2009年11月22日星期日

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

BA warns cabin crew over strike: report (AFP)

Posted: 22 Nov 2009 05:03 PM PST

British Airways chief executive Willie Walsh, pictured in January 2009, warned his cabin crew Monday that he will not compromise on cost-cutting measures ahead of possible strike action next month.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - British Airways chief executive Willie Walsh warned his cabin crew Monday that he will not compromise on cost-cutting measures ahead of possible strike action next month.

Recession triggers upheaval in British business: employers (AFP)

Posted: 22 Nov 2009 03:05 PM PST

Richard Lambert, Director General of the Confederation of British Industry, (CBI) attends the CBI Interactive Conference 2007, in central London. British business will reshape the way it works as a consequence of the recession, with innovative lending practices and commercial models emerging, the nation's top employers' body said Monday.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - British business will reshape the way it works as a consequence of the recession, with innovative lending practices and commercial models emerging, the nation's top employers' body said Monday.

UK checks safety of 1,800 bridges after storms (AP)

Posted: 22 Nov 2009 01:48 PM PST

An aerial view of the destroyed Northside bridge, in Workington England Friday Nov. 20, 2009 as floods submerge large parts of Cumbria. Military helicopters winched dozens of people to safety and emergency workers in inflatable boats rescued scores more as floods on Friday swamped northern England's picturesque Lake District. (AP Photo/ Peter Byrne/PA)AP - Police and army experts say they're urgently checking the safety of about 1,800 bridges in northern England amid some of the worst storms ever recorded in Britain.

British royal heirlooms fetch $3.4 million at sale (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Nov 2009 12:20 PM PST

Reuters - Royal heirlooms from the collection of Prince George Duke of Kent, son of King George V, and his wife Princess Marina, fetched 2.1 million pounds ($3.5 million) at an auction late Friday, nearly double pre-sale estimates.

Clean-up underway in Britain after floods (AFP)

Posted: 22 Nov 2009 12:05 PM PST

Livestock on farmland near Dumfries, Scotland, seek dry ground after serious flooding affected the area.(AFP/Andy Buchanan)AFP - Clean-up efforts were underway Sunday in flood-hit towns following the heaviest downpours ever recorded in England, as fears mounted for a woman thought swept into a swollen river in Wales.

Report: Leaked UK documents detail Iraq war chaos (AP)

Posted: 22 Nov 2009 09:42 AM PST

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair speaks after he addressing delegates attending the Sierra Leone Trade and Investment Forum on 'Why I am supporting Sierra Leone', in London Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009. Blair is believed to be one of the candidates for the position of the first full-time President of the European Union, whose appointment will be decided by EU leaders at a dinner in Brussels, Thursday Nov. 18, 2009.(AP Photo/Sang Tan)AP - Leaked British government documents call into question ex-Prime Minister Tony Blair's public statements on the buildup to the Iraq war and show plans for the U.S.-led 2003 invasion were being made more than a year earlier, a newspaper reported Sunday.

Report: UK's Cadbury won't bite on Hershey offer (AP)

Posted: 22 Nov 2009 08:06 AM PST

AP - British candy company Cadbury PLC will reject an expected 10.3 billion pound ($17 billion) takeover bid from U.S. confectionary giant Hershey Co., a newspaper reported Sunday.

Dissidents suspected in N. Ireland bomb attempt (AFP)

Posted: 22 Nov 2009 07:22 AM PST

A police forensic team examine a car in front of the Policing Board headquarters in Belfast, Northern Ireland. A massive car bomb that failed to explode properly was designed to cause widespread destruction, police have said, underscoring the threat posed by dissident groups to Northern Ireland's fragile peace.(AFP/Str)AFP - A massive car bomb in Belfast that failed to explode properly was designed to cause widespread destruction, police said Sunday, underscoring the threat posed by dissident groups to Northern Ireland's fragile peace.

Remains of 15 British Tommies found in France (AFP)

Posted: 22 Nov 2009 07:10 AM PST

Some of the 24 skeletons of British soldiers, killed during an offensive in World War I, which were discovered near Arras, northern France, in 2001. The remains of 15 British soldiers who were killed in the early months of World War I have been found in northern France this week 95 years after their deaths, a local mayor has said.(AFP/ARRAS ARCHEOLOGIE/File/null)AFP - The remains of 15 British soldiers who were killed in the early months of World War I were found in northern France this week 95 years after their deaths, a local mayor said on Sunday.

UK had sketchy post-invasion Iraq plan: report (AFP)

Posted: 22 Nov 2009 05:00 AM PST

A British soldier waves as he rides in a military vehicle along the parade ground in Baghdad's fortified AFP - Britain had no effective plan for what to do after coalition forces overthrew leader Saddam Hussein following the 2003 invasion of Iraq, a newspaper reported on Sunday, citing a leaked army analysis.

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