2009年4月20日星期一

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Stephen Hawking hospitalized, reported very ill (AP)

Posted: 20 Apr 2009 03:27 PM PDT

Stephen Hawking, professor of mathematics and physics from Cambridge University arrives for a news conference to promote his book AP - Stephen Hawking, the British mathematician and physicist famed for his work on black holes, was rushed to a hospital Monday and was seriously ill, Cambridge University said. Hawking has been fighting a chest infection for several weeks and was being treated at Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge, the university city northeast of London, the university said.

Stephen Hawking admitted to hospital (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Apr 2009 03:05 PM PDT

Reuters - Physicist Stephen Hawking, the author of "A Brief History of Time" who is almost completely paralyzed by motor neurone disease, has been urgently admitted to hospital, Cambridge University said on Monday.

Physicist Stephen Hawking 'very ill': university (AFP)

Posted: 20 Apr 2009 01:37 PM PDT

British scientist Stephen Hawking -- who is the author of AFP - Stephen Hawking, the wheelchair-bound British physicist whose book "A Brief History Of Time" became an international best-seller, is "very ill" in hospital, Cambridge University said Monday.

Britain's GSK buys US skincare firm Stiefel (AFP)

Posted: 20 Apr 2009 11:42 AM PDT

The Glaxosmith Kline (GSK) headquarters compund in west London. British drugs firm GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) said Monday it will buy Stiefel Laboratories, US maker of anti-itching creams, acne treatments and other skincare products, for as much as 3.6 billion dollars.(AFP/File/Odd Andersen)AFP - British drugs firm GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) said Monday it will buy Stiefel Laboratories, US maker of anti-itching creams, acne treatments and other skincare products, for as much as 3.6 billion dollars.

Lucky escape from Taliban bullet for soldier (AFP)

Posted: 20 Apr 2009 09:51 AM PDT

British soldiers are silhouetted against the sky in Lashkar Gah. A British soldier in Afghanistan was dubbed the luckiest man in the military on Monday after a Taliban bullet pierced his helmet -- and he lived to tell the tale(AFP?File/John D McHugh)AFP - A British soldier in Afghanistan was dubbed the luckiest man in the military on Monday after a Taliban bullet pierced his helmet -- and he lived to tell the tale.

Beckham backs new anti-malaria campaign (AFP)

Posted: 20 Apr 2009 09:45 AM PDT

English football player David Beckham(L) and Prime Minister Gordon Brown pose outside 10 Downing Street after a mosquito net was placed over the door for a photocall to mark the launch of 'Malaria No More UK,' a non profit organisation set up to tackle the health crisis caused by the disease Malaria.(AFP/Carl de Souza)AFP - Football star David Beckham and world-class tennis player Andy Murray joined Prime Minister Gordon Brown to launch an anti-malaria campaign on Monday.

Glaxo buys Stiefel Laboratories for $2.9 billion (AP)

Posted: 20 Apr 2009 07:06 AM PDT

AP - British drug maker GlaxoSmithKline PLC said Monday it will pay $2.9 billion to buy American dermatology business Stiefel Laboratories Inc. — the latest deal in a flurry of mergers and acquisitions in the pharmaceuticals industry.

GSK buys Stiefel skincare for £2.4 bln (AFP)

Posted: 20 Apr 2009 05:37 AM PDT

A cosmetics advertisement in Bangkok. British pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline has said it has agreed to buy US-based skincare group Stiefel Laboratories in a deal worth up to $3.6 billion (£2.47 billion).(AFP/File/Saeed Khan)AFP - Pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline said on Monday it has agreed to buy US-based skincare group Stiefel Laboratories in a deal worth up to 2.4 billion pounds (3.6 billion dollars).

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