2009年5月23日星期六

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Police concern at reported Buckingham Palace security breach (AFP)

Posted: 23 May 2009 04:59 PM PDT

Police motorcyclsits line up in front of Buckingham Palace in London. A royal chauffeur allowed two undercover journalists into Buckingham Palace for cash and let one of them sit in Queen Elizabeth II's Bentley car, a newspaper reported Sunday.(AFP/File/Carl de Souza)AFP - A royal chauffeur allowed two undercover journalists into Buckingham Palace for cash and let one of them sit in Queen Elizabeth II's Bentley car, a newspaper reported Sunday.

Socialite, Nobel economist push foreign aid plan (AP)

Posted: 23 May 2009 03:43 PM PDT

In this picture taken in London, Tuesday, May 19, 2009, socialite Renu Mehta, left, and Nobel prize-winning economist, James Mirrlees stand for picture. As the global financial crisis exacerbates developing world poverty, an unlikely duo of a fashion heiress and a Nobel-prize winning economist are pushing a controversial plan to boost aid donations by giving wealthy individuals a greater say in how the funds are distributed. With backers ranging from U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon to a bevy of billionaires, supermodels and pop stars, socialite Renu Mehta and economist James Mirrlees argue that a private/public partnership on foreign aid is the only way to rescue international goals to eradicate extreme poverty and hunger as governments fall short of meeting U.N. goals. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)AP - An unlikely duo of a fashion heiress and a Nobel Prize-winning economist is pushing a controversial plan to boost aid to the developing world by giving wealthy donors a greater say in how the money is distributed.

Security breach at Buckingham Palace after driver paid: report (AFP)

Posted: 23 May 2009 03:25 PM PDT

Police motorcyclsits line up in front of Buckingham Palace in London. A royal chauffeur allowed two undercover journalists into Buckingham Palace for cash and let one of them sit in Queen Elizabeth II's Bentley car, a newspaper reported Sunday.(AFP/File/Carl de Souza)AFP - A royal chauffeur allowed two undercover journalists into Buckingham Palace for cash and let one of them sit in Queen Elizabeth II's Bentley car, a newspaper reported Saturday.

MPs expense row fuels calls for early election: poll (AFP)

Posted: 23 May 2009 01:45 PM PDT

A woman reads a copy of the Daily Telegraph. The scandal over MPs' expenses is fuelling calls for early elections, a poll indicated Saturday, as a AFP - The scandal over MPs' expenses is fuelling calls for early elections, a poll indicated Saturday, as a "whistleblower" behind the revelations said he was proud of his role.

'Whistleblower' defends role in expenses row (AFP)

Posted: 23 May 2009 10:34 AM PDT

A woman reads a copy of the Daily Telegraph. The scandal over MPs' expenses is fuelling calls for early elections, a poll indicated Saturday, as a AFP - The scandal over MPs' expenses is fuelling calls for early elections, a poll indicated Saturday, as a "whistleblower" behind the revelations said he was proud of his role.

UK expense scandal widens with duck hut disclosure (AP)

Posted: 23 May 2009 09:16 AM PDT

AP - A lawmaker at the center of Britain's growing expense account scandal said Saturday he has been humiliated by public revelations about his attempt to get taxpayers to pay for a duck hut on his country estate.

MP 'ashamed' over duck island (AFP)

Posted: 23 May 2009 07:28 AM PDT

An undated handout photo from Heytesbury Bird Pavilions shows the 'Stockholm' duck house which Conservative opposition MP Peter Viggers claimed as expenses. Vigers said he felt AFP - A Conservative MP said Saturday he felt "ashamed and humiliated" over claiming expenses for a "duck island" to put in his garden pond -- and admitted that the ducks didn't like it anyway.

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