2009年9月23日星期三

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Gordon Brown denies 'Obama snub' at UN (AFP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2009 06:15 PM PDT

Prime Minister Gordon Brown outside his official London residence. US President Barack Obama turned down five requests from Brown for a meeting this week, amid tensions over the release of the Lockerbie bomber, reports said Thursday.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - US President Barack Obama turned down five requests from Prime Minister Gordon Brown for a meeting this week, amid tensions over the release of the Lockerbie bomber, reports here said Thursday.

Pope to visit Britain next year: reports (AFP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2009 03:11 PM PDT

Pope Benedict XVI followed by prelates arrives for his weekly general audience in the Paul VI hall at the Vatican. Pope Benedict XVI will visit Britain in 2010 after accepting an invitation from Prime Minister Gordon Brown, media reports said Wednesday, without naming sources.(AFP/Alberto Pizzoli)AFP - Pope Benedict XVI will visit Britain in 2010 after accepting an invitation from Prime Minister Gordon Brown, media reports said Wednesday, without naming sources.

UK reports: Pope Benedict XVI to visit Britain (AP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2009 01:52 PM PDT

Pope Benedict XVI, right, seen, during the weekly general audience in the Paul VI hall at the Vatican, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)AP - Pope Benedict XVI next year will make the first visit to Britain by a pontiff in decades, British media reported Wednesday.

Tories warn could still torpedo EU treaty (AFP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2009 12:28 PM PDT

Conservative Party leader David Cameron is seen during a press conference in central London in May 2009. The Conservative Party has warned they would hold a referendum on the EU's Lisbon Treaty if they take office next year and the eurosceptic Czech president has not yet ratified it.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - Conservatives warned Wednesday they would hold a referendum on the EU's Lisbon Treaty if they take office next year and the eurosceptic Czech president has not yet ratified it.

UK's Brown denies he is steadily going blind (AP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2009 12:12 PM PDT

AP - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Wednesday dismissed reports that he is slowly going blind, as a longtime critic in his governing Labour Party urged him to stand down as leader to save the party from a mauling at the next general election.

Madeleine McCann's parents return to Portugal (AFP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2009 12:10 PM PDT

Kate (R) and Gerry McCann, parents of missing English toddler Madeleine McCann, leave a press conference in a hotel in Lisbon after they returned to Portugal for talks with advisors and lawyers as part of their campaign to keep the search for their daughter alive.(AFP/Francisco Leong)AFP - The parents of missing girl Madeleine McCann returned to Portugal on Wednesday for talks with advisors and lawyers as part of their campaign to keep the search for their daughter alive.

Charges unlikely for helping suicide in England (AP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2009 11:56 AM PDT

Multiple sclerosis sufferer Debbie Purdy and her husband Omar Puente are seen outside the House of Lords in central London in July following her bid to make the Law Lords clarify the law on assisted suicide. People who assist relatives to commit suicide are unlikely to be prosecuted in England and Wales if they were motivated by compassion and the victim was committed to dying, officials said.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)AP - England's top prosecutor unveiled new guidelines that could decriminalize many forms of assisted suicide, saying Wednesday that most people who help close friends or family kill themselves aren't likely to face charges.

British Museum seeks to remake Montezuma's image (AP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2009 11:05 AM PDT

This Monday Sept. 21, 2009 photo shows a turquoise mask, representing probably Tonatiuh, the sun god, is seen at the exhibition entitled: 'Moctezuma: Aztec Ruler', in central London's British Museum, Moctezuma II was the last elected Aztec Emperor that reigned between 1502-1520 and the exhibition will run from Sept 24, to Jan. 24, 2010. Loans of material from Mexico and Europe will be displayed and according to the museum, this is the first exhibition to examine the semi-mythical statues of the ruler and his legacy. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)AP - The world-famous British Museum, home of the contested Elgin Marbles sought by Greece, is leaping into another controversy with a special exhibit re-examining the life of Montezuma, the doomed last ruler of the Aztecs.

UK home builder Barratt raising 720.5M pounds (AP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2009 10:34 AM PDT

AP - Major British home builder Barratt Developments PLC announced a rights issue Wednesday to raise 720.5 million pounds ($1.18 billion) to beef up its balance sheet and prepare for new land acquisitions.

Serial mugger jailed for attacking French designer Farhi (AFP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2009 10:01 AM PDT

French designer Nicole Farhi at the London Fashion Week on September 20. A serial mugger was jailed for life on Wednesday for a long string of robberies including that of Farhi outside her London home.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)AFP - A serial mugger was jailed for life on Wednesday for a long string of robberies including that of fashion designer Nicole Farhi outside her London home.

Father: Iraqi perhaps slain in UK revenge attack (AP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2009 08:32 AM PDT

Army General David Petraeus, head of the of U.S. Central Command, listens before speaking at the Marine Corps University's conference on AP - British soldiers laughed as they beat an Iraqi hotel receptionist to death, the man's father alleged Wednesday as he gave evidence to an inquiry into the slaying.

Britain's Brown offers to cut nuclear sub fleet (AFP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2009 08:11 AM PDT

A handout photo from the Ministry of Defence shows the HMS Vanguard. Britain is prepared to scale back its nuclear capability as part of global disarmament efforts, Prime Minister Gordon Brown has said ahead of an address to the UN General Assembly.(AFP/HO/File)AFP - Britain is prepared to scale back its nuclear capability as part of global disarmament efforts, Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Wednesday ahead of an address to the UN General Assembly.

Iraqi father says British troops targeted son (AFP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2009 07:37 AM PDT

Iraqi security officers march during their graduation parade at Camp Bucca in southern Iraq in the city of Basra some 550 kms from the capital Baghdad, May 2009. The father of an Iraqi man who died in British military custody in 2003 told an inquiry in London his son may have been singled out for bad treatment because he had accused troops of stealing.(AFP/File/Essam -al-Sudani)AFP - The father of an Iraqi man who died in British military custody in 2003 told an inquiry in London Wednesday his son may have been singled out for bad treatment because he had accused troops of stealing.

Aide quits over politician's illegal maid (AFP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2009 07:06 AM PDT

Attorney General Patricia Scotland, seen here in 2008, was facing fresh pressure to quit after an aide resigned over her employment of an illegal immigrant as her housekeeper.(AFP/File/Dominique Faget)AFP - The country's top legal officer faced fresh pressure to quit Wednesday after an aide resigned over her employment of an illegal immigrant as her housekeeper.

New guidelines clarify assisted suicide laws (AFP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2009 06:14 AM PDT

Multiple sclerosis sufferer Debbie Purdy and her husband Omar Puente are seen outside the House of Lords in central London in July following her bid to make the Law Lords clarify the law on assisted suicide. People who assist relatives to commit suicide are unlikely to be prosecuted in England and Wales if they were motivated by compassion and the victim was committed to dying, officials said.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)AFP - People who help their relatives commit suicide are unlikely to be prosecuted in England and Wales provided they were motivated by compassion and the victim had a strong desire to die, officials said Wednesday.

UK court OKs deal on Ivory Coast toxic waste claim (AP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2009 06:04 AM PDT

AP - A British court approved Wednesday the settlement of thousands of claims against oil-trading company Trafigura Beheer BV related to the dumping of toxic waste around the Ivory Coast's main city of Abidjan.

British bikers die in Italian road crash: report (AFP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2009 05:09 AM PDT

Map locating the Trentino region in Italy. Three British motor-cyclists died in a road accident in northern Italy while a fourth suffered serious injuries, ANSA news agency has reported.(AFP/Graphic)AFP - Three British motor-cyclists died in a road accident in northern Italy while a fourth suffered serious injuries, ANSA news agency reported Wednesday.

BA 'to trim subsidies on staff meals' (AFP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2009 03:58 AM PDT

A British Airways employee. Loss-making British Airways will reduce subsidies on staff meals to save 2.7 million pounds annually, according to an internal company newsletter.(AFP/File/Philippe Lopez)AFP - Loss-making British Airways will reduce subsidies on staff meals to save 2.7 million pounds annually, according to an internal company newsletter.

Brits have had 'indirect sex' with 2.8 mln people (AFP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2009 02:12 AM PDT

The average Briton has had indirect sex with 2.8 million people, according to research by chemist chain Lloydspharmacy. Based on data collected from over 6,000 adults, an online calculator lets people work out the total number of sexual partners they have indirectly had, with the average Brit totalling nearly 3 million indirect sexual partners.(AFP/File/Filippo Monteforte)AFP - The average Briton has had indirect sex with 2.8 million people, according to research published on Wednesday.

Who inspires Prince William? His grandmother (AP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2009 01:59 AM PDT

Britain's Prince William (L) and the Director of The Natural History Museum, Michael Dixon, stand underneath a shower of foil butterflies during the official opening of the Darwin Centre, at the Natural History Museum in central London on September 14, 2009. The new centre opens to the public on Tuesday. REUTERS/Adrian Dennis/Pool (BRITAIN ENTERTAINMENT ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY)AP - Britain's Prince William says his grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II, is his inspiration when it comes to doing good works.

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