2009年11月29日星期日

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Britain's Royal Society puts rare scientific manuscripts online (AFP)

Posted: 29 Nov 2009 04:16 PM PST

Historic manuscripts by ground-breaking scientists will be published online for the first time, Britain's Royal Society said Monday. The works include a 1770 scientific study confirming that composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was a genius and, more recently, acclaimed British scientist Stephen Hawking's early writings on black holes.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - Historic manuscripts by Sir Isaac Newton, Benjamin Franklin and other ground-breaking scientists will be published online for the first time, Britain's Royal Society said Monday.

Royal Society celebrates 350 years of discovery (AP)

Posted: 29 Nov 2009 04:02 PM PST

AP - Sometimes, history's turning points come in blood and gunfire, and sometimes in pen and ink.

British reality TV star's album shoots straight to number one (AFP)

Posted: 29 Nov 2009 01:33 PM PST

Susan Boyle's album ?I Dreamed A Dream' made chart history after her debut album shot straight to number one in Britain, music officials said Sunday.(Amazon.co.uk)AFP - Scottish singing sensation Susan Boyle has made chart history after her debut album shot straight to number one in Britain, music officials said Sunday.

British paper missing from Dubai news-stands over 'insult' (AFP)

Posted: 29 Nov 2009 01:23 PM PST

Skyscrapers line Sheikh Zayed road in the Gulf emirate of Dubai. Britain's Sunday Times newspaper was barred from news-stands in Dubai this week because of a graphic showing the emirate's ruler sinking in a sea of debt, which a media body judged to be an AFP - The Sunday Times newspaper was barred from news-stands in Dubai this week because of a graphic showing the emirate's ruler sinking in a sea of debt, which a media body judged to be an "insult."

Blair denies govt attorney advised Iraq war was 'illegal' (AFP)

Posted: 29 Nov 2009 01:10 PM PST

Tony Blair on Sunday denied a report that the British government's chief legal adviser told him before the start of the Iraq War that deposing Saddam Hussein would contravene international law.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - Tony Blair on Sunday denied a report that his government's chief legal adviser told him before the start of the Iraq War that deposing Saddam Hussein would contravene international law.

Pakistan must step up action against al Qaeda: Brown (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Nov 2009 07:14 AM PST

Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown meets children participating in a mini-sports festival in Port of Spain in Trinidad November 28, 2009. REUTERS/Toby MelvilleReuters - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has called on Pakistan to take tougher action against al Qaeda and step up its efforts to track down the group's leader Osama bin Laden.

UK calls on Pakistan to step up Al-Qaeda action (AFP)

Posted: 29 Nov 2009 05:19 AM PST

Pakistani police anti-terrorism personnel from southern Sindh province demonstrate their skills during a passing out ceremony in Karachi on November 18. Prime Minister Gordon Brown has urged Pakistan to step up its action against Al-Qaeda and hunt down leader Osama bin Laden and his deputy Ayman al-Zawahiri.(AFP/File/Rizwan Tabassum)AFP - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown urged Pakistan on Sunday to step up its action against Al-Qaeda and hunt down leader Osama bin Laden and his deputy Ayman al-Zawahiri.

Afghanistan to be given timetable for progress (AP)

Posted: 28 Nov 2009 10:40 PM PST

This Saturday, Nov. 28, 2009 photo released by the United Nations shows UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon, right, meeting with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown in the International Financial Center in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. (AP Photo/United Nations, Evan Schneider)AP - Countries backing Afghanistan's government are going to demand that it meet specific security benchmarks, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Saturday, outlining a plan to let foreign troops gradually hand control to local forces.

British PM sets targets for Afghan president (AFP)

Posted: 28 Nov 2009 07:04 PM PST

Prince Charles presents Afghanistan campaign medals to troops in London. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has upped the pressure on Afghan President Hamid Karzai insisting he draw up in the next two months an action plan to enable foreign forces to start withdrawing(AFP/Pool/File/Suzanne Plunkett)AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Sunday he wanted to set President Hamid Karzai a series of three-monthly targets so that international forces can start to hand over control of Afghanistan.

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