2009年11月11日星期三

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Defence officials in multi-million pound bonuses row (AFP)

Posted: 11 Nov 2009 04:58 PM PST

British soldiers stationed in Afghanistan take part in a Remembrance Sunday ceremony at a base in Kandahar on November 8. Public servants at the Ministry of Defence have been paid 47 million pounds in bonuses so far this year, officials said late Wednesday, sparking anger from families of soldiers killed in Afghanistan.(AFP/File/Manpreet Romana)AFP - Public servants at the Ministry of Defence have been paid 47 million pounds in bonuses so far this year, officials said late Wednesday, sparking anger from families of soldiers killed in Afghanistan.

Miliband rejects EU role for election battle at home (AFP)

Posted: 11 Nov 2009 03:41 PM PST

Foreign Secretary David Miliband, pictured on November 4, firmly ruled himself out of the race for the European Union's new foreign affairs job on Wednesday, saying he wanted to AFP - Foreign Secretary David Miliband firmly ruled himself out of the race for the European Union's new foreign affairs job on Wednesday, saying he wanted to "stay and fight" an imminent election.

Iran condemns Oxford for honoring slain protester (AP)

Posted: 11 Nov 2009 01:01 PM PST

FILE - This photo dated May 2009 and provided by Caspian Makan, 37-year-old photojournalist in Tehran who identified himself as the boyfriend of Neda Agha Soltan. The photo purports to show Neda Agha Soltan whose death on a Tehran, Iran, street was captured graphically on amateur videos which were published on the World Wide Web. Iran has protested to an Oxford University college over a scholarship in memory of the slain Iranian student who became an icon of mass street protests sparked by the disputed June election. In Tehran, a small group of hard-line women demonstrated Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009 against the scholarship in front of the British Embassy. (AP Photo/Courtesy Caspian Makan, File) EDS NOTE: THE AP CANNOT INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE AUTHENTICITY OF THIS IMAGE - EDITORIAL USE ONLYAP - Iran has protested to an Oxford University college over a scholarship in memory of the slain Iranian student who became an icon of mass street protests sparked by the disputed June election.

Britons among the "ugliest people", dating site says (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Nov 2009 11:53 AM PST

Reuters - Britons are among the ugliest people in the world, according to a dating website that says it only allows "beautiful people" to join.

IRA suspect charged with '77 murder of British spy (AP)

Posted: 11 Nov 2009 11:34 AM PST

Kevin Crilly, from Jonesborough, Co Armagh, Northern Ireland, arrives at Newry Magistrates' Court Wednesday Nov. 11, 2009. An Irish Republican Army suspect has been charged with murdering a British Army intelligence agent on the Northern Ireland border 32 years ago, one of the conflict's most mysterious unsolved killings. Northern Ireland state prosecutors levied the surprise new charge Wednesday at a bail hearing for 58-year-old Kevin Crilly. (AP Photo / Paul Faith)AP - A suspected Irish Republican Army man was charged Wednesday with the murder of a British Army intelligence agent on the Northern Ireland border 32 years ago, a surprising turn in one of the conflict's most mysterious killings.

UK to hold DNA of innocent people for 6 years (AP)

Posted: 11 Nov 2009 11:02 AM PST

AP - Britain said Wednesday it plans to get rid of DNA profiles of most innocent people after six years in response to a European Court ruling that said keeping the information indefinitely was a violation of human rights.

Opera-loving Scottish widow leaves millions to Met (AP)

Posted: 11 Nov 2009 10:35 AM PST

AP - Mona Webster had two passions: birds and music.

Britain offers land for Cyprus reunification (AFP)

Posted: 11 Nov 2009 10:34 AM PST

Prime Minister Gordon Brown, seen here at 10 Downing Street, told visiting Cypriot president that Britain had renewed an offer to make available half of its territory on Cyprus if the island can be reunited.(AFP/Ben Stansall)AFP - Britain has renewed an offer to make available half of its territory on Cyprus if the island can be reunited, Prime Minister Gordon Brown said after talks with the Cypriot president in London.

UK's Brown: Obama's Afghan troop decision due soon (AP)

Posted: 11 Nov 2009 09:59 AM PST

AP - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown says President Barack Obama will announce his decision on sending more U.S. troops to Afghanistan within days.

United Airlines pilot charged with being drunk (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Nov 2009 09:21 AM PST

Reuters - A United Airlines pilot has been charged after being arrested at London's Heathrow Airport on suspicion of being drunk shortly before he was about to fly a transatlantic airliner, police said on Wednesday.

Britons question reasons for Afghan conflict: poll (AFP)

Posted: 11 Nov 2009 08:29 AM PST

British soldiers with the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) on patrol in Helmand province in July. Nearly half of Britons think the military campaign in Afghanistan is actually increasing the threat of a terrorist attack on home soil, a poll said, amid rising public criticism of the war.(AFP/File/Abdul Malik)AFP - Nearly half of Britons think the military campaign in Afghanistan is actually increasing the threat of a terrorist attack on home soil, a poll said Wednesday, amid rising public criticism of the war.

Strength of economic recovery 'highly uncertain': BoE (AFP)

Posted: 11 Nov 2009 08:22 AM PST

Dark clouds hover over the City of London. The strength of Britain's recovery from a record recession is AFP - The strength of Britain's recovery from a record recession will be "highly uncertain" amid "sharply" rising inflation, the Bank of England warned on Wednesday, provoking a slump in sterling.

Oxford defends scholarship in name of Iran protester (AFP)

Posted: 11 Nov 2009 07:55 AM PST

A person makes the V-victory sign in front of a poster of Iranian Neda Agha-Soltan, who was killed when hit by a bullet during a protest in Tehran earlier this year. Oxford University has defended a decision to set up a scholarship in honour of an Iranian student shot dead during protests which followed Iran's disputed elections, in a move which has enraged Tehran.(AFP/File/Boris Horvat)AFP - Oxford University on Wednesday defended a decision to set up a scholarship in honour of an Iranian student shot dead during protests which followed Iran's disputed elections, in a move which has enraged Tehran.

Penelope Curtis named new Tate Britain director (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Nov 2009 07:51 AM PST

Reuters - Penelope Curtis, curator of the Henry Moore Institute in Leeds since 1999, has been named as the new director of Tate Britain in London, the museum said on Wednesday.

Obama to make troops decision 'in a few days': British PM (AFP)

Posted: 11 Nov 2009 07:46 AM PST

US President Barack Obama (R) and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, seen here in September 2009. Brown said Wednesday he expected Obama to announce new US troop numbers for Afghanistan AFP - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Wednesday he expected President Barack Obama to announce new US troop numbers for Afghanistan "in a few days".

DNA of innocent people 'to be held for 6 years' (AFP)

Posted: 11 Nov 2009 07:42 AM PST

A woman has her mouth swabbed. The DNA of innocent people arrested then cleared without charge will be held by the government for no more than six years, the Home Office has said.(AFP/Getty Images/File/William Thomas Cain)AFP - The DNA of innocent people arrested then cleared without charge will be held by the government for no more than six years, the Home Office said on Wednesday.

Cypriots guarded over British land offer (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Nov 2009 07:37 AM PST

Reuters - Cypriots gave a guarded response Wednesday to Britain's offer to hand back half its remaining three percent of Cyprus's landmass if rival sides on the ethnically split island reach a peace deal.

British fashion label Luella stops trading (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Nov 2009 07:00 AM PST

Reuters - Luella Bartley, the young British designer whose quirky yet feminine designs have adorned model Kate Moss and singer Lily Allen, has become the latest fashion casualty of the recession.

Britain remembers WWI's lost generation (AFP)

Posted: 11 Nov 2009 04:10 AM PST

Britain's last surviving World War I veteran, 108-year-old Claude Ghoules, sitting in his retirement home in Perth, Western Australia on November 9. Queen Elizabeth II has led Britain in marking Armistice Day -- along with troops on the frontline in Afghanistan -- while commemorating the passing of the World War I generation of soldiers.(AFP/HO/Australian Department Of Defence)AFP - Queen Elizabeth II led Britain in marking Armistice Day on Wednesday -- along with troops on the frontline in Afghanistan -- while commemorating the passing of the World War I generation of soldiers.

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