2009年8月29日星期六

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Brown hints at troop boost on Afghan visit: reports (AFP)

Posted: 29 Aug 2009 12:55 PM PDT

Prime Minister Gordon Brown pledged to speed up the training of Afghan security forces and hinted more British troops could be sent to Afghanistan during a surprise visit Saturday, reports said.(AFP/Shaun Curry)AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown pledged to speed up the training of Afghan security forces and hinted more British troops could be sent to Afghanistan during a surprise visit Saturday, reports said.

Murdoch son: BBC threatens independent journalism (AP)

Posted: 29 Aug 2009 07:59 AM PDT

AP - The son of media mogul Rupert Murdoch has called the British Broadcasting Corp. a threat to independent journalism.

British prime minister visits Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: 29 Aug 2009 06:18 AM PDT

Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown, center, meets British soldiers at Camp Bastion in Lashkar Gah in Afghanistan, Saturday Aug. 29, 2009. Prime Minister Gordon Brown flew Saturday to the city of Lashkar Gah, where British troops have been waging a tough fight against Taliban insurgents. Brown promised British troops more help to overcome the threat of Taliban roadside bombs that have killed and wounded many British soldiers this summer. (AP Photo/Stefan Rousseau/PA)AP - Britain's prime minister paid a surprise visit Saturday to British troops in southern Afghanistan, promising more help to cope with Taliban insurgents who have inflicted casualties on the embattled force and undercut support in Britain for the war.

Record-breaking teen sails into harbour (AFP)

Posted: 29 Aug 2009 06:04 AM PDT

Mike Perham waves after arriving at Gunwharf Quay in Portsmouth. The 17-year-old who this week became the youngest person to sail solo around the world with assistance landed back in England to a rapturous welcome.(AFP/Adrian Dennis)AFP - A 17-year-old teenager who this week became the youngest person to sail solo around the world with assistance landed in England Saturday to a rapturous welcome.

British firm opens oil field in India (AFP)

Posted: 29 Aug 2009 05:38 AM PDT

A Cairn employee pictured in Rajasthan, India. Britain?s Cairn Energy has begun pumping crude from a vast oilfield in the Indian desert state of Rajasthan that is set to increase the country's crude output by 20 percent.(AFP/HO/File)AFP - Britain?s Cairn Energy on Saturday began pumping crude from a vast oilfield in the Indian desert state of Rajasthan that is set to increase the country's crude output by 20 percent.

Lockerbie bomber says backs call for inquiry (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Aug 2009 05:03 AM PDT

Reuters - The man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing that killed 270 people said he would cooperate with a fresh public inquiry and provide documents he has, a newspaper reported on Saturday.

World's youngest round-the-world sailor back in UK (AP)

Posted: 29 Aug 2009 04:22 AM PDT

Mike Perham, 17, arrives at the finish, off the Lizard in Cornwall, England to became the youngest person to sail solo around the world without assistance Thursday Aug. 27, 2009. Perham grabbed the solo record after completing the 28,000-mile (45,000-kilometer) trip, crossing the finish line in Cornwall, in southern England. To mark Thursday's achievement, the Guinness Book of World Records created a new category for Perham — youngest sailor to circumnavigate the globe solo, supported. His father, Peter, sailed in a boat behind him, but did not offer assistance — which Guinness defines as being accompanied on the boat by another human being, said Amarilis Espinoza, a spokeswoman for the record book. (AP Photo/Barry Batchelor/PA Wire)AP - The world's youngest round-the-world sailor has returned to Britain after charting some 28,000 miles (45,000 kilometers).

Lockerbie bomber backs inquiry into attack (AFP)

Posted: 29 Aug 2009 04:03 AM PDT

A handout picture obtained from Oya newspaper shows Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi's son Seif al-Islam (right) raising the hand of freed Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali Mohmet al-Megrahi on his arrival in Tripoli last week.The only man convicted of the 1988 Lockerbie plane bombing said he supported calls by the victims' relatives for a public inquiry into the atrocity.(AFP/HO/File)AFP - The only man convicted of the 1988 Lockerbie plane bombing said Saturday he supported calls by the victims' relatives for a public inquiry into the atrocity.

China comes to Canary Wharf company's rescue (AFP)

Posted: 28 Aug 2009 07:44 PM PDT

An aerial view of the Canary Wharf business district in eastern London. China?s state sovereign wealth fund, China Investment Corporation, has bailed out the heavily indebted majority owner of London's Canary Wharf, according to the real estate development's owner, Songbird Estates.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)AFP - China?s state sovereign wealth fund has bailed out the heavily indebted majority owner of London's Canary Wharf, according to the real estate development's owner.

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