2009年7月24日星期五

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Brown, Obama in Afghanistan talks as Britain pledges more troops (AFP)

Posted: 24 Jul 2009 04:04 PM PDT

Prime Minister Gordon Brown is pictured during a visit to a National Health Service (NHS) centre in central London. Brown on Friday called US President Barack Obama for talks on Afghanistan as Britain announced it would send in reinforcements after a recent spike in troop deaths.(AFP/POOL/Shaun Curry)AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Friday called US President Barack Obama for talks on Afghanistan as Britain announced it would send in reinforcements after a recent spike in troop deaths.

Obama, UK's Brown urge Afghan burden-sharing (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Jul 2009 03:15 PM PDT

Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown agreed on Friday it was necessary to share the military burden better with NATO allies in Afghanistan, Brown's office said.

Brown, Obama urge allies to share Afghan burden (AP)

Posted: 24 Jul 2009 02:56 PM PDT

Prime Minister Gordon Brown is pictured during a visit to a National Health Service (NHS) centre in central London. Brown on Friday called US President Barack Obama for talks on Afghanistan as Britain announced it would send in reinforcements after a recent spike in troop deaths.(AFP/POOL/Shaun Curry)AP - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and U.S. President Barack Obama on Friday urged NATO allies to share the burden of heavy combat in Afghanistan amid the deadliest month of the war.

Queen Elizabeth ponders 'illegal' Commonwealth gifts on show (AFP)

Posted: 24 Jul 2009 02:24 PM PDT

Queen Elizabeth II (R) is shown around the Commonwealth exhibition at Buckingham Palace in London by Sir Hugh Roberts, Director of the Royal Collection and Assistant Curator Caroline De Guitaut.(AFP/POOL/File/Ian Nicholson)AFP - Queen Elizabeth II on Friday toured a new exibition of gifts given to her on Commonwealth tours, but wondered whether some were "illegal" and would have to be handed back.

PM's party suffers new poll blow (AFP)

Posted: 24 Jul 2009 01:29 PM PDT

Members of the Monster Raving Loony party attend the vote count during the Norwich North by-election count in Norwich, Norfolk. Prime Minister Gordon Brown's Labour Party suffered an embarrassing by-election defeat in the poll, the first triggered by a scandal over MPs' expenses.(AFP/Ben Stansall)AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown's Labour Party on Friday suffered yet another embarrassing by-election defeat in the first poll triggered by a recent scandal over lawmakers' expenses.

Spanish shareholder joins bid for National Express (AP)

Posted: 24 Jul 2009 11:28 AM PDT

AP - A major shareholder in National Express Group PLC has joined with private equity group CVC Capital Partners in a bid to take over the bus and rail company, CVC said Friday.

Banks are stable but growth strategy still needed: Brown (AFP)

Posted: 24 Jul 2009 11:22 AM PDT

Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Friday that the banking sector, rocked by the global finance crisis, has stabilised but the world still lacks an overall strategy to ensure positive economic momentum(AFP/POOL/Shaun Curry)AFP - The banking sector, rocked by the global finance crisis, has stabilised but the world still lacks an overall strategy to ensure positive economic momentum, Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Friday.

Teen charged over possible 'honour' acid attack (AFP)

Posted: 24 Jul 2009 11:09 AM PDT

AFP - A teenager was charged with attempted murder Friday after a man allegedly had acid poured over him, the third person indicted over a reported Muslim "honour" attack.

Syria says it is rebuilding relations with US (AP)

Posted: 24 Jul 2009 09:55 AM PDT

AP - Syria's foreign minister said Friday his country is working to rebuild its diplomatic relationship with the United States.

160 Britons in swine flu quarantine in Asia, Egypt: ministry (AFP)

Posted: 24 Jul 2009 09:49 AM PDT

A lab technician working on a swine-flu detection DNA test in England. At least 160 Britons are in quarantine for swine flu in China, India, Singapore and Egypt, the Foreign Office in London said Friday.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)AFP - At least 160 Britons are in quarantine for swine flu in China, India, Singapore and Egypt, the Foreign Office in London said Friday.

FTSE shares end up (AFP)

Posted: 24 Jul 2009 09:11 AM PDT

Stocks in London advanced as investors became more optimistic over upbeat data and corporate results.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)AFP - Stocks in London advanced on Friday as investors became more optimistic over upbeat data and corporate results.

Number's up for man who claimed lost lottery ticket (AFP)

Posted: 24 Jul 2009 08:52 AM PDT

A British man who found a winning lottery ticket on a supermarket floor and cashed it in has been ordered to pay back half the money plus interest to the original buyer.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - A 44-year-old man who found a winning lottery ticket on a supermarket floor and cashed it in was ordered to pay back half the money plus interest to the original buyer Friday.

Footballer Gerrard not guilty over bar brawl (AFP)

Posted: 24 Jul 2009 07:53 AM PDT

Liverpool and England midfielder Steven Gerrard answers reporters questions as he leaves a Liverpool courthouse. Gerrard has been found not guilty Friday over an alleged assault on a businessman during a bar brawl.(AFP/Michael Jones)AFP - Liverpool and England midfielder Steven Gerrard was found not guilty Friday over an alleged assault on a businessman during a bar brawl.

British battle for Afghan trust in restive south (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Jul 2009 06:56 AM PDT

British soldiers from A Company, 2 Mercian patrol in the Babaji village in Helmand province July 23, 2009. REUTERS/Omar SobhaniReuters - Bearded elders sitting on a concrete floor in Afghanistan's violent south listened politely as officials told them of plans to set up a polling station in their village for August's presidential vote.

Emergency landing briefly closes Gatwick runway (AP)

Posted: 24 Jul 2009 06:26 AM PDT

AP - The runway at London's Gatwick Airport was briefly closed Friday after a flight from Paris to the Welsh city of Cardiff made an emergency landing.

Labour suffers new blow in by-election defeat (AFP)

Posted: 24 Jul 2009 06:01 AM PDT

Votes are counted during the Norwich North by-election count, July 24. Prime Minister Gordon Brown's Labour Party suffered another embarrassing by-election defeat in the first poll triggered by a scandal over MPs' expenses.(AFP/Ben Stansall)AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown's Labour Party suffered another embarrassing by-election defeat Friday in the first poll triggered by a scandal over MPs' expenses.

UK economy falls in Q2, dashing recovery hopes (AP)

Posted: 24 Jul 2009 05:20 AM PDT

AP - The British economy contracted by twice as much as economists had forecast in the second quarter, leaving it mired in recession and dashing recent hopes of an imminent recovery as premature.

Lawyers sum up at Amy Winehouse assault trial (AP)

Posted: 24 Jul 2009 04:16 AM PDT

British singer Amy Winehouse arrives at Westminster magistrates court in London, Friday, July 24, 2009. The singer faces a charge of assault. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)AP - A lawyer for Amy Winehouse says a woman who claims she was assaulted by the singer suffered nothing but injured pride.

British economy sees record contraction (AFP)

Posted: 24 Jul 2009 03:51 AM PDT

A worker is pictured inside an Alexander Dennis factory, in Guildford, England, on July 15. Britain's economy shrank in the second quarter at its fastest yearly pace since records began in 1955, as the worst recession since the early 1980s tightened its grip, official data has shown.(AFP/File/Carl de Souza)AFP - Britain's economy shrank in the second quarter at its fastest yearly pace since records began in 1955, as the worst recession since the early 1980s tightened its grip, official data showed Friday.

Exchange rates boost Vodafone sales (AFP)

Posted: 24 Jul 2009 02:24 AM PDT

A Vodafone store in London, August 2008. Vodafone, the world's biggest mobile phone company by revenue, reported a nearly 10-percent rise in quarterly revenue which it attributed partly to favourable exchange rates.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)AFP - Vodafone, the world's biggest mobile phone company by revenue, on Friday reported a nearly 10-percent rise in quarterly revenue which it attributed partly to favourable exchange rates.

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