2009年7月28日星期二

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Britons question Afghan war as more bodies flown home (AFP)

Posted: 28 Jul 2009 01:09 PM PDT

Mourners in the Wiltshire town of Wootton Bassett pay their respects to four young soldiers who were killed in Afghanistan. Most Britons believe the increasingly bloody war in Afghanistan is AFP - Most Britons believe the increasingly bloody war in Afghanistan is "unwinnable" and want troops pulled out, an opinion poll said Tuesday, as more soldiers' bodies were flown home.

BP Q2 profit down 53 pct on lower oil prices (AP)

Posted: 28 Jul 2009 11:03 AM PDT

AP - BP PLC, Europe's second largest oil company, said Tuesday that lower world oil prices drove second-quarter profit down by 53 percent compared with a year earlier and that it saw little sign of growing demand in the months ahead.

Wooton Bassett honors troops slian in Afghanistan (AFP)

Posted: 28 Jul 2009 10:18 AM PDT

Mourners in the Wiltshire town of Wootton Bassett pay their respects to four young soldiers who were killed in Afghanistan. Most Britons believe the increasingly bloody war in Afghanistan is AFP - The grieving relatives of four soldiers killed in Afghanistan lined the streets here Tuesday as their bodies were returned home, the latest victims of an ever bloodier war.

Anger after Bible defaced in British gallery (AFP)

Posted: 28 Jul 2009 09:50 AM PDT

Christians voiced anger and dismay Tuesday after a Bible, which was part of an exhibition inviting viewers to add their reflections, was defaced with offensive and foul-mouthed scrawl.(AFP/OFF)AFP - Christians voiced anger and dismay Tuesday after a Bible, which was part of an exhibition inviting viewers to add their reflections, was defaced with offensive and foul-mouthed scrawl.

British government tells civil servants to tweet (AP)

Posted: 28 Jul 2009 09:32 AM PDT

AP - The British government has told civil servants: Go forth and tweet.

Chimp's memoir among contenders for Booker Prize (AP)

Posted: 28 Jul 2009 09:15 AM PDT

AP - The purported autobiography of a movie-star chimpanzee is among the contenders for Britain's most prestigious literary award.

UK to stage 2013 Rugby League World Cup (AFP)

Posted: 28 Jul 2009 08:58 AM PDT

New Zealand captain Nathan Cayliss holds the trophy aloft after beating Australia in the final of the 2008 Rugby League World Cup final in Brisbane, Australia, November 2008. The 2013 World Cup will be held in the United Kingdom, the Rugby League International Federation (RLIF) confirmed on Tuesday.(AFP/File/William West)AFP - The 2013 World Cup will be held in the United Kingdom, the Rugby League International Federation (RLIF) confirmed on Tuesday.

Nepalese hail British Gurkha campaign actress (AFP)

Posted: 28 Jul 2009 08:52 AM PDT

British actress and Gurkha campaigner Joanna Lumley (centre) greets well-wishers in Nepal on July 28. Thousands of Gurkha veterans and their families gathered in eastern Nepal on Tuesday to salute Lumley, the actress who led a campaign for them to be allowed to settle in Britain.(AFP/Prakash Mathema)AFP - Thousands of Gurkha veterans and their families gathered in eastern Nepal on Tuesday to salute Joanna Lumley, the actress who led a campaign for them to be allowed to settle in Britain.

Great Train Robber Biggs back in hospital: son (AFP)

Posted: 28 Jul 2009 08:40 AM PDT

Notorious Great Train Robbert Ronnie Biggs, seen here in 1994, has gone back into hospital with pneumonia, his son has said, weeks after the ageing convict was told he would not be freed.(AFP/File)AFP - Ronnie Biggs, the notorious Great Train Robber, is back in hospital weeks after being told he would not be freed, his son said Tuesday, adding there was "not much hope" for the 79-year-old.

Wicked witch wanted: must cackle and like cats (AFP)

Posted: 28 Jul 2009 07:51 AM PDT

A woman dressed as witch arrives at Edinburgh Castle for the worldwide launch of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince in 2005. Wanted: wicked witch to cast spell over historic caves in Wookey Hole. Must be able to cackle and not be allergic to cats. Salary £50,000 per year.(AFP/File/Adrian Dennis)AFP - Wanted: wicked witch to cast spell over historic caves in southwest England. Must be able to cackle and not be allergic to cats. Salary 50,000 pounds per year.

Some sample UK, US government tweets (AP)

Posted: 28 Jul 2009 07:28 AM PDT

AP - A sampling of recent Downing Street tweets:

Charity questions UK over extraordinary rendition (AP)

Posted: 28 Jul 2009 07:19 AM PDT

AP - A legal advocacy group sought Tuesday to compel Britain's government to investigate a Pakistani man's claim that he was aboard an extraordinary rendition flight that made a refueling stop in Diego Garcia, a British island in the Indian Ocean.

Baghdad policy hitch lands British troops in Kuwait (AFP)

Posted: 28 Jul 2009 06:28 AM PDT

British soldiers smile as they pose for a photograph in Baghdad's fortified AFP - Britain's 100-odd troops in Iraq are to withdraw to a base in neighbouring Kuwait because a deal regularising their presence has yet to be approved by the Iraqi parliament, the British embassy in Baghdad said on Tuesday.

Afghan war questioned as more bodies flown home (AFP)

Posted: 28 Jul 2009 06:19 AM PDT

Soldiers trainingi in a tank at Westdown Camp, Tilshead in Wiltshire. Most Britons believe the increasingly bloody war in Afghanistan is AFP - Most Britons believe the increasingly bloody war in Afghanistan is "unwinnable" and want troops pulled out, a poll suggested on Tuesday, as more soldiers' bodies were flown home.

Rights group sues UK government over "rendition" (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Jul 2009 05:42 AM PDT

Reuters - Human rights lawyers began legal action against the British government on Tuesday, accusing it of involvement in the illegal transfer of a terrorism suspect from Indonesia to Egypt where they say he was tortured.

Poll: UK public sees the Afghan war as unwinnable (AP)

Posted: 28 Jul 2009 04:04 AM PDT

British Foreign Secretary David Miliband gestures while speaking during a media conference at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Monday July 27, 2009. Miliband said Monday that the Afghan government must use the opportunity created by the allied military surge to reconcile with moderate Taliban guerrillas willing to join the political process. Twenty British soldiers have died in Afghanistan in July, the deadliest month of the war, setting off a heated political debate about Britain's role in the war and raising doubts over whether the military has the proper equipment. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)AP - A majority of people in Britain see the Afghan war as impossible to win, according to a new poll taken amid steeply rising casualties and growing government emphasis on finding a political solution to the conflict.

BP second quarter profits slump 53% (AFP)

Posted: 28 Jul 2009 03:49 AM PDT

The signage of a British Petroleum service station in Manassas, Virginia. Energy giant BP has said its second-quarter net profits slumped 53% to $4.39 billion (£2.65 billion) due to falling oil prices and despite higher output.(AFP/File/Karen Bleier)AFP - Energy giant BP said on Tuesday its second-quarter net profits slumped 53 percent to 4.39 billion dollars (2.65 billion pounds) due to falling oil prices and despite higher output.

British-Russian oil major's profits plunge 57% (AFP)

Posted: 28 Jul 2009 02:34 AM PDT

The offices of British-Russian oil giant TNK-BP in Moscow. Net profits at TNK-BP plunged 57% in the first half of 2009 to $2 billion (£1.21 billion) because of falling prices, the company has said.(AFP/File/Natalia Kolesnikova)AFP - Net profits at British-Russian oil major TNK-BP plunged 57 percent in the first half of 2009 to 2.01 billion dollars (1.21 billion pounds) because of falling prices, the company said on Tuesday.

BP profits slump 53% in second quarter (AFP)

Posted: 28 Jul 2009 02:26 AM PDT

The signage of a British Petroleum service station in Manassas, Virginia. British energy major BP said Tuesday that second-quarter net profit slumped 53 percent to 4.39 billion dollars (3.07 billion euros) due to falling oil prices and despite higher output.(AFP/File/Karen Bleier)AFP - British energy major BP said Tuesday that second-quarter net profit slumped 53 percent to 4.39 billion dollars (3.07 billion euros) due to falling oil prices and despite higher output.

MPs quietly ink new £9,000 expense deal (AFP)

Posted: 28 Jul 2009 12:20 AM PDT

The sun sets on the Houses of Parliament in London. MPs have introduced new rules allowing them to claim £9,000 a year without receipts despite public outrage over an expenses scandal, The Daily Telegraph reported on Tuesday.(AFP/File/Jim Watson)AFP - MPs have introduced new rules allowing them to claim 9,000 pounds a year without receipts despite public outrage over an expenses scandal, The Daily Telegraph reported on Tuesday.

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