2009年11月26日星期四

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

UFO-obsessed Briton loses bid to block US extradition (AFP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2009 02:55 PM PST

Briton Gary McKinnon leaves the High Court in central London in January 2009. McKinnon, accused of hacking into US military and NASA computers, faces extradition to the United States after the British government Thursday rejected last-ditch requests to block the move.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - A Briton accused of hacking into US military and NASA computers faces extradition to the United States after the British government Thursday rejected last-ditch requests to block the move.

UK gov't will not stop extradition of hacker to US (AP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2009 01:54 PM PST

AP - The British government said Thursday it will not prevent the extradition of an autistic hacker accused of breaking into U.S. military computers.

Families evacuated after major London blaze (AFP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2009 01:12 PM PST

London firefighters attend the scene of a blaze in Peckham. More than 300 people were evacuated overnight after a huge fire broke out next to several blocks of flats in London, emergency services said Thursday.(AFP/Shaun Curry)AFP - More than 300 people were evacuated overnight after a huge fire broke out next to several blocks of flats in London, emergency services said Thursday.

GM unit says no job cuts due at British car plant (AFP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2009 01:06 PM PST

The GM Vauxhall motors plant is pictured in Ellesmere port in Liverpool. Vauxhall, the British arm of General Motors, on Thursday ruled out job cuts at its main car plant as it announced plans to increase the factory's production.(AFP/File/Andrew Yates)AFP - Vauxhall, the British arm of General Motors, on Thursday ruled out job cuts at its main car plant as it announced plans to increase the factory's production.

Metal-detector enthusiast unearths $5.5 million in gold (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Nov 2009 10:58 AM PST

A strip of gold bearing a Biblical inscription, part of a hoard of Anglo-Saxon treasure named 'The Staffordshire Hoard', is held by a member of museum staff at the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery in Birmingham, central England September 24, 2009. REUTERS/Eddie KeoghReuters - The largest haul of Anglo-Saxon gold ever discovered, unearthed by a metal-detector enthusiast in a farmer's field, has been valued at 3.28 million pounds ($5.5 million) by a committee of experts.

Did Jesus headline Glastonbury before Springsteen? (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Nov 2009 10:07 AM PST

Two people walk through the litter strewn muddy field in front of the 'Other' stage in the early hours of the morning at the end of Glastonbury Festival 2009 in south west England June 29, 2009. REUTERS/Luke MacGregorReuters - Jesus Christ may have visited an English town now renowned for a raucous modern-day music festival to meet ancient druids, a new film argues.

FTSE 100 plunges on Dubai debt move (AFP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2009 09:48 AM PST

The London Stock Exchange plunged more than three percent on Thursday after Dubai's shock call to suspend the debt of a key state company fuelled anxiety over heavy public borrowing.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)AFP - The London Stock Exchange plunged more than three percent on Thursday after Dubai's shock call to suspend the debt of a key state company fuelled anxiety over heavy public borrowing.

Blair's stance 'hardened' after Bush talks: probe (AFP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2009 08:36 AM PST

Then US President George W. Bush and then British Prime Minister Tony Blair wave upon Blair's arrival to Bush's ranch in Crawford, Texas in April 2002. Blair may have swung behind US calls for regime change in Iraq after meeting president Bush at his Texas ranch, a former top diplomat told an inquiry into the 2003 war.(AFP/File/Stephen Jaffe)AFP - Britain's Tony Blair may have swung behind US calls for regime change in Iraq after meeting President George W. Bush at his Texas ranch in 2002, a top diplomat told an inquiry into the war on Thursday.

Shareholders back record rights issue: Lloyds (AFP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2009 08:34 AM PST

A man walks into the Lloyds Banking Group headquaters in London, February 2009. Shareholders in state-controlled Lloyds Banking Group on Thursday overwhelmingly approved its plans to raise 13.5 billion pounds in Britain's biggest-ever rights issue, the bank said.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - Shareholders in state-controlled Lloyds Banking Group on Thursday overwhelmingly approved its plans to raise 13.5 billion pounds in Britain's biggest-ever rights issue, the bank said.

Ex-UK envoy: US focused on Iraq hours after 9/11 (AP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2009 08:28 AM PST

Christopher Meyer, former British Ambassador to the U. S., arrives for the Iraq war inquiry in London, Thursday, Nov. 26, 2009. Meyer served as then-Prime Minister Tony Blair's envoy to Washington, and is due to testify before the Iraq war inquiry about Britain's relations with the United States in the run-up to the conflict, in the most sweeping inquiry by any nation involved in the Iraq war.(AP Photo/Akira Suemori)AP - Tony Blair could have delayed the 2003 invasion of Iraq and ensured better plans were in place for its chaotic aftermath by taking a tougher stance with President George W. Bush, Britain's ex-ambassador to Washington said Thursday.

Urinating student escapes jail term (AFP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2009 08:06 AM PST

Philip Laing -- the student who was photographed urinating over a Sheffield war memorial -- has been ordered to do community service, escaping a jail term.(AFP/File/Paul Ellis)AFP - The student who was photographed urinating over a Sheffield war memorial was ordered to do community service on Thursday, avoiding a jail term.

Anglo-Saxon find worth over 3 mln pounds (AFP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2009 07:53 AM PST

Visitors view artifacts at the Staffordshire Hoard exhibition at the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery in September. The record hoard of Anglo-Saxon treasure found in a field has been valued at more than three million pounds, to be split equally between the man who found it and the owner of the land.(AFP/File/Frantzesco Kangaris)AFP - A record hoard of Anglo-Saxon treasure found in a field in Staffordshire was valued Thursday at more than three million pounds, to be split equally between the man who found it and the owner of the land.

British banks must reveal top earners, review says (AP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2009 04:13 AM PST

AP - British banks should be forced to disclose the number of employees who earn more than 1 million pounds ($1.65 million) a year, a government-commissioned review of corporate governance in banks said Thursday.

Large fire hits SE London; 310 people evacuated (AP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2009 04:06 AM PST

Firefighters work at the scene of a fire in the Peckham area of London, where around 150 people were evacuated from their homes after a blaze at a building site spread to several blocks of housing apartments, early Thursday Nov. 26, 2009. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)AP - A fierce fire cut through apartment blocks and a construction site in southeast London early Thursday, spreading across a road and forcing the evacuation of hundreds of people.

Blair presses Iraq over press freedom (AFP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2009 03:54 AM PST

Former premier Tony Blair (pictured on November 18) has pressed Iraqi leaders to uphold media freedoms which Britain AFP - Tony Blair pressed Iraqi leaders Thursday to uphold media freedoms which Britain "fought for," after the Guardian's correspondent was fined for reporting criticism of Iraq's prime minister.

Share trading on London Stock Exchange frozen (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Nov 2009 03:35 AM PST

Reuters - Share trading on the London Stock Exchange has been halted by technical difficulties, a spokesman for the bourse operator said on Thursday.

BAE Systems to axe up to 642 jobs (AFP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2009 03:30 AM PST

Defence equipment firm BAE Systems has said it was planning to cut up to 642 jobs in Britain in order to AFP - Defence equipment firm BAE Systems on Thursday said it was planning to cut up to 642 jobs in Britain in order to "remain competitive."

Plans to force banks to reveal millionaire staff (AFP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2009 03:26 AM PST

The government will force banks to reveal the number of staff earning more than one million pounds a year under recommended reforms of governance in the financial sector.(AFP/File/Yoshikazu Tsuno)AFP - The government will force banks to reveal the number of staff earning more than one million pounds a year under recommended reforms of governance in the financial sector unveiled Thursday.

Massive UK treasure haul valued at $5.4 million (AP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2009 03:22 AM PST

AP - The British Museum says a massive haul of Anglo-Saxon gold found this summer by an unemployed amateur treasure-hunter has been valued at 3.285 million pounds ($5.435 million).

Freddie Mercury memorial a beacon for British Asians (AFP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2009 09:39 PM PST

Eighteen years since he died, an unglamorous London suburb has unveiled Britain's first memorial to Freddie Mercury, hoping it will inspire other local British Asians to take the world by storm.(AFP/File/Robin Millard)AFP - Eighteen years since he died, an unglamorous London suburb has unveiled Britain's first memorial to Freddie Mercury, hoping it will inspire other local British Asians to take the world by storm.

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