2009年4月18日星期六

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

British boy dies in Venezuela plane crash (AP)

Posted: 18 Apr 2009 03:38 PM PDT

AP - A 6-year-old British boy was killed when a small plane carrying British tourists crashed shortly after takeoff from an airstrip near Venezuela's Angel Falls.

Britain sends envoy to UN over Sri Lanka (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Apr 2009 03:09 PM PDT

Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapaksa (in white) greets troops in the northern Sri Lankan town of Kilinochchi April 16, 2009 during a one-day visit to the Sri Lankan defence force base in the war-torn north of the country. Sri Lanka's two-day humanitarian truce ended on Wednesday and the military announced it was now free to begin a final assault to end the 25-year war against the rebel Tamil Tigers. The Sri Lankan military says only 1,000 Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) rebels remain, and accuse the fighters of holding around 100,000 civilians as human shields. REUTERS/Sri Lankan Government/HandoutReuters - Britain said on Saturday it was gravely concerned about fighting between government forces and Tamil separatists in Sri Lanka and had sent an envoy to the United Nations for urgent talks.

British boy, 6, killed in Venezuela plane crash: officials (AFP)

Posted: 18 Apr 2009 12:27 PM PDT

AFP - A six-year-old British boy has died in a plane crash in southeastern Venezuela, the Venezuelan Civil Defense said in a report released Saturday to the official ABN news agency.

Italian court visits scene of British student murder: report (AFP)

Posted: 18 Apr 2009 12:24 PM PDT

Court President Giancarlo Massei (C), together with judges and lawyers, inspect a cottage in Via della Pergola in Perugia where Meredith Kercher, a British exchange student from Leeds University was found dead on November 1, 2007.(AFP/Vincenzo Pinto)AFP - The judge and jurors in the trial of an American student and her Italian ex-boyfriend accused of killing her British housemate visited Saturday the scene of the crime, ANSA news agency reported.

Bank of England ex governor George dies aged 70 (AFP)

Posted: 18 Apr 2009 11:00 AM PDT

Lord Eddie George, seen here in 1995, has died of cancer. George served as the governor of the Bank of England from 1993 - 2003.(AFP/File/Johnny Eggitt)AFP - Lord Eddie George, who was governor of the Bank of England between 1993 and 2003, died Saturday of cancer aged 70, the bank said.

Probe into new G20 protest claim against police (AFP)

Posted: 18 Apr 2009 09:05 AM PDT

Riot police rush through a crowd of protestors during the G20 protests on April 1. Scotland Yard has confirmed that the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) is probing a third complaint about the conduct of police during the G20 summit protests.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)AFP - A watchdog is probing a third complaint about the conduct of police during the G20 summit protests, Scotland Yard said on Saturday, after an officer was questioned over the death of another man.

Former Bank of England governor Eddie George dies (AP)

Posted: 18 Apr 2009 08:25 AM PDT

AP - Eddie George, the former governor of the Bank of England, died Saturday of cancer, the bank said. He was 70.

British spy agency searches for real-life `Q' (AP)

Posted: 18 Apr 2009 06:42 AM PDT

FILE - In this Monday Nov. 18 2002 file photo John Cleese, centre, who plays MI5's Q in the current James Bomd films, stands with Madoona as they wait for Britain's Queen Elizabeth II at the World Premiere of the James Bond film 'Die Another Day' at the Royal Albert Hall in central London . Q was James Bond's go-to guy for inventions that included dagger-embedded shoes, radioactive lint and a deadly sofa that swallowed people. Now, Britain's domestic spy agency MI5 is hunting for its very own 'Q,' of sorts. (AP Photo/ Daily Express, Tim Clarke/Pool )AP - He was James Bond's go-to guy for inventions that included dagger-embedded shoes, radioactive lint and a deadly sofa that swallowed people. Now, Britain's domestic spy agency — MI5 — is hunting for its very own "Q," of sorts.

Prince Philip notches longevity record (AP)

Posted: 18 Apr 2009 04:06 AM PDT

FILE - In this Nov. 9, 2006 file photo Britain's Prince Philip shares a joke with a war veteran, unseen, following a ceremony for the Opening of the Field of Remembrance, on the grounds of the Westminster Abbey, in central London. On Saturday April 18, 2009 Prince Philip has set a record for the longest-serving consort of a British monarch. Philip overtakes Queen Charlotte's mark of 57 years, 70 days. Charlotte married King George III when he was already on the throne, and she died before him in 1818. The 87-year-old prince long ago became the longest-serving husband of a monarch, easily passing Prince Albert's 21 years married to Queen Victoria. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, File)AP - Prince Philip has set a record for the longest-serving consort of a British monarch.

Britain's MI5 seeking real 'Q' (AFP)

Posted: 18 Apr 2009 01:39 AM PDT

Actor Pierce Brosnan (left) and Desmond Llewelyn, who played 'Q' in many James Bond films. Britain's domestic intelligence agency, MI5, is seeking to recruit a chief scientific adviser AFP - James Bond always went to Q to keep one step ahead of the enemy with the latest smart gadgets, and now the real-life British spies of MI5 are to get their own technology mastermind.

Prince Philip becomes longest-serving consort (AFP)

Posted: 17 Apr 2009 07:19 PM PDT

Queen Elizabeth II (left) and Prince Philip in London in late March. The prince has became Britain's longest-serving consort, clocking up 57 years and 71 days in the role.(AFP/File/Adrian Dennis)AFP - Prince Philip became Britain's longest-serving consort on Saturday, clocking up 57 years and 71 days in the role.

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