2009年7月6日星期一

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

150 people fall ill on virus-struck cruise ship in Scotland: official (AFP)

Posted: 06 Jul 2009 04:01 PM PDT

AFP - About 150 people have fallen ill aboard a cruise ship berthed in Scotland following a suspected outbreak of the vomit-inducing norovirus, health officials said Monday.

World's oldest Christian Bible digitized (AP)

Posted: 06 Jul 2009 03:26 PM PDT

This undated picture made available by the British Library shows a reader examining a page from the earliest surviving Christian Bible. The British Library says the surviving pages of the world's oldest Bible have been reunited — digitally. The library says the early Christian work known as the Codex Sinaiticus had been housed in four separate locations across the world for more than 150 years. It became available Monday for perusal on the Web so scholars and others can get a closer look. The library says the work will allow scholars to further study the 'unique treasure.' The project united organizations from Great Britain, Germany, Russia and Egypt. Each possessed parts of the 1,600-year-old manuscript. They worked together to publish new research into the history of the Codex and transcribed 650,000 words during a four-year period. (AP Photo/The British Library)AP - The surviving pages of the world's oldest Christian Bible have been reunited — digitally. The early work known as the Codex Sinaiticus has been housed in four separate locations across the world for more than 150 years. But starting Monday, it became available for perusal on the Web at http://www.codexsinaiticus.org so scholars and other readers can get a closer look at what the British Library calls a "unique treasure."

Beauty Products Get Fairtrade Makeover (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 06 Jul 2009 01:41 PM PDT

OneWorld.net - WASHINGTON, Jul 6 (OneWorld.net) - Five companies recently released the first line of Fairtrade-certified beauty products in the United Kingdom. Consumers can now buy lip balm, lotion, shower gel, and face masks made in a way that benefits small farmers and the environment.

Britain, France sign accord on immigration controls (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Jul 2009 12:52 PM PDT

Reuters - France and Britain signed an accord on Monday under which London will pay more toward tougher controls on illegal immigrants crossing from northern France.

British comedy actress Mollie Sugden dies aged 86 (AP)

Posted: 06 Jul 2009 12:07 PM PDT

AP - British comic actress Mollie Sugden, who played the formidable saleswoman Mrs. Slocombe in the BBC's long running comedy series "Are You Being Served?", has died aged 86.

Sarkozy, Brown push against tax havens (AP)

Posted: 06 Jul 2009 10:36 AM PDT

AP - The leaders of France and Britain pushed Monday for ambitious targets for tackling climate change and cracking down on uncooperative tax havens, ahead of upcoming meetings with other heads of state this week and in September.

Britain, France aim to solve Airbus military jet row (AFP)

Posted: 06 Jul 2009 10:09 AM PDT

The Airbus A400M military aircraft rolling out in 2008. Britain and France said Monday after a summit in southeastern France they were looking to resolve a row on the long-delayed Airbus A400M European military transport jet project.(AFP/File/Cristina Quicler)AFP - Britain and France said Monday after a summit in southeastern France they were looking to resolve a row on the long-delayed Airbus A400M European military transport jet project.

Living statues rival Nelson in London square (AFP)

Posted: 06 Jul 2009 09:58 AM PDT

Aspiring candidates pose for pictures as they take part in the AFP - London's Trafalgar Square got an unusual new artwork to go alongside its historic sculptures of war heroes and kings Monday -- an empty plinth where members of the public stand for an hour at a time.

Families praise memorial for London bombing victims (AFP)

Posted: 06 Jul 2009 09:44 AM PDT

A plaque bearing the name of the London Bombing victims of the July 7, 2005 terrorist attacks, is pictured in Hyde Park. The memorial which will be officially unveiled Tuesday, contains 52 stainless steel pillars, one for each victim, and grouped to represent the four separate locations of the attacks on public transport in central London.(AFP/Frantzesco Kangaris)AFP - Families of the victims of the July 7, 2005 London bombings praised Monday a memorial created in their honour in Britain's Hyde Park, ahead of the four-year anniversary of the attacks.

UK to examine 2004 Iraqi civilian torture claims (AP)

Posted: 06 Jul 2009 09:27 AM PDT

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki (R) meets Sheikh Ahmed Abu Risha, the head of the Awakening Conference political party (L) during a visit to Ramadi, 100 km (60 miles) west of Baghdad July 6, 2009. REUTERS/Ali al-Mashhdani (IRAQ POLITICS)AP - Britain's defense ministry ordered an inquiry Monday into allegations that Iraqi civilians were tortured and killed by British troops following a fierce gunbattle in Iraq in 2004.

London shares close lower (AFP)

Posted: 06 Jul 2009 09:21 AM PDT

Stocks in London finished nearly one percent lower as investors awaited a wave of quarterly business results.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)AFP - Stocks in London finished nearly one percent lower on Monday as investors awaited a wave of quarterly business results.

World's oldest surviving Bible published online (AFP)

Posted: 06 Jul 2009 09:09 AM PDT

Pages of the Codex Sinaiticus, the world's oldest surviving Christian bible, are pictured on a laptop in Westminster Cathedral, central London. About 800 pages of the ancient text have been pieced together and published online, experts in Britain said.(AFP/Leon Neal)AFP - About 800 pages of the world's oldest surviving Bible have been pieced together and published on the Internet for the first time, experts in Britain said Monday.

Britons turn living statues atop London column (AP)

Posted: 06 Jul 2009 06:07 AM PDT

Rachel Wardell, 35, the first participant for British sculptor Antony Gormley's work One & Other, stands on the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square, central London, Monday, July 6, 2009. One & Other is conceived as a portrait of Britain in 2009, and will run from July 6 to Oct. 14 as part of the rolling program of contemporary art commissions for the empty Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square. Every hour, 24 hours a day for 100 days, a different person will take their place on the plinth as a continuous monument in time. The project is commissioned by the Mayor of London. The building in the background is the National Portrait Gallery. (AP Photo/Akira Suemori)AP - It's art for the people, of the people — and definitely by the people.

Iran frees British embassy worker (AFP)

Posted: 06 Jul 2009 05:57 AM PDT

An Iranian policeman talks on a walkie-talkie in front of a line of riot police surrounding the British embassy in Tehran last month. Iran has released an eighth member of the local British embassy staff in Tehran, Downing Street has said, amid signs that the remaining employee still in detention could face trial over post-election violence.(AFP/File)AFP - Iran has released an eighth member of the local British embassy staff in Tehran, Downing Street said on Monday, amid signs that the remaining employee still in detention could face trial over post-election violence.

Fraud office to probe MG Rover collapse (AFP)

Posted: 06 Jul 2009 05:36 AM PDT

The first MG TF sportscar rolls off the assembly line at the newly re-opened Longbridge car manufacturing plant in Birmingham in 2007. The government has announced a major fraud probe into the collapse of carmaker MG Rover, one of the great names of British motoring, which collapsed while in the hands of a consortium in 2005.(AFP/File/Paul Ellis)AFP - The government on Monday announced a major fraud probe into the collapse of carmaker MG Rover, one of the great names of British motoring, which collapsed while in the hands of a consortium in 2005.

One president for 27 nations: Can Tony Blair lead Europe? (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 06 Jul 2009 02:00 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - When Henry Kissinger asked in 1970: "Who do I call, if I want to talk to Europe?" he coined the definitive metaphor for the enduring problem of how the nations of the continent's emerging political union could speak with one voice.

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