2009年9月14日星期一

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

4 UK Muslims get hefty sentences for airline plot (AP)

Posted: 14 Sep 2009 04:05 PM PDT

An undated handout image from Metropolitan Police shows Abdulla Ahmed Ali who was sentenced to a minimum of 40 years in jail by a judge for plotting to blow up transatlantic airliners with liquid bombs.(AFP/HO/File/Metropolitan Police)AP - In a case that altered airport security worldwide, three British Muslims were imprisoned Monday for at least 30 years each for a plot to kill thousands by blowing up trans-Atlantic airliners with liquid explosives hidden in soda bottles.

Battle lines drawn for poll over public spending (AFP)

Posted: 14 Sep 2009 01:12 PM PDT

Trades Union Congress (TUC) general secretary Brendan Barber speaks at the annual conference in Liverpool. Battle lines over public spending cuts were marked out ahead of a general election that could see the Labour government lose power to the Conservatives.(AFP/Andrew Yates)AFP - Unions and the government marked out battle lines over public spending on Monday ahead of an upcoming general election that could see the ruling Labour Party ousted from power.

Transatlantic plane bomb plotters jailed for life (AFP)

Posted: 14 Sep 2009 09:58 AM PDT

From L: Abdulla Ahmed Ali, Assad Sarwar and Tanvir Hussain. Three British Muslims were sentenced to life in jail for plotting to blow up transatlantic airliners with liquid bombs in suicide attacks on the scale of September 11(AFP/HO/File/Metropolitan Police)AFP - Three British Muslims were sentenced Monday to life in jail for plotting to blow up transatlantic airliners with liquid bombs in Al-Qaeda-inspired suicide attacks on the scale of September 11.

US, British, NATO troops killed in Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: 14 Sep 2009 09:54 AM PDT

German soldiers stand guard during a visit by ISAF officials to patients wounded during a NATO airstrike in Afghanistan's Kunduz province on September 4, 2009. Thirty Afghan civilians and 69 Taliban were killed in a NATO air strike on fuel trucks hijacked by militants in northern Kunduz early this month, a government-appointed investigator told AFP Sunday.(AFP/File/Massoud Hossaini)AP - An improvised bomb attack killed two U.S. service members Monday in southern Afghanistan where U.S. and NATO troops have stepped up their operations against insurgents in recent months, NATO said.

'Shakespeare in Love' set to be reborn as theater (AP)

Posted: 14 Sep 2009 08:24 AM PDT

AP - In a case of life imitating art imitating life, a British theater company has announced plans to rebuild an Elizabethan playhouse using the set from hit film "Shakespeare in Love."

At 92, Dame Vera Lynn has Britain's No. 1 record (AP)

Posted: 14 Sep 2009 07:48 AM PDT

FILE - In this Sept. 18, 2005 file photo, Dame Vera Lynn is seen at the unveiling of a contemporary sculpture on Victoria Embankment to mark the 65th anniversary of the Battle of Britain, in central London. Seventy years after she first stepped into a recording studio, Dame Vera Lynn is at the top of Britain's album chart. The 92-year-old singer became the oldest living artist to have a number one record in Britain when her album 'We'll Meet Again - The Very Best of Vera Lynn' took the top spot. Three weeks ago, it was at number 20, the Official Charts Company said Monday, Sept. 14, 2009. (AP Photo/Matthew Fearn, Pool)AP - At age 92, Dame Vera Lynn has beaten the Arctic Monkeys and even the Beatles to capture the No. 1 record in Britain.

Labour must fight back before election: Mandelson (AFP)

Posted: 14 Sep 2009 06:06 AM PDT

Trades Union Congress (TUC) general secretary Brendan Barber speaks at the annual conference in Liverpool. Battle lines over public spending cuts were marked out ahead of a general election that could see the Labour government lose power to the Conservatives.(AFP/Andrew Yates)AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown's de facto deputy set out the dividing lines for a looming general election on Monday, urging his ailing Labour Party to "start the fight back now".

Transatlantic jet bomb plotters jailed for life (AFP)

Posted: 14 Sep 2009 05:51 AM PDT

(From left) Abdulla Ahmed Ali, Assad Sarwar and Tanvir Hussain. Three British Muslims were sentenced to life in jail for plotting to blow up transatlantic airliners with liquid bombs in suicide attacks on the scale of September 11(AFP/HO/File/Metropolitan Police)AFP - Three British Muslims were sentenced on Monday to life in jail for plotting to blow up transatlantic airliners with liquid bombs in suicide attacks on the scale of September 11, their judge said.

Britons jailed for 9/11-scale airline bomb plot (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Sep 2009 05:48 AM PDT

Reuters - Three Britons were jailed for life on Monday for plotting a "terrorist outrage" on the scale of the September 11 attacks by blowing up transatlantic airliners bound for North America using bombs made from liquid explosives.

Angry parents demand answers from E.coli farm (AFP)

Posted: 14 Sep 2009 05:22 AM PDT

A scientist examines E-Coli samples at a laboratory in 2000. Furious parents demanded answers after it emerged that a Surrey farm popular with children was kept open for two weeks despite being hit by an E.coli outbreak.(AFP/File/Mychele Daniau)AFP - Furious parents demanded answers on Monday after it emerged that a Surrey farm popular with children was kept open for two weeks despite being hit by an E.coli outbreak.

Unions chief fears Tory spending cuts (AFP)

Posted: 14 Sep 2009 03:29 AM PDT

Trades Union Congress (TUC) general secretary Brendan Barber speaks at the annual conference in Liverpool. Battle lines over public spending cuts were marked out ahead of a general election that could see the Labour government lose power to the Conservatives.(AFP/Andrew Yates)AFP - Trade unions leader rounded on the main opposition Conservatives here on Monday ahead of a general election, saying plans to slash public spending would halt economic recovery.

British Conservatives consider bank privatizations (AP)

Posted: 14 Sep 2009 03:25 AM PDT

AP - Britain's Conservative Party, which holds a hefty lead over the governing Labour Party in the opinion polls, is looking at ways of selling off the British government's equity stakes in Lloyds Banking Group PLC and Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC to ordinary shareholders should it win the next general election, a spokesman for Conservatives said Monday.

British soldier killed in Afghanistan (AFP)

Posted: 14 Sep 2009 02:42 AM PDT

British soldiers during a patrol in Helmand province in July 2009. A British soldier died from a gunshot wound sustained while on a foot patrol in southern Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence said Monday.(AFP/File/Abdul Malik)AFP - A British soldier died from a gunshot wound sustained while on a foot patrol in southern Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence said Monday.

UK mortgage lending rises in July (AP)

Posted: 14 Sep 2009 02:00 AM PDT

AP - U.K. mortgage lending rose significantly in July for the second straight month but the market is likely to remain subdued for some time, the Council of Mortgage Lenders said Monday.

Sainsbury to appoint new chairman (AFP)

Posted: 14 Sep 2009 01:41 AM PDT

Sainsbury chairman Philip Hampton. The Financial Times reported that supermarket group Sainsbury is set to appoint David Tyler, current chairman of technology services company Logica, as its new chairman.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)AFP - Supermarket group Sainsbury is set to appoint David Tyler, current chairman of technology services company Logica, as its new chairman, the Financial Times reported on Monday.

Extremists to be sentenced over jet bombing plot (AFP)

Posted: 14 Sep 2009 01:15 AM PDT

(From left) Abdulla Ahmed Ali, Assad Sarwar and Tanvir Hussain. The three men found guilty in connection with a plot to blow up airliners flying from London to North America using liquid explosives in 2006, will be sentenced.(AFP/HO/File/Metropolitan Police)AFP - Three men found guilty in connection with a plot to blow up airliners flying from London to North America using liquid explosives in 2006, will be sentenced on Monday.

British woman drowns in Kenya (AFP)

Posted: 14 Sep 2009 12:53 AM PDT

The Foreign and Commonwealth office in London, 2006. The Foreign Office said in London that a British woman has drowned while on holiday with her boyfriend in Kenya.(AFP/File/John D Mchugh)AFP - A British woman has drowned while on holiday with her boyfriend in Kenya, the Foreign Office said in London.

Clothing manufacturer caught in Lockerbie bomber row (AFP)

Posted: 14 Sep 2009 12:24 AM PDT

Convicted Lockerbie bomber Ali Mohmet al-Megrahi (centre) arrives in Lybia on August 2009. A manufacturer of Harris Tweed has dropped the word AFP - A manufacturer of Harris Tweed has dropped the word "Scottish" from its US marketing campaign amid fears of a consumer backlash over the release of the Lockerbie bomber, a report said on Monday.

Executive pay jumps despite recession: report (AFP)

Posted: 14 Sep 2009 12:19 AM PDT

The setting sun is reflected in London's Canary Wharf on September 4. A report said that basic salaries for executives at top companies jumped 10 percent last year despite the worst financial crisis in decades.(AFP/File/Alessandro Abbonizio)AFP - Basic salaries for executives at top companies jumped 10 percent last year despite the worst financial crisis in decades, a report said on Monday.

Oxfam warns of inaction on child, mother mortality (AFP)

Posted: 13 Sep 2009 05:58 PM PDT

File photo of family members of a woman with AIDS outside the woman's hut in Cachembe village in Mozambique. Millions of people are dying every year because of a lack of free healthcare in poor countries, Oxfam said Monday, urging world leaders to step up their commitment to cutting the figure.(AFP/File/Alexander Joe)AFP - Millions of people are dying every year because of a lack of free healthcare in poor countries, Oxfam said Monday, urging world leaders to step up their commitment to cutting the figure.

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