2009年9月11日星期五

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Riot police quell clashes at 9/11 demo in London (AFP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2009 03:10 PM PDT

Police try to contain unrest in Harrow. Riot police intervened Friday to quell clashes between Muslims and anti-Islamic extremists protesting outside a London mosque on the anniversary of the September 11 attacks, an AFP correspondent said. Eight people were arrested Friday as riot police intervened to quell clashes between Muslims and anti-Islamic protestors outside a London mosque.(AFP/Carl de Souza)AFP - Eight people were arrested Friday as riot police intervened to quell clashes between Muslims and anti-Islamic protestors outside a London mosque on the anniversary of the September 11 attacks.

Three to be retried for transatlantic jet bomb plot (AFP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2009 02:52 PM PDT

A court found (L-R) Ibrahim Savant, Waheed Zaman and Arafat Waheed Khan , seen here in Metropolitan Police(MP) handouts guilty Monday of plotting to blow up at least seven transatlantic airliners using liquid explosives, in what would have been a AFP - The public prosecutor said Friday he would seek a retrial of three men accused of involvement in a plot to blow up transatlantic airliners, following a hung jury in their court case.

UK prosecutors want 3 bombing suspects retried (AP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2009 02:10 PM PDT

AP - British prosecutors said Friday night they would seek a retrial in the case of three British Muslims suspected of plotting to blow up trans-Atlantic airliners.

Junior minister backs 'greater autonomy' in Tibet trip (AFP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2009 11:28 AM PDT

Junior Foreign Office minister Ivan Lewis, seen here in August 2009, underlined London's support for greater Tibetan autonomy during an unprecedented visit to Lhasa this week, and talks in Beijing(AFP/File/David Buimovitch)AFP - A minister underlined London's support for greater Tibetan autonomy during an unprecedented visit to Lhasa this week, and talks in Beijing, the Foreign Office said Friday.

Singer Jamie T laments demise of music studio (AFP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2009 09:26 AM PDT

Singer Jamie T performs on stage in Paris in early August. The south London musician, who is expected to score a top ten UK chart position with his newly released second album AFP - As Beatles fans celebrate the 40th anniversary of the album "Abbey Road," named after the iconic London recording venue, today's studios face a constant battle for survival, a trend lamented by young artist Jamie T.

UK gov't apologizes to gay codebreaker Alan Turing (AP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2009 08:57 AM PDT

Prime Minister Gordon Brown, seen here on September 2, issued a posthumous apology to World War II code-breaker Alan Turing, who committed suicide after he was tried and convicted of being homosexual.(AFP/Pool/File/David Jones)AP - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown offered a posthumous apology Friday for the "inhumane" treatment of Alan Turing, the World War II codebreaker who committed suicide in 1954 after being prosecuted for homosexuality and forcibly treated with female hormones.

Police probe torture charge at Britain's MI6 (AFP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2009 08:53 AM PDT

Police in London are investigating an allegation of torture against the country's MI6 foreign spy agency, whose London headquarters are pictured here.(AFP/File/Bertrand Langlois)AFP - British police are investigating an allegation of torture against the country's MI6 foreign spy agency, Scotland Yard said on Friday.

UK police to investigate spy over torture claim (AP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2009 08:12 AM PDT

An undated handout image of Binyam Mohamed. Police said they are investigating an allegation of torture of Mohammed against the country's MI6 foreign spy agency.(AFP/HO/File/London Guantanamo Campaign)AP - Britain's foreign intelligence agency MI6 reported one of its officers to authorities amid new concerns over the country's possible complicity in torture, prompting police to launch an investigation Friday, officials said.

Britain seeks to bar directors after MG Rover collapse (AFP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2009 03:51 AM PDT

Partial view of the MG Rover Longbridge plant in 2006. Britain said it would seek to ban the directors of MG Rover from running companies in future, after a new report into the carmaker's 2005 collapse with the loss of 6,000 jobs.(AFP/File/Max Nash)AFP - Britain said on Friday it would seek to ban the directors of MG Rover from running companies, after a highly critical report into the carmaker's 2005 collapse with the loss of 6,000 jobs.

Bull-lovers skewer British matador's memoirs (AFP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2009 03:40 AM PDT

British matador Frank Evans prepares for the kill during a bullfight in Benalmadena, August 2009. The 67-year-old Briton who has just made his comeback as a bullfighter in Spain has been forced to cancel book signings after protests from animal rights activists.(AFP/Jorge Guerrero)AFP - A 67-year-old Briton who has just made his comeback as a bullfighter in Spain has been forced to cancel book signings after protests from animal rights activists.

UK gov't acts against ex-owners of MG Rover (AP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2009 03:29 AM PDT

AP - The British government is taking legal action to bar four investors involved in the collapse of automaker MG Rover from any company management positions, a senior official said Friday.

London ceremony honors 67 Britons killed on 9/11 (AP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2009 02:52 AM PDT

AP - A leafy London square is the focus of memorials marking the eighth anniversary of the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington on Sept. 11, 2001.

Britain apologises to WWII code-breaker hero (AFP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2009 02:38 AM PDT

The World War II Enigma decoding machine is seen at Bletchley Park, home of the WWII codebreakers. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has issued a posthumous apology to World War II code-breaker Alan Turing, who committed suicide after he was tried and convicted of being homosexual.(AFP/Martin Hayhow)AFP - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Friday issued a posthumous apology to World War II code-breaker Alan Turing, who committed suicide after he was tried and convicted of being homosexual.

Britain says has major concerns about Afghan vote (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Sep 2009 12:45 AM PDT

An Afghan man rides on his donkey-cart past a poster of President Hamid Karzai in Kabul September 9, 2009. REUTERS/Ahmad MasoodReuters - Britain's foreign secretary said on Friday he had concerns of serious fraud in Afghanistan's presidential election, saying "free and fair" would not be an accurate description of the vote.

Mandelson confident about Vauxhall's future (AFP)

Posted: 11 Sep 2009 12:35 AM PDT

Cars are lined up at Vauxhall's Ellesmere Port plant in Wirral, 2006. Business Secretary Peter Mandelson said he was upbeat about the future for Vauxhall's workforce despite the firm being sold to a Canadian auto components group Magna.(AFP/File/Paul Ellis)AFP - Business Secretary Peter Mandelson said he was upbeat about the future for Vauxhall's workforce despite the firm being sold to a Canadian auto components group Magna.

Texas death row inmate appeals to Londoners (AP)

Posted: 10 Sep 2009 06:21 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.

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