2009年10月13日星期二

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Former world court chief joins UK Iraq inquiry (AP)

Posted: 13 Oct 2009 05:11 PM PDT

AP - Britain's official inquiry into the war in Iraq has appointed a former president of the International Court of Justice to help advise it on legal issues.

Miner Rio Tinto says will lift stake in Canada's Ivanhoe (AFP)

Posted: 13 Oct 2009 01:58 PM PDT

An employee at the reception desk of Australian mining giant Rio Tinto in Shanghai. Anglo-Australian miner Rio Tinto said Tuesday that it will almost double its stake in Canadian peer Ivanhoe Mines to nearly 20 percent.(AFP/File/Philippe Lopez)AFP - Anglo-Australian miner Rio Tinto said Tuesday that it will almost double its stake in Canadian peer Ivanhoe Mines to nearly 20 percent.

MPs told to repay expenses after scandal (AFP)

Posted: 13 Oct 2009 01:52 PM PDT

Conservative leader David Cameron, seen here on OCtober 8, has told his MPs to pay back disputed expense claims or be barred.(AFP/File/Andrew Yates)AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown and opposition leader David Cameron told lawmakers Tuesday to pay back disputed expense claims or risk losing their jobs as the scandal returned to haunt politicians.

Twitter users undermine attempt to gag UK media (AP)

Posted: 13 Oct 2009 12:37 PM PDT

AP - Bloggers and Twitter users thwarted a legal attempt Tuesday to stop Britain's media from reporting the questions posed by a lawmaker in a parliamentary debate, spotlighting the power of new media to influence public policy.

Vauxhall says will keep British car plants open (AFP)

Posted: 13 Oct 2009 11:05 AM PDT

The Vauxhall car plant in Luton, north of London. Unions have struck a deal to save two Vauxhall car plants in Britain with the new Canadian parent company, the country's biggest trade union Unite has announced.(AFP/File/Max Nash)AFP - British carmaker Vauxhall announced Tuesday that it has clinched a deal to keep two car factories open until 2013 after talks between Canadian owners Magna, trade union Unite and the government.

UK lawmakers told to repay disputed expense claims (AP)

Posted: 13 Oct 2009 09:49 AM PDT

AP - First it cost their reputations. Now it'll cost them cash.

Lloyds bank faces hefty fee: source (AFP)

Posted: 13 Oct 2009 09:04 AM PDT

Beleaguered lender Lloyds will have to pay a AFP - Beleaguered lender Lloyds will have to pay a "significant" fee if it opts against joining the state's insurance scheme for toxic assets, a source close to the matter said on Tuesday.

Dutch lawmaker wins appeal against ban from Britain (AFP)

Posted: 13 Oct 2009 09:00 AM PDT

Dutch lawmaker Geert Wilders addresses the European Parliament in December 2008. Wilders -- who was refused entry to Britain -- has won an appeal against his ban.(AFP/File/Dominique Faget)AFP - A far-right Dutch lawmaker who was refused entry to Britain to stop him spreading "hatred and violent messages," won an appeal against the ban on Tuesday, a tribunal spokeswoman said.

Corrie actress "seriously ill" in hospital (AFP)

Posted: 13 Oct 2009 08:11 AM PDT

AFP - Coronation Street actress Maggie Jones -- who plays the cantankerous Blanche Hunt in ITV's popular soap opera -- is seriously ill in hospital after major surgery, the broadcaster said on Tuesday.

Iraqi police: 8 killed in blast north of Baghdad (AP)

Posted: 13 Oct 2009 12:07 PM PDT

An Iraqi police officer stands guard as a damaged car is towed away following a roadside bomb attack in Baghdad's Karrada neighborhood, Iraq, Monday, Oct 12, 2009. The roadside bomb targeted a government convoy, injured four people, police and hospital officials said. ( AP Photo/Karim Kadim)AP - A suicide bomber killed the leader of a U.S.-backed Sunni paramilitary group and seven others north of Baghdad Tuesday, the third attack in as many days in a heavily populated Sunni area, a police official said.

Third woman charged over nursery paedophile ring (AFP)

Posted: 13 Oct 2009 07:27 AM PDT

Colin Blanchard, Vanessa George (centre) and Angela Allen have pleaded guilty to 37 child sex offences. A mother of eight children from Portsmouth has been charged in connection with a paedophile ring involving George -- a former nursery worker.(Devon & Cornwall Police)AFP - A mother of eight children from Portsmouth has been charged in connection with a paedophile ring involving nursery worker Vanessa George, it was confirmed on Tuesday.

Britain 'on brink' of recession exit (AFP)

Posted: 13 Oct 2009 06:45 AM PDT

Construction cranes in central London, January 2009. The British Chamber of Commerce said that the country is AFP - The economy may have to wait a little longer before exiting a recession that has sent the nation's annual inflation rate falling to the lowest level in five years, analysts said on Tuesday.

Inflation slides to 1.1% (AFP)

Posted: 13 Oct 2009 06:38 AM PDT

The Office for National Statistics said stable gas and electricity bills helping to bring down the annual rate of inflation. The annual inflation rate slid to 1.1% in September, the lowest level for five years.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - The annual inflation rate slid to 1.1 percent in September, the lowest level for five years as energy prices steadied, official data showed on Tuesday.

Postal workers issue strike ultimatum (AFP)

Posted: 13 Oct 2009 06:32 AM PDT

A postal worker delivers mail to homes in West London. Thousands of postal workers will launch a series of strikes starting on October 22 unless they can reach a last-ditch deal with the Royal Mail.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)AFP - Thousands of postal workers will launch a series of strikes starting on October 22 unless they can reach a last-ditch deal with the Royal Mail, union leaders said on Tuesday.

Thousands expected to visit Catholic relics in London (AFP)

Posted: 13 Oct 2009 04:10 AM PDT

Visitors welcome the relics of Saint Therese of Lisieux in Westminster Abbey. Up to 100,000 pilgrims are expected to flock to the mother church of Roman Catholics in England for the culmination of a tour of the relics of a 19th century French nun which arrived in London Monday.(AFP/Carl Court)AFP - Up to 100,000 pilgrims are expected to flock to the mother church of Roman Catholics in England for the culmination of a tour of the relics of a 19th century French nun which arrived in London.

Terror suspect arrested near Preston (AFP)

Posted: 13 Oct 2009 02:39 AM PDT

Lancashire Police stand guard outside Blackpool airport in 2006. A 37-year-old man has been arrested under the Terrorism Act in the Lancashire town of Penwortham.(AFP/File/Paul Ellis)AFP - A 37-year-old man has been arrested under the Terrorism Act in the Lancashire town of Penwortham, police said on Tuesday.

UK 'on brink' of exiting recession: business body (AFP)

Posted: 13 Oct 2009 01:41 AM PDT

Construction cranes in central London, January 2009. The British Chamber of Commerce said that the country is AFP - Britain is "on the brink" of ending a deep recession after sentiment improved in the third quarter but the economy remains "frail," the British Chamber of Commerce said on Tuesday.

Probe launched after demo on parliament roof (AFP)

Posted: 13 Oct 2009 12:17 AM PDT

Greenpeace demonstrators sit on the roof of the Houses of Parliament to protest against perceived government inaction on climate change. Climate change protesters ended a 24-hour rooftop protest at the Houses of Parliament, as authorities launched an AFP - Climate change protesters ended a 24-hour rooftop protest at the Houses of Parliament, as authorities launched an "urgent" investigation into how they scaled the landmark.

Official: Lockerbie bomber release in UK interests (AP)

Posted: 12 Oct 2009 09:14 PM PDT

The seal of the Department of Justice. A key witness in the conviction of the Lockerbie bomber was secretly paid up to two million dollars (1.4 million euros) in a deal approved by the US government, according to legal papers released Friday.(AFP/File)AP - Britain's interests in Libya would have been badly damaged had the Lockerbie bomber died in a Scottish prison, the foreign secretary said Monday.

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