2009年8月8日星期六

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Britain warned on torture complicity (AFP)

Posted: 08 Aug 2009 04:05 PM PDT

A woman puts a blindfold over her eyes during a protest organised by Amnesty International, outside no 10 Downing St in 2005. The government was warned Sunday by a body of lawmakers that regularly using information gained through torture could be legally construed as complicity.(AFP/POOL/File/Carl de Souza)AFP - The government was warned Sunday by a body of lawmakers that regularly using information gained through torture could be legally construed as complicity.

Former US priest charged with sex abuse in UK (AP)

Posted: 08 Aug 2009 10:43 AM PDT

AP - A former California priest extradited from the U.S. appeared in a British court Saturday, charged with sexually abusing young boys.

UK says its embassy staffer on trial in Tehran (AP)

Posted: 08 Aug 2009 03:20 AM PDT

AP - Britain's Foreign Office says a staff member at its embassy in Iran has been put on trial in Tehran.

Britain outraged as Iran tries embassy staffer (AFP)

Posted: 08 Aug 2009 05:57 AM PDT

Iranian British embassy employee Hossein Rassam defends himself during a hearing at a revolutionary court in Tehran. Foreign Secretary David Miliband said the trial in Tehran Saturday of an Iranian employee of the British embassy was the AFP - An Iranian employee of the British embassy in Tehran who was detained then bailed during post-election protests in June, was on Saturday put on trial for spying in a move slammed by Downing Street as an "outrage."

Sydney woman comes forward over Maddie suspect (AFP)

Posted: 08 Aug 2009 02:51 AM PDT

A photo-fit of a woman that investigators wish to speak to in the on-going case into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann. An Australian has come forward claiming to know the identity of a woman being sought by investigators probing the disappearance of toddler Madeleine McCann, Sydney police have said.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)AFP - An Australian has come forward claiming to know the identity of a woman being sought by investigators probing the disappearance of toddler Madeleine McCann, police in Sydney said on Saturday.

Great Train Robber Biggs turns 80 as a free man (AFP)

Posted: 08 Aug 2009 02:39 AM PDT

Ronnie Biggs, pictured here in 1994, who won notoriety for his role in the 1963 Great Train Robbery and his 35 years as a celebrity fugitive, has been released from custody to spend his dying days as a free man.(AFP/File)AFP - Ronnie Biggs, who won notoriety for his role in the 1963 Great Train Robbery, was on Saturday celebrating his 80th birthday as a free man after being released on compassionate ground due to severe illness.

Iran Cannes stars seek asylum in Britain: report (AFP)

Posted: 07 Aug 2009 08:30 PM PDT

Iranian director Bahman Ghobadi (L) poses with actress Negar Shaghaghi and actor Ashkan Koshanejad during the photocall for their movie AFP - Two Iranian actors and musicians who starred in a film at this year's Cannes film festival are seeking asylum in Britain after a member of their band was arrested in Iran, a report said Saturday.

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