2009年5月19日星期二

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Britain's Parliament speaker quits over expenses (AFP)

Posted: 19 May 2009 05:41 PM PDT

Media gather outside Parliament following the resignation of the speaker of the House of Commons Michael Martin, in London. The Speaker resigned over an MPs' expenses scandal which has plunged Britain into its worst political crisis for years and outraged voters.(AFP/Ben Stansall)AFP - The speaker of the House of Commons resigned over an MPs' expenses scandal which has plunged Britain into its worst political crisis for years and outraged voters.

MI5 'overstretched' before 2005 bombings (AFP)

Posted: 19 May 2009 02:51 PM PDT

Police look at the remains of a London bus that was destroyed by a bomb near Tavistock Square in London, July 7, 2005. Security services lacked the resources to carry out extra checks on the man who would go on to lead the 2005 suicide bombings of London's transport system, an official report said Tuesday.(AFP/File/Adrian Dennis)AFP - Security services lacked the resources to carry out extra checks on the man who would go on to lead the 2005 suicide bombings of London's transport system, an official report said Tuesday.

British expense scandal ousts lower house speaker (AP)

Posted: 19 May 2009 01:31 PM PDT

Speaker of the House of Commons Michael Martin is seen here in 2008, will reportedly quit in the first such resignation for over 300 years as MPs reel from an expenses scandal behind their worst political crisis for decades.(AFP/File/Matt Dunham)AP - For the first time in three centuries, the speaker of the House of Commons has resigned — the biggest casualty in a widening scandal in which lawmakers expensed such things as installing a chandelier or cleaning a moat at a country home.

UK parliamentary speaker steps down over scandal (Reuters)

Posted: 19 May 2009 12:49 PM PDT

Reuters - The speaker of Britain's lower house said on Tuesday he would step down after lawmakers from all the main parties demanded he resign over an expenses scandal that has tarnished the reputation of parliament.

Murder accused tells London court he tied up French student (AFP)

Posted: 19 May 2009 10:56 AM PDT

Francoise Villemont(L), mother of murdered French student Gabriel Ferez and Guy Bonomo, father of murdered French student Laurent Bonomo outside the Old Bailey in central London in April 2009. One of the alleged killers of the two French students changed his story Tuesday to admit tying one of them up before they were repeatedly stabbed and set on fire.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - One of the alleged killers of two French students changed his story Tuesday to admit tying one of them up before they were repeatedly stabbed and set on fire.

Man jailed for murder of Chinese graduates (AFP)

Posted: 19 May 2009 09:59 AM PDT

A handout picture obtained from Northumbria Police shows murdered Chinese graduates Xi Zhou (right) and Zhen Xing Yang. A man was found guilty of the brutal murders of the two Chinese graduates involved in an Internet betting operation last year.(AFP/HO/File/Ho)AFP - A man was jailed for a minimum of 33 years Tuesday for the brutal double murders of two Chinese graduates last year linked to an Internet betting scam.

UK examines intelligence on 2005 London bombings (AP)

Posted: 19 May 2009 09:07 AM PDT

AP - Campaigners allege police and intelligence officers missed vital chances to stop the July 7, 2005 London bombs. Here is a list of the key dates before the 2005 attacks.

UK missed chance to stop 2005 London bombers (AP)

Posted: 19 May 2009 08:43 AM PDT

AP - Britain's MI5 spy agency and anti-terrorism police missed chances to identify the key men behind the 2005 London suicide bombings, but could have done little more to halt the attacks given an alarming lack of resources, lawmakers said Tuesday.

Commons speaker to resign (AFP)

Posted: 19 May 2009 06:57 AM PDT

The speaker of the House of Commons Michael Martin pictured at the State Opening of Parliament in the Member's Lobby of the Palace of Westminster in London, December 2008. Martin resigned on Tuesday over an MPs' expenses scandal which has plunged Britain into its worst political crisis for years and outraged voters..(AFP/POOL/File/Matt Dunham)AFP - The speaker of House of Commons Michael Martin said Tuesday he will resign on June 21 following an uproar over MPs' expenses.

Marks & Spencer slashes dividend as profit slumps (AFP)

Posted: 19 May 2009 05:33 AM PDT

A shopper at a Marks and Spencer store in London, 2006. Clothes-to-food retailer Marks & Spencer said that annual net profit slumped nearly 40 percent and cut its dividend by a third due to an AFP - Clothes-to-food retailer Marks & Spencer said Tuesday that annual net profit slumped nearly 40 percent and cut its dividend by a third due to an "uncertain economic outlook."

Vodafone earnings plummet after massive charge (AFP)

Posted: 19 May 2009 05:13 AM PDT

A man pictured speaking on his mobile walks past a Vodafone logo at the CeBIT computer, digital IT and telecommunications fair in Hanover, central Germany, March 2007. Britain's Vodafone, the world's biggest mobile phone company by revenues, said Tuesday its annual net profit more than halved after massive charges against its business in the global economic downturn.(AFP/File/John Macdougall)AFP - Britain's Vodafone, the world's biggest mobile phone company by revenues, said Tuesday its annual net profit more than halved after massive charges against its business in the global economic downturn.

British bank Lloyds 'to cut 625 jobs' (AFP)

Posted: 19 May 2009 04:41 AM PDT

Britain's state-controlled Lloyds Banking Group is to axe 625 jobs, the country's biggest union Unite said on Tuesday.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)AFP - Britain's state-controlled Lloyds Banking Group is to axe 625 jobs, the country's biggest union Unite said on Tuesday.

Consumer price inflation slows (AFP)

Posted: 19 May 2009 04:34 AM PDT

Shoppers walk past a 'Sale' sign outside a department store on Oxford Street in central London, 2006. Recession-hit Britain's 12-month consumer price inflation slowed to 2.3 percent in April while retail prices sank at their fastest pace since records began in 1948.(AFP/File/Carl de Souza)AFP - Recession-hit Britain's 12-month consumer price inflation slowed to 2.3 percent in April while retail prices sank at their fastest pace since records began in 1948, official data showed Tuesday.

British Council to go back on trial in Russia (AFP)

Posted: 19 May 2009 03:34 AM PDT

People sit in the British Council office in Moscow, 2007. The British Council must again defend itself against Russian back-tax claims after a Moscow court threw out an earlier victory by the cultural body.(AFP/File/Alexander Nemenov)AFP - The British Council must again defend itself against Russian back-tax claims after a Moscow court on Tuesday threw out an earlier victory by the cultural body, news agencies reported.

Speaker of House of Commons to quit (AFP)

Posted: 19 May 2009 03:15 AM PDT

Speaker of the House of Commons Michael Martin is seen here in 2008, said he will resign on June 21 following an uproar over MPs' expenses.(AFP/File/Matt Dunham)AFP - The speaker of House of Commons, under fire after a scandal about MPs' expense claims, is to announce his resignation later Tuesday, according to media reports.

Court documents: boy, 13, is not baby's dad (AP)

Posted: 19 May 2009 03:07 AM PDT

AP - Court documents show that a 13-year-old boy who was reported to be the father of a baby girl born earlier this year in Britain is not her dad.

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