2009年5月10日星期日

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Merkel in veiled attack on British Conservatives (AFP)

Posted: 10 May 2009 12:47 PM PDT

German Chancellor Angela Merkel addresses a rally at the Sony Centre in Berlin. Merkel made a thinly veiled attack Sunday on Britain's eurosceptic main opposition Conservative Party, who are currently riding high in opinion polls.(AFP/John Macdougall)AFP - German Chancellor Angela Merkel made a thinly veiled attack Sunday on Britain's eurosceptic main opposition Conservative Party, who are currently riding high in opinion polls.

Blair hails Rwandan revival as 'inspiration to the world' (AFP)

Posted: 10 May 2009 10:45 AM PDT

Former Prime Minister Tony Blair, seen here on May 8, 2009, on Sunday praised genocide-scarred Rwanda as AFP - Former Prime Minister Tony Blair on Sunday praised genocide-scarred Rwanda as "an inspiration to the world," after talks with President Paul Kagame.

Centrica agrees deal to buy British Energy stake: reports (AFP)

Posted: 10 May 2009 10:41 AM PDT

Gas burners of a stove are pictured in London. British energy firm Centrica is set to announce a deal to buy a 25 percent stake in nuclear company British Energy from French owners EDF, press reports stated Sunday.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - Energy firm Centrica is set to announce a deal to buy a 25 percent stake in nuclear company British Energy from French owners EDF, press reports stated Sunday.

Gov't 'most unpopular ever' over expenses row: polls (AFP)

Posted: 10 May 2009 10:33 AM PDT

Prime Minister Gordon Brown's already unpopular administration has been hit by a wave of public distrust over the expenses affair, polls suggested, although the revelations have not spared other political parties either.(AFP/POOL/File/Lefteris Pitarakis)AFP - The government's popularity hit record lows Sunday as more details of lawmakers' expenses, revealing lavish spending on everything from home improvements to pest control, came to light.

UK politicians face curb on expenses after scandal (AP)

Posted: 10 May 2009 04:45 AM PDT

Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown attends a ceremony to unveil a memorial to murdered police officer Sharon Beshenivsky in Bradford, England, Friday May 8, 2009. Brown claimed thousands of pounds for a cleaner while other ministers claimed for gardeners, beds and television sets, a newspaper report revealed Friday, a disclosure certain to fuel public outrage over lawmaker excess. Brown's office immediately defended the expenses, published in Britain's Daily Telegraph, arguing that no rules were broken. The newspaper reported that some ministers used public money to furnish or upgrade their homes.(AP Photos/John Giles-pa)AP - A senior British lawmaker says Parliament will set up an independent body to oversee legislators' expenses following a series of damaging revelations.

Somali pirates receive $2 million for British-owned ship (Reuters)

Posted: 10 May 2009 03:26 AM PDT

This photo provided by the US Navy in October 2008 shows A court in Somalia's breakaway region of Somaliland on Sunday sentenced 14 people to between 15 and 20 years in jail for piracy.(AFP/HO/File)Reuters - Somali pirates said on Sunday they had received a $2-million (1.3-million pound) ransom for the release of a British-owned vessel and its 16 Bulgarian crew.

Wounded soldier finishes London Marathon (AFP)

Posted: 09 May 2009 05:47 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, two weeks after the race began.

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