2009年5月9日星期六

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

PM under pressure over fresh expenses claims (AFP)

Posted: 09 May 2009 05:30 PM PDT

A shopper holds a receipt after buying items in Woolworths in Camberley, Surrey last year. More leaked details of items claimed by MPs on expenses -- from chocolate to a sack of horse manure -- were published, piling fresh embarrassment on Gordon Brown's government.(AFP/File/Adrian Dennis)AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown's government was under pressure Sunday as new polls showed his party had lost yet more ground amid a scandal over claims made by lawmakers on expenses.

Injured soldier finishes London Marathon two weeks after starting (AFP)

Posted: 09 May 2009 04:38 PM PDT

Major Phil Packer reaches the halfway point of the London Marathon on May 2, 2009. Packer, finished the London Marathon on Saturday, two weeks after the race began.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)AFP - A soldier who was injured by a rocket attack in Iraq finished the London Marathon on Saturday, two weeks after the race began.

Somali pirates free British cargo ship (AFP)

Posted: 09 May 2009 01:38 PM PDT

This photo released by the Spanish ministry of Defence shows suspected pirates sitting on a capsized boat on May 6, 2009 in the Indian Ocean. Somali pirates on Saturday released an Italian-operated British-owned cargo ship that was seized in April, two maritime watchdog organisations said.(AFP/MOD-HO/File)AFP - Somali pirates on Saturday released an Italian-operated, British-owned cargo ship that was seized in April, two maritime watchdog organisations said.

Somali pirates free British cargo ship: Watchdog (AFP)

Posted: 09 May 2009 12:56 PM PDT

This photo released by the Spanish ministry of Defence shows suspected pirates sitting on a capsized boat on May 6, 2009 in the Indian Ocean. Somali pirates on Saturday released an Italian-operated British-owned cargo ship that was seized in April, two maritime watchdog organisations said.(AFP/MOD-HO/File)AFP - Somali pirates on Saturday released an Italian-operated British-owned cargo ship that was seized in April, two maritime watchdog organisations said.

Poll puts Labour at record low (AFP)

Posted: 09 May 2009 12:25 PM PDT

Support for Prime Minister Gordon Brown's Labour Party has dropped to its lowest level since polling in Britain began in the 1940s, a new survey released Saturday suggested.(AFP/POOL/File/Lefteris Pitarakis)AFP - Support for Prime Minister Gordon Brown's Labour Party has dropped to its lowest level since polling in Britain began in the 1940s, a new survey released Saturday suggested.

Injured British soldier completes London Marathon (AP)

Posted: 09 May 2009 10:06 AM PDT

London Marathon competitor British soldier Major Phil Packer, centre left, who lost the use of his legs during an attack in Basra, Iraq, as he completes the Marathon in the Mall, London, Saturday May, 9, 2009, nearly two weeks after he started the event. 14-months ago Packer was told he would never walk again but today, he finally completes the London Marathon and proves the doctors wrong. Major Packer could only walk two miles each day, and is raising funds for the Help for Heroes charity which supports wounded soldiers. Paker is accompanied by his friend and 'walking buddy' Martyn Bird, centre right. (AP Photo / Fiona Hanson, PA)AP - A British soldier who lost the use of his legs in a rocket attack in Iraq has completed the London Marathon, two weeks after starting the race.

Joanna Lumley runs 'ab fab' Gurkha campaign (AFP)

Posted: 08 May 2009 11:50 PM PDT

Actress Joanna Lumley (centre) poses for pictures outside the High Court in central London, in September 2008, as she joined ex-Gurkhas and Victoria Cross winners Lachhiman Gurungi (Front left) and Tul Bahadour Pun (Front right).(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - Actress Joanna Lumley's best-known role used to be as a boozy fashionista in hit comedy "Absolutely Fabulous", but now she is dominating TV screens as a formidable campaigner for Gurkha soldiers.

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