2009年8月16日星期日

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Britain publishes more UFO files, but few answers (AP)

Posted: 16 Aug 2009 04:02 PM PDT

AP - The deputy commander of a U.S. Air Force base in England was baffled by what he'd seen: bright, pulsing lights in the night sky.

3 more troops die as UK toll passes 200 (AP)

Posted: 16 Aug 2009 01:30 PM PDT

This British Ministry of Defense photograph made available Sunday Aug. 16, 2009 shows a new Panther escorting a Combat Logistic Patrol, CLP, through the streets of Sangin, Helmand Province in Afghanistan. This vehicle is part of a five mile long convoy traveling from Camp Bastion to re-supply coalition bases in the Sangin Valley. (AP Photo/MOD HANDOUT/SGT Dan Harmer RLC.) EDITORIAL USE ONLY: MAGAZINES OUT: NO SALES: NO ARCHIVE: MANDATORY CREDITAP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown affirmed Britain's commitment to Afghanistan Sunday, on a weekend in which roadside bombs killed five more soldiers, pushing the U.K. death toll past 200.

Brown says Afghan mission 'vital' as death toll reaches 204 (AFP)

Posted: 16 Aug 2009 12:41 PM PDT

A British soldier takes part in a patrol on the outskirts of Kabul in 2008. Troops are doing a AFP - Troops are doing a "vital" job in Afghanistan, Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Sunday, despite controversy over their role as four fatalities pushed the British military death toll past 200.

BoI ex-governor to join British American Tobacco (AFP)

Posted: 16 Aug 2009 07:33 AM PDT

British American Tobacco, maker of Lucky Strike and Dunhill cigarettes, is planning to appoint Richard Burrows, a former governor of the Bank of Ireland, as its new chairman, The Sunday Times has reported.(AFP/File/Carl de Souza)AFP - British American Tobacco, maker of Lucky Strike and Dunhill cigarettes, is planning to appoint a former governor of the Bank of Ireland as its new chairman, a newspaper reported Sunday.

Govt could legislate on bankers' bonuses: Darling (AFP)

Posted: 16 Aug 2009 07:32 AM PDT

Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling (pictured in June 2009) has indicated he could legislate against bankers' bonuses in an interview with the Sunday Times.(AFP/Pool/File/Mark Large)AFP - Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling indicated he could legislate against bankers' bonuses in an interview published Sunday.

Police arrest 19 in demo against British far-right (AFP)

Posted: 15 Aug 2009 05:19 PM PDT

Anti-British National Party protesters face police near an event organised by the far-right political party, the British National Party in Codnor. 19 people have been arrested during a protests against the BNP festival.(AFP/Max Nash)AFP - Police have said they had arrested 19 people after violence briefly marred a demonstration against a festival being held by the far-right British National Party (BNP).

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