2009年5月13日星期三

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Britain's Prince Harry plans visit to New York (AP)

Posted: 13 May 2009 04:52 PM PDT

AP - When he travels to New York later this month, Britain's Prince Harry will be bringing with him a dash of old-world elegance — competing in a charity polo competition surrounded by women in traditional hats and men in formal summer suits.

Lobby group urges police probe into expense row (AFP)

Posted: 13 May 2009 04:49 PM PDT

Prime Minister Gordon Brown leaves 10 Downing Street in central London as he prepares to attend the weekly Prime Minister's Question time in the House of Commons. A lobby group called for a police probe into lawmakers' expenses Thursday as a seventh day of revelations showed one MP claimed thousands of pounds in interest on a mortgage that did not exist.(AFP/Leon Neal)AFP - A lobby group called for a police probe into lawmakers' expenses Thursday as a seventh day of revelations showed one MP claimed thousands of pounds in interest on a mortgage that did not exist.

Britain's Prince Harry to visit New York (AP)

Posted: 13 May 2009 01:54 PM PDT

AP - Prince Harry will travel to New York City this month on a high profile trip that will include a visit to ground zero and a charity polo match.

Alleged French students' killer admits torching flat (AFP)

Posted: 13 May 2009 01:06 PM PDT

This handout from the Metropolitan Police press office(MPPO) shows Nigel Farmer, one of two men accused of murdering two French students in London, who admitted Wednesday setting fire to their flat, but said it was only after his children's lives were threatened.(AFP/MPPO-HO/File/Ho)AFP - One of the men accused of the brutal murder of two French students in London admitted Wednesday setting fire to their flat, but said it was only after his children's lives were threatened.

UK terror probe arrests focus on South Asians (AP)

Posted: 13 May 2009 11:25 AM PDT

AP - Britons of South Asian descent are far more likely to be detained in anti-terrorism raids than other ethnic groups — and more than half of all suspects arrested in terrorism cases since 2001 were freed without charge, a government study disclosed on Wednesday.

UK museum returns human skull to Australia (AP)

Posted: 13 May 2009 10:36 AM PDT

FULL FRAME OF LPT202 - Aboriginal elder Major Sumner performs a ritual dance outside the World Museum following the return of an Australian indigenous human skull in Liverpool, England, May 13, 2009. The remains which where taken from Australia between 1902 and 1904 have been part of the museum's collection since 1948 when they where purchased from Dr William Broad. (AP Photo/Paul Thomas)AP - Aboriginal elder Major Sumner, wearing a loincloth and chanting a dirge, danced Wednesday in front of the Edwardian facade of the World Museum Liverpool to mark the return of a skull taken from Australia more than a century ago.

Pakistan's president says nuclear stockpile safe (AP)

Posted: 13 May 2009 09:56 AM PDT

AP - Pakistan's president on Wednesday brushed aside warnings that country's nuclear arsenal was in jeopardy because of mounting instability caused by a surge in Taliban activity.

UK government decides to improve Stonehenge site (AP)

Posted: 13 May 2009 08:59 AM PDT

AP - The British government Wednesday announced plans for major improvements at Stonehenge to be completed ahead of the 2012 Olympics, when hordes of visitors are expected.

Prince Charles softens tone in attack on modernism (AP)

Posted: 13 May 2009 06:23 AM PDT

Britain's Prince Charles, left, with Sunand Prasad, the President of RIBA, at right, after the Prince delivered the 2009 Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) Trust Annual Lecture in London, Tuesday May, 12, 2009. Prince Charles, the scourge of modernist British architecture, made no apologies for his traditional views in a speech Tuesday before the Royal Institute of British Architects. The hall was packed despite a threat by some of the country's leading architects to boycott a dinner marking the group's 175th anniversary in anger at Charles' perceived meddling in their business. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant/pool)AP - Britain's modern architects still have a formidable foe in Prince Charles, but a quarter century after he first attacked the profession in a famously fiery speech, the heir to the British throne wants to work with the practitioners of the trade — not trash them.

Only a third of UK terrorism arrests lead to charges (Reuters)

Posted: 13 May 2009 04:43 AM PDT

Reuters - Britain has arrested more than 1,400 people under anti-terrorism laws since September 11, 2001, the government said on Wednesday, but only a third of those were charged and even fewer convicted.

NHS criticised for Baby P errors (AFP)

Posted: 13 May 2009 04:09 AM PDT

Undated picture of Baby Peter. Doctors and health workers missed dozens of chances to identify abuse suffered by Baby P in the months before his horrific death, a report by the health regulator said Wednesday.(AFP/ITV News/File)AFP - Doctors and health workers missed dozens of chances to identify abuse suffered by Baby P in the months before his horrific death, a report by the health regulator said Wednesday.

Pub finds smoking ban loophole: report (AFP)

Posted: 13 May 2009 02:36 AM PDT

A cigarette smolders in an ashtray in a pub in London in 2004. The landlady of a British pub has exploited a loophole in the country's smoking ban by opening a AFP - The landlady of a pub has exploited a loophole in the country's smoking ban by opening a "smoking research centre" where drinkers can light up legally, reports said Wednesday.

Sainsbury's profits rise 11% (AFP)

Posted: 13 May 2009 02:31 AM PDT

Sainsbury's trolleys outside a supermarket in north London in 2007. Sainsbury's posted an 11 percent rise in annual profits to £543 million, the supermarket giant said Wednesday, citing its ability to appeal to cash-strapped shoppers during the recession.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)AFP - Sainsbury's posted an 11 percent rise in annual profits to £543 million, the supermarket giant said Wednesday, citing its ability to appeal to cash-strapped shoppers during the recession.

British Parliament finds steep cost in 'expense' scandal: credibility (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 13 May 2009 02:00 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Heard the joke about how many politicians it takes to change a light bulb?

British Columbia re-elects Liberals (AFP)

Posted: 12 May 2009 11:44 PM PDT

The Vancouver city skyline. Voters in Canada's westernmost province kept a controversial carbon tax by re-electing the provincial government and rejected a landmark referendum for proportional representation.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Doug Pensinger)AFP - Voters in Canada's westernmost province kept a controversial carbon tax by re-electing the provincial government and rejected a landmark referendum for proportional representation.

British Columbia re-elects Liberal government (Reuters)

Posted: 12 May 2009 11:36 PM PDT

Reuters - British Columbia Premier Gordon Campbell's Liberal Party won re-election on Tuesday in a vote that will also preserve North America's first comprehensive carbon tax.

UK politicians running for cover as scandal rages (AP)

Posted: 12 May 2009 11:27 PM PDT

Leader of Britain's, Conservative opposition party David Cameron speaking to the media in London, Tuesday, May 12, 2009. Cameron, banned members of his party Tuesday from filing expense claims for food and household items amid public outrage after lawmakers sought reimbursements for items such as swimming pool construction and tennis court upkeep. Cameron said his party's lawmakers would reimburse the taxpayers for expenses deemed inappropriate, such as chandeliers, sleigh beds and manure. The Conservative Party leader said that the public could not abide by the expenditures, even though they were technically allowed under the complicated system for claiming household costs. 'Politicians have done things that are unethical and wrong,' Cameron said during a news conference. 'I am completely appalled.' (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)AP - Britain's prime minister called for drastic steps to restore trust in the country's scandal-tainted political class, as lawmakers across the political spectrum sought to take cover from public anger over their lavish expense claims.

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