2009年9月6日星期日

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Brown vows support for IRA victims (AFP)

Posted: 06 Sep 2009 01:59 PM PDT

Prime Minister Gordon Brown addresses a joint press conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin. Brown pledged Sunday to step up support for victims of bombs that Libya supplied to the IRA, amid claims he declined to press Libya's leader for compensation.(AFP/DDP/Berthold Stadler)AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown pledged Sunday to support compensation claims made against Libya by victims of IRA bombings, after reports he declined to press Libya's leader on the issue.

Britain to press Libya to compensate IRA victims (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Sep 2009 01:54 PM PDT

Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown answers a question at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London September 4, 2009. REUTERS/Shaun Curry/PoolReuters - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said on Sunday he would support compensation claims against Libya by families of IRA victims who say Tripoli helped to arm the guerrillas.

Documents on UK-Libyan ties outrage IRA victims (AP)

Posted: 06 Sep 2009 01:35 PM PDT

FILE - In this Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2009 file photo, Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi gestures with a green cane as he takes his seat behind bulletproof glass for a military parade in Green Square, Tripoli, Libya. The indignation and outrage in the U.S. and Britain over Libya's warm welcome home for the Lockerbie bomber may just be a speedbump in the North African nation's drive for rapprochement with the West, analysts say, as Libya has too much to offer to a West yearning for energy security. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)AP - Britain made no demands that Libya offer compensation for Britons killed by Libyan explosives supplied to the Irish Republican Army for fear it could jeopardize ties with Tripoli, according to new documents released Sunday.

Vera Lynn storms British charts again at 92 (AFP)

Posted: 06 Sep 2009 11:07 AM PDT

Dame Vera Lynn, pictured here in 2005, on Sunday became the oldest living artist to have a British number two hit album as the 70th anniversary of the outbreak of World War II revived memories of the 92-year-old's heyday.(AFP/POOL/Matthew Fearn)AFP - Dame Vera Lynn on Sunday became the oldest living artist to have a British number two hit album as the 70th anniversary of the outbreak of World War II revived memories of the 92-year-old's heyday.

Lady Gaga tops British all-time download chart (AFP)

Posted: 06 Sep 2009 11:04 AM PDT

Lady Gaga performs on stage during a concert in Munich in July 2009. Lady Gaga's single AFP - Lady Gaga's single "Poker Face" is the most downloaded song in Britain in the five years since download charts were first compiled, the Official UK Charts Company said Sunday.

Fly-past recalls Lord's WWII role (AFP)

Posted: 06 Sep 2009 08:41 AM PDT

An Avro Lancaster bomber flies over Lords cricket ground as part of the commemerations for the beginning of WWII during the second one day International cricket match between England and Australia at Lords, London. The one-day international between England and Australia at Lord's witnessed a fly-past by a WWII RAF Lancaster Bomber.(AFP/Glyn Kirk)AFP - In June, before their Ashes series victory, the England cricket team paid a two-day visit to Flanders Fields in Belgium, scene of World War One's most bloody battles.

British police arrest 90 after Birmingham clashes (AP)

Posted: 06 Sep 2009 04:18 AM PDT

AP - Authorities arrested 90 people after racially charged violence erupted between a group protesting Islamic extremism and counter-demonstrators in the central English city of Birmingham, police said Sunday.

Business chiefs upbeat about economy (AFP)

Posted: 06 Sep 2009 03:54 AM PDT

Cranes loom over Blackfriars Bridge next to St Paul's Cathedral in central London. A top business leaders' network said it was upbeat about the country's economic prospects but warned that the chances of a AFP - A top business leaders' network on Sunday said it was upbeat about the country's economic prospects but warned that the chances of a "relapse" were still high.

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