2009年5月26日星期二

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Journalist may challenge MP exposed in expenses row (AFP)

Posted: 26 May 2009 03:44 PM PDT

The sun sets on the Houses of Parliament in London. The scandal over lawmakers' expenses took a new twist Tuesday when the associate editor of the newspaper that broke the story said he might challenge one of the exposed MPs at the next election.(AFP/File/Jim Watson)AFP - The scandal over lawmakers' expenses took a new twist Tuesday when the associate editor of the newspaper that broke the story said he might challenge one of the exposed MPs at the next election.

Schoolboy charged with fatal stabbing of teen in London: police (AFP)

Posted: 26 May 2009 02:04 PM PDT

A London metropolitan policeman at a crime scene. A 13-year-old boy was charged with murder Tuesday following the fatal stabbing of a teenager in London, police said, which has fuelled concern over youth violence on the capital's streets.(AFP/File)AFP - A 13-year-old boy was charged with murder Tuesday following the fatal stabbing of a teenager in London, police said, which has fuelled concern over youth violence on the capital's streets.

Ugly fight for Oxford's top poetry post splits UK (AP)

Posted: 26 May 2009 01:45 PM PDT

Ruth Padel, Oxford University's first female Professor of Poetry, speaks at a press conference at The Hay Festival, Hay-on-Wye, Wales, Tuesday May 26, 2009 when she explained her resignation after acknowledging she had helped publicize charges that her rival for the post had sexually harassed a former student. Ruth Padel, the great-great-granddaughter of Charles Darwin, made history at Oxford when she became the first woman to be elected to the position of Professor of Poetry since the job was created in 1708. (AP Photo/Ben Birchall/PA Wire)AP - LONDON — A fight over who gets to be Oxford University's top poet has set Britain's pens racing — and weakened the careers of two well-known wordsmiths.

British Conservative leader calls for change (AP)

Posted: 26 May 2009 12:16 PM PDT

Britain's Conservative Party opposition leader David Cameron delivers a speech at the Open University in Milton Keynes, England Tuesday May 26, 2009. Britain's top opposition leader proposed a radical redistribution of power on Tuesday as a way to restore faith in government following a scandal over the misuse of public funds. (AP Photo/Stefan Rousseau, PA)AP - Conservative Party leader David Cameron called Tuesday for sweeping reforms to Britain's political system, part of an aggressive damage-control campaign that has made him the only political figure to gain ground from a scandal over lawmakers' expenses.

Correction: Britain-Gay Minister (AP)

Posted: 26 May 2009 09:07 AM PDT

AP - In a May 24 story about a gay British minister, The Associated Press reported erroneously that the Church of Scotland is a member of the Anglican Communion. The Church of Scotland is Presbyterian, not Anglican.

Nine detained after NI man beaten to death (AFP)

Posted: 26 May 2009 08:14 AM PDT

Police were questioning nine men after a community youth worker was beaten to death by a sectarian mob in Northern Ireland.(AFP/File/Odd Andersen)AFP - Police were questioning nine men on Tuesday after a community youth worker was beaten to death by a mob in Northern Ireland.

UK opposition leader Cameron outlines reforms (AP)

Posted: 26 May 2009 06:16 AM PDT

Britain's Conservative Party opposition leader David Cameron delivers a speech at the Open University in Milton Keynes, England Tuesday May 26, 2009. Britain's top opposition leader proposed a radical redistribution of power on Tuesday as a way to restore faith in government following a scandal over the misuse of public funds. (AP Photo/Stefan Rousseau, PA)AP - Britain's top opposition leader proposed a radical redistribution of power on Tuesday as a way to restore faith in government following a scandal over the misuse of public funds.

Miliband defends seeking help on tax returns (AFP)

Posted: 26 May 2009 05:37 AM PDT

Foreign Secretary David Miliband said he did AFP - Foreign Secretary David Miliband Tuesday said he did "the right thing" in hiring accountants to help with his tax returns, which landed him in an ongoing public expenses scandal.

Virgin Atlantic annual profits almost double (AFP)

Posted: 26 May 2009 02:45 AM PDT

A Virgin Atlantic Airbus A321. Virgin Atlantic said that profits almost doubled in 2008/09, in contrast to a large annual loss at rival British Airways, despite choppy oil prices and a fierce recession.(AFP/File/OFF)AFP - Virgin Atlantic said Tuesday that profits almost doubled in 2008/09, in contrast to a large annual loss at rival British Airways, despite choppy oil prices and a fierce recession.

McCann detectives bid to quiz paedophile (AFP)

Posted: 26 May 2009 12:47 AM PDT

A handout file photo of Madeleine McCann. Investigators searching for the missing girl hope to speak to a convicted paedophile on Tuesday about her disappearance in Portugal.(AFP/HO/File)AFP - Investigators searching for Madeleine McCann hope to speak to a convicted paedophile on Tuesday about her disappearance in Portugal.

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