2009年5月14日星期四

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Tony Blair holds out hope for two-state solution (AP)

Posted: 14 May 2009 05:51 PM PDT

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, May 14, 2009, before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Middle East peace. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP - A self-described optimist, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair told Congress on Thursday there is no workable alternative to a two-state solution to the long and bloody conflict between Israel and the Palestinians, and both sides are in favor of it.

Outspoken host asks help from a target — Clinton (AP)

Posted: 14 May 2009 05:05 PM PDT

AP - Right-wing radio host Michael Savage makes Hillary Rodham Clinton a frequent target of his verbal barbs. Now he's asking the secretary of state for help.

Brazilian testifies to dismembering British teen (AP)

Posted: 14 May 2009 03:18 PM PDT

Mohamed D´Ali Carvalho Santos, right, looks at his current girlfriend Ellen de Matos while she testifies during Santos' trial in Goiania, Brazil, Thursday, May 14, 2009. Santos, who admitted killing and dismembering her former girlfriend, 17-year-old British Cara Marie Burke on July 25, 2008 while high on cocaine, hopes to get a reduced sentence based partly on his heavy drug use. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)AP - A young Brazilian man calmly testified Thursday that he stabbed a British teenager to death and dismembered her last year after they argued about his heavy drug use and his refusal to give her money.

Heads roll in expenses row (AFP)

Posted: 14 May 2009 01:47 PM PDT

Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown speaks at Kirk Hallam community college in Ikeston, in Derbyshire, as he attends the Labour Party European and Local Election Launch. Britain's parliamentary expenses row claimed its first scalps Thursday, as Brown suspended a former minister while an opposition MP was forced to quit by the latest revelations.(AFP/Andrew Yates)AFP - Britain's parliamentary expenses row claimed its first scalps Thursday, as Prime Minister Gordon Brown suspended a former minister and an opposition MP was forced to quit by the latest revelations.

British explorers cut short trek to North Pole (AP)

Posted: 14 May 2009 01:44 PM PDT

This recent but undated photo provided by Catlin Arctic Survey shows an unidentified British polar explorer walks across a ice ridge with a hand-drill on High Arctic sea ice. Three British polar explorers have ended their sojourn on High Arctic sea ice on Wednesday May 13, 2009 after 73 days of hard travel and skin-freezing temperatures. The trio had been collecting data that will give scientists a rare first-hand look at the ice's declining thickness. (AP Photo/Catlin Arctic Survey via the Canadian Press, Martin Hartley)AP - British explorers in northern Canada to measure the thickness of floating Arctic sea ice ended their expedition short of reaching the North Pole due to an early summer ice melt, the team said Thursday.

Heads roll in British expenses row (AFP)

Posted: 14 May 2009 01:36 PM PDT

Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown speaks at Kirk Hallam community college in Ikeston, in Derbyshire, as he attends the Labour Party European and Local Election Launch. Britain's parliamentary expenses row claimed its first scalps Thursday, as Brown suspended a former minister while an opposition MP was forced to quit by the latest revelations.(AFP/Andrew Yates)AFP - Britain's parliamentary expenses row claimed its first scalps Thursday, as Prime Minister Gordon Brown suspended a former minister and an opposition MP was forced to quit by the latest revelations.

British sleaze row claims first political casualties (Reuters)

Posted: 14 May 2009 09:56 AM PDT

British Conservative MP Andrew Mackay leaves a television studio in Westminster in central London May 14, 2009. A senior adviser to British opposition leader David Cameron quit on Thursday over Reuters - Britain's ruling Labour party suspended a senior lawmaker and a top aide to the head of the opposition stepped down on Thursday in a widening political expenses scandal that is alienating voters.

Brown suspends Morley in expenses row (AFP)

Posted: 14 May 2009 07:02 AM PDT

Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown speaks at Kirk Hallam community college in Ikeston, in Derbyshire, as he attends the Labour Party European and Local Election Launch. Britain's parliamentary expenses row claimed its first scalps Thursday, as Brown suspended a former minister while an opposition MP was forced to quit by the latest revelations.(AFP/Andrew Yates)AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Thursday suspended a Labour Party MP over embarrassing expenses claim revelations, in a row rocking all political parties.

Picturesque British village with 21 cottages sold (AP)

Posted: 14 May 2009 06:48 AM PDT

FILE- This is a Tuesday March 17, 2009 file image showing a l view of the village of Linkenholt in southern. A buyer has been found for the picturesque British village of Linkenholt, but the details are secret. Real estate agent Tim Sherston said Thursday that the leafy village of Linkenholt is off the market. But he couldn't say who the buyer was or how much was paid because of a confidentialty agreement. Linkenholt is located about 70 miles (110 kilometers) west of London. The village's 21 cottages, manor house and accompanying pavilion were sold, along with 1,500 acres (600 hectares) of farmland and another 425 acres (170 hectares) of woods. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)AP - The leafy English village of Linkenholt with its 21 cottages and a manor house has found a buyer.

MPs warn on sex 'slave trade' (AFP)

Posted: 14 May 2009 05:39 AM PDT

A female prostitute stands by the side of the road. More than 5,000 mostly women and children have been smuggled into Britain to work as sex slaves and beggars, according to a parliamentary report into human trafficking released Thursday.(AFP/File/Carl de Souza)AFP - More than 5,000 mostly women and children have been smuggled into Britain to work as sex slaves and beggars, according to a parliamentary report into human trafficking released Thursday.

BT axes up to 15,000 extra jobs (AFP)

Posted: 14 May 2009 04:57 AM PDT

The BT tower in London on May 14, 2009. BT said on Thursday it will cut up to 15,000 more jobs, or 10 percent of its staff, after posting an annual net loss of 83 million pounds in its 2008-2009 financial year.(AFP/Leon Neal)AFP - BT said on Thursday it will cut up to 15,000 more jobs, or 10 percent of its staff, after posting an annual net loss of 83 million pounds in its 2008-2009 financial year.

Tory MP quits over expenses (AFP)

Posted: 14 May 2009 04:24 AM PDT

The political expenses row claimed its first scalp Thursday as an aide to opposition leader David Cameron, seen here on May 12, quit, while a former minister apologised for claiming on a home loan he had already paid off.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - The political expenses row claimed its first scalp on Thursday after an MP resigned as an aide to Conservative leader David Cameron, according to a party spokesman.

SABMiller says annual profits slide in downturn (AFP)

Posted: 14 May 2009 03:59 AM PDT

Miller and Coors products in 2007 in Chicago. Britain-based brewer SABMiller said on Thursday that net profits sank seven percent in its 2008-2009 financial year as the worldwide economic downturn curbed consumer demand for beer.(AFP/Getty Images/Scott Olson)AFP - Britain-based brewer SABMiller said on Thursday that net profits sank seven percent in its 2008-2009 financial year as the worldwide economic downturn curbed consumer demand for beer.

More Eurofighter jets for RAF despite downturn (AFP)

Posted: 14 May 2009 03:47 AM PDT

An Eurofighter jet at the Farnborough International Air Show in 2000. Prime Minister Gordon Brown said a third group of the jets will be purchased after coming under pressure to go ahead with the order despite the global slowdown.(AFP/File/Martin Hayhow)AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown said a third group of Eurofighter jets will be purchased after coming under pressure to go ahead with the order despite the global slowdown.

BT posts huge 4Q loss, to cut 15,000 more jobs (AP)

Posted: 14 May 2009 03:41 AM PDT

AP - Telecommunications company BT Group PLC said Thursday it expects to cut another 15,000 jobs in the next year after its Global Services division dragged the company to a fourth quarter loss of nearly 1 billion pounds.

British pilot injured in Afghan incident: MoD (AFP)

Posted: 14 May 2009 01:31 AM PDT

File photo shows a US military personnel working on a Blackhawk helicopter as a harrier jet takes off in Bagram, Afghanistan. A British pilot sustained minor injuries after ejecting from his Harrier jet in southern Afghanistan on Thursday, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) in London said.(AFP/File/Tauseef Mustafa)AFP - A British pilot sustained minor injuries after ejecting from his Harrier jet in southern Afghanistan on Thursday, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) in London said.

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