2009年9月18日星期五

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Swine flu sculpture unveiled in Britain (AFP)

Posted: 18 Sep 2009 01:33 PM PDT

This handout image obtained from Wellcome Images(WI) in London shows a glass sculpture of the swine flu (H1N1) virus by artist Luke Jerram. The Wellcome Collection will display the sculpture from September 25 until October 18, 2009.(AFP/WI-HO)AFP - A British museum has acquired an unusual new sculpture -- of the virus which causes swine flu, it said Friday.

Lockerbie bomber puts appeal case online (AFP)

Posted: 18 Sep 2009 12:30 PM PDT

Freed Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali Mohmet al-Megrahi, seen hear waering a mask at a hospital in Tripoli, has released documents online which he says support his claim he is innocent of the 1988 bombing of a plane over Scotland, which killed 270 people.(AFP/File/Mahmud Turkia)AFP - The freed Lockerbie bomber released documents online Friday which he said support his claim that he is innocent of the 1988 bombing of a plane over Scotland, which killed 270 people.

British woman on Texas death row loses appeal (AP)

Posted: 18 Sep 2009 11:23 AM PDT

AP - A British woman on Texas death row has lost a federal appeal, moving her closer to execution for the abduction and death of a woman whose child she also had snatched eight years ago in Houston.

London does U-turn on river-less Tube map (AFP)

Posted: 18 Sep 2009 10:08 AM PDT

This Transport for London(TFL) handout shows the latest map of the London underground without reference to the River Thames. The London's public transport company has been forced into an embarrassing U-turn, after widespread criticism of ther new version of the capital's iconic Tube map which omits the river Thames.(AFP/TFL-HO)AFP - London's public transport company has been forced into an embarrassing U-turn, after widespread criticism of a new version of the capital's iconic Tube map which omits the river Thames.

Lockerbie bomber releases legal documents (AP)

Posted: 18 Sep 2009 07:13 AM PDT

Abdel Basset al-Megrahi sits in a wheelchair in his room at a hospital in Tripoli September 9, 2009. REUTERS/Ismail ZetounyAP - The only man convicted in the 1988 Lockerbie bombing posted his legal defense to the Web on Friday, saying he hopes it will help convince people he had nothing to do with the terrorist attack that killed 270 people.

Theater, TV make drama from world financial crisis (AP)

Posted: 18 Sep 2009 07:05 AM PDT

Michael Moore, right, director/writer/producer/star of the documentary 'Capitalism: A Love Story,' chats with Roseanne Barr at a screening of the film at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in Beverly Hills, Calif., Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2009. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)AP - Greed, hubris, vast fortunes erased at a stroke — the financial crisis is dramatic gold dust for writers.

Recession swells British government's debts (AP)

Posted: 18 Sep 2009 04:46 AM PDT

AP - The recession's toll on British government finances was highlighted Friday by official figures showing the government borrowed a record 16.1 billion pounds ($26.3 billion) in August, just days after Prime Minister Gordon Brown conceded that whoever wins the next election will have to take an axe to spending.

Public finances plunge into record deficit (AFP)

Posted: 18 Sep 2009 04:42 AM PDT

A general view of central London. Public sector finances plunged further into the red in August, striking a record deficit for the month under the weight of a deep recession, official data has shown.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - Public sector finances plunged further into the red in August, striking a record deficit for the month under the weight of a deep recession, official data showed on Friday.

Lloyds mulls alternatives to toxic scheme (AFP)

Posted: 18 Sep 2009 04:28 AM PDT

Lloyds is considering alternatives to the government's insurance scheme for toxic assets, citing improving economic conditions.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - Lloyds said on Friday it was considering alternatives to the government's insurance scheme for toxic assets, citing improving economic conditions.

U.S., British generals lay out complex Afghan picture (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Sep 2009 04:15 AM PDT

Reuters - In the past two days, one U.S. and three British generals have laid out their thinking on Afghanistan, and in doing so have revealed just how complex and even muddled the effort to defeat the Taliban has become.

Lloyds bank mulls alternatives to toxic scheme (AFP)

Posted: 18 Sep 2009 01:44 AM PDT

Britain's part-nationalised bank Lloyds said that it was considering alternative options to the government's insurance scheme for toxic assets, citing improving economic conditions.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - Britain's part-nationalised bank Lloyds said Friday that it was considering alternative options to the government's insurance scheme for toxic assets, citing improving economic conditions.

Baroness Scotland made 'inadvertent mistake': Brown (AFP)

Posted: 18 Sep 2009 01:29 AM PDT

Baroness Scotland, who was caught employing an illegal immigrant, is a very good legal officer who made an AFP - Baroness Scotland, who was caught employing an illegal immigrant, is a very good legal officer who made an "inadvertent mistake," Prime Minister Gordon Brown has said.

Biggest-ever heroin haul found at Heathrow (AFP)

Posted: 18 Sep 2009 12:24 AM PDT

Stacks of seized heroin. British and South African authorities have made a record heroin seizure following on operation at Heathrow Airport and raids in both countries, officials have said.(AFP/File/Saeed Khan)AFP - British and South African authorities have made a record heroin seizure following on operation at Heathrow Airport and raids in both countries, officials have said.

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