2009年9月29日星期二

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

The Sun newspaper backs Britain's Conservatives (AP)

Posted: 29 Sep 2009 04:49 PM PDT

AP - The Sun is setting on Britain's beleaguered Labour Party.

Britain's Brown makes pre-election populist pitch (AP)

Posted: 29 Sep 2009 04:47 PM PDT

Britain's Prime Minister and leader of the ruling Labour Party Gordon Brown gives his keynote speech to the party conference in Brighton, England, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2009 . Brown's Labour party which has been in power since 1997, is trailing in the opinion polls behind the opposition right of centre Conservative party, with a general election due in the spring of 2010. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)AP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown, seeking to stave off an expected election defeat, pledged Tuesday to restore trust in Britain's tarnished politics, kick start its stuttering economy and slash government debt.

Israeli minister says arrest bid in Britain absurd (AFP)

Posted: 29 Sep 2009 04:07 PM PDT

British Members of Parliament protest against the presence of Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak outside the Brighton Centre which is hosting the Labour Party conference, Brighton. Barak branded Tuesday a bid to have him arrested in Britain AFP - Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak branded Tuesday a bid to have him arrested in Britain "absurd" as he attended the governing Labour party's annual conference.

Bid to arrest Ehud Barak in Britain rejected (AP)

Posted: 29 Sep 2009 04:06 PM PDT

AP - A Palestinian bid to have Israeli defense chief Ehud Barak arrested for alleged war crimes during a visit to Britain has failed, a lawyer for the groups involved said Tuesday.

British Airways launches luxury London-NY flights (AP)

Posted: 29 Sep 2009 03:37 PM PDT

AP - British Airways is launching its pricey new business class service between London and New York.

Did HPV Vaccine Cause a British Girl's Death? (U.S. News & World Report)

Posted: 29 Sep 2009 02:16 PM PDT

U.S. News & World Report - A vaccine that protects against the cervical-cancer-causing human papillomavirus is making headlines today after a 14-year-old British girl, Natalie Morton, died Monday, hours after being injected. No, it's not the Gardasil vaccine used in the United States, but Cervarix, which may become available here in the next few months. (A Food and Drug Administration advisory committee voted a few weeks ago to recommend Cervarix--the HPV vaccine of choice in Britain--for approval.)

British girl dies after cervical cancer vaccine jab (AFP)

Posted: 29 Sep 2009 02:04 PM PDT

Headquarters of GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) in west London. British drug giant GlaxoSmithKline said Tuesday it was working with health authorities here probing the death of a schoolgirl following a cervical cancer vaccination.(AFP/File/Odd Andersen)AFP - Drug giant GlaxoSmithKline said Tuesday it was working with health authorities here investigating the death of a schoolgirl following a cervical cancer vaccination.

Defiant PM vows fight to avoid poll wipeout (AFP)

Posted: 29 Sep 2009 01:30 PM PDT

Embattled Prime Minister Gordon Brown, seen here, is seeking to rally his ruling Labour Party in a keynote speech as he struggles to avoid a wipe-out in elections next year.(AFP/Carl de Souza)AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown sought Tuesday to rally his embattled party with a raft of pledges, but questions remain over whether he can avoid an election wipe-out.

BA launches US business-class route (AFP)

Posted: 29 Sep 2009 01:17 PM PDT

A plane flies over the Manhattan skyline. Struggling British Airways on Tuesday launched its inaugural all-business class service from London to New York as it seeks to claw back ground lost to rival Virgin Atlantic and succeed where others failed.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Clive Brunskill)AFP - Struggling British Airways on Tuesday launched its inaugural all-business class service from London to New York as it seeks to claw back ground lost to rival Virgin Atlantic and succeed where others failed.

Britain on course to exit deep recession (AFP)

Posted: 29 Sep 2009 10:30 AM PDT

Clouds hover over central London. Britain's deep recession is easing, official data showed on Tuesday, boosting hopes that the nation could soon join other major economies in returning to growth before the end of 2009.(AFP/File/Chris Young)AFP - The deep recession is easing, official data showed on Tuesday, boosting hopes that the nation could soon join other major economies in returning to growth before the end of 2009.

Brown aims to revive UK Labor with policy blitz (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Sep 2009 10:20 AM PDT

Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown gestures on stage during the annual Labour Party Conference in Brighton, south England September 27, 2009. REUTERS/Stefan WermuthReuters - Prime Minister Gordon Brown will promise Tuesday to clean up British politics, get tough on crime and heal the economy, in a blizzard of policy moves aimed at avoiding a crushing election defeat next year.

British girl dies after cervical cancer vaccine (AP)

Posted: 29 Sep 2009 09:46 AM PDT

Flowers at the gate of Blue Coat Church of England School in Coventry England Tuesday Sept. 29, 2009, after a pupil from the school died Monday after receiving the HPV1 Cervarix jab. Health authorities launched an investigation Tuesday into the death of a 14-year-old girl who had just received a vaccine for cervical cancer. Natalie Morton died in a hospital Monday, a few hours after being the given the Cervarix vaccine, which protects against two strains of the human papilloma virus that causes cervical cancer. She was vaccinated at her school in Coventry in central England. (AP Photo/Rui Vieira/PA)AP - British health officials temporarily suspended a vaccination program in an English city Tuesday after a 14-year-old girl died a few hours after being vaccinated against the virus that causes cervical cancer.

Vodafone to sell iPhone in Britain (AFP)

Posted: 29 Sep 2009 08:26 AM PDT

Vodafone has become the latest mobile phone operator to announce it would begin selling iPhones in Britain following expiry of O2's exclusive deal with Apple.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Mario Tama)AFP - Vodafone on Tuesday became the latest mobile phone operator to announce it will begin selling iPhones in Britain following the expiry of O2's exclusive deal with Apple.

Brown seeks to rally beleaguered party (AFP)

Posted: 29 Sep 2009 03:49 AM PDT

Embattled Prime Minister Gordon Brown, seen here, is seeking to rally his ruling Labour Party in a keynote speech as he struggles to avoid a wipe-out in elections next year.(AFP/Carl de Souza)AFP - Embattled Prime Minister Gordon Brown sought on Tuesday to rally his ruling Labour Party, in a keynote speech as he struggles to avoid a wipe-out in elections next year.

TUI Travel to raise £440 million (AFP)

Posted: 29 Sep 2009 02:06 AM PDT

The logo of travel firm TUI on the tailfin of a plane at Leipzig airport in eastern Germany. Britain's TUI Travel is planning to raise £440 million to refinance a loan, adding that its winter booking volumes stood lower compared with a year earlier.(DDP/AFP/Florian Eisele)AFP - Tourism operator TUI Travel on Tuesday said it planned to raise 440 million pounds to refinance a loan, adding that its winter booking volumes stood lower compared with a year earlier.

Girl dies after receiving cervical cancer vaccine (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Sep 2009 07:15 PM PDT

Reuters - A teenage British girl died after receiving a cervical cancer vaccine made by GlaxoSmithKline, but a link between the death and the drug has not yet been established, health officials said on Monday.

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