2009年10月22日星期四

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Far-right leader appears on BBC show amid protests (AFP)

Posted: 22 Oct 2009 04:13 PM PDT

A viewer watches a broadcast of British National Party leader Nick Griffin's appearance on the BBC's flagship political programme AFP - The BBC controversially gave a far-right party leader a first appearance Thursday on its flagship political panel show as angry protesters besieged its headquarters.

UK far-right leader in controversial TV appearance (AP)

Posted: 22 Oct 2009 04:07 PM PDT

Anti-fascist demonstrators clash with British police officers outside the offices of the BBC in west London, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009. Hundreds of protesters gathered outside the BBC Television Center in an increasingly rowdy rally against British National Party chief Nick Griffin, who is due to appear on the broadcaster's 'Question Time' program. At one point about 25 people breached a police cordon and ran into the center's lobby. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)AP - The leader of Britain's far-right party outlined his vision in a controversial television debut that critics fear could help his whites-only party ease into the political mainstream.

UK troops in Afghanistan could be cut by 2014: General (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Oct 2009 02:30 PM PDT

British soldiers from B Company, 2 Mercian, board a Chinook helicopter on an operation in Malgir, Helmand province, July 27, 2009. REUTERS/Omar SobhaniReuters - British troop numbers in Afghanistan could be scaled back in five years as the Afghan army is strengthened, though some will have to stay behind in a support role, the British army's new chief said on Thursday.

Postal workers start two-day strike (AFP)

Posted: 22 Oct 2009 12:13 PM PDT

Postal workers stands outside the Manchester mail centre during a strike. Postal workers began a two-day national strike Thursday in a bitter row over pay, conditions and modernisation, and called for more action next week.(AFP/Andrew Yates)AFP - Postal workers began a two-day national strike Thursday in a bitter row over pay, conditions and modernisation, and called for more action next week.

Vatican offer may lure Church of England priests (AP)

Posted: 22 Oct 2009 10:07 AM PDT

Britain's Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, left, from the Anglican church listens as Archbishop of Westminster Vincent Nichols, unseen, from the Roman Catholic Church speaks during a news conference in London, held in reaction to the announcement of a new church structure for Anglicans who want to join the Catholic Church, Tuesday Oct. 20, 2009. Pope Benedict XVI has created a new church structure for Anglicans who want to join the Catholic Church, responding to the disillusionment of some Anglicans over the ordination of women and the election of openly gay bishops. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)AP - On the surface, it looks like a polite tug of war between two of the world's great churches, each saying nice things about the other.

Britain publishes doomsday climate change vision (AP)

Posted: 22 Oct 2009 07:09 AM PDT

Ed Miliband, Britain's Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, speaks during a press conference following the conclusion of the Major Economies Forum in London, Monday, Oct. 19, 2009. The forum is seeking agreement on funding from the developed world for poorer countries, to help them adapt to changes in the earth's climate that threaten to flood coastal regions, make farming unpredictable and spread diseases. (AP Photo/Akira Suemori)AP - Two British Cabinet ministers showed off a doomsday vision of disappearing cities and rising seas on Thursday, part of an effort to push nations to strike a new pact on curbing emissions of global warming gasses.

Dame Vera Lynn launches poppy appeal (AFP)

Posted: 22 Oct 2009 05:49 AM PDT

Dame Vera Lynn (pictured here in 2005) has launched this year's Poppy Appeal from the Horseguard's Parade in central London. She sang the classic wartime hit AFP - Dame Vera Lynn launched this year's Poppy Appeal from the Horseguard's Parade in central London on Thursday.

Miner Anglo announces asset sale (AFP)

Posted: 22 Oct 2009 04:50 AM PDT

A copper mine in Chile. Global mining giant Anglo American, which fought off a merger bid from Swiss rival Xstrata last week, has announced plans to sell non-essential assets and overhaul its management structure.(AFP/File/Martin Bernetti)AFP - Global mining giant Anglo American, which fought off a merger bid from Swiss rival Xstrata last week, announced plans on Thursday to sell non-essential assets and overhaul its management structure.

Thousands of UK postal workers start 2-day strike (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Oct 2009 03:31 AM PDT

A postal worker holds a placard as he stands on the picket line outside the Manchester Mail Centre in Manchester, northern England, October 22, 2009. Thousands of postal workers at state-owned Royal Mail walked out on Thursday, kicking off a crippling 48-hour nationwide strike and blaming bosses and the government for failing to prevent the action. REUTERS/Phil NobleReuters - Thousands of postal workers at state-owned Royal Mail walked out on Thursday, starting a 48-hour nationwide strike and blaming bosses and the government for failing to prevent the action.

Retail sales flat in September (AFP)

Posted: 22 Oct 2009 02:56 AM PDT

Shoppers in central London. Retail sales flattened in September from August, the second month in a row of zero growth, as recession-hit shoppers refrained from spending, official figures have shown.(AFP/File/Max Nash)AFP - Retail sales flattened in September from August, the second month in a row of zero growth, as recession-hit shoppers refrained from spending, official data showed on Thursday.

Charity Christmas cards 'not always generous' (AFP)

Posted: 22 Oct 2009 02:48 AM PDT

Shoppers looks at Christmas cards in a London. Christmas charity cards aren't always as charitable as they seem, a survey found, with in some cases as little as six percent of the price of the cards going to a good cause.(AFP/File)AFP - Christmas charity cards aren't always as charitable as they seem, a survey found on Thursday, with in some cases as little as six percent of the price of the cards going to a good cause.

BBC tightens security ahead of BNP TV appearance (AFP)

Posted: 22 Oct 2009 01:44 AM PDT

Leaflets depicting British National Party leader Nick Griffin are displayed at an anti-BNP rally in central London on October 21. Protesters gathered at BBC studios amid tight security ahead of a controversial appearance by the leader of the far-right British National Party (BNP) on a top TV political panel show.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)AFP - The BBC tightened security at its London headquarters on Thursday ahead of expected protests against an appearance by the leader of the British National Party (BNP) on the broadcaster's top current affairs panel show.

Man jailed for staging car crashes for money (AFP)

Posted: 22 Oct 2009 12:15 AM PDT

Traffic in London. A man who staged car crashes for money, helping fraudsters claim 1.6 million pounds from insurance firms, has been jailed for four and a half years.(AFP/File/Chris Young)AFP - A man who staged car crashes for money, helping fraudsters claim 1.6 million pounds from insurance firms, has been jailed for four and a half years.

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