2009年10月14日星期三

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Explorers: North Pole summers ice free in 10 years (AP)

Posted: 14 Oct 2009 05:22 PM PDT

AP - The North Pole will turn into an open sea during summer within a decade, according to data released Wednesday by a team of explorers who trekked through the Arctic for three months

Arctic ice cap to disappear in 20-30 years: study (AFP)

Posted: 14 Oct 2009 04:27 PM PDT

In this undated image obatined from www.catlinarcticsurvey.com, British explorers Pen Hadow (R) and Ann Daniels cross a refrozen lead in the North Pole. The Arctic ice cap will disappear completely in summer months within 20 to 30 years, a polar research team said as they presented findings from an expedition led by adventurer Pen Hadow.(AFP/HO/File/Martin Hartley)AFP - The Arctic ice cap will disappear completely in summer months within 20 to 30 years, a polar research team said as they presented findings from an expedition led by adventurer Pen Hadow.

George Clooney in London for film festival gala (AP)

Posted: 14 Oct 2009 02:24 PM PDT

Director Wes Anderson, centre, is flanked by U.S. actors George Clooney, left, and Bill Murray as they pose at the photo call for the film 'Fantastic Mr. Fox' during the London Film Festival in London, Wednesday Oct. 14, 2009. (AP Photo/Joel Ryan)AP - Like the London Film Festival, Wes Anderson's "Fantastic Mr. Fox" is a mix of British grit and American glamor.

Britain's Brown pledges more Afghanistan troops (AP)

Posted: 14 Oct 2009 02:22 PM PDT

Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown leaves his official residence, 10 Downing Street, for the new parliamentary year's first Prime Minister's Questions at the House of Commons in London, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009. Brown was expected to announce Wednesday that he's sending more British troops to Afghanistan amid rising dissent about the conflict. (AP Photo/Akira Suemori)AP - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown pledged Wednesday to send more troops to Afghanistan but only if NATO and the Afghan government do more to help fight the Taliban.

Top HSBC banker jailed in Britain for killing wife (AFP)

Posted: 14 Oct 2009 10:37 AM PDT

A prison van arriving at the Old Bailey courthouse in London. A top banker with HSBC was jailed for eight years by a judge at England's Old Bailey central criminal court in London on Wednesday for strangling his wife during a row after she said she wanted a divorce.(AFP/File/Nicolas Asfouri)AFP - A top banker with HSBC was jailed for eight years by a court in London on Wednesday for strangling his wife during a row after she said she wanted a divorce.

British band Spandau Ballet launch comeback tour (AFP)

Posted: 14 Oct 2009 08:38 AM PDT

British band Spandau Ballet performs during their opening world tour at The O2 in Dublin. Spandau Ballet, the 1980s band, have launched a comeback tour, two decades after the New Romantic icons' bitter split.(AFP/Peter Muhly)AFP - British 1980s band Spandau Ballet have launched a comeback tour, two decades after the New Romantic icons' bitter split.

Britain ready to send 500 more troops to Afghanistan (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Oct 2009 07:31 AM PDT

Soldiers from 1st Battalion The Royal Welsh stand at attention after marching through Chester city centre, northern England, September 25, 2009. The troops are saying farewell to the city ahead of their deployment to Afghanistan in October. REUTERS/Phil NobleReuters - Britain is ready to raise troop numbers in Afghanistan by 500 to 9,500, Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Wednesday, providing certain conditions are met.

Mussolini paid well as British agent in WWI (AP)

Posted: 14 Oct 2009 07:20 AM PDT

FILE - This is a January 14, 1939 file photo showing Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini. standing between Italian Foreign Minster Count Galeazzo Ciano and British Prime Minister Sir Neville Chamberlain, right, at the Termini railway station in Rome. A historian says Benito Mussolini was well paid as a British agent during World War I. The Guardian newspaper reported Wednesday Oct. 14, 2009 that Peter Martland of Cambridge University discovered that Mussolini was paid 100 pounds a week by Britain in 1917 equal to about 6,000 pounds (US$9,600) today. (AP Photo, File, File)AP - A historian says Benito Mussolini was well paid as a British agent during World War I.

Britain to send 500 extra troops to Afghanistan (AFP)

Posted: 14 Oct 2009 07:14 AM PDT

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown leaves 10 Downing Street in London. Britain announced Wednesday it was sending an extra 500 soldiers to Afghanistan, as US President Barack Obama huddled with his war cabinet to decide whether to deploy thousands more US troops.(AFP/Leon Neal)AFP - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced Wednesday an extra 500 troops for Afghanistan, but pressed NATO allies to do their "fair share" in the increasingly deadly and unpopular mission.

'First refugees' sent from UK to Baghdad since war (AFP)

Posted: 14 Oct 2009 06:58 AM PDT

A security guard pictured in a room in the long-term wing at an immigration removal centre near London's Heathrow Airport in 2004. A group of Iraqi asylum seekers in Britain will this week be sent back to Baghdad for the first time since the start of the Iraq war in 2003, refugee groups here said Wednesday.(AFP/Pool/File/Peter Macdiarmid)AFP - A group of Iraqi asylum seekers in Britain will this week be sent back to Baghdad for the first time since the start of the Iraq war in 2003, refugee groups here said Wednesday.

Steady jobless rate fuels recovery hopes (AFP)

Posted: 14 Oct 2009 06:33 AM PDT

People queue to enter a job centre in Bromley, August 2009. Unemployment rate held at 7.9 percent in the three months to August, official data showed, holding stable on a quarterly basis for the first time since March 2008.(AFP/File/Carl de Souza)AFP - The jobless rate held steady on a quarterly basis for the first time since March 2008, fuelling hopes that the country's battered economy will soon officially exit a deep recession.

Brown announces 500 extra troops for Afghanistan (AFP)

Posted: 14 Oct 2009 04:54 AM PDT

Former military personnel and mourners gather for a procession of hearses carrying the bodies of eight soldiers killed in Afghanistan through the streets of Wootton Bassett. Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced an extra 500 troops for Afghanistan, but pressed NATO allies to do their AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced on Wednesday an extra 500 troops are to be sent to Afghanistan, bringing the country's force levels there to 9,500.

Italy's Berlusconi backs Blair for EU president (AFP)

Posted: 14 Oct 2009 04:16 AM PDT

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi lent his backing to the nomination of former leader Tony Blair, seen here on October 9, for the future presidency of the European Union.(AFP/Pool/File/Chris Jackson)AFP - Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi on Wednesday lent his backing to the nomination of former leader Tony Blair for the future presidency of the European Union.

Defence firm BAE predicts 'good growth' in 2009 (AFP)

Posted: 14 Oct 2009 03:46 AM PDT

BAE Systems' MkIII combat vehicle. The defence equipment firm has forecast AFP - British defence equipment firm BAE Systems on Wednesday forecast "good growth" this year despite flagging sales of land vehicles.

IRA bomber visits parliament (AFP)

Posted: 14 Oct 2009 02:39 AM PDT

Former Irish Republican Army (IRA) activist Patrick Magee sits in a chamber at the Houses of Parliament in London. Magee who killed five people in an attack on Margaret Thatcher's government in 1984 said he does not regret joining the paramilitary group, as he visited the House of Commons in London.(AFP/Frantzesco Kangaris)AFP - The IRA bomber who killed five people in an attack on Margaret Thatcher's government in 1984 said he does not regret joining the paramilitary group, as he visited the House of Commons in London.

London postal workers go on strike (AFP)

Posted: 14 Oct 2009 02:24 AM PDT

Thousands of postal workers have gone on a 24-hour strike in London amid a deepening row over pay and jobs.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - Thousands of postal workers have gone on a 24-hour strike in London amid a deepening row over pay and jobs, unions said on Wednesday.

Italy's Mussolini was British secret agent: report (AFP)

Posted: 14 Oct 2009 01:19 AM PDT

German Nazi leader Adolf Hitler rides a car with Italian fascist dictator Benito Mussolini (left) in Munich, 1940. Mussolini had a brief career as a British secret agent, the Guardian newspaper reported, quoting research by a Cambridge University historian.(AFP/HO/File/Ho)AFP - Italian dictator Benito Mussolini had a brief career as a British secret agent, the Guardian newspaper reported on Wednesday, quoting research by a Cambridge University historian.

Bailed-out RBS eyes plans to offload branches: report (AFP)

Posted: 14 Oct 2009 12:35 AM PDT

The Royal Bank of Scotland is considering a government-backed plan to sell off more than 300 high street branches to satisfy EU competition authorities.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - The Royal Bank of Scotland is considering a government-backed plan to sell off more than 300 high street branches to satisfy EU competition authorities, the Financial Times said on Wednesday.

Singer Jay Sean tops US chart (AFP)

Posted: 14 Oct 2009 01:22 AM PDT

Jay Sean (pictured in September) is celebrating after becoming the first Indian-origin rapper to top the US charts with his debut single there, after years of AFP - Jay Sean is celebrating after becoming the first Indian-origin rapper to top the US charts with his debut single there, after years of "grinding" away in relative musical obscurity.

British support for Afghan mission waning: poll (AFP)

Posted: 13 Oct 2009 05:36 PM PDT

Three hundred soldiers of 1st Battalion The Royal Welsh walk through Chester, in north west England, on September 25, as they say farewell to the city before being deployed on operations to Afghanistan. Calls for British forces to pull out of Afghanistan have risen sharply as casualties mount, according to a poll published on Wednesday.(AFP/File/Paul Ellis)AFP - Calls for British forces to pull out of Afghanistan have risen sharply as casualties mount, according to a poll published on Wednesday.

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