2009年7月20日星期一

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Three fishermen die off Scotland after boat capsizes: officials (AFP)

Posted: 20 Jul 2009 04:23 PM PDT

A fishermen unloads scallop shells from his boat. Three fishermen died after their boat capsized Monday in high seas off Scotland, coastguard and police said. One fisherman was rescued after the coastguard launched a search operation when the scallop boat overturned off Britain's Atlantic west coast, the coastguard said.(AFP/File/Mychele Daniau)AFP - Three fishermen died after their boat capsized Monday in high seas off Scotland, coastguard and police said.

Swine flu threatens British economy: study (AFP)

Posted: 20 Jul 2009 01:45 PM PDT

A person enters a new clinic in East London. The British economy could contract as much as 7.5 percent this year if the swine flu pandemic continues to escalate, a report published Monday.(AFP/Max Nash)AFP - The British economy could contract as much as 7.5 percent this year if the swine flu pandemic continues to escalate, a report published Monday.

Queen watches as boatmen count her swans (AP)

Posted: 20 Jul 2009 12:01 PM PDT

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, front left, accompanied by Swan Marker David Barber, front right on the boat, in the steam launch 'Alaska', watches a swan upper place a swan back into the river during a swan upping census, the ancient ritual of her swans being counted, on the River Thames near Windsor, England, Monday, July 20, 2009. (AP Photo/Sang Tan, Pool)AP - Queen Elizabeth II took to the River Thames in a steam launch Monday to watch red-suited boatmen carefully count all her swans

Friends Provident rejects Resolution takeover offer (AFP)

Posted: 20 Jul 2009 11:54 AM PDT

British insurer Friends Provident on Monday rejected an improved merger offer from investment company Resolution Limited, citing AFP - British insurer Friends Provident on Monday rejected an improved merger offer from investment company Resolution Limited, citing "structural and governance" problems with the proposal.

Russian oligarch challenges London court ruling (AFP)

Posted: 20 Jul 2009 11:48 AM PDT

Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska, seen here in 2006, challenged a court ruling that a lawsuit brought against him by a former friend should be heard in Britain rather than Russia.(AFP/File/Alexander Nemenov)AFP - Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska on Monday challenged a court ruling that a lawsuit brought against him by a former friend should be heard in Britain rather than Russia.

British jet crashes in Afghanistan as four US troops killed (AFP)

Posted: 20 Jul 2009 11:35 AM PDT

A Royal Air Force Tornado fighter jet. A British fighter jet crashed in Afghanistan on Monday injuring two pilots, while four US troops were killed in a bomb blast as foreign casualties soar in the war-torn country.(AFP/File/Martin Hayhow)AFP - A British fighter jet crashed in Afghanistan on Monday injuring two pilots, while four US troops were killed in a bomb blast as foreign casualties soar in the war-torn country.

Afghan blast kills 4 GIs in deadliest month for US (AP)

Posted: 20 Jul 2009 04:15 PM PDT

File photo shows two US soldiers stopping a truck near the heavily fortified prison at the main American military base in Bagram, Afghanistan. A US military review has called for overhauling the troubled US-run Bagram prison in Afghanistan because US officials are concerned that abuses and militant recruiting within local prisons are helping strengthen the Taliban, The New York Times reported.(AFP/File/Shah Marai)AP - A roadside bomb killed four American troops in eastern Afghanistan on Monday, driving the July death toll for U.S. forces to the highest monthly level of the war.

UK drops terror alert level to lowest in 2 years (AP)

Posted: 20 Jul 2009 09:23 AM PDT

AP - Britain's government reduced its terror alert level Monday to its lowest level since the July 7, 2005 bombings of the London transport system but warned that the threat remains serious.

Gerrard in dock over nightclub brawl (AFP)

Posted: 20 Jul 2009 08:16 AM PDT

Liverpool midfielder Steven Gerrard outside Liverpool Crown Court in Merseyside. Gerrard appeared in court here on Monday before his trial charged with affray over a nightclub brawl last year.(AFP/File/Tony Spencer)AFP - England and Liverpool midfielder Steven Gerrard appeared in court here on Monday ahead of his trial on charges of being involved in a nightclub brawl.

Queen Elizabeth II counts her swans (AFP)

Posted: 20 Jul 2009 07:56 AM PDT

Queen Elizabeth II watches swans swim away during a counting census. The queen watched for the first time Monday as her staff began the annual job of counting her swans.(AFP/Pool/Sang Tan)AFP - Queen Elizabeth II watched for the first time Monday as her staff began the annual job of counting her swans.

Britain's swine flu advice confuses public (AP)

Posted: 20 Jul 2009 07:27 AM PDT

A student plays volleyball while in quarantine at the Yanxiang Hotel in Beijing, China, Monday, July 20, 2009. Dozens of students from the U.S. and United Kingdom have been quarantined at the hotel after classmates were diagnosed with swine flu. (AP Photo/Greg Baker)AP - Health officials in Britain have issued a torrent of conflicting advice on swine flu, telling people to avoid travel, stay away from crowds and even advising women to delay getting pregnant until the virus subsides.

Adulterous Saudi princess in UK asylum bid: report (AFP)

Posted: 20 Jul 2009 07:22 AM PDT

A Saudi woman waits for customers to buy traditional crafts and rugs at a trade fair in Riyadh last year. A Saudi princess who fell pregnant during an affair with a British man has been granted asylum here after she claimed she could face the death penalty if she went home, a newspaper report has said.(AFP/File/Hassan Ammar)AFP - A Saudi princess who fell pregnant during an affair with a British man has been granted asylum here after she claimed she could face the death penalty if she went home, a newspaper report said Monday.

British fighter jet crashes in south Afghanistan (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Jul 2009 06:25 AM PDT

Michelle Nilson, sister of Sgt. C. Wayne Hosford, wipes her eyes during burial services at Fort Snelling National Cemetery in Minneapolis Monday, July 20, 2009 for her brother who was killed July 6 in Kunduz, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)Reuters - A British Tornado fighter jet crashed at a major NATO base in southern Afghanistan on Monday, officials said, the third aircraft mishap in as many days as foreign forces press their new offensives against the Taliban.

Terror threat level lowered (AFP)

Posted: 20 Jul 2009 05:05 AM PDT

Armed police officers patrol Manchester airport, 2006. The government lowered its terror threat level to AFP - The government downgraded its terror threat level to "substantial" on Monday, its lowest for at least three years, but stressed that it still faced a "real and serious" threat.

Report: UK mortgage lending up 17 pct in June (AP)

Posted: 20 Jul 2009 03:45 AM PDT

AP - Gross mortgage lending in the United Kingdom rose by 17 percent in June compared to the previous month but still lagged at about half of year-ago levels, the Council of Mortgage Lenders said Monday.

Lost love letter reunites couple after 16 years (AFP)

Posted: 20 Jul 2009 03:01 AM PDT

A couple embrace at sunset in Peru. A British man and his Spanish former sweetheart have finally married 16 years after they drifted apart, reunited by a love letter lost behind a fireplace for over a decade, newspapers have reported.(AFP/File/Eitan Abramovich)AFP - A British man and his Spanish former sweetheart have finally married 16 years after they drifted apart, reunited by a love letter lost behind a fireplace for over a decade, reports said on Monday.

Cink denies veteran Watson to win British Open golf (AFP)

Posted: 20 Jul 2009 02:27 AM PDT

US golfer Stewart Cink hugs the Claret Jug after winning the 138th British Open Championship at Turnberry Golf Course in south-west Scotland.(AFP/Glyn Kirk)AFP - For Stewart Cink and his family it might be different but for everyone else, Turnberry 2009 will be remembered as the Open that Tom Watson and, to a lesser extent Lee Westwood, failed to win.

At least 85 British students quarantined in China (AFP)

Posted: 20 Jul 2009 01:21 AM PDT

Masked security guards sit at the main entrance of the Yanxiang Hotel in Beijing. At least 178 foreign students and teachers have been put in swine flu quarantine in Beijing, the British embassy and a US teacher have said, with 10 hospitalised after testing positive for the virus.(AFP/Liu Jin)AFP - The number of British students and teachers quarantined in Beijing over swine flu has leapt to at least 85, while four more have been hospitalised with the virus, Britain's embassy said Monday.

Soldier killed in Afghanistan explosion (AFP)

Posted: 20 Jul 2009 01:17 AM PDT

British soldiers with the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) stand during a patrol in the town of Musa Qala in Helmand province, 2007. The Ministry of Defence said that a soldier was killed by an explosion while on a foot patrol in Afghanistan(AFP/File/Shah Marai)AFP - A soldier was killed by an explosion while on a foot patrol in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence said here Monday.

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