2009年11月21日星期六

Yahoo! News: World - Britain

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - Britain


Poll boost for beleaguered Brown (AFP)

Posted: 21 Nov 2009 04:55 PM PST

Prime Minister Gordon Brown speaks during a press conference on November 19. Brown's ruling Labour party is closing the gap with the main opposition Conservatives ahead of a general election due by June, a new poll showed Sunday.(AFP/File/John Thys)AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown's ruling Labour party is closing the gap with the main opposition Conservatives ahead of a general election due by June, a new poll showed Sunday.


Shots fired at N.Ireland police: report (AFP)

Posted: 21 Nov 2009 04:54 PM PST

Police patrol in Northern Ireland in March 2009. Police in Northern Ireland came under attack Saturday in a small village near the border with Ireland, the BBC reported, in an incident that will spark concerns of renewed violence in the province.(AFP/File/Peter Muhly)AFP - Police in Northern Ireland came under attack Saturday in a small village near the border with Ireland, the BBC reported, in an incident that will spark concerns of renewed violence in the province.


Rain-lashed Britain braces for fresh deluges (AFP)

Posted: 21 Nov 2009 03:38 PM PST

Residents walk past pass a hole in the road created by floods in Cockermouth, northwest England. Britain's flood-hit northwest braced Saturday for more devastation after river levels rose again and forecasters warned of more rain following unprecedented torrential deluges.(AFP/Paul Ellis)AFP - The flood-hit northwest braced Saturday for more devastation after river levels rose again and forecasters warned of more rain following unprecedented torrential deluges.


Afghan government would fall if NATO withdraws: UK minister (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Nov 2009 09:27 PM PST

Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai (R) speaks as British Foreign Secretary David Miliband listens during a meeting at the presidential palace in Kabul November 20, 2009. REUTERS/Massoud Hossain/PoolReuters - The Afghan government would quickly be overthrown if NATO troops pulled out of the country now, British Foreign Secretary David Miliband said Friday.


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