2009年11月3日星期二

Yahoo! News: World - Britain

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Ex-minister urges troops out of Afghanistan (AFP)

Posted: 03 Nov 2009 05:48 PM PST

File photo shows British soldiers on top of an armored vehicle at Camp Bastion in Helmand Province. The government should withdraw its troops from Afghanistan, a former junior foreign minister said Wednesday, in a split with Prime Minister Gordon Brown's government over the drawn-out conflict.(AFP/File/Shah Marai)AFP - The government should withdraw its troops from Afghanistan, a former junior foreign minister said Wednesday, in a split with Prime Minister Gordon Brown's government over the drawn-out conflict.

Female workers sue Japanese bank for sexism in Britain (AFP)

Posted: 03 Nov 2009 02:11 PM PST

Businessmen walking past the headquarters of Japan's Nomura Holdings in Tokyo, in September 2009. Two female employees are suing Japanese bank in Britain for three million pounds after claiming they suffered sexist and racist behaviour from male colleagues, reports said Tuesday.(AFP/File/Yoshikazu Tsuno)AFP - Two female employees are suing Japanese bank Nomura in Britain for three million pounds after claiming they suffered sexist and racist behaviour from male colleagues, reports said Tuesday.

Darfur survivors granted right to stay: govt (AFP)

Posted: 03 Nov 2009 01:32 PM PST

Protesters demonstrate outside the Sudanese embassy in central London in March 2009. Survivors of the Darfur conflict will no longer be deported from Britain, the government said Tuesday, after concerns about a deterioration in conditions in the Sudanese capital.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - Survivors of the Darfur conflict will no longer be deported from Britain, the government said Tuesday, after concerns about a deterioration in conditions in the Sudanese capital.

I'm shy, not sexy: Brown (AFP)

Posted: 03 Nov 2009 10:56 AM PST

Prime Minister Gordon Brown, pictured in October 2009. Brown admitted he is shy and must improve his presentation skills, but insisted he cannot make himself AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown admitted he is shy and must improve his presentation skills, but insisted he cannot make himself "sexy" in time for elections next year, in comments released Tuesday.

Britain puts more money in banks, imposes breakup (AP)

Posted: 03 Nov 2009 09:57 AM PST

A man walks by the headquarter of Royal Bank of Scotland Group in the City of London, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009. Royal Bank of Scotland gets a further 25.5 billion pounds from the government — all at once, instead of in stages as announced in February. The bailed-out bank will also sell assets to comply with conditions for state aid and the government's stake will rise from 70 percent to 84 percent. The government also granted tax changes worth up to 11 billion pounds to RBS, and it will spend 5.7 billion pounds to buy its share of the new Lloyds shares. And the Treasury set aside a further 8 billion pounds to support RBS if its position deteriorates badly. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)AP - The British government moved Tuesday to break up the country's two biggest retail banks, imposing a major shakeup on the financial sector as it exacts payback for last year's massive state bailout at the height of the financial crisis.

HSBC bank to cut 1,700 jobs in Britain (AFP)

Posted: 03 Nov 2009 09:14 AM PST

A branch of the HSBC bank is pictured in central London.(AFP/Shaun Curry)AFP - Global banking giant HSBC is to cut more than 1,700 jobs across its retail banking division in Britain, a spokesman said on Tuesday.

FTSE 100 ends in the red (AFP)

Posted: 03 Nov 2009 09:11 AM PST

London shares ended in the red as investors digested the news of a huge overhaul of state-controlled banks Lloyds and Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS).(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)AFP - London shares ended in the red on Tuesday as investors digested the news of a huge overhaul of state-controlled banks Lloyds and Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS).

British coup-plotter freed in Equatorial Guinea (AP)

Posted: 03 Nov 2009 08:59 AM PST

In this Thursday, June 19, 2008 file photo, British ex-military officer Simon Mann, front right, accused of masterminding a failed coup plot, sits with other defendants at the start of the third day of trial proceedings, at a conference center in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea. Equatorial Guinea's chief judge said Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009, that convicted British coup plotter Mann and four South African mercenaries have been pardoned by the central African nation's president and will be freed shortly. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)AP - Equatorial Guinea freed a British coup-plotter and four South African mercenaries Tuesday after a presidential pardon for their foreign-bankrolled conspiracy to overthrow the government and take over the country's oil riches.

Britain shakes up banking sector (AFP)

Posted: 03 Nov 2009 08:13 AM PST

A man walks past the entrance to the London headquarters of the Royal Bank of Scotland. The government said it will force state-rescued Royal Bank of Scotland and Lloyds to sell assets in a bid to revive the sector and address EU concerns, and will inject another 30 billion pounds into them.(AFP/File/Carl de Souza)AFP - The government will force state-rescued banks RBS and Lloyds Banking Group to sell assets in a massive shake-up of the banking sector but will support them with 30 billion pounds, it was announced on Tuesday.

Parents in court over their baby's right to die (AFP)

Posted: 03 Nov 2009 08:08 AM PST

The statue of justice. A seriously ill baby whose parents are locked in a legal battle about whether to keep him on the ventilator which allows him to breathe is living AFP - A seriously ill baby whose parents are locked in a legal battle about whether to keep him on the ventilator which allows him to breathe is living "on a knife edge", the High Court in London heard Tuesday.

British, South African mercenaries freed (AFP)

Posted: 03 Nov 2009 08:02 AM PST

British mercenary Simon Mann is pictured at Malabo's courthouse in 2008. Equatorial Guinea has granted amnesty to Mann and South African Nick Du Toit, two mercenaries convicted for an attempted coup plot in March 2004, national radio has announced.(AFP/File/Rodrigo Angue Nguema)AFP - British and South African mercenaries Simon Mann and Nick Du Toit were freed from jail Tuesday in Equatorial Guinea, pardoned after a 2004 coup bid, communication minister Jeronimo Osa Osa Ekoro said.

Bank HSBC cutting 1,700 UK jobs (AP)

Posted: 03 Nov 2009 07:05 AM PST

AP - HSBC Holdings PLC says it is cutting 1,700 positions from its British work force.

Kate Winslet accepts damages from UK newspaper (AP)

Posted: 03 Nov 2009 06:42 AM PST

AP - Lawyers for Kate Winslet say the actress has accepted 25,000 pounds (more than $40,000) in damages after the Daily Mail falsely reported in January she lied about her exercise regime.

New video on missing British girl Madeleine McCann (AP)

Posted: 03 Nov 2009 06:41 AM PST

This computer generated image made available by Britain's Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (Ceop) shows how Madeleine McCann might look now, right, and with dark brown hair and tanned skin in case she has been living in north Africa, left. The images are taken from a one minute film by Ceop made available Tuesday Nov. 3, 2009. British police appealed today for internet users worldwide to spread the new video aimed at pricking the conscience of the key witnesses who know what happened to Madeleine McCann. (AP Photo/Ceop)AP - British police on Tuesday released a new video imagining what missing girl Madeleine McCann would look like now, at age six, and urged Internet users to spread the pictures as widely as they can.

Sacked man wins tribunal right over green views (AFP)

Posted: 03 Nov 2009 06:03 AM PST

Women stand in front of a power plant. An environmentalist who claims he lost his job because of his green views was granted permission to take his former employer to a tribunal, his lawyer said.(AFP/File/Joe Klamar)AFP - An environmentalist who claims he lost his job because of his green views was granted permission Tuesday to take his former employer to a tribunal, his lawyer said.

New video plea for missing girl Madeleine (AFP)

Posted: 03 Nov 2009 06:01 AM PST

This computer generated image made available by Britain's Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (Ceop) shows how Madeleine McCann might look now, right, and with dark brown hair and tanned skin in case she has been living in north Africa, left. The images are taken from a one minute film by Ceop made available Tuesday Nov. 3, 2009. British police appealed today for internet users worldwide to spread the new video aimed at pricking the conscience of the key witnesses who know what happened to Madeleine McCann. (AP Photo/Ceop)AFP - Police Tuesday released an Internet video of Madeleine McCann, who disappeared two years ago in Portugal at the age of three, with tanned skin and darker hair which she might have if held captive in a warmer climate.

Home prices rise in October: survey (AFP)

Posted: 03 Nov 2009 05:43 AM PST

An estate agents window display in Epping, 2008. Home prices rose 1.2 percent in October from September, marking the fourth straight monthly gain, a survey from home-loans provider Halifax showed.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - Home prices rose 1.2 percent in October from September, marking the fourth straight monthly gain, a survey from home-loans provider Halifax showed on Tuesday.

Lloyds, RBS agree to massive shake-up (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Nov 2009 05:09 AM PST

A pedestrian passes the head office of the Lloyds Banking Group in central London August 5, 2009. REUTERS/Stefan WermuthReuters - Britain's two largest retail lenders are to get another 31 billion pounds from the government and have agreed to sell hundreds of branches and key businesses to appease EU competition concerns over state aid.

Country's oldest dinosaur to be dug up (AFP)

Posted: 03 Nov 2009 04:13 AM PST

A woman investigates a piece of rock containing remains of Thecodontosaurus antiquus. The country's oldest dinosaur, which has been buried in rock since it roamed the Triassic landscape over 200 million years ago, is to be excavated, researchers said.(Bristol University/Simon Powell)AFP - The country's oldest dinosaur, which has been buried in rock since it roamed the Triassic landscape over 200 million years ago, is to be excavated, researchers said Tuesday.

Child obesity rates 'may be slowing down' (AFP)

Posted: 03 Nov 2009 02:43 AM PST

An obese child steps on a scale. The recent sharp rise in child obesity may be about to level off, according to research released by the National Heart Forum (NHF).(AFP/File/Francois Guillot)AFP - The recent sharp rise in child obesity may be about to level off, according to research released by the National Heart Forum (NHF) on Tuesday.

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