2009年5月16日星期六

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Maddie's parents to sue Portuguese ex-policeman (AFP)

Posted: 16 May 2009 02:20 PM PDT

Kate (R) and Gerry McCann arrive for a press conference in 2008. The parents of missing Madeleine McCann said Saturday they will sue the former Portuguese police officer who handled the investigation into their daughter's disappearance.(AFP/File/Max Nash)AFP - The parents of missing Madeleine McCann said Saturday they will sue the former Portuguese police officer who handled the investigation into their daughter's disappearance.

Ruth Padel voted Oxford's professor of poetry (AP)

Posted: 16 May 2009 12:59 PM PDT

AP - Ruth Padel, the great-great-granddaughter of Charles Darwin, became Oxford University's first female professor of poetry on Saturday.

2nd British lawmaker suspended for mortgage claims (AP)

Posted: 16 May 2009 12:40 PM PDT

Postcards showing the Houses of Parliament are seen on a tourist kiosk opposite the parliament in central London, Friday May 15, 2009. Britain's shamed lawmakers rushed to spend public money on lavish second homes, swank hotel rooms, luxury meals, Plasma TV's and chandeliers at country estates — now legislators snared in a deepening expenses scandal are in a race to hand it back. For almost a week, daily revelations about how lawmakers billed the taxpayer for everything from ice cubes to housekeepers have whipped up a public storm that threatens to sweep through Britain's political ranks. Dozens of lawmakers have issued humbling apologies in a British political scandal like no other. ''Hearing about how these politicians are claiming for cans of cat food and flowers for their mansions makes me sick', Randy Wallace, 41,an unemployed plumber said. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)AP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Saturday that any lawmaker in his party who is found to have broken rules regarding their expense accounts must leave his government.

UK's Labour suspends second MP in expenses scandal (Reuters)

Posted: 16 May 2009 11:35 AM PDT

The Big Ben clock tower at the Houses of Parliament is seen next to a sculpture, in Westminster, in central London May 15, 2009. REUTERS/Toby MelvilleReuters - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said on Saturday parliament must do more than clean up its expenses system to restore public trust, after his ruling Labour party suspended a second lawmaker in a damaging perks scandal.

EBRD seeks to guide ex-Soviet bloc to economic recovery (AFP)

Posted: 16 May 2009 10:37 AM PDT

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) President Thomas Mirow at its annual general meeting in London on May 15, 2009. The EBRD met Saturday to help guide crisis-hit eastern Europe towards recovery and prevent a reversal of two decades of major economic reforms.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)AFP - The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development met Saturday to help guide crisis-hit eastern Europe towards recovery and prevent a reversal of two decades of major economic reforms.

EBRD seeks to guide ex-Soviet bloc to recovery (AFP)

Posted: 16 May 2009 08:52 AM PDT

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) President Thomas Mirow at its annual general meeting in London on May 15, 2009. The EBRD met Saturday to help guide crisis-hit eastern Europe towards recovery and prevent a reversal of two decades of major economic reforms.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)AFP - The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development met Saturday to discuss guiding crisis-hit eastern Europe to recovery and preventing a reversal of 20 years of hard-won economic reforms.

Second Labour MP suspended over expenses claims (AFP)

Posted: 16 May 2009 04:21 AM PDT

Prime Minister Gordon Brown, seen here on May 14, 2009, pledged on Saturday to crack down on ministers who cheat their expenses as he attempted to restore trust in politics after more than a week of damaging revelations.(AFP/Andrew Yates)AFP - A MP was suspended from the ruling Labour Party's parliamentary grouping on Saturday, pending an investigation into his expenses claims.

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