2009年6月13日星期六

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Govt. to unveil Iraq war inquiry this week: reports (AFP)

Posted: 13 Jun 2009 04:38 PM PDT

British soldiers pose for a photograph along the parade ground in Baghdad's fortified AFP - The government will announce an inquiry into the war in Iraq this week, media reported Sunday.

Thatcher stays in hospital after breaking arm (AFP)

Posted: 13 Jun 2009 11:20 AM PDT

Former prime minister Margaret Thatcher, seen here on June 2, 2009, will stay in hospital over the weekend after breaking her arm in a fall, the 83-year-old's spokesman said Saturday.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - Former prime minister Margaret Thatcher will stay in hospital over the weekend after breaking her arm in a fall, the 83-year-old's spokesman said Saturday.

Queen Elizabeth II celebrates official birthday (AFP)

Posted: 13 Jun 2009 11:19 AM PDT

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II (L) and Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, inspect the troops outside Buckingham Palace. Britain's pomp and pageantry was on full show as the Queen celebrated her official birthday with the traditional Trooping the Colour parade in London.(AFP/Leon Neal)AFP - Pomp and pageantry was on full show Saturday as Queen Elizabeth II celebrated her official birthday with the traditional Trooping the Colour parade in London.

Margaret Thatcher recovers well in London hospital (AP)

Posted: 13 Jun 2009 09:42 AM PDT

FILE -- This is a Saturday, March 8, 2008 file photo of Baroness Thatcher the former British Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher. Baroness Thatcher is recovering after breaking her arm in a fall. Thatcher's office says the 83-year-old politician fractured a bone in her upper arm after tripping at home early Friday, June 12, 2009. She was treated at London's Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and released. Britain's first female prime minister, Thatcher led Britain from 1979 until 1990. (AP Photo/Sang Tan/file)AP - Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher is recovering well from a fall that left her with a broken arm, her son said Saturday.

Long-distance Hook rescues British Lions (AFP)

Posted: 13 Jun 2009 09:22 AM PDT

James Hook, seen here in action in 2007, kicked a long-range penalty three minutes from full-time to give the British and Irish Lions a 26-23 triumph over Western Province in a tense tour match Saturday.(AFP/File/Patrick Kovarik)AFP - James Hook kicked a long-range penalty three minutes from full-time to give the British and Irish Lions a 26-23 triumph over Western Province in a tense tour match Saturday.

UK marks official celebration of queen's birthday (AP)

Posted: 13 Jun 2009 07:56 AM PDT

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II smiles at Prince Philip on Horse Guards Parade in London during the annual Trooping the Colour parade Saturday June 13, 2009. The Queen celebrates her official birthday Saturday with the Trooping the Colour parade involving more than 1,000 soldiers in the traditional display of pomp and pageantry. (AP Photo/Lewis Whyld/PA Wire)AP - Queen Elizabeth II marked her official birthday Saturday with her family by her side — and hundreds of soldiers parading in front of her.

Deputy warns Brown of new leadership threat (AFP)

Posted: 13 Jun 2009 07:35 AM PDT

Peter Mandelson at the Low Carbon Industrial Strategy event in central London in early March. Mandelson, prime minister Gordon Brown's deputy has warned that he would likely face a renewed threat to his leadership after surviving serious blows last week.(AFP/Pool/File/Alastair Grant)AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown's deputy warned Saturday that he would likely face a renewed threat to his leadership after surviving serious blows last week.

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