2009年11月8日星期日

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Quarter of people say capitalism fatally flawed (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Nov 2009 04:06 PM PST

Reuters - Nearly a quarter of people across 27 countries worldwide believe free market capitalism is fatally flawed, according to a poll published on Monday to mark 20 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall.

Leaders defend Afghan mission as Britain remembers war dead (AFP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2009 11:22 AM PST

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown arrives at the Cenotaph during the Remembrance Sunday service in Whitehall, London. Leaders sought to bolster public support for the war in Afghanistan on Sunday, as the deaths of two more soldiers brought a grim poignancy to Remembrance commemorations for the war dead.(AFP/Shaun Curry)AFP - Leaders sought to bolster public support for the war in Afghanistan on Sunday, as the deaths of two more soldiers brought a grim poignancy to Remembrance commemorations for the war dead.

Queen leads Britain's ceremony for war dead (AP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2009 09:48 AM PST

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II stands in front of poppy wreaths at the annual Remembrance Sunday ceremony at the cenotaph in London, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009. The annual remembrance service is held on the nearest Sunday to the anniversary of the end of World War I at 11 a.m. on Nov. 11, 1918, and pays tribute to all the dead in all conflicts. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)AP - Queen Elizabeth II led Britain's annual ceremony for the country's war dead Sunday, honoring them with a moment of silence as the military reported that more than 200 British soldiers have been killed in combat in Afghanistan.

British soldier killed in Afghanistan (AFP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2009 02:17 AM PST

British soldiers in Kabul in August 2009. A British soldier has been killed in an explosion in southern Afghanistan, bringing Britain's losses since the 2001 US-led invasion of the country to 231, the Ministry of Defence said Sunday.(AFP/File/Shah Marai)AFP - A British soldier has been killed in an explosion in southern Afghanistan, bringing Britain's losses since the 2001 US-led invasion of the country to 231, the Ministry of Defence said Sunday.

British soldier killed in southern Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2009 01:25 AM PST

An Afghan police officer stands guard as bicyclists ride past a roadside checkpoint in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009. Afghanistan's Defense Ministry said Saturday that a NATO air strike in the western province of Badghis mistakenly hit a joint base housing coalition troops and Afghan security forces, killing four Afghan soldiers and three policemen. NATO would not comment on whether an airstrike had taken place. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)AP - Britain's Defense Ministry says a British soldier has been killed in southern Afghanistan.

War support flagging as nation remembers fallen (AFP)

Posted: 07 Nov 2009 10:11 PM PST

Crosses bearing the names of Britain's fallen military dead, including those killed in Afghanistan, at Westminster Abbey in London. Britain's Foreign Secretary David Miliband and its top commander in Afghanistan on Sunday tried to revive support for the fight against the Taliban as thoughts on Remembrance Sunday turned to those killed.(AFP/File/Carl Court)AFP - Foreign Secretary David Miliband and the country's top commander in Afghanistan on Sunday tried to revive support for the fight against the Taliban as thoughts on Remembrance Sunday turned to those killed.

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