to Iraq (AFP)

Posted: 03 Apr 2009 11:39 AM PDT

Britain's business minister Peter Mandelson, seen here in March 2009, is set to lead the country's first official trade delegation to Iraq for more than 20 years, his office said Friday.(AFP/File/Gardner Hamilton)AFP - Business minister Peter Mandelson is set to lead the country's first official trade delegation to Iraq for more than 20 years, his office said Friday.

English villagers send Google snapper packing (AP)

Posted: 03 Apr 2009 09:56 AM PDT

An undated file photo made available by Google Friday April 3, 2009 of one of their street mapping cars. You're never far from a camera in Britain, a country that has accepted the presence of millions of surveillance cameras in its streets, shopping centers and public spaces. But for the villagers of Broughton in southern England, the roving eye of Google was a camera too far. A gaggle of residents of the affluent hamlet formed a human chain to turn away a car shooting images for Google Street View, the popular service that allows Internet users to see high-quality photos of houses and streets around the world (AP Photo/Google)AP - You're never far from a camera in Britain, a country that has accepted the presence of millions of surveillance cameras in its streets, shopping centers and public spaces.

Britain ready to send more troops for Afghan election (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Apr 2009 09:46 AM PDT

Reuters - Britain will consider sending extra troops to Afghanistan to help with security during the presidential election in August, a British government official said Friday.

RBS bank shareholders reject salary report (AFP)

Posted: 03 Apr 2009 09:40 AM PDT

Former Royal Bank of Scotland chief Fred Goodwin is seen here in 2008. Government controlled Royal Bank of Scotland said Friday that its shareholders overwhelmingly rejected a key salary report amid protests at Goodwin's huge pension payoff.(AFP/File/Ed Jones)AFP - Government controlled Royal Bank of Scotland said Friday that its shareholders overwhelmingly rejected a key salary report amid protests at outgoing boss Fred Goodwin's huge pension payoff.

RBS shareholders reject salary report (AFP)

Posted: 03 Apr 2009 08:25 AM PDT

Former Royal Bank of Scotland chief Fred Goodwin is seen here in 2008. Government controlled Royal Bank of Scotland said Friday that its shareholders overwhelmingly rejected a key salary report amid protests at Goodwin's huge pension payoff.(AFP/File/Ed Jones)AFP - Shareholders at state-controlled Royal Bank of Scotland on Friday rejected the group's salary report at a key meeting in a symbolic protest at outgoing boss Fred Goodwin's huge payoff.

BBC fined for routine involving lewd prank calls (AP)

Posted: 03 Apr 2009 07:38 AM PDT

AP - Britain's broadcast regulator fined the BBC on Friday over lewd prank phone calls made to a veteran actor by television personality Jonathan Ross and comedian Russell Brand.

Gerrard denies nightclub fight charge (AFP)

Posted: 03 Apr 2009 07:08 AM PDT

Liverpool and England footballer Steven Gerrard, seen here leaving Liverpool Crown Court, pleaded not guilty Friday to being involved in a nightclub fight.(AFP/Andrew Yates)AFP - England and Liverpool midfielder Steven Gerrard pleaded not guilty Friday to being involved in a nightclub fight.

UK house prices fall 1.9 pct in March, report says (AP)

Posted: 03 Apr 2009 06:21 AM PDT

AP - House prices in Britain fell 1.9 percent in March compared to February, the country's biggest mortgage lender said Friday, dampening the optimism over a separate report earlier this week which said property values had edged higher.

Angry villagers stop Google Street View car (AFP)

Posted: 03 Apr 2009 05:45 AM PDT

A Google Street View car with its camera in Amsterdam in March 2009. Angry residents of an English village blocked the driver of a Street View car who was filming the neighbourhood, saying they feared he would encourage burglaries, a report said.(AFP/ANP/File)AFP - Angry residents of a Buckinghamshire village blocked the driver of a Google Street View car who was filming the neighbourhood, saying they feared he would encourage burglaries, a report said Friday.

21 NHS trusts fail hygiene test (AFP)

Posted: 03 Apr 2009 04:19 AM PDT

A handout picture shows surgeons performing an operation at an unnamed hospital. Twenty-one NHS trusts have failed to meet hygiene standards set by a new health regulator, it said in a report on Friday, raising concerns about superbug infections.(AFP/HO/File/null)AFP - Twenty-one NHS trusts have failed to meet hygiene standards set by a new health regulator, a report said on Friday, raising concerns about control of superbug infections.

Seabed search for North Sea helicopter (AFP)

Posted: 03 Apr 2009 02:43 AM PDT

A photo released by Grampian police and received on 04 April of Stuart Wood, one of the victims of the helicopter crash. Search investigators will scour the seabed on Friday for victims and wreckage of the helicopter that crashed this week in the North Sea killing all 16 on board.(afp.com)AFP - Search investigators will scour the seabed on Friday for victims and wreckage of the helicopter that crashed this week in the North Sea killing all 16 on board.

Obama leaves London for NATO summit (AFP)

Posted: 03 Apr 2009 02:04 AM PDT

US President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama board Air Force One at Stansted airport on April 3, 2009. Obama left Britain Friday to attend a NATO summit in France and Germany expected to be dominated by Afghanistan.(AFP/Saul Loeb)AFP - US President Barack Obama left Britain Friday to attend a NATO summit in France and Germany expected to be dominated by Afghanistan.

RBS says expects to shed more jobs globally (AFP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2009 11:41 PM PDT

A file photo of promoters handing out Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) phamplets in Singapore. RBS chairman Philip Hampton said Friday that the bank will shed more jobs globally after already axing 2,700 roles in Britain this year, as it looks to recover from the financial crisis.(AFP/File/Roslan Rahman)AFP - Royal Bank of Scotland chairman Philip Hampton said that RBS expects to shed more jobs worldwide after already axing 2,700 roles in Britain this year, as it looks to recover from the financial crisis.

16 presumed dead in North Sea helicopter crash (AFP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2009 04:13 PM PDT

A photo released by Grampian police and received on 04 April of Stuart Wood, one of the victims of the helicopter crash. Search investigators will scour the seabed on Friday for victims and wreckage of the helicopter that crashed this week in the North Sea killing all 16 on board.(afp.com)AFP - Coastguards called off late Thursday the search for eight people missing after a helicopter crash in the North Sea, from which eight bodies had already been recovered.

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