2009年7月22日星期三

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Memoir reveals regret of Soviet spy Anthony Blunt (AP)

Posted: 22 Jul 2009 04:01 PM PDT

AP - It began with youthful idealism and ended in bitter regret.

PM dismisses criticism on Afghanistan (AFP)

Posted: 22 Jul 2009 12:44 PM PDT

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown holds his monthly press conference in Downing Street, in central London. Brown dismissed remarks by one of his ministers Wednesday that Britain does not have enough helicopters in Afghanistan, as he sought to move past a damaging row over resources.(AFP/Stefan Rousseau)AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown dismissed remarks by one of his ministers Wednesday that Britain does not have enough helicopters in Afghanistan, as he sought to move past a damaging row over resources.

Glaxo profits up 11 percent on emerging markets (AP)

Posted: 22 Jul 2009 12:05 PM PDT

AP - GlaxoSmithKline, the world's second largest drug maker by revenues, posted an 11 percent rise in second quarter profit on Wednesday after strong pharmaceutical sales in emerging markets helped offset the impact of generic competition in the United States.

British soldier killed in Afghanistan blast (AFP)

Posted: 22 Jul 2009 11:34 AM PDT

British soldiers in Afghanistan. A British soldier was killed Wednesday in an explosion in southern Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence said, bringing the death toll since 2001 to 188.(AFP/File/John D McHugh)AFP - A British soldier was killed Wednesday in an explosion in southern Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence said, bringing the death toll since 2001 to 188.

Blair says Zimbabwe should 'get rid of' Mugabe: interview (AFP)

Posted: 22 Jul 2009 11:30 AM PDT

Tony Blair, pictured on July 3, 2009, believes that Zimbabwe should AFP - Tony Blair believes that Zimbabwe should "get rid of" President Robert Mugabe, a German magazine quoted the former British prime minister as saying in an interview published Wednesday.

AMC hits back at Congo conflict claims (AFP)

Posted: 22 Jul 2009 11:14 AM PDT

British-based broker Amalgamated Metal Corporation(AMC) Group rejected claims Wednesday that it was fuelling the conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo through its mineral trades.(AMC)AFP - British-based broker Amalgamated Metal Corporation Group rejected claims Wednesday that it was fuelling the conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo through its mineral trades.

Fatal London blaze caused by faulty TV: police (AFP)

Posted: 22 Jul 2009 11:01 AM PDT

A view of the 12-story Lakanal House block of Sceaux Gardens Estate where 6 people died in a fire on July 3, 2009, in Camberwell, south London. Police said the massive fire had been caused by an old television set.(AFP/File/Max Nash)AFP - A massive fire in a high-rise public housing block which killed six people in London this month was caused by an old television set, police said Wednesday.

Victim recalls 'barrage' of blows from Gerrard (AFP)

Posted: 22 Jul 2009 09:52 AM PDT

A man allegedly attacked by England and Liverpool star Steven Gerrard, seen here on July 20, 2009, described Wednesday how he was subject to a AFP - A man allegedly attacked by England and Liverpool star Steven Gerrard described Wednesday how he was subject to a "barrage of punches" during the bar brawl last year.

Home of poet John Keats reopens after renovation (AP)

Posted: 22 Jul 2009 08:35 AM PDT

One of the original copies of the death mask of British poet John Keats taken in Rome a few days after his death in 1821, is seen in a glass case in his bedroom at the newly-refurbished Keats House, in north London, Wednesday, July 22, 2009. The house where the poet (1795-1821) wrote 'Ode To A Nightingale' and fell in love with his neighbor Fanny Brawne has been closed since 2007 while it underwent extensive renovation. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)AP - The London house where John Keats wrote some of his most famous poems is to reopen this week after a 500,000 pound ($800,000) renovation, city officials said Wednesday.

PM backs Iran protestors' rights (AFP)

Posted: 22 Jul 2009 07:56 AM PDT

Prime Minister Gordon Brown holds his monthly press conference at 10 Downing Street in London. Brown voiced support for protestors' rights in Iran on Wednesday, and reiterated the arrest of some of Britain's embassy staff in Tehran was AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown voiced support for protestors' rights in Iran on Wednesday, and reiterated the arrest of some of Britain's embassy staff in Tehran was "not unacceptable."

UK journalist: James Murdoch approved settlement (AP)

Posted: 22 Jul 2009 07:41 AM PDT

AP - A journalist has told a British parliamentary committee that News Corp. executive James Murdoch, son of media mogul Rupert Murdoch, approved an out-of-court payment to settle a controversial phone hacking case.

British women 'want to be curvy not thin' (AFP)

Posted: 22 Jul 2009 05:11 AM PDT

British actress Kate Winslet attends a special New York screening of AFP - British women hanker after a curvy hourglass body shape rather than trying to be ultra slim, preferring Kate Winslet to Kate Moss, according to a poll published Wednesday.

Recession spells last orders for many British pubs (AFP)

Posted: 22 Jul 2009 04:00 AM PDT

Customers drink at the Nell Gwynne freehouse in central London, September 2008. More then seven pubs are closing in Britain every day, according to new figures published Wednesday showing a deepening of the crisis hitting the industry amid the recession and changing drinking habits.(AFP/File/Adrian Dennis)AFP - More then seven pubs are closing in Britain every day, according to new figures published Wednesday showing a deepening of the crisis hitting the industry amid the recession and changing drinking habits.

Saudi rights abuses increased since 9/11: Amnesty (AFP)

Posted: 22 Jul 2009 01:40 AM PDT

A Shiite pilgrim walks past Saudi police in the holy city of Mecca in 2008. Human rights abuses in Saudi Arabia have soared as a result of counter-terrorism measures introduced since the 2001 attacks in the United States, Amnesty International said.(AFP/File/Hassan Ammar)AFP - Human rights abuses in Saudi Arabia have soared as a result of counter-terrorism measures introduced since the 2001 attacks in the United States, Amnesty International said Wednesday.

Brown braces for by-election test (AFP)

Posted: 22 Jul 2009 12:49 AM PDT

Prime Minister Gordon Brown takes part in the 'Every Child a Reader' initiative with parents, teachers and children at 10 Downing Street in London. Brown is battling to avoid another poll rout this week, in his first electoral test since dire EU and local ballots and a near-fatal leadership crisis.(AFP/POOL/Dan Kitwood)AFP - Beleaguered Prime Minister Gordon Brown is battling to avoid another poll rout this week, in his first electoral test since dire EU and local ballots and a near-fatal leadership crisis.

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