2009年10月16日星期五

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

UK court order: release torture allegation details (AP)

Posted: 16 Oct 2009 02:10 PM PDT

AP - Seven secret paragraphs detailing the alleged torture of a former Guantanamo detainee should be disclosed, a British High Court has ruled — a decision that could ignite fresh criticism of U.S. interrogation practices and raise prickly questions for the British government.

Government to appeal court order on US intelligence (AFP)

Posted: 16 Oct 2009 01:56 PM PDT

Foreign Secretary David Miliband said he was AFP - The government will appeal against a court ruling ordering it to publish secret US intelligence documents related to the alleged torture of a former Guantanamo Bay inmate, it said Friday.

Iraqis deported from Britain barred from homeland: officials (AFP)

Posted: 16 Oct 2009 12:24 PM 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. Around 30 Iraqi asylum seekers who Britain tried to send back to Iraq were refused entry to their homeland and are now back on English soil, officials said Friday.(AFP/Pool/File/Peter Macdiarmid)AFP - Around 30 Iraqi asylum seekers who London tried to send back to Iraq were refused entry to their homeland and are now back on English soil, officials said Friday.

UK court wants to publish U.S. intelligence on detainee (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Oct 2009 11:18 AM PDT

Reuters - Sensitive U.S. intelligence on former Guantanamo Bay inmate Binyam Mohamed should be published, Britain's High Court ruled on Friday in a move condemned by the British government but welcomed by anti-torture campaigners.

FTSE 100 closes down on profit-taking (AFP)

Posted: 16 Oct 2009 09:19 AM PDT

The leading stock exchange closed down -- despite striking a 12-month high earlier in the session -- after disappointing financial results from the US and amid profit-taking from earlier gains.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)AFP - The leading stock exchange closed down on Friday -- despite striking a 12-month high earlier in the session -- after disappointing financial results from the US and amid profit-taking from earlier gains.

Dutch lawmaker: UK trip is a win for free speech (AP)

Posted: 16 Oct 2009 08:03 AM PDT

Anti-Islamic Dutch parliamentarian Geert Wilders, left, address journalists below a portrait of the Duke of Ancaster at an office across from London's Houses of Parliament Friday, Oct. 16, 2009. Wilders has been allowed into Britain. The British government banned him from the country earlier this year, arguing that his presence could incite violence. Wilders, who describes the Quran as fascistic and opposes Muslim immigration to the Netherlands, is known for his 15-minute film 'Fitna,' which outraged Muslims across the world by suggesting that Islam was synonymous with terrorism. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)AP - Anti-Islamic Dutch lawmaker Geert Wilders returned to Britain on Friday — eight months after being turned away by authorities at Heathrow Airport.

Queen Elizabeth II opens new UK Supreme Court (AP)

Posted: 16 Oct 2009 08:01 AM PDT

AP - Queen Elizabeth II formally opened Britain's new Supreme Court on Friday in a ceremony attended by high court justices from the United States and around the world.

Far-right Dutch MP visits London after ban lifted (AFP)

Posted: 16 Oct 2009 07:32 AM PDT

Dutch politician Geert Wilders addresses a press conference in Westminster, central London. Wilders who has likened Islam to Nazism visited London, eight months after being turned away for spreading AFP - A far-right Dutch lawmaker who has likened Islam to Nazism visited London on Friday, eight months after being turned away for spreading "hatred and violent messages".

Woman hurt in Northern Ireland car bomb: police (AFP)

Posted: 16 Oct 2009 07:29 AM PDT

Bomb disposal experts examine the remains of a car after a bomb exploded beneath it in east Belfast. The girlfriend of a Northern Ireland police officer was slightly injured when a bomb exploded under her car in Belfast, police said, sparking fears of a resurgence of violence.(AFP/Peter Muhly)AFP - The girlfriend of a Northern Ireland police officer was slightly injured on Friday when a bomb exploded under her car in Belfast, police said, sparking fears of a resurgence of violence here.

Tory MP in expenses probe to step down (AFP)

Posted: 16 Oct 2009 04:03 AM PDT

The Houses of Parliament in London, 2005. Conservative leader David Cameron backed a Tory MP's decision to stand down at the next general election after being accused of using parliamentary expenses to pay 100,000 pounds to his own company.(AFP/File/John D Mchugh)AFP - Conservative leader David Cameron on Friday backed a Tory MP's decision to stand down at the next general election after being accused of using parliamentary expenses to pay 100,000 pounds to his own company.

British Lloyds says it will axe another 460 jobs (AFP)

Posted: 16 Oct 2009 02:22 AM PDT

Britain's state-rescued Lloyds Banking Group has said it will cut up to 460 more positions, bringing to about 8,000 the total number of job losses it has announced since the start of the year.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)AFP - Britain's state-rescued Lloyds Banking Group on Friday said it would cut up to 460 more positions, bringing to about 8,000 the total number of job losses it has announced since the start of the year.

Spy chief defends work with foreign agencies (AFP)

Posted: 16 Oct 2009 02:10 AM PDT

MI5 director-general Jonathan Evans, seen here in 2007, has defended working with foreign agencies that have different values, saying the collaboration has saved lives.(AFP/Pool/File/MARK WAUGH)AFP - The head of the domestic spy service, which is accused of colluding with torture, has defended working with foreign agencies that have different values, saying the collaboration has saved lives.

Postal workers accuse Royal Mail of 'revenge plan' (AFP)

Posted: 16 Oct 2009 02:01 AM PDT

A postal worker delivers mail in West London, 2007. Postal workers accused the Royal Mail of attempting to sideline their union in the long-running dispute over pay, working conditions and job cuts.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)AFP - Postal workers on Friday accused the Royal Mail of attempting to sideline their union in the long-running dispute over pay, working conditions and job cuts.

Spanish-led consortium ends bid to buy rail group (AFP)

Posted: 16 Oct 2009 01:32 AM PDT

A National Express coach is parked at Victoria Coach Station in central London, 2007. A Spanish-led consortium announced it had ended a bid to buy struggling rail and bus operator National Express for 765 million pounds.(AFP/File/Adrian Dennis)AFP - A Spanish-led consortium on Friday announced it had ended a bid to buy struggling rail and bus operator National Express for 765 million pounds.

Libyan suspects in police death 'identified' (AFP)

Posted: 16 Oct 2009 12:13 AM PDT

A police officer looks at the memorial stone to PC Yvonne Fletcher in St. James Square in London, April 2009. A secret review of the killing of Fletcher outside the Libyan embassy in London in 1984 concluded two years ago that there was enough evidence to charge two Libyans.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)AFP - A secret review of the killing of a policewoman outside the Libyan embassy in London in 1984 concluded two years ago that there was enough evidence to charge two Libyans, a report said on Friday.

UK spy boss defends foreign intelligence links (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Oct 2009 10:34 PM PDT

Reuters - Britain's MI5 security service, under fire for alleged complicity in abuse of suspects overseas, has defended its foreign intelligence links, saying they stopped "many attacks" in the years after the September 11 2001 strike.

UK spy chief: UK must work with other countries (AP)

Posted: 15 Oct 2009 10:20 PM PDT

AP - The head of Britain's domestic spy agency said Friday that Britain's security services try to make sure they do not collude in the torture or mistreatment of detainees by foreign governments, but acknowledged it was not possible to guarantee that it never happened.

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