2009年9月20日星期日

Yahoo! News: World - Britain

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - Britain


RBS mulls share rights issue: reports (AFP)

Posted: 20 Sep 2009 03:33 PM PDT

A view of the London headquarters of the Royal Bank of Scotland. The Royal Bank of Scotland is considering approaching the market for extra money to avoid giving more control to the government, reports said Sunday, the second bank to mull such a move.(AFP/File/Carl de Souza)AFP - The Royal Bank of Scotland is considering approaching the market for extra money to avoid giving more control to the government, reports said Sunday, the second bank to mull such a move.


UK's Brown to meet Libya's Gaddafi Thurs: report (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Sep 2009 03:02 PM PDT

Reuters - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown will greet Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi at the United Nations on Thursday in their first meeting since the release of the Lockerbie bomber, The Daily Telegraph reported on Monday.

Lib-Dems reject working with Conservatives (AFP)

Posted: 20 Sep 2009 11:40 AM PDT

Liberal Democrat Party leader Nick Clegg speaks in 2007. Clegg on Sunday rejected a suggestion from the main opposition Conservatives to work together against the ruling Labour government.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)AFP - The head of the Liberal Democratic party on Sunday rejected a suggestion from the main opposition Conservatives to work together against the ruling Labour government.


Rowan Williams: protect Camp Ashraf residents (AP)

Posted: 20 Sep 2009 09:48 AM PDT

AP - The Archbishop of Canterbury said Sunday that the U.S. and Iraq must protect the residents of Camp Ashraf from violence and abuse.

Oil company agrees to Ivory Coast waste settlement (AP)

Posted: 20 Sep 2009 08:35 AM PDT

AP - Oil-trading company Trafigura said Sunday it has agreed to a settlement with people who claim they fell ill after a tanker dumped hundreds of tons of waste around the Ivory Coast's main city of Abidjan.

Anglican Church leader concerned about Iraq's Camp Ashraf (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Sep 2009 06:25 AM PDT

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams listens during the Church of England's General Synod in London February 11, 2009. REUTERS/Kieran DohertyReuters - The spiritual head of the Anglican Church expressed concern Sunday about Iranian exiles living in a camp in Iraq, saying they faced "human rights violations" that needed to be addressed urgently.


UK says Iran must take steps to ease nuke fears (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Sep 2009 04:14 AM PDT

Reuters - Iran must take "concrete steps" to demonstrate in upcoming talks its nuclear aims are peaceful, Britain's Foreign Secretary David Miliband said Sunday.

Britons find home is where the honey is (AFP)

Posted: 20 Sep 2009 02:43 AM PDT

A beekeeper examines a frame covered in bees taken from a AFP - In tiny urban gardens, Britons are doing their bit to counter the mysterious worldwide decline of bees -- they are starting to keep their own.


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