2009年4月26日星期日

Yahoo! News: World - Britain

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - Britain

British, French, Swedish FMs to visit Sri Lanka: Miliband (AFP)

Posted: 26 Apr 2009 11:02 AM PDT

Internally displaced Sri Lankan Tamil civilians queue for food rations at a camp for internally displaced people (IDP) near the northern Sri Lankan town of Vavunyia. The foreign ministers of Britain, France and Sweden will visit Sri Lanka on Wednesday, Foreign Secretary David Miliband said after Colombo rejected a ceasefire declared by Tamil Tiger rebels.(AFP)AFP - The foreign ministers of Britain, France and Sweden will visit Sri Lanka on Wednesday, Foreign Secretary David Miliband said after Colombo rejected a ceasefire declared by Tamil Tiger rebels.


British, French, Swedish FMs to visit Sri Lanka (AFP)

Posted: 26 Apr 2009 08:50 AM PDT

Britain's Foreign Secretary David Miliband pictured in the Czech Republic in March 2009. Miliband and the foreign ministers of France and Sweden will visit Sri Lanka on Wednesday, government officials in London said Sunday after Colombo rejected a ceasefire declared by Tamil Tiger rebels.(AFP/File/Dominique Faget)AFP - The foreign ministers of Britain, France and Sweden will visit Sri Lanka on Wednesday, government officials in London said Sunday after Colombo rejected a ceasefire declared by Tamil Tiger rebels.


Al-Qaeda threatens to kill British hostage (AFP)

Posted: 26 Apr 2009 06:21 AM PDT

A photo from Jordan's al-Dustour newspaper of Abu Qatada in 2000. Al-Qaeda's North African branch has threatened to execute a captive Briton if the British government does not release a Muslim cleric within 20 days.(AFP/OFF/File)AFP - Al-Qaeda's North African branch has threatened to execute a captive Briton if the British government does not release a Muslim cleric within 20 days, SITE Intelligence Group reported on Sunday.


British Airways steward does not have swine flu (AFP)

Posted: 26 Apr 2009 04:27 AM PDT

British Airways jets tail fins. A British Airways cabin crew steward admitted to hospital with AFP - A British Airways cabin crew steward admitted to hospital with "flu-like symptoms" after arriving on a flight from Mexico City does not have swine flu, the hospital said Sunday.


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