2009年9月10日星期四

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Texas death row inmate appeals to Londoners (AP)

Posted: 10 Sep 2009 04:24 PM PDT

Brian Capaloff, a supporter of Reprieve, an organisation concerned with the human rights of prisoners, displays a message from Linda Carty, while standing next to her cardboard cut-out, on the Fourth Plinth at Trafalgar Square, in London, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2009. Linda Carty,a British grandmother on death row in the U.S. after being convicted of ordering the murder of her neighbour, recorded her speech from her Texas prison. Brian Capaloff, a homelessness manager used his slot in Antony Gormley's One & Other project to raise awareness of her case. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)AP - Texas death row inmate Linda Carty's voice was broadcast into London's Trafalgar Square on Thursday, begging Britons to help save her life.

Minister upbeat about carmaker Vauxhall's future (AFP)

Posted: 10 Sep 2009 02:34 PM PDT

Astra cars on the assembly line at the Vauxhall plant in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire in March 2009. Business Secretary Peter Mandelson said Thursday he was upbeat about the future for Vauxhall's workforce despite the firm being sold to a Canadian auto components group Magna.(AFP/Pool/File/Andrew Yates)AFP - Business Secretary Peter Mandelson said Thursday he was upbeat about the future for Vauxhall's workforce despite the firm being sold to a Canadian auto components group Magna.

Prince Edward visits British troops in Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: 10 Sep 2009 01:52 PM PDT

AP - Britain's Ministry of Defense says Prince Edward recently spent two days visiting troops in Afghanistan.

Jamaican police probe British diplomat's death (AFP)

Posted: 10 Sep 2009 12:08 PM PDT

AFP - The Foreign Office said Thursday that Jamaican police were investigating the death of a British diplomat on the Caribbean island, amid reports he was murdered.

Brown, Obama discuss Lockerbie bomber release (AP)

Posted: 10 Sep 2009 10:40 AM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, September 10, 2009. REUTERS/Jim YoungAP - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Thursday discussed the release of the Lockerbie bomber with President Barack Obama in their first talks since U.S. officials criticized Scotland's decision to free the man.

Stephen Farrell's Release: Questions About British Raid (Time.com)

Posted: 10 Sep 2009 10:20 AM PDT

A New York Times photo shows reporter Stephen Farrell in Iraq in 2007. NATO commandos have rescued a New York Times reporter held by the Taliban in Afghanistan in an airborne raid that left his Afghan colleague, two civilians and a British soldier dead, officials said.(AFP/HO/File/Marko Georgiev)Time.com - New York Times reporter Stephen Farrell was rescued from Taliban capture. But his Afghan translator, Sultan Munadi, was killed. Did the British military jump the gun?

UK cabbies protest killer joining their ranks (AP)

Posted: 10 Sep 2009 10:06 AM PDT

London black taxis take part in a protest, in London, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2009. The drivers of London's iconic black taxis are protesting a decision that could allow a man convicted of manslaughter to join their ranks. The 38-year-old man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was found guilty in 2001, released in 2005 and is no longer on parole. He has applied to take 'The Knowledge', a comprehensive test that all London cabbies must pass to drive a black taxi. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)AP - Hundreds of drivers of London's iconic black taxis Thursday protested a decision that could allow a man to become a cabbie despite having been convicted of manslaughter for strangling his wife.

Health Agency: Fat Duck outbreak caused by virus (AP)

Posted: 10 Sep 2009 09:51 AM PDT

AP - The vomiting and diarrhea that hit patrons of one of Britain's most celebrated restaurants was caused by a virus that was probably introduced by contaminated shellfish, the country's Health Protection Agency said in a report published Thursday.

Anger over bloody Afghan raid to free reporter (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Sep 2009 09:10 AM PDT

Reuters - The rescue of a British journalist from the Taliban has provoked anger about the risks reporters take in war zones after his Afghan colleague and a British soldier were killed in the operation to free him.

Man forced cat to smoke cannabis (AFP)

Posted: 10 Sep 2009 07:53 AM PDT

A person pictured lighting a joint. A man who forced his cat to inhale cannabis by putting the pet in a bag into which he blew smoke and then swung around his head has been banned from keeping animals for ten years.(AFP/File/Jeff Pachoud)AFP - A man who forced a cat to inhale cannabis by swinging it around his head in a smoke-filled bag was on Thursday banned from keeping animals for ten years.

Bank of England holds rates, stimulus in place (AFP)

Posted: 10 Sep 2009 05:57 AM PDT

The Bank of England (left) in London, March 2009. The Bank of England has said it had decided to keep its key lending rate at a record low 0.5 percent and maintain emergency stimulus measures, as Britain's economy experiences a soft recovery.(AFP/File/Carl de Souza)AFP - The Bank of England held its key lending rate at a record low 0.5 percent on Thursday and said it would maintain its emergency stimulus measures, as Britain's economy signals recovery.

Death row woman uses art project to plea for help (AFP)

Posted: 10 Sep 2009 05:17 AM PDT

Brian Capaloff holds a placard beside a cardboard cut-out of death row inmate Linda Carty while standing on the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square in London. Carty, a British grandmother on death row in the United States, has pleaded her innocence in a recording broadcast in Trafalgar Square, using an art project to make a final cry for help.(AFP/Adrian Dennis)AFP - A British grandmother on death row in the United States pleaded her innocence Thursday in a recording broadcast in London's Trafalgar Square, using an art project to make a final cry for help.

Bank of England holds rates steady (AP)

Posted: 10 Sep 2009 05:00 AM PDT

AP - The Bank of England held interest rates steady at a record low of 0.5 percent for the sixth consecutive month on Thursday and pledged to continue its program to boost the money supply despite gathering signs of an economic recovery.

Bank of England holds interest rate at 0.5% (AFP)

Posted: 10 Sep 2009 04:38 AM PDT

The Bank of England (left) in London, March 2009. The Bank of England has said it had decided to keep its key lending rate at a record low 0.5 percent and maintain emergency stimulus measures, as Britain's economy experiences a soft recovery.(AFP/File/Carl de Souza)AFP - The Bank of England held its key lending rate at a record low level of 0.5 percent on Thursday and said it would maintain emergency stimulus measures, as the economy signals a soft recovery.

Bank of England keeps rates unchanged (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Sep 2009 04:35 AM PDT

Reuters - The Bank of England left interest rates at a record low of 0.5 percent for the sixth month running on Thursday and said it would keep its 175 billion pound asset buying programme in place.

Afghanistan's Abdullah warns of instability after poll (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Sep 2009 02:12 AM PDT

Reuters - The main challenger in Afghanistan's disputed election has accused the commission counting the vote of bias in favor of President Hamid Karzai.

British home prices rise again in August: survey (AFP)

Posted: 10 Sep 2009 02:03 AM PDT

An estate agents window display in Epping, 2008. Home-loans provider Nationwide said that house prices jumped 1.6 percent in August from July, the biggest increase since December 2006 as fewer properties came on the market.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - Home prices in Britain rose by 0.8 percent in August from the July level, highlighting a soft economic recovery taking hold in the country, a survey from home-loans provider Halifax showed on Thursday.

Amid British furor over Afghan rescue mission, war support plummets (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 10 Sep 2009 02:00 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - A storm of controversy in Britain over a deadly rescue mission in Afghanistan is coinciding with a new poll that shows plummeting support for the war – something that could strain US ties with its closest NATO allies and present more obstacles to President Obama's push for the alliance to send more troops.

British raid ordered despite hostage talks: source (AFP)

Posted: 10 Sep 2009 01:17 AM PDT

Afghan and foreign journalists pray during a memorial ceremony for Afghan journalist Sultan Munadi at his house in Kabul. Criticism mounted Thursday of the dramatic airborne rescue from Taliban territory of a kidnapped Western journalist who walked free as four others, including his Afghan colleague Munadi, were killed.(AFP/Massoud Hossaini)AFP - Negotiators were deep in talks with the Taliban to free a New York Times journalist before British commandos intervened with a rescue operation that killed his Afghan colleague, a source told AFP Thursday.

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