2009年8月1日星期六

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Hundreds of wildfires ravage Canada's British Columbia (AFP)

Posted: 01 Aug 2009 04:24 PM PDT

Helicopters battle a wildfire burning in the Okanagan Mountain Park near Kelowna, British Columbia in 2003. More than 500 fires are raging out of control in British Columbia, fueled by dry forests and record-high temperatures, the premier of the Canadian western province said.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Don Mackinnon)AFP - More than 500 fires are raging out of control in British Columbia, fueled by dry forests and record-high temperatures, the premier of the Canadian western province said.

Afghan mission falls short of expectations: Lawmakers (AFP)

Posted: 01 Aug 2009 04:06 PM PDT

British soldiers with the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force walk during a patrol in the Baba Ji district of Helmand province in July 2009. The international military mission in Afghanistan has delivered AFP - The international military mission in Afghanistan has delivered "much less than it promised" due to the lack of a realistic strategy, an influential committee of lawmakers said Sunday.

Lawmakers urge UK to drop Afghan drugs mission (AP)

Posted: 01 Aug 2009 04:03 PM PDT

A U.S. Marine Corps carry team loads a transfer case containing the remains of Lance Cpl. Gregory A. Posey, of Winchester, Tenn., into a transfer vehicle during a dignified transfer ceremony at Dover Air Force Base, Del., Saturday, Aug. 1, 2009. According to the Department of Defense, Posey, died July 30, of wounds sustained while supporting combat operations in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)AP - Britain should abandon its anti-drug role in Afghanistan and focus on securing the country against the Taliban insurgency, a prominent group of U.K. lawmakers said Sunday.

Migrant slipped into UK aboard border agents' bus (AP)

Posted: 01 Aug 2009 03:08 PM PDT

AP - The government says an illegal immigrant sneaked into the U.K. by smuggling himself aboard a bus full of British border agents.

Al-Qaeda sympathisers may have joined MI5: report (AFP)

Posted: 01 Aug 2009 10:21 AM PDT

Conservative MP Patrick Mercer, pictured here in 2007, claimed Saturday that the MI5 security service may have mistakenly recruited up to six al-Qaeda sympathisers in the wake of the 2005 London bombings.(AFP/File/Chris Young)AFP - A senior lawmaker claimed Saturday that the MI5 security service may have mistakenly recruited up to six al-Qaeda sympathisers in the wake of the 2005 London bombings.

Matthew closes in on British Open title (AFP)

Posted: 01 Aug 2009 10:12 AM PDT

Catriona Matthew of Scotland putts on the first green during the third round of the Womens British open golf championship at Royal Lytham and St Annes golf course in Lytham St Annes, England.(AFP/Andrew Yates)AFP - Catriona Matthew set her sights on becoming the first Scot to win the Women's British Open Saturday when she eased into a three-shot lead with a third round 71 at Royal Lytham and St Annes.

Man seeks exile on Scottish island to quit smoking (AFP)

Posted: 01 Aug 2009 08:05 AM PDT

A person enjoys the view from Lewis Island in the Outer Hebrides. A former banker who is unable to quit smoking is to spend August on a remote uninhabited Scottish island in a bid to break the habit, newspapers have reported.(AFP/File/Marcel Mochet)AFP - A former banker who is unable to quit smoking is to spend August on a remote uninhabited Scottish island in a bid to break the habit, newspapers reported on Saturday.

Lawmaker: UK may have recruited al-Qaida backers (AP)

Posted: 01 Aug 2009 05:08 AM PDT

AP - A legislator has called for an investigation into whether British secret services may have mistakenly recruited people sympathetic to al-Qaida, a newspaper reported Saturday.

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