2009年11月9日星期一

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

BBC: David Miliband declines EU role (AP)

Posted: 09 Nov 2009 05:10 PM PST

AP - British foreign minister David Miliband has turned down the chance to become the European Union's envoy to the rest of the world, the BBC reported Monday.

British firm Globeleq quits Kenya wind farm project (AFP)

Posted: 09 Nov 2009 01:26 PM PST

British energy company Globeleq said Monday it was withdrawing from a giant wind farm project in northern Kenya after failing to reach agreement on buying a controlling stake.(Globeleq)AFP - British energy company Globeleq said Monday it was withdrawing from a giant wind farm project in northern Kenya after failing to reach agreement on buying a controlling stake.

Funeral 30 years on for Briton who died in Saudi (AFP)

Posted: 09 Nov 2009 12:32 PM PST

AFP - A British woman who died in Saudi Arabia more than 30 years ago was finally given her funeral Monday after her father relented in his bid to prove she was murdered.

The government announces new nuclear sites, plans shake-up (AFP)

Posted: 09 Nov 2009 10:30 AM PST

File picture shows barrels containing high level radioactive nuclear waste in a coolant tank at Sellafield nuclear plant. The government named 10 sites where new nuclear power stations could be built Monday, while unveiling changes to planning rules aimed at speeding up approval for energy projects.(AFP/File/Odd Andersen)AFP - The government named 10 sites where new nuclear power stations could be built Monday, while unveiling changes to planning rules aimed at speeding up approval for energy projects.

Funeral for UK nurse who died 30 years ago (AP)

Posted: 09 Nov 2009 09:51 AM PST

AP - The body of a British nurse who died 30 years ago in Saudi Arabia was cremated Monday after her father gave up his hope for a new investigation in her case.

Kraft Foods launches hostile Cadbury bid (AFP)

Posted: 09 Nov 2009 09:27 AM PST

The Cadbury chocolate factory in Birmingham.US giant Kraft Foods on Monday launched a hostile 9.8-billion-pound takeover bid for Cadbury which the British confectioner rejected as AFP - US giant Kraft Foods on Monday launched a hostile 9.8-billion-pound bid for Cadbury which the British confectioner rejected as "derisory" as new takeover action revitalises the business world.

Japanese manga comes to London's British Museum (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Nov 2009 08:18 AM PST

Reuters - Japanese manga artist Hoshino Yukinobu has brought his popular character Professor Munakata to London's British Museum, featuring some of the collection's most famous treasures in his drawings.

Cadbury rejects Kraft bid (AP)

Posted: 09 Nov 2009 08:02 AM PST

FILE - A worker fixes the display of Kraft Food's Oreo cookies at a Market in Palo Alto, Calif., in this file photo dated Monday, July 28, 2008. Shares in British chocolate maker Cadbury PLC edged higher on Monday Nov. 9, 2009, as a deadline loomed for Kraft Foods Inc. to make a formal takeover offer for the candy maker, or under British takeover rules Kraft will be prohibited from making a new offer for six months. Cadbury has already spurned a $16.7 billion cash-and-stock offer from Kraft. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, FILE)AP - British candy maker Cadbury PLC rejected a renewed 9.8 billion pound ($16.4 billion) hostile bid from Kraft Foods Inc. on Monday after the U.S. company refused to sweeten a previous offer.

Three held over Cornwall firework death fire (AFP)

Posted: 09 Nov 2009 07:52 AM PST

AFP - Three teenagers have been arrested in connection with the murder of a mother-of-nine in Cornwall who perished in a house fire that started after a firework was pushed through her letterbox on Bonfire Night.

"Ratty" on the rise in UK waterway sightings (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Nov 2009 07:32 AM PST

Snow is seen on top of narrow boats are seen at sunset on Regents Canal in Little Venice in central London February 3, 2009. REUTERS/Toby MelvilleReuters - A huge increase in sightings of the water vole in Britain could be good news for the animal immortalized as Ratty in Kenneth Grahame's classic book "The Wind in the Willows."

Brown: sorry for wrong Afghan condolence note (AP)

Posted: 09 Nov 2009 05:23 AM PST

Prime Minister Gordon Brown arrives at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin. Brown drew cautious support on Monday for his latest crusade to introduce a so-called AP - A handwritten condolence note written by Prime Minister Gordon Brown to the grieving mother of a soldier slain in Afghanistan caused the government fresh embarrassment on Monday.

Rise in reported cases of women committing child sex abuse (AFP)

Posted: 09 Nov 2009 05:08 AM PST

The shadow of a boy looking from the window of a classroom. The number of children reporting sexual abuse by women to the Childline charity has more than doubled over the past five years.(AFP/File/Sabah Arar)AFP - The number of children reporting sexual abuse by women to Childline has more than doubled over the past five years, the charity said on Monday.

£90 million lottery claims being verified (AFP)

Posted: 09 Nov 2009 04:49 AM PST

Two lucky ticketholders will become instant multi-millionaires if their claims for a share of the £90 million EuroMillions jackpot are approved by the National Lottery operator Camelot.(AFP/File)AFP - Two lucky ticketholders will on Monday become instant multi-millionaires if their claims are approved by the National Lottery operator Camelot.

PM contacts bereaved mother after mis-spelling name (AFP)

Posted: 09 Nov 2009 02:30 AM PST

Downing Street said Prime Minister Gordon Brown has personally contacted the mother of a soldier killed in Afghanistan to assure her that he meant no offence when he mis-spelt her surname in a letter of condolence.(AFP/File/John D Mchugh)AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown has personally contacted the mother of a soldier killed in Afghanistan to assure her that he meant no offence when he mis-spelt her surname in a letter of condolence, Downing Street said on Monday.

Press watchdog rejects tabloid hacking allegations (AFP)

Posted: 09 Nov 2009 12:40 AM PST

Former News of the World reporter Clive Goodman arrives at the Old Bailey for his trial in 2007. Goodman pleaded guilty to hacking into the mobile phone messages of Prince William. The Press Complaints Commission has dismissed allegations that News of the World hacked the mobile phones of celebrities, footballers and politicians to glean stories.(AFP/File/Adrian Dennis)AFP - The Press Complaints Commission has dismissed allegations that News of the World hacked the mobile phones of celebrities, footballers and politicians to glean stories.

Blair in last bid for EU president job: report (AFP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2009 06:09 PM PST

Former prime minister Tony Blair, seen here left in October 2006, has made a flurry of phone calls to European leaders, including EU Commission chief Manuel Barroso (right), in a last ditch effort to boost his chances of becoming EU president, a report has said.(AFP/File/Lefteris Pitarakis)AFP - Former prime minister Tony Blair has made a flurry of phone calls to European leaders in a last ditch effort to boost his chances of becoming EU president, according to a report Monday.

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