2009年9月27日星期日

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Brown braces for election battle (AFP)

Posted: 27 Sep 2009 12:03 PM PDT

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown speaks during a press conference before a European Union working dinner at the EU Council headquarters on September 17, 2009 in Brussels. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown gave his fullest backing to a US decision to abandon plans for a missile defence shield in the Czech Republic and Poland. AFP PHOTO / JOHN THYS(AFP/File/John Thys)AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown vowed Sunday he would not "roll over" and give up the fight as his embattled Labour Party kicked off their last conference before the general election.

Britain's Brown vows to lead Labour into elections (AP)

Posted: 27 Sep 2009 11:44 AM PDT

Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown, left, speaks during an TV interview in Brighton England ahead of the Labour Party Annual Conference Sunday Sept. 27, 2009. Brown insisted Sunday that he won't quit his post, as his governing Labour Party met for a final annual convention before a national election in which the party will almost certainly lose power. (AP Photo/Stefan Rousseau/PA)AP - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown insisted he won't quit his post as his governing Labour Party met Sunday for its annual convention before a national election the party is expected to lose.

Iraq frees detainees linked to British hostages (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Sep 2009 11:01 AM PDT

Reuters - Iraq released dozens of jailed militants at the weekend, including many from a group believed to be behind the 2007 kidnapping of five Britons in a move that may be linked to efforts to free the two remaining hostages.

UK soldier killed in Afghanistan explosion (AFP)

Posted: 27 Sep 2009 08:24 AM PDT

British soldiers patrol Lashkar Gah in Afghanistan. A roadside explosion killed a British soldier on a vehicle patrol in southern Afghanistan, according to the Ministry of Defence.(AFP/File/John D McHugh)AFP - A roadside explosion killed a British soldier on a vehicle patrol in southern Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence said.

Attorney General challenged in illegal immigrant row (AFP)

Posted: 27 Sep 2009 07:01 AM PDT

Attorney General Patricia Scotland, seen here in 2008, has come under fresh pressure over her employment of an illegal immigrant as a housekeeper, after the employee directly challenged her version of events.(AFP/File)AFP - The government's top legal advisor came under fresh pressure over her employment of an illegal immigrant as a housekeeper, after the employee directly challenged her version of events.

Over 100 from Iraqi group who killed Britons freed (AFP)

Posted: 27 Sep 2009 06:13 AM PDT

An image grab taken from a videotape broadcast in February 2008 by the Dubai-based Al-Arabiya news network shows a British hostage Peter Moore. More than 100 Iraqi Shiite insurgents whose organisation kidnapped five Britons and killed at least three of them have been released from prison in the past week, the group said(AFP/AL-ARABIYA/File)AFP - More than 100 Iraqi Shiite insurgents whose organisation kidnapped five Britons and killed at least three of them have been released from prison in the past week, the group said on Sunday.

British soldier killed in Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: 27 Sep 2009 03:25 AM PDT

French soldiers on patrol in Sayed Abad village in Afghanistan's Wardak Province in 2008. Seven NATO soldiers including four French service personnel died this weekend in Afghanistan, NATO and other authorities announced on Sunday.(AFP/File/Joel Saget)AP - Britain's defense ministry says a soldier has been killed while on patrol in southern Afghanistan.

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