2009年6月28日星期日

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Vodafone mulls offer for T-Mobile UK: FT (AFP)

Posted: 28 Jun 2009 04:43 PM PDT

A man pictured speaking on his mobile walks past a Vodafone logo at the CeBIT computer, digital IT and telecommunications fair in Hanover, central Germany, in 2007. Britain's Vodafone, the world's biggest mobile phone company by revenue, is exploring a bid to buy T-Mobile UK, the Financial Times reported on Monday.(AFP/File/John Macdougall)AFP - Britain's Vodafone, the world's biggest mobile phone company by revenue, is exploring a bid to buy T-Mobile UK, the Financial Times reported on Monday.

Iran arrests British embassy staff for 'role in riots' (AFP)

Posted: 28 Jun 2009 12:23 PM PDT

Iranian riot policemen stand guard outside the British embassy in Tehran on June 23, 2009. Iran has arrested eight local British embassy staff, triggering London's fury on Sunday and further exacerbating tensions with the West over the post-election turmoil in the Islamic republic.(AFP/Fars News/File)AFP - Iran has arrested eight local British embassy staff, triggering London's fury on Sunday and further exacerbating tensions with the West over the post-election turmoil in the Islamic republic.

Thatcher to leave hospital Monday: spokesman (AFP)

Posted: 28 Jun 2009 11:33 AM PDT

Former prime minister Margaret Thatcher is due to leave hospital on Monday, more than two weeks after being admitted with a broken arm, her spokesman said.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - Former prime minister Margaret Thatcher is due to leave hospital on Monday, more than two weeks after being admitted with a broken arm, her spokesman said.

Michael Jackson tops British music charts (AFP)

Posted: 28 Jun 2009 11:33 AM PDT

The Los Angeles Theater Marquee honours Michael Jackson on June 27, 2009 in Los Angeles, California. Michael Jackson shot to the top of the British album charts and saw five of his singles enter the top 40 on Sunday after fans rushed to buy the king of pop's material following his death.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Michal Czerwonka)AFP - Michael Jackson shot to the top of the British album charts and saw five of his singles enter the top 40 on Sunday after fans rushed to buy the king of pop's material following his death.

Notorious criminal Biggs in hospital (AFP)

Posted: 28 Jun 2009 08:44 AM PDT

A file photo of Ronnie Biggs in Rio de Janeiro in 1994. One of the country's best-known criminals, Ronnie Biggs, has been taken to hospital with a suspected broken hip and chest infection(AFP/File)AFP - One of the country's best-known criminals, Ronnie Biggs, has been taken to hospital with a suspected broken hip and chest infection, his son said Sunday.

EU warns after Iran arrests British embassy staff (AFP)

Posted: 28 Jun 2009 08:31 AM PDT

Foreign Minister David Miliband (left) speaks with his Italian counterpart Franco Frattini as they attend a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Corfu. EU nations vowed to respond to any harassment of diplomats in Iran with a AFP - The European Union vowed Sunday to meet any harassment of diplomats in Iran with a "strong and collective response" after eight British embassy staff in Tehran were arrested.

New clashes in Iran as standoff worsens with West (AP)

Posted: 28 Jun 2009 03:15 PM PDT

In this citizen photograph taken Sunday, June 28, 2009, a supporter of pro-reform leader Mir Hossein Mousavi, flashes victory signs during a gathering near Ghoba Mosque in Tehran, Iran. Several thousand protesters who had gathered near north Tehran's Ghoba Mosque clashed with riot police in Tehran on Sunday in the country's first major post-election unrest in four days.(AP photo)AP - EDITOR'S NOTE: Iranian authorities have barred journalists for international news organizations from reporting on the streets and ordered them to stay in their offices. This report is based on the accounts of witnesses reached in Iran and official statements carried on Iranian media.

UK calls embassy detentions in Iran 'unacceptable' (AP)

Posted: 28 Jun 2009 08:10 AM PDT

British Foreign Minister David Miliband looks on ahead a meeting of EU foreign ministers on Iran on the island of Corfu, Greece, on Sunday, June 28, 2009. The talks came after a two-day informal meeting of OSCE foreign ministers on Corfu. Miliband said his government is 'deeply concerned' at the arrest and detention of 'about nine' British Embassy employees in Tehran. He said some of the employees were released. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)AP - Britain's foreign secretary categorically denied Sunday that his country had helped foment postelection discontent in Iran.

Iran spars with U.S. and Britain over election (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Jun 2009 01:13 PM PDT

Iranians connect a mobile phone to an amplifier so protesters can hear defeated Iranian presidential candidate Mirhossein Mousavi addressing them near Ghoba mosque in northern Tehran June 28, 2009. REUTERS/via Your ViewReuters - Iran accused the United States of trying to destabilize it and sparked a new row with Britain on Sunday, underscoring the hardline leadership's efforts to blame post-election unrest on foreign powers rather than popular anger.

73-year-old Scottish man dies of swine flu (AP)

Posted: 28 Jun 2009 05:59 AM PDT

A man wearing a face mask waits for a relative at Rio de Janeiro's international airport in May 2009. Brazil reported its first swine flu fatality on Sunday, saying the woman died after returning to South America's most populous nation from a trip to neighboring Argentina.(AFP/Antonio Scorza)AP - Health officials in Scotland say a 73-year-old man infected with swine flu has died at a hospital outside Glasgow.

Iran arrests local British embassy staff (AFP)

Posted: 28 Jun 2009 04:06 AM PDT

Iranian riot policemen stand guard outside the British embassy in Tehran on June 23, 2009. Iran has arrested eight local British embassy staff, triggering London's fury on Sunday and further exacerbating tensions with the West over the post-election turmoil in the Islamic republic.(AFP/Fars News/File)AFP - Iran has arrested eight local staff at the British embassy in Tehran over the post-election violence, local media reported on Sunday, a move likely to further strain ties between the two nations.

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