2009年9月24日星期四

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Huge hoard of Anglo-Saxon treasure uncovered in UK (AP)

Posted: 24 Sep 2009 04:12 PM PDT

Terry Herbert at Birmingham Museum, Birmingham, England, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2009, with a some of the 1,500 pieces which made up a Anglo-Saxon hoard found by Terry as he searched a field near his home with his metal detector. The 55-year-old metal detectorist unearthed the largest hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold ever found, archaeologists said Thursday. The staggering discovery, on private farmland in Staffordshire, England, will redefine perceptions of Anglo-Saxon England, experts predict. (AP Photo/David Jones/PA)AP - It's an unprecedented find that could revolutionize ideas about medieval England's Germanic rulers: An amateur treasure-hunter searching a farmer's field with a metal detector unearthed a huge collection of Anglo-Saxon gold and silver artifacts.

Angry 'mole' sparked expenses scandal: report (AFP)

Posted: 24 Sep 2009 03:38 PM PDT

British soldiers with the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) walk during a patrol in Baba Ji district of Helmand province in July 2009. A AFP - A "mole" who leaked data on lawmakers' expenses, sparking the country's biggest political scandal in years, was angry about a lack of resources for troops in Afghanistan, a newspaper said Thursday.

Who were the Anglo-Saxons? (AP)

Posted: 24 Sep 2009 09:26 AM PDT

Part of a hoard of Anglo-Saxon treasure named 'The Staffordshire Hoard' is held by a member of museum staff during a news conference at the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery during a news conference in Birmingham, central England, September 24, 2009. REUTERS/Eddie KeoghAP - The Anglo-Saxons were a group of Germanic tribes who gradually invaded England starting in the 5th century in the wake of the collapse of the Roman Empire. Originally, they came from what is now the coastal region of northwest Germany.

Briton unearths record Anglo-Saxon treasure trove (AFP)

Posted: 24 Sep 2009 09:13 AM PDT

A sword hilt fitting inlaid with precious stones. An unemployed metal detectorist has unearthed the biggest hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold and silver ever found in a country field, archaeologists have said.(AFP/HO)AFP - An unemployed British man unearthed the biggest hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold and silver ever found in a country field, archaeologists said Thursday.

Record Anglo-Saxon treasure trove found (AFP)

Posted: 24 Sep 2009 09:09 AM PDT

A sword hilt fitting inlaid with precious stones. An unemployed metal detectorist has unearthed the biggest hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold and silver ever found in a country field, archaeologists have said.(AFP/HO)AFP - An unemployed metal detectorist has unearthed the biggest hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold and silver ever found in a country field, archaeologists said on Thursday.

UK prison bans hand gel inmates used to get high (AP)

Posted: 24 Sep 2009 08:15 AM PDT

AP - A British prison says a bunch of inmates have been caught with their hands clean — using hand sanitizing gel to get drunk.

G20 will become main economic council: UK's Brown (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Sep 2009 08:01 AM PDT

Reuters - Global leaders will institutionalize the G20 as the world's main economic governing council, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said on Thursday.

Correction: EU-FEA-Britain-Fashion Week Day 5 (AP)

Posted: 24 Sep 2009 07:07 AM PDT

AP - In a Sept. 22 story about the Burberry show at London Fashion Week, The Associated Press incorrectly spelled the surname of the company's chief executive officer. Her correct name is Angela Ahrendts, not Ahrendt.

Iran must be alert to US, British 'plots': Khamenei (AFP)

Posted: 24 Sep 2009 05:42 AM PDT

Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, seen here in July 2009, said Tehran must remain alert to what he called US and British plots against the Islamic republic.(AFP/HO/File)AFP - Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Thursday Tehran must remain alert to what he called US and British plots against the Islamic republic.

Jaguar to close W.Midlands plant after 2014 (AFP)

Posted: 24 Sep 2009 05:17 AM PDT

Iconic carmaker Jaguar Land Rover, owned by Indian group Tata Motors, will close one of its factories in the West Midlands after 2014 but will create 800 jobs elsewhere, the company has said.(DDP/AFP/Sascha Schuermann)AFP - Indian-owned historic carmaker Jaguar Land Rover said on Thursday it will close one of its factories in the West Midlands over the next decade as part of a wider restructuring drive amid mounting gloom for the auto industry.

British playwright wins Japan's Praemium Imperiale (AFP)

Posted: 24 Sep 2009 04:36 AM PDT

The Japan Art Association has named British playwright Tom Stoppard, seen here in 2006, as a recipient of the Praemium Imperiale, one of the richest awards in the arts world.(Getty Images/AFP/Bryan Bedder)AFP - The Japan Art Association on Thursday named British playwright Tom Stoppard as a recipient of the Praemium Imperiale, one of the richest awards in the arts world.

'Party over' for bankers: British finance minister (AFP)

Posted: 24 Sep 2009 03:26 AM PDT

British Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling is seen in London, on September 5. Darling voiced confidence that a G20 summit would strike a deal to clamp down on bonuses, insisting that AFP - Britain's finance minister Alistair Darling expressed confidence on Thursday that a G20 summit would strike a deal to clamp down on bonuses, insisting that "the party" must end for bankers.

Pope to visit Britain next year: reports (AFP)

Posted: 24 Sep 2009 02:12 AM PDT

Prime Minister Gordon Brown is AFP - Pope Benedict XVI will visit Britain next year after accepting an invitation from Prime Minister Gordon Brown, media reports have said, without naming sources.

Govt complains to EU over Opel plan: report (AFP)

Posted: 24 Sep 2009 01:56 AM PDT

Vauxhall workers drive a convoy around the Houses of Parliament in London in a show of support for keeping open Opel's Vauxhall factories in Ellesmere Port and Luton. Britain has written to Europe's competition chief challenging plans by auto parts maker Magna to buy carmaker Opel, as fears of job losses gather steam, a report has said.(AFP/Shaun Curry)AFP - Britain has written to Europe's competition chief challenging plans by auto parts maker Magna to buy carmaker Opel, as fears of job losses gather steam, a report said on Thursday.

VT Group says sells JV stake to BAE Systems (AFP)

Posted: 24 Sep 2009 12:16 AM PDT

British defence firm VT Group on Thursday said it had reached agreement to sell its 45-percent stake in its shipbuilding joint venture, BVT Surface Fleet, to partner BAE Systems.(AFP/File/Lionel Bonaventure)AFP - British defence firm VT Group on Thursday said it had reached agreement to sell its 45-percent stake in its shipbuilding joint venture, BVT Surface Fleet, to partner BAE Systems.

Charges unlikely for helping suicide in England (AP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2009 08:02 PM PDT

Ami Neiberger-Miller, 38, a spokeswoman for TAPS, Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors, the Washington-based nonprofit that offers support to anyone who lost a loved one in the Armed Forces, is photographed in Washington Monday, Sept. 14, 2009. There have been divorces and suicide attempts among siblings taking part in an online private support group facilitated by TAPS, says Neiberger-Miller, whose own brother, Army Spc. Christopher Neiberger, 22, of Gainesville, Fla., died in Iraq in 2007. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)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.

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