2009年5月22日星期五

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

UK Expense scandal whistleblower defends actions (AP)

Posted: 22 May 2009 02:55 PM PDT

AP - A former SAS officer said Friday he acted as a middleman to help leak details of British lawmakers' expenses bills to a newspaper, sparking a scandal that has ousted the speaker of the House of Commons speaker and ruined the reputations of scores of legislators.

UK mother gives birth to sextuplets (AP)

Posted: 22 May 2009 02:14 PM PDT

AP - A British hospital says a mother in Northern Ireland has given birth to sextuplets.

Man probed by McCanns over girl's disappearance (AP)

Posted: 22 May 2009 01:49 PM PDT

This picture from West Yorkshire police, made available Friday, May 22, 2009, shows Raymond Hewlett, in 1995. Detectives working for the parents of missing British child Madeleine McCann are investigating a convicted pedophile in connection with the her disappearance, family spokesman Clarence Mitchell said Friday. The Daily Mirror tabloid said Briton Raymond Hewlett was living an hour away from Praia da Luz, Portugal, where the girl disappeared two years ago when she was 3 years old. The paper cited Alan and Cindy Thompson, who it said had met Hewlett while he was in Portugal, as the source of its information. It quoted the Thompsons as saying Hewlett denied having anything to do with Madeleine's disappearance. (AP Photo/West Yorkshire Police/PA)AP - Detectives working for the parents of missing Madeleine McCann are investigating a convicted pedophile in connection with the her disappearance, family spokesman Clarence Mitchell said Friday.

Mother, stepfather of Baby P jailed (AFP)

Posted: 22 May 2009 12:55 PM PDT

The mother of Baby P has, seen here at 12 months, has been jailed indefinitely for her role in the horrific abuse and death of her 17-month-old son.(AFP/ITV News/File)AFP - The mother and stepfather of Baby P, whose death after months of brutal abuse shocked the country and triggered an urgent review of childcare policy, were jailed Friday for their roles in his death.

Ronald Reagan statue being built in central London (AP)

Posted: 22 May 2009 09:54 AM PDT

AP - Former U.S. President Ronald Reagan is being honored with a statue in central London.

British Airways reports loss, sees bleak outlook (AFP)

Posted: 22 May 2009 09:21 AM PDT

A file photo of British Airways jets' tail fins. British Airways on Friday said it saw no sign of immediate improvement after suffering a 375-million-pound loss during the past year that it blamed on high fuel costs and slumping demand.(AFP/File/John D McHugh)AFP - British Airways on Friday said it saw no sign of immediate improvement after suffering a 375-million-pound loss during the past year that it blamed on high fuel costs and slumping demand.

Israeli tourism poster withdrawn after complaints (AP)

Posted: 22 May 2009 08:52 AM PDT

Close up of an Israel tourism poster, which depicts Israel incorporating the West Bank and East Jerusalem, the Gaza strip and Golan Heights, is seen at an underground station in London, Friday, May 22, 2009. An Israeli tourism poster is being pulled from the London subway after the Syrian Embassy complained that the map on it appeared to show the Golan Heights and Palestinian territories within Israel's boundaries, officials said Friday. Britain's Advertising Standards Authority received more than 300 complaints about the ad, a promotion for the Israeli Red Sea resort town of Eilat, according to the agency's spokesman Matt Wilson. The Syrian Embassy and pro-Palestinian groups complained about it because the featured map appeared to show the territories Israel captured in the 1967 Mideast war — the West Bank, the Gaza Strip and the Golan Heights — within the borders of the Jewish state, according to the Israeli Tourism Ministry and the British standards authority. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)AP - An Israeli tourism poster is being pulled from the London subway after the Syrian Embassy complained that the map on it appeared to show the Golan Heights and Palestinian territories within Israel's boundaries, officials said Friday.

British economy at weakest for 30 years (AFP)

Posted: 22 May 2009 08:16 AM PDT

A file photo of construction workers on a building site in central London. Britain's recession-hit economy is contracting at its sharpest pace in almost three decades amid the worst global downturn since the 1930s, official data showed Friday.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)AFP - Britain's economy is contracting at its sharpest pace in almost three decades amid the worst global downturn since the 1930s, official data showed Friday, but analysts said the worst is likely over.

Court rejects L'Oreal bid to sue eBay (AFP)

Posted: 22 May 2009 07:12 AM PDT

A combo shows the logos of Ebay and L'Oreal. The French cosmetics giant failed Friday in a bid to sue the US online auction site for selling counterfeit goods.(AFP/File/Jacques Demarthon-Franck Fife)AFP - French cosmetics giant L'Oreal failed Friday in a bid to sue US online auction site eBay for selling counterfeit goods.

British Airways plunges into the red (AFP)

Posted: 22 May 2009 06:27 AM PDT

A file photo of British Airways jets' tail fins. British Airways suffered a 375 million-pound loss in the past year, hit by high fuel costs and slumping demand, it said Friday, adding that it sees no sign of immediate improvement amid the downturn.(AFP/File/John D McHugh)AFP - British Airways plunged into the red with a 375-million-pound loss in the past year, hit by high fuel costs and slumping demand and with no sign of immediate improvement in the downturn, the airline said on Friday.

Expenses row might provoke suicide, British MP warns (Reuters)

Posted: 22 May 2009 05:26 AM PDT

Reuters - Embarrassing disclosures about the vast expenses claims of British members of parliament amount to a "McCarthy-style witch-hunt" that risks driving politicians to suicide, a lawmaker warned on Friday.

The Telegraph in spotlight over MPs' expenses (AFP)

Posted: 22 May 2009 04:19 AM PDT

A woman reads a copy of the Daily Telegraph newspaper in London. A good old-fashioned scoop or chequebook journalism? The Daily Telegraph newspaper has spent the last two weeks exposing MPs' lavish expense claims but is facing ethical questions itself.(AFP/Leon Neal)AFP - A good old-fashioned scoop or chequebook journalism? The Daily Telegraph newspaper has spent the last two weeks exposing MPs' lavish expense claims but is facing ethical questions itself.

Nepal's ex-Gurkhas cheer British settlement rights (AFP)

Posted: 22 May 2009 04:18 AM PDT

Retired Gurkha soldiers in Nepal on Friday hailed as AFP - Retired Gurkha soldiers in Nepal on Friday hailed as "historic" a British government announcement that the veterans can settle there.

Baby P's mother jailed indefinitely (AFP)

Posted: 22 May 2009 04:12 AM PDT

The mother of Baby P has, seen here at 12 months, has been jailed indefinitely for her role in the horrific abuse and death of her 17-month-old son.(AFP/ITV News/File)AFP - The mother of Baby P was on Friday jailed indefinitely for her role in the horrific abuse and death of her 17-month-old son.

Economy at weakest for 30 years (AFP)

Posted: 22 May 2009 04:08 AM PDT

Construction workers on a buliding site in central London. The economy is contracting at its sharpest pace in almost three decades amid the worst global downturn since the 1930s, official data has shown but analysts say the worst is most likely over.(AFP/File/Carl de Souza)AFP - The economy is contracting at its sharpest pace in almost three decades amid the worst global downturn since the 1930s, official data showed on Friday, but analysts said the worst is likely over.

Economy shrinks 1.9% in first quarter (AFP)

Posted: 22 May 2009 02:41 AM PDT

Construction workers on a buliding site in central London. The economy is contracting at its sharpest pace in almost three decades amid the worst global downturn since the 1930s, official data has shown but analysts say the worst is most likely over.(AFP/File/Carl de Souza)AFP - The recession-hit economy shrank 1.9 percent during the first quarter of 2009 compared with the final three months of last year, unchanged from an initial estimate, official data showed on Friday.

British Airways suffers record full-year loss (AP)

Posted: 22 May 2009 02:04 AM PDT

AP - British Airways on Friday reported its biggest full-year loss since the former national airline was privatized in 1987, mainly due to soaring fuel costs and weaker demand in recent months.

British Airways posts record loss (AFP)

Posted: 22 May 2009 12:28 AM PDT

British Airways jets tail fins. British Airways has posted an annual loss of £375 million for the year to March 2009, slumping from a year-earlier profit of £712 million.(AFP/File/John D McHugh)AFP - British Airways on Friday posted an annual loss of 375 million pounds for the year to March 2009, slumping from a year-earlier profit of 712 million pounds.

Two MPs to step down over expenses (AFP)

Posted: 22 May 2009 12:21 AM PDT

A AFP - Two more red-faced MPs are to step down following fresh embarrassment over expenses, including one 1,600 pound claim for a "duck island".

New suspect emerges in Madeleine McCann search (AFP)

Posted: 22 May 2009 12:11 AM PDT

Investigators probing the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, seen here, have identified a paedophile as a possible suspect, press reports and a spokesman for the girl's parents have said.(AFP/HO/File)AFP - Investigators probing the disappearance of Madeleine McCann in Portugal have identified a paedophile as a possible suspect, press reports and a spokesman for the girl's parents have said.

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