2009年10月27日星期二

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Crackdown on expenses for lawmakers: reports (AFP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2009 04:24 PM PDT

Prime Minister Gordon Brown leaves 10 Downing Street in London on October 14. Lawmakers will be banned from claiming mortgage interest payments as part of a sweeping overhaul of their expenses system in the wake of a damaging scandal, reports said late Tuesday.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)AFP - Lawmakers will be banned from claiming mortgage interest payments as part of a sweeping overhaul of their expenses system in the wake of a damaging scandal, reports said late Tuesday.

In Kenya, Room for British Troops and Wildlife Tourists? (Time.com)

Posted: 27 Oct 2009 03:20 PM PDT

Time.com - As Britain increases its troop levels in Afghanistan, it needs more room totrain them in the hot hills of northern Kenya. The problem is sharing thespace with lions, elephants and wildlife tourists

Split of Northern Rock expected in 2010 (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Oct 2009 03:03 PM PDT

Reuters - The European Union will on Wednesday approve Britain's plan to break up failed bank Northern Rock, paving the way for a split in early 2010 and the eventual sale of parts of the bank, a source familiar with the situation said.

UK activists seek arrest of Israeli officers (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2009 02:38 PM PDT

FILE - An injured Palestinian prisoner reaches for help after being trapped in the rubble of the central security headquarters and prison, known as the Saraya, after it was hit in an Israeli missile strike, in Gaza City, in this Sunday, Dec. 28, 2008 photo from files. British lawyers looking for ways to hold Israel accountable for its deadly advance into Gaza last year have expanded their legal campaign by seeking the arrest of Israeli military officers entering Britain. The attorneys plan to go to British courts to obtain arrest warrants against individuals linked to suspected war crimes so they would be taken into custody if they entered Britain, Daniel Machover, a lawyer coordinating the legal team, said Tuesday, Oct. 27 2009. (AP Photo/Majed Hamdan, File)AP - British lawyers looking for ways to hold Israel accountable for its deadly advance into Gaza last year have expanded their legal campaign by seeking the arrest of Israeli military officers entering Britain.

Ex-Gitmo detainees sue UK to make evidence public (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2009 11:14 AM PDT

Musician Tom Morello performs in Los Angeles, California, in September 2009. A group of top US acts including REM and Pearl Jam on Thursday expressed outrage that loud music was being blasted at Guantanamo detainees as part of AP - Seven former Guantanamo Bay detainees asked the High Court in London on Tuesday to reject a government request to use secret sessions to hear allegations that Britain was complicit in their torture overseas.

Somali pirates say holding Britons, EU spots yacht (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Oct 2009 11:07 AM PDT

A map locating where the vessel lost contact. Somali pirates said Tuesday they had hijacked a small sailing yacht with two foreigners on board, most likely a British couple reported missing since leaving the Seychelles last week.(AFP/Graphic)Reuters - Somali pirates said on Tuesday they had seized a yacht in the Indian Ocean with a British couple aboard and were taking the vessel to the Horn of Africa nation with a view to demanding a ransom.

Luxembourg PM rejects Blair as EU president (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2009 10:37 AM PDT

AP - Luxembourg's premier spoke out Tuesday against former British Prime Minister Tony Blair's candidacy to become the European Union's first-ever president.

FTSE 100 advances on resurgent oil stocks (AFP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2009 10:35 AM PDT

The leading stock exchange continued to make progress, fuelled by resurgent oil stocks -- after BP reported a narrower-than-forecast decline in profits -- which offset losses in the banking sector.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)AFP - The leading stock exchange continued to make progress on Tuesday, fuelled by resurgent oil stocks -- after BP reported a narrower-than-forecast decline in profits -- which offset losses in the banking sector.

Poll finds Canada disenchanted with British royals: report (AFP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2009 10:01 AM PDT

Queen Elizabeth II at Windsor Castle. Britain's royal family has a serious image problem in Canada, public broadcaster CBC reported Tuesday, citing a national poll taken ahead of a visit here by Prince Charles.(AFP/POOL/Leon Neal)AFP - Britain's royal family has a serious image problem in Canada, public broadcaster CBC reported Tuesday, citing a national poll taken ahead of a visit here by Prince Charles.

UK Jewish school denies racial discrimination (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2009 09:57 AM PDT

Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth Jonathan Sacks, right, leaves the Supreme Court in London during an appeal hearing for the JFS school (formerly the Jewish Free School), Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009. Three judges at the Court of Appeal ruled in June this year that the pupil entry criteria of the school racially discriminated against a boy, referred to as M, because his mother was not officially recognized as a Jew. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)AP - A leading Jewish school asked Britain's Supreme Court on Tuesday to overturn a ruling that said it racially discriminated against a boy when it refused to accept him as a pupil because it did not recognize his mother as Jewish.

UK press casts doubt on Blair's EU presidency merits (AFP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2009 09:33 AM PDT

UK newspapers are busy dissecting whether former prime minister Tony Blair, seen here on October 20, would be the right man to become the first EU president, with many saying the war in Iraq had blotted his CV.(AFP/File/Gali Tibbon)AFP - UK newspapers are busy dissecting whether former prime minister Tony Blair would be the right man to become the first EU president, with many saying the war in Iraq had blotted his CV.

Queen welcomes Indian president (AFP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2009 09:24 AM PDT

The President of the Republic of India Pratibha Patil (R) is greeted by Queen Elizabeth II as she arrives in Windsor. Patil received a red-carpet welcome from the Queen on Tuesday at the start of a three-day state visit to former colonial power Britain.(AFP/POOL/Leon Neal)AFP - Indian President Pratibha Patil received a red-carpet welcome from Queen Elizabeth II on Tuesday at the start of a three-day state visit to former colonial power Britain.

Spike in numbers of Down's Syndrome pregnancies (AFP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2009 09:01 AM PDT

A doctor conducts a scan on a pregnant woman. The number of women in England and Wales conceiving babies with Down's Syndrome has leapt by more than 70 percent in the last two decades, researchers said on Tuesday.(AFP/File/Mychele Daniau)AFP - The number of women conceiving babies with Down's Syndrome has leapt by more than 70 percent in the last two decades, researchers said on Tuesday.

BP profit slides on lower oil prices (AFP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2009 08:46 AM PDT

Energy giant BP said its third-quarter net profit sank 34% to $5.34 billion (£3.26 billion), hit by lower oil prices and despite higher production.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)AFP - Energy giant BP said Tuesday that its third-quarter net profit sank 34 percent to 5.34 billion dollars (3.26 billion pounds), hit by lower oil prices and despite higher production.

Gurkhas in fresh court battle over pensions (AFP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2009 08:35 AM PDT

A Gurkha soldier is pictured outside the High Court in central London. Veteran Gurkha soldiers from Nepal have launched another court battle against the government -- this time over pension rights.(AFP/Shaun Curry)AFP - Veteran Gurkha soldiers from Nepal on Tuesday launched another court battle against the government -- this time over pension rights.

Three Kenyans tried for British pensioners' murder (AFP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2009 08:09 AM PDT

Map of Kenya locating the coastal city of Mombassa where three Kenyans have been arraigned over the murder of a British couple earlier this month.(AFP/Graphic)AFP - Three Kenyans were on Tuesday arraigned in a court in the coastal city of Mombasa over the murder of a British couple earlier this month.

British couple missing near pirate-infested waters (AFP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2009 08:02 AM PDT

A European Union NAVFOR picture shows boarding teams of the warship Bremen on their rigid inflatable boat (centre) stopping two pirate attack skiffs in the Indian Ocean, off the coast of Somalia. Somali pirates say they have hijacked a small sailing yacht with two foreigners on board, most likely a British couple reported missing since leaving the Seychelles last week.(AFP/HO/File)AFP - The British foreign ministry said on Tuesday it was urgently trying to locate a British couple whose yacht sent a distress signal while sailing near pirate-infested waters, and has not been seen since.

BP Q3 profit down by a third, tops forecasts (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2009 07:40 AM PDT

AP - BP PLC, Europe's second-largest oil company, reported higher than expected profits in the third quarter though earnings were depressed by the sharp fall in oil and gas prices in the past year.

Baby P abuser wins sentence appeal (AFP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2009 07:14 AM PDT

Police image of Jason Owen, one of three people convicted for the brutal torture and death of Baby Peter, who is planning to appeal against his jail sentence.(AFP/File)AFP - One of the three people involved in the brutal torture and death of Baby Peter on Tuesday won an appeal to have his indefinite jail sentence reduced.

New movie takes aim at celebrity journalism (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2009 07:08 AM PDT

In this Friday, Oct. 23, 2009, Chris Atkins, director of the documentary 'Star Suckers' is seen during an interview in his office in London. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)AP - What do Amy Winehouse's flaming beehive and Guy Ritchie's self-inflicted black eye have in common?

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