2009年8月31日星期一

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

UK documents reveal hunt for Hitler's deputy (AP)

Posted: 31 Aug 2009 05:28 PM PDT

AP - It was one of the greatest mysteries of the collapse of the Third Reich. As Russian tanks moved into Berlin and Adolf Hitler committed suicide in his bunker, his brutal and feared private secretary, Martin Bormann, simply vanished.

Young British Muslims angry with police and media (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Aug 2009 04:22 PM PDT

Reuters - Many young British Muslims feel demonized by the police and the media and say they have come under pressure to prove their loyalty since the September 11 attacks and the 2005 London bombings, a study has found.

UK police to review Rolling Stones guitarist death (AP)

Posted: 31 Aug 2009 03:41 PM PDT

FILE - This is an undated file photo of the late Rolling Stone guitarist Brian Jones. British police say they will review the 1969 death of Rolling Stones guitarist Brian Jones. Sussex Police said Monday Aug. 31, 2009 that they've received papers from an investigative journalist that relate to the former Stone's death. (AP Photo/File)AP - Forty years after the body of Rolling Stones guitarist Brian Jones was found floating in his swimming pool following a binge of drugs and drinking, police said Monday they are reviewing the case in light of new evidence turned over by a journalist.

Disabled sailor achieves record (AFP)

Posted: 31 Aug 2009 03:05 PM PDT

Hilary Lister, a British woman who can only move her head, eyes and mouth sails off Calais, in 2005. The yachtswoman on Monday became the first quadriplegic woman to sail solo around Britain, arriving in Dover to cheers from wellwishers.(AFP/Afp Photo)AFP - A yachtswoman on Monday became the first quadriplegic woman to sail solo around Britain, arriving in Dover to cheers from wellwishers.

UK to publish Lockerbie correspondence (AP)

Posted: 31 Aug 2009 02:46 PM PDT

In this photo taken Thursday, Aug. 20, 2009, Libyan Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, who was found guilty of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing, left, and son of the Libyan leader Seif al-Islam Gadhafi, right, gesture on his arrival at an airport in Tripoli, Libya. Britain has condemned the 'upsetting' scenes of jubilation in Tripoli at the return of Abdel Baset al-Megrahi and considered canceling a royal visit to Libya as a sign of displeasure. (AP Photo)AP - The British government will make public its correspondence with Scottish ministers over releasing the Lockerbie bomber, a government spokeswoman said Monday, a day after a newspaper reported that officials believed a deal was in the U.K.'s "overwhelming interests."

Govt to release documents on Lockerbie bomber (AFP)

Posted: 31 Aug 2009 02:34 PM PDT

Convicted Lockerbie bomber Ali Mohmet al-Megrahi(C) arriving in Lybia on August 20. The government is to release all AFP - The government will publish all "relevant" correspondence with Scotland on the Lockerbie bomber, an official said Monday, amid suggestions oil deals with Libya played a role in his release.

Releasing Lockerbie bomber was 'wrong': US (AFP)

Posted: 31 Aug 2009 12:48 PM PDT

The White House said Monday that Scotland made AFP - The White House said Monday that Scotland made "the wrong decision" by releasing the convicted Lockerbie bomber, but declined to comment on charges that British oil interests played a role.

2 American, 2 British troops killed in Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: 31 Aug 2009 12:29 PM PDT

Lal Mohammad, 40, whose nose and ears were cut off by the Taliban on the Afghan presidential and provincial council election day, is seen in a hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Aug. 31, 2009. Taliban cut off Lal Mohammad's nose and ears after finding a voting card with him on his way to a polling station. Lal Mohammad is from Shiran village of Daykundi a province in central Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Farzana Wahidy)AP - Bombs killed four NATO troops Monday - two Americans and two Britons - ending the deadliest month of the war for U.S. forces as the top NATO commander called for a new strategy to confront the Taliban.

Gaddafi's son says Megrahi got no "hero's welcome" (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Aug 2009 09:10 AM PDT

Libyan Abdel Basset al-Megrahi (3rd L) is is hugged by Seif al-Islam, the son of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, as he walks down the stairs upon his arrival at airport in Tripoli August 20, 2009. REUTERS/StringerReuters - Abdel Basset al-Megrahi, the man convicted of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing, was not given a "hero's welcome" home, according to the son of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.

New 'booze ASBOs' to tackle disorderly drinkers (AFP)

Posted: 31 Aug 2009 05:32 AM PDT

A man pictured drinking a pint in a London pub. The drunk and disorderly face being banned from their local pubs and off licences for up to two years under tough new rules introduced by the government on Monday.(AFP/FIle/Carl de Souza)AFP - The drunk and disorderly face being banned from their local pubs and off licences for up to two years under tough new rules introduced by the government on Monday.

Immigration centres hold 470 children: report (AFP)

Posted: 30 Aug 2009 06:57 PM PDT

File photo shows British police officers walking around the perimeter fence of the Harmondsworth Detention Centre near London's main Heathrow airport. More than 400 children were being held in British immigration detention centres with their families, a report said Monday, citing official figures.(AFP/File/Adrian Dennis)AFP - More than 400 children were being held in immigration detention centres with their families, a report said Monday, citing official figures.

British matador returns to the ring in Spain at 67 (AFP)

Posted: 30 Aug 2009 06:46 PM PDT

British matador Frank Evans tosses a hat to the crowd following a bullfight in Benalmadena, southern Spain, on August 30. El Ingles, as Evans is known in matador circles, is a former butcher from the northern English city of Salford, who practiced his bullfighting skills on a supermarket trolley stuffed with hay.(AFP/Jorge Guerrero)AFP - A 67-year-old former butcher from Britain made his comeback as a top-flight matador in Spain, defying not only his age but the heart and knee problems that forced him to retire four years ago.

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