2009年10月20日星期二

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Government launches mass swine flu jab programme (AFP)

Posted: 20 Oct 2009 04:18 PM PDT

Chief Medical Officer Sir Liam Donaldson (L) washes his hands with a child during a visit to Tyssen Community School, in north London, to help combat the swine flu, in September 2009. The government launched a mass vaccination programme to prevent the further spread of swine flu Wednesday, with officials urging healthcare workers and at-risk patients to be first in line.(AFP/Pool/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - The government launched a mass vaccination programme to prevent the further spread of swine flu Wednesday, with officials urging healthcare workers and at-risk patients to be first in line.

Goldman Sachs exec defends bonuses at ethics debate (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Oct 2009 02:33 PM PDT

Reuters - Bumper payouts to bankers should be seen as part of a longer term investment in London's economy, the vice chairman of Goldman Sachs International told a debate on ethics at St Paul's Cathedral on Tuesday.

Newsweek: Journalist detained in Iran now in UK (AP)

Posted: 20 Oct 2009 02:06 PM PDT

FILE - In this undated photo provided by Newsweek, journalist Maziar Bahari is shown. The Islamic Republic News Agency says Newsweek reporter Maziar Bahari was freed from Tehran's Evin Prison on Saturday evening after posting bail of 3 billion rials ($300,000), citing the Tehran prosecutor's office. Newsweek confirmed the release in a statement posted on its Web site. (AP Photo/Newsweek, File)AP - Newsweek reporter Maziar Bahari, who was detained for nearly four months in Iran, has been released and has rejoined his pregnant wife in the U.K., the magazine said Tuesday.

London lawyer guilty of Japanese bank fraud (AFP)

Posted: 20 Oct 2009 10:17 AM PDT

AFP - A London lawyer was found guilty Tuesday of conning a Japanese bank where she was a senior manager out of millions of pounds (dollars), to help a friend's ailing airline.

British museums relaxed about Chinese relics' search (AFP)

Posted: 20 Oct 2009 09:57 AM PDT

A general view of the ruins of the Guanshuifa Fountain at the Old Summer Palace in Beijing, February 2009. One of London's most prestigious museums said it had nothing to hide, after China announced it would dispatch experts to record relics abroad it says were looted from Beijing's Old Summer Palace.(AFP/File/Liu Jin)AFP - Two of Britain's top museums said Tuesday they had nothing to hide, after China announced it would dispatch experts to record relics abroad it says were looted from Beijing's Old Summer Palace.

Protester assails Blair in Palestinian mosque (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Oct 2009 09:53 AM PDT

Former British Prime Minister and Middle East quartet representative Tony Blair is pictured at a U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Reuters - Bodyguards subdued a Palestinian man Tuesday as he approached Middle East envoy Tony Blair, shouting "You are a terrorist."

UK govt in uproar over exposure given far right (AP)

Posted: 20 Oct 2009 09:07 AM PDT

FILE- In this file photo of June 10, 2009 British National Party, BNP, leader Nick Griffin speaks in front of a BNP banner in Manchester, England. Retired senior British military commanders on Tuesday Oct. 20 2009 accused the far right of hijacking military symbols for 'their own dubious ends' amid a debate over whether Griffin's increasingly high-profile anti-immigration party should be given a prime-time platform on national television. (AP Photo/Dave Thompson/PA Wire, File)AP - To the outrage of many Britons, a white-supremacist fringe party riding a wave of electoral success has been invited to participate in a BBC prime-time TV show on politics.

Extremists 'hijacking' military's reputation (AFP)

Posted: 20 Oct 2009 08:46 AM PDT

British National Party leader Nick Griffin is seen here in 2006. Former army generals have warned that the good name of the Armed Forces is in danger of being tarnished by far right extremists. The letter, signed by four former military leaders, is aimed at the BNP, which has used military symbols and pictures of Winston Churchill in recent election campaigns.(AFP/File/Scott Heppell)AFP - The good name of the Armed Forces is in danger of being tarnished by far right extremists, former generals warned in a letter on Tuesday, prompting a furious reaction from the British National Party.

Baker Greggs says it will create 6,000 jobs (AFP)

Posted: 20 Oct 2009 06:33 AM PDT

The baker Greggs, a seller of sandwiches and pastries, has announced a plan to open at least 600 shops in Britain in the coming years, creating 6,000 jobs.(Greggs)AFP - The baker Greggs, a seller of sandwiches and pastries, announced a plan Tuesday to open at least 600 shops in Britain in the coming years, creating 6,000 jobs.

Public finances slump to record deficit (AFP)

Posted: 20 Oct 2009 06:24 AM PDT

According to the Office for National Statistics, the national deficit ballooned last month, reaching a record for September as the public purse buckled under the weight of a steep recession, according to official data.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - The national deficit ballooned last month, reaching a record for September as the public purse buckled under the weight of a steep recession, according to official data published on Tuesday.

Inmates self-harmed after being moved 'like chess pieces' (AFP)

Posted: 20 Oct 2009 05:41 AM PDT

A prison officer opens a cell. Senior prison bosses were under investigation after they were found to have shifted several AFP - Senior prison bosses were under investigation on Tuesday after they were found to have shifted several "difficult" inmates between two London prisons in order to con inspectors.

British envoys' undiplomatic parting shots revealed (AFP)

Posted: 20 Oct 2009 04:59 AM PDT

A man puts some money in his back pocket in a Lagos. The undiplomatic parting shots of British ambassadors have been revealed in a BBC programme. The High Commissioner to Nigeria, Sir David Hunt, wrote back to London in 1969 that Nigerians had AFP - Thais have no culture and are all driven by sex; Africans are self-destructive, and Nicaraguans are dishonest, violent and alcoholic -- at least according to some of Britain's top diplomats.

Qatar trims Barclays bank stake (AFP)

Posted: 20 Oct 2009 04:32 AM PDT

A Barclays branch in London. Qatar's sovereign wealth fund said it had trimmed its stake in British bank Barclays to about seven percent, sending the group's share price sliding.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)AFP - Qatar's sovereign wealth fund said Tuesday it had trimmed its stake in British bank Barclays to about seven percent, sending the group's share price sliding.

Publisher Pearson says sales jump by a fifth (AFP)

Posted: 20 Oct 2009 02:13 AM PDT

A file picture of Pearson Chief Executive Marjorie Scardino. Pearson, publisher of the Financial Times newspaper, has announced that profits and sales jumped by about one fifth in the first nine months of 2009, despite tough trading conditions.(AFP/File/Adrian Dennis)AFP - Pearson, publisher of the Financial Times newspaper, announced Tuesday that profits and sales jumped by about one fifth in the first nine months of 2009, despite tough trading conditions.

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