2009年6月9日星期二

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Police accused of 'waterboarding': reports (AFP)

Posted: 09 Jun 2009 04:22 PM PDT

A policeman stands guard in London in 2007. Six police officers have been accused of subjecting suspects to waterboarding, a simulated drowning tactic condemned by US President Barack Obama as torture, newspapers here reported Wednesday.(AFP/File/Chris Young)AFP - Six police officers have been accused of subjecting suspects to waterboarding, a simulated drowning tactic condemned by US President Barack Obama as torture, newspapers here reported Wednesday.

Media: UK police officers accused of waterboarding (AP)

Posted: 09 Jun 2009 03:59 PM PDT

AP - A group of Scotland Yard officers were suspended after "serious allegations" about their behavior during the arrests of five suspects last year, police said Tuesday.

London braces for transport chaos as Tube workers strike (AFP)

Posted: 09 Jun 2009 01:07 PM PDT

Commuters wait on a platform for an undergound train in central London. Thousands of workers on the London underground rail network walked out Tuesday at the start of a 48-hour strike set to cause transport chaos, officials said.(AFP/Leon Neal)AFP - Thousands of workers on the London underground rail network walked out Tuesday at the start of a 48-hour strike set to cause transport chaos, officials said.

London faces travel chaos as subway workers strike (AP)

Posted: 09 Jun 2009 12:43 PM PDT

AP - London's sprawling subway network started to shut down Tuesday evening as union workers walked off the job in a dispute over pay.

British hostage to be released within 24 hours: MEND (AFP)

Posted: 09 Jun 2009 11:42 AM PDT

This undated photo, released by MEND militants, shows British oil worker Matthew Maguire. Maguire will be leaving the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) to reunite with his family within the next 24 hours,AFP - Nigeria's most prominent armed group MEND said Tuesday a British hostage held since September last year will be released within the next 24 hours.

UFO-obsessed British hacker fights extradition to US (AFP)

Posted: 09 Jun 2009 11:31 AM PDT

Gary McKinnon leaves the High Court in central London, in January 2009. McKinnon, accused of hacking into NASA computers, should not be extradited to the US due to his mental health, a lawyer said Tuesday, adding that he was eccentric and AFP - A Briton accused of hacking into NASA computers should not be extradited to the US due to his mental health, a lawyer said Tuesday, adding that he was eccentric and "passionate" about UFOs.

Demonstrators throw eggs at far-right UK leader (AP)

Posted: 09 Jun 2009 10:51 AM PDT

Leader of the far-right British National Party Nick Griffin, centre, is aided by a bodyguard foreground left, as Griffin runs for his car as he abandons a press conference outside the Houses of Parliament in London after protesters barracked him and threw eggs Tuesday June 9, 2009. Griffin, who was last week elected a Member of the European Parliament was guided to his vehicle by his bodyguards. (AP Photo/ John Stillwell/PA)AP - British far-right leader Nick Griffin was forced to abandon a London press conference Tuesday when egg-throwing demonstrators chased him away.

Iraqi militant linked to British kidnappings freed (AFP)

Posted: 09 Jun 2009 10:06 AM PDT

An image taken from a videotape broadcast by Al-Arabiya in 2008 shows British hostage Peter Moore who was kidnapped from the Iraqi finance ministry in 2007. The British Embassy has said a Shiite militant -- whose group is linked to the kidnapping of Moore and his four bodyguards -- has been handed over to Iraqi custody.(AFP/Al-Arabiya/File)AFP - An Iraqi militant whose group is suspected of kidnapping five Britons two years ago was freed from a US prison and briefly met his parents in Baghdad before fleeing, officials told AFP on Tuesday.

London stock market finishes stable (AFP)

Posted: 09 Jun 2009 09:24 AM PDT

The London stock market closed stable on Tuesday after sliding into the red a day earlier and following a flat finish on Wall Street overnight(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)AFP - The London stock market closed stable on Tuesday after sliding into the red a day earlier and following a flat finish on Wall Street overnight

UK's Brown survives ouster, must win back voters (AP)

Posted: 09 Jun 2009 09:09 AM PDT

britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown, left, prepares to chair a cabinet meeting inside 10 Downing Street in central London, Tuesday June 9, 2009, the first since his cabinet reshuffle last Friday. Seated with him are Justice Minister Jack Straw, second left, and Environment Secretary Hilary Benn . (AP Photo/ Johnny Green/Pool)AP - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has survived a plot to force his ouster — but faced a harder task Tuesday: persuading the public he can haul Britain out of recession and reform a tainted political system.

Obama girls have fish and chips in London pub (AFP)

Posted: 09 Jun 2009 09:05 AM PDT

US President's wife Michelle Obama visits with her two daughters Malia (L) and Sasha the Eiffel tower, on June 5, 2009 in Paris. Obama treated her daughters to fish and chips in a London pub during a low-key visit to the British capital this week, pub staff said Tuesday.(AFP/File/Miguel Medina)AFP - Michelle Obama treated her daughters Malia and Sasha to fish and chips in a London pub during a low-key visit to the British capital this week, pub staff said Tuesday.

Shamed MP to sell duck island for charity (AFP)

Posted: 09 Jun 2009 06:52 AM PDT

A 'Stockholm' duck house. An MP who was left red-faced after being outed for trying to claim public money for a duck island says he plans to sell it for charity.(AFP/HO/File)AFP - An MP who was left red-faced after being outed for trying to claim public money for a duck island on Tuesday said he planned to sell it for charity.

Labour's Malik back after housing payments row (AFP)

Posted: 09 Jun 2009 06:24 AM PDT

Labour MP Shahid Malik, seen here in 2005, who resigned as justice minister last month over a row about housing payments has rejoined the government after being cleared by a watchdog.(AFP/File/MICHAEL STEPHENS)AFP - Labour MP Shahid Malik who resigned as justice minister last month over a row about housing payments on Tuesday rejoined the government after being cleared by a watchdog.

Lloyds to close C&G, axes 1,660 jobs (AFP)

Posted: 09 Jun 2009 06:10 AM PDT

People pass by a branch of Cheltenham & Gloucester in London. Lloyds Banking Group is to slash up to 1,660 more jobs as it shuts Cheltenham & Gloucester retail branches in November, ending 150 years of history, the group has said.(AFP/File/Bertrand Langlois)AFP - Lloyds Banking Group is to slash up to 1,660 more jobs as it shuts Cheltenham & Gloucester retail branches in November, ending 150 years of history, it said on Tuesday.

British hacker too ill for U.S. trial: lawyer (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Jun 2009 05:10 AM PDT

Reuters - A British computer expert wanted by the United States for "the biggest military hack of all time" begins a final attempt on Tuesday to avoid extradition.

British lawmaker to sell duck house for charity (AP)

Posted: 09 Jun 2009 03:52 AM PDT

AP - It was part of an expense claim that outraged taxpayers: A floating duck house, claimed for on the public purse.

PM seeks to draw line under rebellion (AFP)

Posted: 09 Jun 2009 03:29 AM PDT

Embattled Prime Minister Gordon Brown, seen here chairing his first post-reshuffle Cabinet meeting at 10 Downing Street, is looking to draw a line under his most tumultuous week since taking office, after facing down angry rebels threatening to oust him.(AFP/Johnny Green)AFP - Embattled Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Tuesday sought to draw a line under his most tumultuous week since taking office, after facing down angry rebels threatening to oust him.

UK hacker asks judges to stop extradition to US (AP)

Posted: 09 Jun 2009 03:23 AM PDT

AP - A British man accused of hacking into U.S. military computers is asking a court to halt his extradition to the United States.

Britons couldn't give a XXXX for Australian beer (AFP)

Posted: 09 Jun 2009 03:13 AM PDT

Two empty beer glasses at a JD Wetherspoon pub. Apparently, Britons couldn't give a XXXX for one Australian beer. Castlemaine XXXX, sold in Britain with a slogan that played on four-letter swear words, is to be quietly withdrawn from the country after a drop in profitability, its brewer has said.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)AFP - Apparently, Britons couldn't give a XXXX for one Australian beer.

Forty-eight hour Tube strike looms as talks fail (AFP)

Posted: 09 Jun 2009 02:59 AM PDT

Commuters wait on a platform for an undergound train in central London. Thousands of workers on the London underground rail network walked out Tuesday at the start of a 48-hour strike set to cause transport chaos, officials said.(AFP/Leon Neal)AFP - The London Underground was on Tuesday preparing for two-day shutdown after Tube workers voted to push ahead with a massive strike over pay and job cuts.

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