2009年6月23日星期二

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Prince Charles costs taxpayers more despite spending cut (AFP)

Posted: 23 Jun 2009 04:05 PM PDT

Prince Charles, Prince of Wales (L) and his wife Camilla, The Duchess of Cornwall arrive at the race course for the first day of Royal Ascot , in Berkshire, west of London, on June 16, 2009. Prince Charles cost the taxpayer almost 25 percent more last year than the previous 12 months, his accounts showed Tuesday -- despite cutting his costs by almost half a million pounds.(AFP/Adrian Dennis)AFP - Prince Charles cost the taxpayer almost 25 percent more last year than the previous 12 months, his accounts showed Tuesday -- despite cutting his costs by almost half a million pounds.

Report: Daughter says Thatcher is recovering well (AP)

Posted: 23 Jun 2009 02:43 PM PDT

AP - The daughter of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's says her mother is recovering well from her operation and should be released from the hospital within days.

Venus, Safina, Murray through at British Open tennis (AFP)

Posted: 23 Jun 2009 01:46 PM PDT

US Venus Williams serves a ball to Switzerland's Stefanie Voegele during their first round match of the 2009 Wimbledon tennis championships at the All England Club. Williams won 6-3, 6-2.(AFP/Adrian Dennis)AFP - Defending champion Venus Williams and top seed Dinara Safina made the Wimbledon last 64 Tuesday while Andy Murray's dream of becoming the first home men's winner in 73 years also had a winning start.

Intensified crackdown mutes protests in Iran (AP)

Posted: 23 Jun 2009 04:59 PM PDT

EDITORS' NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject to Iranian restrictions on their ability to report, film or take pictures in Tehran. Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (C), parliament speaker Ali Larijani (L) and Judiciary Chief Mahmood Hashemi Shahroodi attend Tehran's Friday prayers June 19, 2009. REUTERS/Morteza NikoubazlAP - Overwhelmed by police and left with limited alternatives, Iranian demonstrators resorted Tuesday to more subtle ways of challenging the outcome of the presidential election: holding up posters, shouting from rooftops and turning on car headlights.

WWIII? British release secret planning manual (AP)

Posted: 23 Jun 2009 01:05 PM PDT

FILE--In this May 9, 2006 file photo shows a man as he looks at a map of Britain in the Control Room at the York Bunker built in 1961 at the height of the Cold War. British civil servants, who for decades rehearsed how they would govern Britain in the days before and after World War III. The details are included in the 'War Book,' a secret Cold War planning manual declassified this month for the first time. (AP Photo/ John Giles/PA, File)AP - It's October 1968, and the Soviet Union has just landed cosmonauts on the moon. Warsaw Pact troops are massing on the Austrian border, and nuclear showdown looms between east and west.

Tit-for-tat expulsions trouble UK, Iran ties (AP)

Posted: 23 Jun 2009 12:31 PM PDT

AP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown criticized Iran on Tuesday for expelling two U.K. diplomats from Tehran for alleged spying, and announced that two Iranian diplomats were being sent home in retaliation.

Zimbabwe's mines minister barred from Britain (AP)

Posted: 23 Jun 2009 12:10 PM PDT

AP - Zimbabwe's mines minister, who is on a list of officials close to President Robert Mugabe barred from the West, has been kept from attending an investment conference in London, state radio and British officials said Tuesday.

Ryanair halts British projects in tax protest (AFP)

Posted: 23 Jun 2009 10:51 AM PDT

Flight attendants with Ryaniar close the airplane door at Altenburg-Nobitz airport in eastern Germany. Europe's leading budget airline Ryanair said Tuesday it was freezing the expansion of bases in Britain in protest at government tax measures and high charges levied by airport operator BAA.(AFP/DDP/File/Jens-Ulrich Koch)AFP - Europe's leading budget airline Ryanair said Tuesday it was freezing the expansion of bases in Britain in protest at government tax measures and high charges levied by airport operator BAA.

Replica of letter on Henry VIII divorce unveiled (AP)

Posted: 23 Jun 2009 10:32 AM PDT

AP - Officials on Tuesday unveiled a replica of a 1530 parchment sent by members of England's House of Lords to Pope Clement VII to support the divorce of King Henry VIII.

MPs could face jail in parliament shake-up (AFP)

Posted: 23 Jun 2009 10:19 AM PDT

A bronze statue of Richard the Lionheart outside the Houses of Parliament in London. Lawmakers could face jail for making false expenses claims, under reform proposals unveiled Tuesday to respond to a scandal which has shaken Prime Minister Gordon Brown's government to its core.(AFP/File/Lindsey Parnaby)AFP - Lawmakers could face jail for making false expenses claims, under reform proposals unveiled Tuesday to respond to a scandal which has shaken Prime Minister Gordon Brown's government to its core.

Prince Charles reveals his finances (AFP)

Posted: 23 Jun 2009 07:33 AM PDT

Clarence House accounts showed that the Prince of Wales', seen here in May 2009, funding from the taxpayer rose by 23.5 percent to just over three million pounds during the last financial year.(AFP/DDP/File/Michael Kappeler)AFP - The Prince of Wales' funding from the taxpayer rose by 23.5 percent to just over three million pounds during the last financial year, Clarence House accounts showed on Tuesday.

Wildcat strikes spread at power plants (AFP)

Posted: 23 Jun 2009 06:52 AM PDT

A protestor stands with construction workers from across the country who gathered to support contractors from the Total refinery in North Killingholme near Grimsby, northeastern England. Wildcat strikes have spread to oil refineries and power plants across the country after hundreds of workers were sacked.(AFP/Paul Ellis)AFP - Wildcat strikes spread to oil refineries and power plants across the country on Tuesday, after hundreds of workers were sacked, media reports and company officials said.

Three Indian players delayed by British visa wait (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Jun 2009 06:50 AM PDT

Subramaniam Badrinath of the Chennai Super Kings plays a shot during their 2009 Indian Premier League (IPL) T20 cricket tournament against the Rajasthan Royals in Centurion, April 30, 2009. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko/FilesReuters - Three Indian players have yet to leave for the West Indies barely three days before the start of the four-match one-day series because of a delay in getting transit visas for Britain.

David Beckham wins libel payout (AFP)

Posted: 23 Jun 2009 04:36 AM PDT

David Beckham, seen here in March 2009, won substantial compensation for libel, after a newspaper claimed he had AFP - David Beckham won substantial compensation Tuesday for libel, after a newspaper claimed he had "made a play" for a Hungarian model.

Thomson Reuters plans to end dual-company structure (AFP)

Posted: 23 Jun 2009 02:03 AM PDT

A signboard is displayed at the Thomson Reuters building in Canary Wharf in London, 2008. Financial information provider Thomson Reuters intends to end its dual-listed company structure, a move that will see the group no longer traded in London or on the Nasdaq market.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - Financial information provider Thomson Reuters intends to end its dual-listed company structure, a move that will see the group no longer traded in London or on the Nasdaq market.

British troops in major airborne Afghan offensive (AFP)

Posted: 23 Jun 2009 01:28 AM PDT

British soldiers of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) sit on top of their armored vehicle at Camp Bastion in Helmand Province, 2008. British troops were engaged in a major airborne operation against Taliban insurgents in southern Afghanistan as thousands of US reinforcements pour into the region.(AFP/File/Shah Marai)AFP - British troops were on Tuesday engaged in a major airborne operation against Taliban insurgents in southern Afghanistan as thousands of US reinforcements pour into the region, officials said.

RBS bank chief promised bumper pay (AFP)

Posted: 23 Jun 2009 01:25 AM PDT

Royal Bank of Scotland Group (RBS) Chief Executive Stephen Hester arrives for a Treasury Select committee hearing in London, February 2009. Hester will earn more than 9.6 million pounds in cash and shares in return for long-term success.(AFP/File/Carl de Souza)AFP - The head of Royal Bank of Scotland will earn more than 9.6 million pounds in cash and shares in return for long-term success, the state-owned bank has said.

Iran students cancel anti-British demo (AFP)

Posted: 23 Jun 2009 01:17 AM PDT

Iranian anti-riot police intercept traffic during a patrol in Tehran. Iranian student unions have called off a planned demonstration outside the British embassy in Tehran on Tuesday after it was banned by the authorities(AFP/Ali Nazanin)AFP - Iranian student unions have called off a planned demonstration outside the British embassy in Tehran on Tuesday after it was banned by the authorities, the Fars news agency said.

British embassy in Iran warned as protests crushed (AFP)

Posted: 22 Jun 2009 11:08 PM PDT

Iranian anti-riot police intercept traffic in a street in Tehran on June 22. Riot police armed with steel clubs fired tear gas to break up an opposition rally in Tehran, witnesses said, as demonstrators defied a Revolutionary Guards threat to crush further protests over the disputed presidential election.(AFP/Ali Nazanin)AFP - Pro-government students in Iran have warned of protests outside the British embassy over alleged interference in the country after new opposition rallies were broken up by riot police.

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