2009年4月4日星期六

Yahoo! News: World - Britain

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Two die in microlight crash in western England (AFP)

Posted: 04 Apr 2009 03:06 PM PDT

Two men died Saturday after a microlight aircraft they were aboard crashed at an airfield in Herefordshire, a spokesman said. Police said the Air Accidents Investigation Branch would lead an inquiry into the crash.(AAIB)AFP - Two men died Saturday after a microlight aircraft they were aboard crashed at an airfield in Herefordshire, a spokesman said.


Reality star's funeral cortege tracked by cameras (AP)

Posted: 04 Apr 2009 09:58 AM PDT

The funeral cortege carries away the coffin of reality television celebrity Jade Goody after her funeral service at St. John the Baptist Church, Buckhurst Hill in the county of Essex, England, Saturday April 4, 2009.  In a flower-laden vintage Rolls Royce hearse tracked by a crowd of photographers and a television helicopter, Jade Goody was being laid to rest Saturday in much the same style as she had lived as a reality star — in the full view of cameras.  She died of cancer March 22 at age 27, shortly after marrying her fiance Jack Tweed in a media extravaganza.  (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)AP - Hundreds of mourners paid their final respects to reality television star Jade Goody on Saturday, most of them watching her funeral play out — like much of her life — through the lens of a camera.


Afghan leader orders review of Shi'ite law (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Apr 2009 08:18 AM PDT

A U.S. soldier stands guard as members of Afghan Public Protection Force leave a graduation ceremony in Jalrez district of Wardak province, west of Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, March 31, 2009. After three weeks of training, the newest security experiment to protect Afghanistan's countryside from Taliban fighters was on display for this village in central Afghanistan's Wardak province. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)Reuters - Afghan President Hamid Karzai has ordered a review of a new law for Afghanistan's Shi'ite minority after Western nations raised concerns over its impact on women's rights, Western officials said on Saturday.


British teen sailor stops in Australia for repairs (AP)

Posted: 04 Apr 2009 04:26 AM PDT

AP - A 17-year-old British sailor who is attempting to become the youngest person to single-handedly circumnavigate the globe docked at an Australian port Saturday for his fourth repair stop about halfway through his trouble-plagued voyage.
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