2009年6月2日星期二

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Home Secretary to step down in cabinet reshuffle: reports (AFP)

Posted: 02 Jun 2009 04:37 PM PDT

Home Secretary Jacqui Smith leaves No. 10 Downing Street. Smith is to stand down in a cabinet reshuffle by embattled Prime Minister Gordon Brown, expected after the local and within days.(AFP/Leon Neal)AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown was hit by a wave of resignations Tuesday led by Home Secretary Jacqui Smith, who media reports said will stand down in a cabinet reshuffle expected within days.

Prince Charles defuses Franco-British D-Day dispute (AFP)

Posted: 02 Jun 2009 12:42 PM PDT

Prince Charles speaks with World War II veterans during the 60th anniversary of the D-Day landings in 2004. Charles is to attend D-Day commemorations in France next weekend, after a diplomatic tussle over whether Queen Elizabeth II should be invited.(AFP/Pool/File/Jim Watson)AFP - Prince Charles is to attend D-Day commemorations in France next weekend, his office said Tuesday, defusing an embarrassing diplomatic tussle over whether Queen Elizabeth II should attend.

Obama says Iran's energy concerns legitimate (AP)

Posted: 02 Jun 2009 12:40 PM PDT

AP - President Barack Obama reiterated that Iran may have some right to nuclear energy — provided it takes steps to prove its aspirations are peaceful.

Interior minister to quit scandal-hit British government (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Jun 2009 11:48 AM PDT

Britain's Chancellor, Alistair Darling, arrives for the Confederation of British Industry (CBI), annual dinner at the Grosvenor House hotel in London May 20, 2009. REUTERS/Luke MacGregorReuters - British interior minister Jacqui Smith plans to resign, a source close to her said on Tuesday, the highest profile casualty of an expenses scandal that has swept through parliament and could yet claim more big names.

UK Home Secretary to quit in expenses scandal (AP)

Posted: 02 Jun 2009 11:44 AM PDT

Jacqui Smith, Britain's Home Secretary leaves following a cabinet meeting at Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown's official residence at 10 Downing Street in central London, Tuesday June 2, 2009. There are rumours about a cabinet reshuffle in the following days after an expense scandal tarred not only government ministers but also members of the parliament from all three main political parties. Data leaked to a newspaper showed that lawmakers submitted expense claims for everything from pornography to chandeliers and moats at country estates all while people were losing jobs, homes or pensions. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)AP - A scandal over lawmakers' expenses threatened to overwhelm Prime Minister Gordon Brown's government on Tuesday, as his minister for security and police prepared to quit and the future of several other senior figures was in doubt.

Cambridge student cleared over Chinese PM shoe-throwing (AFP)

Posted: 02 Jun 2009 11:24 AM PDT

German student Martin Jahnke, seen here leaving Cambridge Magistrates court on June 1, 2009. The student at Cambridge University who hurled a shoe at Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao was cleared by a British court Tuesday of committing a public order offence.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)AFP - A German student who hurled a shoe at Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao was cleared Tuesday of committing a public order offence as he defended his protest as a symbolic act of defiance.

Protester who threw shoe at China PM cleared in UK (AP)

Posted: 02 Jun 2009 10:43 AM PDT

AP - A German student who threw his shoe at Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao during a lecture a Cambridge University earlier this year was cleared of any crime Tuesday.

Briton faces extradition over Paris hotel death (AFP)

Posted: 02 Jun 2009 09:56 AM PDT

The entrance of the luxury hotel Le Bristol on Faubourg Saint-Honore in Paris. A British businessman who triggered a cross-Channel manhunt after his girlfriend was found dead in a top Paris hotel faces extradition proceedings, police said Tuesday.(AFP/File/Fred Dufour)AFP - A British businessman who triggered a cross-Channel manhunt after his girlfriend was found dead in a top Paris hotel faces extradition proceedings, police said Tuesday.

Barclays shares slide as Abu Dhabi dumps stake (AFP)

Posted: 02 Jun 2009 09:44 AM PDT

A Barclays bank logo is pictured in central London. Shares in British bank Barclays tumbled 13.5 percent on Tuesday after Abu Dhabi's state-owned International Petroleum Investment Company sold a chunk of its holding for a sizeable profit.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - Shares in British bank Barclays tumbled 13.5 percent on Tuesday after Abu Dhabi's state-owned International Petroleum Investment Company sold a chunk of its holding for a sizeable profit.

British troops kill senior Taliban leader: ministry (AFP)

Posted: 02 Jun 2009 09:19 AM PDT

A British soldier patrols the outskirts of Kabul. British troops stationed in Afghanistan have killed a senior Taliban leader behind suicide bomb attacks that have killed several British soldiers, according to the Ministry of Defence.(AFP/File/Shah Marai)AFP - British troops in Afghanistan have killed a senior Taliban leader behind suicide bomb attacks that have killed several British soldiers, the Ministry of Defence said on Tuesday.

US deaths rise in Afghanistan from last year (AP)

Posted: 02 Jun 2009 11:45 AM PDT

US soldiers stand guard at the site of a bomb attack in Kapisa province northeast of Bagram air base in May. A family of six and a US soldier died in separate attacks in Afghanistan Tuesday while 25 militants and security officials were killed in other violence, authorities said.(AFP/File/Shah Marai)AP - U.S. deaths in Afghanistan have risen to 65 so far this year, up from 36 over the first five months of 2008 — though U.S. and coalition troops have also killed hundreds more militants, an Associated Press tally shows.

Prince Charles to attend D-Day ceremony (AP)

Posted: 02 Jun 2009 08:58 AM PDT

Britain's Prince Charles watches a display during a visit to the National Piping Centre in Glasgow, Scotland, Tuesday June 2, 2009. The Prince will attend this week's 65th-anniversary commemoration of the D-Day landings, in an attempt to defuse a cross-Channel spat over France's alleged failure to invite his mother, Queen Elizabeth II. Charles' office announced he would attend, alongside President Barack Obama and French President Nicolas Sarkozy, after days of outrage by British veterans and commentators over the omission of the queen, who is Britain's head of state and supreme commander of its armed forces.(AP Photo/Danny Lawson-pa)AP - Prince Charles will attend this week's 65th-anniversary commemoration of the D-Day landings, royal officials said Tuesday, in an attempt to defuse a cross-Channel spat over France's alleged failure to invite his mother, Queen Elizabeth II.

Cowell rep.: Susan Boyle recovers; career on track (AP)

Posted: 02 Jun 2009 08:49 AM PDT

Locals gather at Blackburn, Scotland, community center to watch Susan Boyle on TV during the final of 'Britain's Got Talent' on Saturday May 30, 2009. (AP Photo/PA, David Cheskin)AP - Susan Boyle is getting better after an anxiety attack caused by the pressures of her overnight fame and celebrity judge Simon Cowell plans to help her launch a professional career, Cowell's agent said Tuesday.

UK couple gets 2 months in jail for Dubai affair (AP)

Posted: 02 Jun 2009 08:20 AM PDT

AP - A British couple was convicted of adultery in Dubai and given two months in jail Tuesday, several months after a separate British couple was sentenced to prison for having sex on a beach in this glitzy Gulf sheikdom.

Traumatised couple commit suicide with dead son, 5 (AFP)

Posted: 02 Jun 2009 06:25 AM PDT

The cliffs and lighthouse at Beachy Head near Eastbourne. A grieving couple have jumped to their deaths at Beachy Head, a notorious suicide spot near Eastbourne, with the body of their dead child in a rucksack, police have said.(AFP/HO)AFP - A grieving couple jumped to their deaths at a notorious suicide spot near Eastbourne with the body of their dead child in a rucksack, police said on Tuesday.

British interior minister to resign: report (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Jun 2009 05:16 AM PDT

Britain's Home Secretary Jacqui Smith arrives for the weekly Cabinet meeting in Downing Street in central London June 2, 2009. REUTERS/Toby MelvilleReuters - Britain's Home Secretary (interior minister) Jacqui Smith is to resign her government post, Sky News reported on Tuesday.

Obama upbeat on getting Mideast peace back on track (AFP)

Posted: 02 Jun 2009 05:02 AM PDT

Smoke billows from burning tyres as a Palestinian protestor raises a symbolic key during a demonstration against the Israeli separation barrier in the West Bank village of Bilin near Ramallah. President Barack Obama has voiced confidence that the United States can help get serious Middle East peace talks back on track, as he prepared for his maiden trip to the region.(AFP/File/Abbas Momani)AFP - President Barack Obama voiced confidence on Tuesday that the United States can help get serious Middle East peace talks back on track, as he prepared for his maiden trip to the region.

Iraqi gets life for murder of British aid worker (AFP)

Posted: 02 Jun 2009 04:57 AM PDT

An Iraqi man has been sentenced to life imprisonment for kidnapping, killing and attempting to blackmail the family of British aid worker Margaret Hassan, seen here, who was murdered in 2004.(AFP/HO/File/null)AFP - An Iraqi man was on Tuesday sentenced to life imprisonment for kidnapping, killing and attempting to blackmail the family of British aid worker Margaret Hassan, murdered in 2004, a judge said.

Riverdance star among Irish, British victims (AFP)

Posted: 02 Jun 2009 04:42 AM PDT

An Air France Airbus A330. Five Britons are among 228 people feared dead after an Air France jet disappeared over the Atlantic during a fierce storm on a flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris.(AFP/File/OFF)AFP - Three young Irish women who qualified together as doctors, including a former member of the Riverdance troupe, were on board the doomed Air France plane, media reports said on Tuesday.

Middle Eastern investor to sell Barclays shares (AP)

Posted: 02 Jun 2009 04:40 AM PDT

AP - A major Middle Eastern shareholder in Barclays bank said Tuesday it intends to sell part of its stake — at least 1.3 billion shares — potentially taking a big profit on its seven-month investment and sending Barclays shares down more than 13 percent.

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