2009年9月30日星期三

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Study says too much candy could lead to prison (AP)

Posted: 30 Sep 2009 04:02 PM PDT

AP - Willy Wonka would be horrified. Children who eat too much candy may be more likely to be arrested for violent behavior as adults, new research suggests.

Britain's BAE faces threat of bribe charges: source (AFP)

Posted: 30 Sep 2009 03:56 PM PDT

The BAE Systems construction hall in Barrow-in-Furness, seen in 2007. British defence equipment firm BAE Systems could face criminal charges if efforts to force the company to accept a deal with corruption investigators fails, a source said late Wednesday.(AFP/File/Paul Ellis)AFP - British defence equipment firm BAE Systems could face criminal charges if efforts to force the company to accept a deal with corruption investigators fails, a source said late Wednesday.

Britain asks Schwarzenegger to close prostitute web site (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Sep 2009 01:25 PM PDT

California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger speaks during a news conference in San Francisco, California July 3, 2009. REUTERS/Robert GalbraithReuters - A British government minister asked California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger on Wednesday to shut down a U.S. website that allows men to rate prostitutes, including many working in London.

Brown defiant after losing key press backing (AFP)

Posted: 30 Sep 2009 10:44 AM PDT

A protest sign is displayed outside the Brighton Centre, in Brighton, during the annual Labour party conference. Prime Minister Gordon Brown voiced defiance Wednesday despite losing the support of Britain's top-selling daily newspaper, in a fresh blow to his already slim re-election hopes.(AFP/Carl de Souza)AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown voiced defiance Wednesday despite losing the support of Britain's top-selling daily newspaper, in a fresh blow to his already slim re-election hopes.

Young girl banned from selling granny on eBay (AFP)

Posted: 30 Sep 2009 10:28 AM PDT

Ebay logo at Ebay-France headquarters in Paris. A 10-year-old British girl has been barred from trying to sell her granny on eBay, who she complained was AFP - A 10-year-old girl has been barred from trying to sell her granny on eBay, who she complained was "cuddly" but "annoying," the auction website said Wednesday.

Hawking steps down as Lucasian professor in UK (AP)

Posted: 30 Sep 2009 08:59 AM PDT

AP - Physicist Stephen Hawking stepped down Wednesday as Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge University after 30 years in the post.

Kraft handed takeover deadline for Cadbury: panel (AFP)

Posted: 30 Sep 2009 08:00 AM PDT

An employee leaves the Cadbury chocolate factory in Birmingham. The UK's takeover watchdog has handed US giant Kraft Foods a six-week deadline to lodge a formal takeover bid for confectionery maker Cadbury or walk away for six months.(AFP/File/Paul Ellis)AFP - Britain's takeover watchdog on Wednesday handed US giant Kraft Foods a six-week "put up or shut up" deadline to lodge a formal takeover bid for British confectionery maker Cadbury.

Council of Europe should back Polanski extradition: British MP (AFP)

Posted: 30 Sep 2009 07:02 AM PDT

A high-profile rush to defend Roman Polanski, seen here in 2008, after the film director's arrest sparked a backlash on Wednesday, as a growing number of politicians called for him to face justice over a three-decade-old child sex case.(AFP/File/Abdelhak Senna)AFP - The Council of Europe should back extraditing film-maker Roman Polanski to the United States to send a strong message against rape, a member of Britain's parliament said Wednesday.

Recruitment firms fined nearly £40 mln (AFP)

Posted: 30 Sep 2009 06:52 AM PDT

Builders work on a construction site in London, April 2009. The Office of Fair Trading said six recruitment companies have together been fined almost 40 million pounds for price-fixing and the boycott of a rival company.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)AFP - Six recruitment companies have together been fined almost 40 million pounds for price-fixing and the boycott of a rival company, the Office of Fair Trading said on Wednesday.

Stephen Hawking gives up Cambridge title (AFP)

Posted: 30 Sep 2009 05:31 AM PDT

Acclaimed wheelchair-bound scientist Stephen Hawking (pictured here in 2008) is to hand over his top Cambridge University job this week.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - Acclaimed wheelchair-bound scientist Stephen Hawking is to hand over his top Cambridge University job this week, the prestigious seat of learning said on Wednesday.

UK's Brown downplays Sun tabloid switch to Tories (AP)

Posted: 30 Sep 2009 05:25 AM 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 on Wednesday downplayed the decision of the Sun tabloid to switch its allegiance from the Labour Party to the opposition Conservatives.

Box of British leaflets kills Afghan girl (AP)

Posted: 30 Sep 2009 04:40 AM PDT

AP - Britain's Ministry of Defense has confirmed that a box of leaflets dropped from a British plane killed a girl in Afghanistan.

Kraft given Nov 9 deadline to bid on Cadbury (AP)

Posted: 30 Sep 2009 03:46 AM PDT

AP - Britain's Panel on Takeovers and Mergers says Kraft Foods Inc. has until November 9 to either make a firm bid for candy maker Cadbury PLC or walk away.

Israel's Barak says Britain arrest bid 'absurd' (AFP)

Posted: 30 Sep 2009 03:28 AM PDT

Pro-Palestinian activists sought Tuesday to have Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak, seen here in Brighton, arrested they said, as they staged a protest against his visit. Barak branded the attempt AFP - Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak branded as "absurd" a bid to have him arrested as he attended the governing Labour party's annual conference in Britain.

Govt vows tsunami help as UK toddler feared dead (AFP)

Posted: 30 Sep 2009 05:04 AM PDT

People inspect the damage following a devastating quake in Pago Pago on American Samoa. The Foreign Office said a British toddler is believed to have been killed in Samoa as a result of the massive South Pacific earthquake and tsunami.(AFP/Ardie Roque)AFP - A British toddler is believed to have been killed in the massive South Pacific earthquake and tsunami, the government said Wednesday, while pledging to help "in any way we can".

Watchdog gives Kraft deadline for Cadbury takeover (AFP)

Posted: 30 Sep 2009 02:34 AM PDT

An employee leaves the Cadbury chocolate factory in Birmingham. The UK's takeover watchdog has handed US giant Kraft Foods a six-week deadline to lodge a formal takeover bid for confectionery maker Cadbury or walk away for six months.(AFP/File/Paul Ellis)AFP - Britain's takeover watchdog on Wednesday handed US giant Kraft Foods a six-week deadline to lodge a formal takeover bid for British confectionery maker Cadbury or walk away for six months.

Second-quarter sales up at Marks and Spencer (AFP)

Posted: 30 Sep 2009 01:49 AM PDT

Retailer Marks and Spencer has said that sales improved in its second quarter, driven by revamped food, clothing and homeware products, but it remained cautious about the outlook.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - British retailer Marks and Spencer said Wednesday that sales improved in its second quarter, driven by revamped food, clothing and homeware products, but it remained cautious about the outlook.

Girl killed in RAF leaflet drop in Afghanistan (AFP)

Posted: 30 Sep 2009 01:02 AM PDT

An RAF C130 Hercules aircraft prepares to land at Lyneham in Wiltshire. The Times said a young Afghan girl died after a box of public information leaflets, dropped by a Royal Air Force plane over Afghanistan, landed on her.(AFP/File/Martyn Hayhow)AFP - A young Afghan girl died after a box of public information leaflets, dropped by a Royal Air Force plane over Afghanistan, landed on her, a newspaper said Wednesday.

Tabloid backs Tories to win next poll (AFP)

Posted: 30 Sep 2009 12:27 AM PDT

A news television crew holds up the front page of The Sun newspaper outside the annual Labour party conference in Brighton. Prime Minister Gordon Brown voiced defiance despite losing the support of The Sun, in a new blow to his already slim re-election hopes.(AFP/Carl de Souza)AFP - Top-selling tabloid The Sun endorsed Wednesday the main opposition Conservatives to win the next general election, after a key rallying speech by Prime Minister Gordon Brown.

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