2009年8月7日星期五

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Shareholders approve Thomson Reuters delisting (AFP)

Posted: 07 Aug 2009 02:35 PM PDT

A signboard outside the Thomson Reuters building in Canary Wharf in London, 2008. Shareholders in financial and professional information provider Thomson Reuters on Friday approved changes that will see the company delisted from the London Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq, it said.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - Shareholders in financial and professional information provider Thomson Reuters on Friday approved changes that will see the company delisted from the London Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq, it said.

Britain frees Great Train Robber Biggs -- to die (AFP)

Posted: 07 Aug 2009 02:32 PM PDT

Ronnie Biggs, pictured here in 1994, notorious for his role in the 1963 Great Train Robbery and then 35 years as a celebrity fugitive, was released from custody to spend his dying days in freedom.(AFP/File)AFP - Ronnie Biggs, notorious for his role in 1963 Great Train Robbery and his 35 years as a celebrity fugitive, was released from custody Friday to spend his dying days in freedom.

Terror suspects lose extradition case in Britain (AFP)

Posted: 07 Aug 2009 01:54 PM PDT

This August 1998 file picture shows Kenyan residents looking at the US embassy (L) days after the bomb blast that killed at least 280 Kenyans and 12 Americans in 1998. Two alleged leading conspirators of Osama bin Laden on Friday lost their latest battle to escape extradition from Britain over the 1998 US embassy bombings in east Africa.(AFP/File/Alexander Joe)AFP - Two alleged leading conspirators of Osama bin Laden on Friday lost their latest battle to escape extradition from Britain over the 1998 US embassy bombings in east Africa.

Downbeat RBS earns temper banking sector optimism (AP)

Posted: 07 Aug 2009 01:42 PM PDT

Barclays PLC office, left, and its rival HSBC PLC office are seen in the financial district of Canary Wharf in London, Monday, Aug. 3, 2009. HSBC Holdings PLC and Barclays PLC shrugged off the near-collapse of Britain's banking system to report combined profits of more than 5 billion pounds ($8.4 billion) on Monday, fueling talk of financial recovery and raising fears of a return of the banking bonus culture. The solid results from the pair, which shunned a government bailout at the height of the crisis last year, inspired an across-the-board rise in banking stocks. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)AP - A downbeat report from the Royal Bank of Scotland PLC on Friday clouded a week of earnings updates that started with suggestions that the country's lenders were over the worst of the financial crisis — almost exactly two years after the credit squeeze took hold.

Great Train Robber Ronnie Biggs released in UK (AP)

Posted: 07 Aug 2009 12:13 PM PDT

FILE -- Convicted train robber Ronnie Biggs leaves Chiswick Police station on his way to court in west London in this Monday, May 7, 2001 file photo. Biggs was part of a gang that robbed a Glasgow-to-London mail train in August 1963, in what was called the 'heist of the century.', before fleeing abroad for many years The robbery netted 2.6 million pounds — worth more than $50 million today. Britain's Justice Secretary Jack Straw said Thursday Aug 6 2009 he decided to release Biggs from prison as he is seriously ill and is not expected to recover. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, file)AP - Ronnie Biggs, the last prisoner from Britain's "great train robbery" and once a high-living fugitive in Rio de Janeiro, gained his freedom on Friday but remained near death in his hospital bed.

Govt abandons deportation of Jordanian doctor (AFP)

Posted: 07 Aug 2009 10:09 AM PDT

Britain has dropped moves to deport Jordanian neurologist Mohammed Asha, seen in this 2008 Metropolitan Polce handout, acquitted of taking part in failed car bomb attacks in London and Glasgow in 2007, a government source said Friday.(AFP/MP-HO/File)AFP - Britain has dropped moves to deport a Jordanian neurologist acquitted of taking part in failed car bomb attacks in London and Glasgow in 2007, a government source said Friday.

Convicted smuggler returns to UK (AP)

Posted: 07 Aug 2009 10:02 AM PDT

AP - A pregnant Briton sentenced to life imprisonment in Laos for trafficking heroin has arrived back in Britain to serve out her jail term.

FTSE 100 climbs on US jobs data (AFP)

Posted: 07 Aug 2009 09:52 AM PDT

Stocks in London finished up on Friday after the White House suggested the US economy had pulled back from the brink following a key US unemployment report that showed the number of job losses slowed in July.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - Stocks in London finished up on Friday after the White House suggested the US economy had pulled back from the brink following a key US unemployment report that showed the number of job losses slowed in July.

British soldiers killed in Afghan attacks (AFP)

Posted: 07 Aug 2009 08:09 AM PDT

Afghan pedestrians walk past a wall adorned with posters of Afghan President Hamid Karzai, one of 41 presidential candidates, in Herat. New attacks killed three British troops, eight Afghan security personnel and a civilian, authorities said, as presidential candidates pushed on with rallies for elections in two weeks.(AFP/Shah Marai)AFP - New attacks killed three British troops, eight Afghan security personnel and a civilian, authorities said Friday, as presidential candidates pushed on with rallies for elections in two weeks.

State-rescued bank RBS mired in bad debts (AFP)

Posted: 07 Aug 2009 07:59 AM PDT

The London headquarters of the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), pictured on August 7. State-rescued Royal Bank of Scotland reported a five-fold jump in bad debts on Friday, warning they would stay AFP - State-rescued Royal Bank of Scotland reported a five-fold jump in bad debts on Friday, warning they would stay "high for a while" and wrapping up a mixed earnings season for Britain's financial sector.

Pregnant Londoner returns from Laos jail (AFP)

Posted: 07 Aug 2009 07:48 AM PDT

Pregnant Samantha Orobator (left), who was sentenced to life imprisonment in Laos for drug trafficking, is accompanied by British ambassador to Laos Quinton Quale at Vientiane's Wattay airport. Orobator sentenced to life in prison in Laos for drugs trafficking landed back in London to give birth and serve out the rest of her sentence.(AFP)AFP - A heavily pregnant Londoner, jailed for life in Laos for drugs trafficking, said she had endured an "unimaginable nightmare" as she returned to Britain on Friday to give birth and serve out her sentence.

Great Train Robber Biggs freed (AFP)

Posted: 07 Aug 2009 07:22 AM PDT

Ronnie Biggs (pictured here in 1994), notorious for his role in the 1963 Great Train Robbery and then 35 years as a celebrity fugitive, has been released from custody to spend his dying days in freedom.(AFP/File)AFP - Britain's Great Train Robber Ronnie Biggs has been officially released from his prison sentence, the Ministry of Justice told AFP on Friday.

3 British troops, 1 American killed in Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: 07 Aug 2009 07:19 AM PDT

Chart shows Western troops deaths in Afghanistan since 20081c x 3 1/8 inches; 46.5 mm x 79 mm;AP - Three British paratroopers and an American service member were killed in attacks in Afghanistan's south and east, officials said Friday, raising the number of international troops slain in the first week of August to 19.

Royal Bank of Scotland loses $1.7B in 1st half (AP)

Posted: 07 Aug 2009 06:58 AM PDT

AP - The Royal Bank of Scotland posted a wider first-half net loss Friday, as bad debts jumped to 7.5 billion pounds ($12.6 billion) and sluggish activity in its retail and corporate businesses wiped out strong gains in investment banking.

Greek woman on trial for torching British tourist (AFP)

Posted: 07 Aug 2009 05:22 AM PDT

Armed Greek police officers stand guard in Athens, 2004. A Greek woman was scheduled to appear in court on the island of Crete on Friday after allegedly setting a British tourist on fire for sexual harassment.(AFP/File/Marco Longari)AFP - A Greek woman was scheduled to appear in court on the island of Crete on Friday after allegedly setting a British tourist on fire for sexual harassment.

Terror suspects lose case against US extradition (AP)

Posted: 07 Aug 2009 05:14 AM PDT

AP - A British court has dismissed motions by two terror suspects asking not to be extradited to the United States.

Three soldiers killed in Afghanistan attack (AFP)

Posted: 07 Aug 2009 03:52 AM PDT

Three soldiers were killed in Afghanistan after their vehicle was hit by an explosion then a small arms fire attack(AFP/File/John D McHugh)AFP - Three soldiers were killed in Afghanistan after their vehicle was hit by an explosion and small arms fire, the Ministry of Defence said Friday.

Postal workers go on strike (AFP/File)

Posted: 07 Aug 2009 01:21 AM PDT

AFP/File - More than 25,000 postal workers have launched a series of strikes over the next few days in a deepening row over pay and jobs, unions said on Friday.

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