2009年10月11日星期日

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Recession-hit govt to sell off state assets: PM (AFP)

Posted: 11 Oct 2009 05:03 PM PDT

The British government will sell off a raft of state assets to help reduce its debt, Prime Minister Gordon Brown, pictured on October 9, was to announce Monday.(AFP/Pool/File/Kieran Doherty)AFP - The British government will sell off a raft of state assets to help reduce its debt, Prime Minister Gordon Brown was to announce Monday.

Brown on back foot as election looms (AFP)

Posted: 11 Oct 2009 03:45 PM PDT

The Houses of Parliament in central London, 2008. MPs return to work after a month of political meetings that set out the battle lines for the next election -- and the huge challenge Prime Minister Gordon Brown faces to keep his job.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)AFP - MPs return to work on Monday after a month of political meetings that set out the battle lines for the next election -- and the huge challenge Prime Minister Gordon Brown faces to keep his job.

Streisand pulls off US, British charts double (AFP)

Posted: 11 Oct 2009 03:44 PM PDT

American entertainer Barbra Streisand, pictured in September 2009, achieved the feat of topping the US and British album charts simultaneously as her record AFP - American entertainer Barbra Streisand achieved the feat of topping the US and British album charts simultaneously as her record "Love Is The Answer" went to number one Sunday.

Greenpeace activists occupy parliament's roof (AFP)

Posted: 11 Oct 2009 03:13 PM PDT

Greenpeace demonstrators sit on the roof of the Houses of Parliament to protest government inaction on climate change in London. At least 40 activists occupied the roof of the famous Palace of Westminster, unfurling banners reading: AFP - Greenpeace environmental campaigners on Sunday stormed the roof of the Houses of Parliament to protest about climate change, and said they were planning to stay there overnight until MPs return to session.

Clinton vows to help defuse N. Ireland stand-off (AFP)

Posted: 11 Oct 2009 02:48 PM PDT

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton looks on as she listens to journalists' questions during a press conference with Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen at Farmleigh House in Dublin.(AFP/Peter Muhly)AFP - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton threw America's weight Sunday behind efforts to stop Northern Ireland slipping back towards conflict, as a paramilitary group ended its decades-old armed struggle.

British PM Brown to announce assets sell-off (AP)

Posted: 11 Oct 2009 11:41 AM PDT

AP - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown plans to announce a sale of government assets aimed at raising 3 billion pounds ($4.8 billion), his office said Sunday.

Clinton insists US-Britain ties strong (AFP)

Posted: 11 Oct 2009 10:16 AM PDT

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown (R) greets US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at Chequers, the prime minister's official country residence near Ellesborough, in Buckinghamshire, England.(AFP/POOL/Oli Scarff)AFP - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton stressed on Sunday that the so-called "special relationship" between the United States and Britain was strong, despite recent signs of a chill.

Climate-change protesters scale UK Parliament (AP)

Posted: 11 Oct 2009 09:37 AM PDT

Environmental campaigners stage a protest on the roof of the Houses of Parliament in London, under St. Stephen's Tower, also know as Big Ben, Sunday, Oct. 11, 2009. Several dozen environmental activists scaled Britain's Parliament building Sunday to draw attention to climate change. Greenpeace said its members were atop the building with yellow banners reading 'Change the politics, save the climate.' The group said it planned to stay overnight so it could welcome lawmakers, who return from their summer break on Monday. (AP Photo/Max Nash/PA)AP - Several dozen environmental activists scaled Britain's Parliament building Sunday to draw attention to climate change.

Nasty, or nice? New mood among UK's Conservatives (AP)

Posted: 11 Oct 2009 06:51 AM PDT

AP - Who's nasty now?

UK: Pakistan nuclear sites not under terror threat (AP)

Posted: 11 Oct 2009 02:29 AM PDT

AP - British Foreign Secretary David Miliband and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton say Pakistan faces a serious threat from terrorism, but the country's nuclear arsenal is not at risk.

Clinton says Iran must show action on nuke program (AP)

Posted: 11 Oct 2009 02:24 AM PDT

AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says the world "will not wait indefinitely" for Iran to live up to its international obligations regarding its nuclear program.

Iraq invasion decision was '51-49': Cherie Blair (AFP)

Posted: 10 Oct 2009 10:06 PM PDT

The Blairs, pictured in 2007. Cherie Blair said the decision to invade Iraq was a close call however convincingly her husband might have presented it otherwise, The Independent on Sunday reported(AFP/Pool/File/Cathal Mcnaughton)AFP - Cherie Blair said the decision to invade Iraq was a close call however convincingly her husband might have presented it otherwise, The Independent on Sunday reported.

Blair for EU president? Britain divided (AFP)

Posted: 10 Oct 2009 09:53 PM PDT

A fierce debate is underway in Britain about whether Tony Blair is the right man to be the European Union's first full-time president, as well as what the job should entail.(AFP/Pool/Chris Jackson)AFP - A fierce debate is underway in Britain about whether Tony Blair is the right man to be the European Union's first full-time president, as well as what the job should entail.

2012 Olympic site workers face biometric scans (AFP)

Posted: 10 Oct 2009 09:12 PM PDT

A 'verification kiosk' featuring fingerprint and iris scans is seen displayed at an airport in Minneapolis, US. It has been reported that workers on London's Olympic Park will have to go through biometric scanning to access the 2012 Games site in a bid to protect it from terrorists.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Eric Miller)AFP - Workers on London's Olympic Park will have to go through biometric scanning to access the 2012 Games site in a bid to protect it from terrorists, a newspaper reported Sunday.

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