2009年6月15日星期一

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Maine woman held in child porn probe after UK tip (AP)

Posted: 15 Jun 2009 04:52 PM PDT

AP - Police say an investigation that started in Great Britain has led to the arrest of a Maine woman who's accused of abusing a child and transmitting the images online.

Brown announces Iraq war inquiry (AFP)

Posted: 15 Jun 2009 02:35 PM PDT

A British soldier takes position following a road side bomb blast in the southern city of Basra in February 2009. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced an independent inquiry into the Iraq war Monday but immediately faced claims of a cover-up after saying it would take evidence in private.(AFP/File/Essam -al-Sudani)AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced an independent inquiry into the Iraq war Monday but immediately faced claims of a cover-up after saying it would take evidence in private.

UK lawmakers jostle for Speaker's chair (AP)

Posted: 15 Jun 2009 10:30 AM PDT

British Conservative Member of Parliament John Bercow speaking at a hustings event where possible candidates for the position of Speaker of the House of Commons presented their manifestos to fellow Members of Parliament and the media in London, Monday, June, 15, 2009. The position has become available following the forced resignation of current speaker Michael Martin in the wake of the parliamentary expenses scandal. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)AP - British lawmakers are jostling over the best seat in the House.

Britain to conduct long-awaited Iraq war inquiry (AP)

Posted: 15 Jun 2009 09:38 AM PDT

Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown holds a Cabinet meeting with his new Cabinet in 10 Downing Street, in central London, June 12, 2009. REUTERS/Shaun Curry/PoolAP - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown authorized a long-awaited inquiry into the Iraq war on Monday, but defied requests from bereaved families and campaigners to hold sessions in public.

UK police find U.S. woman "abusing child on webcam" (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Jun 2009 09:38 AM PDT

Reuters - British detectives said on Monday an investigation into Internet child pornography had uncovered a woman in the United States suspected of using a webcam to broadcast live sexual abuse of her young child.

British PM announces probe into Iraq war (AFP)

Posted: 15 Jun 2009 08:11 AM PDT

A British soldier takes position following a road side bomb blast in the southern city of Basra in February 2009. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced an independent inquiry into the Iraq war Monday but immediately faced claims of a cover-up after saying it would take evidence in private.(AFP/File/Essam -al-Sudani)AFP - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced Monday an independent probe into the 2003 Iraq war, saying it would take about a year to complete the inquiry.

Margaret Thatcher to remain in London hospital (AP)

Posted: 15 Jun 2009 07:18 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 will remain in a London hospital for several days as she recovers from a broken arm, one of her representatives said Monday.

Yappy ending for puppy flushed down toilet (AFP)

Posted: 15 Jun 2009 06:52 AM PDT

CCTV image of the puppy in the sewage pipe. A London puppy had a lucky escape after a four-year-old boy accidentally flushed it down the toilet when he was trying to wash it, the Daily Mirror has reported.(AFP/HO)AFP - A puppy in Britain had a lucky escape after a four-year-old boy accidentally flushed it down the toilet when he was trying to wash it, the Daily Mirror newspaper reported on Monday.

Blair in Gaza calls for change from Israel, Hamas (AFP)

Posted: 15 Jun 2009 04:14 AM PDT

Middle East envoy Tony Blair, seen here on May 14, paid his second visit to the Gaza Strip on Monday as the territory quietly marked two years since Islamist Hamas seized power in the impoverished enclave.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Win Mcnamee)AFP - Middle East envoy Tony Blair called on Israel and Hamas to change their policies during a visit on Monday to the Gaza Strip exactly two years after the Islamist group seized power in the enclave.

Family grieves over Scottish swine flu victim (AFP)

Posted: 15 Jun 2009 05:53 AM PDT

A masked girl sits with a classmate at a nursery in Hong Kong. Relatives of a swine flu victim who has died in a British hospital have spoken of their devastation as authorities appealed for calm over the first death from the pandemic beyond the Americas.(AFP/File/Mike Clarke)AFP - Relatives of a swine flu victim who has died in a British hospital spoke of their devastation on Monday as authorities appealed for calm over the first death from the pandemic beyond the Americas.

Goodrich signs deals with Airbus, British Airways (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Jun 2009 10:56 PM PDT

Reuters - Aircraft components maker Goodrich Corp said on Monday it signed service agreements with EADS unit Airbus, British Airways and Scandinavian Airlines System .

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