2009年7月14日星期二

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

WHO chief: Swine flu vaccine still months away (AFP)

Posted: 14 Jul 2009 04:53 PM PDT

World Health Organisation chief Margaret Chan, pictured on July 6, 2009, cast doubt Wednesday on the government's plans to start vaccinating from next month those most at risk of contracting swine flu.(AFP/File/Fabrice Coffrini)AFP - World Health Organisation chief Margaret Chan cast doubt Wednesday on the government's plans to start vaccinating from next month those most at risk of contracting swine flu.

Solicitor mulls legal action over phone-hacking claims (AFP)

Posted: 14 Jul 2009 04:38 PM PDT

A man reads a copy of the Guardian newspaper in central London, on July 9, 2009. Several high-profile figures are considering jointly suing a British tabloid following reports of an alleged phone tapping scandal, a lawyer said late Tuesday.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)AFP - Several high-profile figures are considering jointly suing a British tabloid following reports of an alleged phone tapping scandal, a lawyer said late Tuesday.

UK health booklet's message: Teen sex can be fun (AP)

Posted: 14 Jul 2009 02:05 PM PDT

AP - Britain's National Health Service has a message for teens: Sex can be fun. Health officials are trying to change the tone of sex education by urging teachers to emphasize that sexual relations can be healthy and pleasurable instead of simply explaining the mechanics of sex and warning about diseases.

Hand-in-hand British musician, wife commit suicide (AP)

Posted: 14 Jul 2009 02:03 PM PDT

This undated handout photo made available Tuesday July 14, 2009 shows renowned British conductor Edward Downes. British conductor Edward Downes and his wife have died at an assisted suicide clinic in Switzerland, their family said Tuesday July 14, 2009. The family said Downes, 85, and his 74-year-old wife Joan died Friday 'peacefully and under circumstances of their own choosing' at a Zurich clinic run by the group Dignitas. 'After 54 happy years together, they decided to end their own lives rather than continue to struggle with serious health problems,' the statement said. (AP Photo/Bill Cooper/PA Wire) UNITED KINGDOM OUT NO SALES NO ARCHIVEAP - He spent his life conducting world-renowned orchestras, but was almost blind and growing deaf — the music he loved increasingly out of reach. His wife of 54 years had been diagnosed with terminal cancer. So Edward and Joan Downes decided to die together.

Another minister quits Brown government (AFP)

Posted: 14 Jul 2009 01:12 PM PDT

A junior minister was to resign his post from embattled Prime Minister Gordon Brown's government but would remain as an adviser, officials said Tuesday.(AFP/File/Adrian Dennis)AFP - A junior minister was to resign his post from embattled Prime Minister Gordon Brown's government but would remain as an adviser, officials said Tuesday.

N. Ireland marching violence was organised: police (AFP)

Posted: 14 Jul 2009 11:09 AM PDT

A masked youth prepares to throw a petrol bomb in Armagh, Northern Ireland in March, 2009. The violence that erupted during the traditional Protestant marching season in Northern Ireland, injuring 21 police officers, was organised, police said Tuesday.(AFP/File)AFP - The violence that erupted during the traditional Protestant marching season in Northern Ireland, injuring 21 police officers, was organised, police said Tuesday.

FTSE 100 up on US bank earnings (AFP)

Posted: 14 Jul 2009 09:44 AM PDT

A man walks past a logo of mobile network provider Vodafone in Hanover, central Germany. Stocks in London ended higher on Tuesday after strong bank earnings from the United States, including stronger-than-expected profit report from financial giant Goldman Sachs.(AFP/File/John Macdougall)AFP - Stocks in London ended higher on Tuesday after strong bank earnings from the United States, including stronger-than-expected profit report from financial giant Goldman Sachs.

Blair says West Bank "bottom-up" effort gets result (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Jul 2009 08:51 AM PDT

Middle East envoy Tony Blair waves during a visit to the West Bank city of Nablus July 14, 2009. REUTERS/Mohamad TorokmanReuters - Improving conditions for Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank prove that a Palestinian state can be "built from the bottom up while it's being negotiated from the top down," Tony Blair said Tuesday.

British Court of Appeal demands less information (AP)

Posted: 14 Jul 2009 08:07 AM PDT

AP - Lawyers are scouring the Internet for too many precedents, shedding too little light on the issue at hand, two British senior judges complained Tuesday.

Twitter 'uncool', teen researcher tells investors (AFP)

Posted: 14 Jul 2009 08:00 AM PDT

Microsoft is integrating messages from prominent users of Twitter, the hot micro-blogging service, into the results generated by its new Internet search engine Bing.(Twitter)AFP - A 15-year-old has set the financial world talking with a research note penned for a major US bank in which exposes teenagers' media habits -- notably that Twitter is just not cool.

Reporter accuses Murdoch editors in privacy row (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Jul 2009 07:29 AM PDT

Reuters - Senior editors at Rupert Murdoch's British newspaper arm asked a private investigator to obtain information on public figures from confidential databases, a rival journalist told British lawmakers on Tuesday.

BA reveals plan to raise funds amid staff protest (AFP)

Posted: 14 Jul 2009 06:35 AM PDT

British Airways staff demonstrate with live lemmings outside the Queen Elizabeth 2 conference centre in London. The troubled airline says it is exploring options to raise new funds, as its under-pressure board faces sharp opposition over controversial cost-cutting measures.(AFP/Shaun Curry)AFP - Troubled airline British Airways said Tuesday it was exploring options to raise new funds, as its under-pressure board faced sharp opposition over controversial cost-cutting measures.

Lawyer: Extraditing UK hacker would violate rights (AP)

Posted: 14 Jul 2009 06:33 AM PDT

AP - Prosecutors failed to consider the human rights argument against forcing an autistic British man accused of hacking into U.S. military computers to stand trial in the United States, a defense lawyer said Tuesday.

Iraqi interpreters to sue Britain: BBC (AFP)

Posted: 14 Jul 2009 04:42 AM PDT

British soldiers on patrol in Basra, 2006. The BBC says 25 Iraqis who worked for the British military are to take legal action against the government.(AFP/File/Essam al-Sudani)AFP - Some 25 Iraqis who worked for the British military are to take legal action against the government, saying they were not properly protected from extremists, the BBC reported on Tuesday.

Thousands of postal workers to strike on Friday (AFP)

Posted: 14 Jul 2009 04:34 AM PDT

A Royal Mail post box in central London. Thousands of postal workers are to stage a 24-hour walkout on Friday amid a spiralling dispute over job cuts and working practices, the Communication Workers Union has said.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - Thousands of postal workers are to stage a 24-hour walkout on Friday amid a spiralling dispute over job cuts and working practices, the Communication Workers Union said on Tuesday.

BBC freezes executive bonuses (AFP)

Posted: 14 Jul 2009 04:05 AM PDT

The BBC's Television Centre on Wood Lane, west London. Bonuses paid to top executives at the BBC have been suspended, the broadcaster has said, just before publishing its annual report, as it battles state plans to rein in its public funding.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - Bonuses paid to top executives at the BBC have been suspended, the broadcaster said on Tuesday, just before publishing its annual report, as it battles state plans to rein in its public funding.

Cats purrfect the art of getting what they want: study (AFP)

Posted: 14 Jul 2009 03:58 AM PDT

A Belarussian girl holds a Don Sphynx cat in June. Scientists have said that cats coax their owners into giving them what they want with a special purr that blends their normal soft, low sound with a high-pitched element that is hard to ignore.(AFP/File/Viktor Drachev)AFP - Cats coax their owners into giving them what they want with a special purr that blends their normal soft, low sound with a high-pitched element that is hard to ignore, researchers said on Tuesday.

Britain to send 140 more troops to Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: 14 Jul 2009 03:32 AM PDT

Afghan President Hamid Karzai, pictured in June 2009, is poised to sign into law a bill which would punish those who perpetrate violence against women, a US lawmaker told a briefing Tuesday.(AFP/File/Shah Marai)AP - Britain is sending an additional 140 troops to Afghanistan to bolster the war effort there.

'Virginia Woolf's beach' sold for £80,000 (AFP)

Posted: 14 Jul 2009 03:31 AM PDT

The lighthouse on Godrevy Island in Gwithian, southwest Cornwall, which is believed to have inspired the Virginia Woolf classic 'To The Lighthouse'. Upton Towans beach, which has a view of the lighthouse, has been sold at auction for £80,000.(afp.com/Chris Leather)AFP - A windswept beach on the southernwestern coast of England which is thought to have inspired the Virginia Woolf classic 'To The Lighthouse', has been sold at auction for 80,000 pounds (93,000 euros, 130,000 dollars).

UK inflation under 2% for first time since 2007 (AFP)

Posted: 14 Jul 2009 03:30 AM PDT

Shoppers are pictured on London's Oxford Street. British 12-month inflation slowed to 1.8 percent in June, dropping under the Bank of England's 2.0-percent target for the first time in almost two years, official data showed Tuesday.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - British 12-month inflation slowed to 1.8 percent in June, dropping under the Bank of England's 2.0-percent target for the first time in almost two years, official data showed Tuesday.

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