2009年12月4日星期五

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Knox jailed 26 yrs for sex murder of British housemate (AFP)

Posted: 04 Dec 2009 06:29 PM PST

US student Amanda Knox (L) is comforted by her lawyer at the courthouse in Perugia. Knox was found guilty early Saturday of murdering and sexually assaulting her British housemate Meredith Kercher in 2007 and sent to prison for 26 years.(AFP/Alberto Pizzoli)AFP - American Amanda Knox was found guilty early Saturday of murdering and sexually assaulting her British housemate Meredith Kercher in 2007 and sent to prison for 26 years.

Ex-Files: British military ends its UFO hot line (AP)

Posted: 04 Dec 2009 06:12 PM PST

This May 25, 1992 document made available by the British National Archives shows a UFO sighting report. Britain's military has closed a hotline that took reports of unidentified flying objects, or UFOs, after determining that the money is better spent in Afghanistan. The Ministry of Defense says that the phone service and an associated e-mail address were taken offline earlier this week, and said Friday, Dec. 4, 2009 that 50 years of UFO sightings had not revealed any evidence of alien life or threats to the U.K. (AP Photo/British National Archives)AP - The truth — and the UFOs — may be out there, but nobody in the British military is listening anymore.

Gino crowned King of the "I'm A Celebrity" Jungle (AFP)

Posted: 04 Dec 2009 03:22 PM PST

Italian chef Gino D'Acampo was crowned king of the AFP - Italian chef Gino D'Acampo was crowned king of the "I'm a Celebrity" jungle on Friday after swallowing a stomach-churning meal of rotten eggs, cockroaches and a crocodile's tongue in his final trial.

"Outbreak" show reveals Britain at war as a nation (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Dec 2009 09:41 AM PST

Reuters - Seventy years after British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain told his nation they were at war with Germany, London's Imperial War Museum has an exhibition exploring the outbreak of war in 1939 and the early years.

Reuters launches website overhaul (AFP)

Posted: 04 Dec 2009 09:07 AM PST

A new temporary sign is displayed on the Thomson Reuters building in Canary Wharf in London, in 2008. The international news agency Reuters launched a new version of its website on Friday, aiming to make it the AFP - The international news agency Reuters launched a new version of its website on Friday, aiming to make it the "best" financial Internet site in the world.

Govt shuts down UFO-hunting unit (AFP)

Posted: 04 Dec 2009 08:48 AM PST

This video grab from 1999 shows a ball of fire trailing across the sky. The government has shut a unit which has investigated UFO sightings for more than 50 years, judging its resources better spent on more earthly threats.(AFP/TV GRAB/File)AFP - The government has shut a unit which has investigated UFO sightings for more than 50 years, judging its resources better spent on more earthly threats, it said Friday.

UK sailors held by Iran return to Britain (AP)

Posted: 04 Dec 2009 08:30 AM PST

Luke Porter, second right, one of the five British yachtsmen detained in Iran but later freed, opens a bottle of champagne with other yachtsmen Oliver Smith, right, Oliver Young, left, Sam Usher, second left, and their family members as they are reunited at a hotel in west London, Friday, Dec. 4, 2009. Four of the British sailors flew back to London on Friday morning. (AP Photo/Akira Suemori, Pool)AP - A group of yachtsmen held briefly by Iran after their boat crossed into Iranian waters returned to Britain on Friday.

Ex-UK defense chief: US declared Iraq win too soon (AP)

Posted: 04 Dec 2009 07:55 AM PST

AP - A former British military chief says the United States decided that it had won the war in Iraq too soon.

After 50 years, UK ministry shuts down UFO unit (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Dec 2009 07:10 AM PST

Reuters - Britain's Ministry of Defense has had a close encounter of the credit crunch kind.

Kraft posts Cadbury offer (AP)

Posted: 04 Dec 2009 06:24 AM PST

AP - Kraft Foods Inc. says it has taken its 9.8 billion pound (16.3 billion) hostile share-and-cash offer for Cadbury PLC straight to shareholders of the British company.

"Dam Busters" star Richard Todd dies aged 90 (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Dec 2009 06:00 AM PST

Reuters - British actor and World War Two hero Richard Todd died Thursday aged 90, British media reported Friday.

Steelmaker Corus to cut 1,700 jobs in Britain (AFP)

Posted: 04 Dec 2009 05:51 AM PST

A man and a boy walk on the beach near the Corus steelworks at Redcar in May. Steelmaker Corus, owned by Indian interests, has said it is cutting 1,700 jobs at a plant in Teesside after running into a dispute with a consortium over a major contract.(AFP/File/Paul Ellis)AFP - Steelmaker Corus, owned by Indian interests, said on Friday it was cutting 1,700 jobs at a plant in Britain after running into a dispute with a consortium over a major contract.

Bailouts for banks hit £850 bln (AFP)

Posted: 04 Dec 2009 04:46 AM PST

The government's financial support including guarantees for its ailing banks has hit 850 billion pounds since the start of the crisis, a watchdog report said, amid tensions over bankers' bonuses.(AFP/File/Frantzesco Kangaris)AFP - The government's financial support including guarantees for its ailing banks has hit 850 billion pounds since the start of the crisis, a watchdog report said on Friday, amid tensions over bankers' bonuses.

UK chief rabbi calls for environmental Sabbath (AP)

Posted: 04 Dec 2009 02:56 AM PST

AP - Britain's chief rabbi has called for a Sabbath devoted to the environment ahead of the climate talks due to be held next week in Copenhagen.

Car sales soar by 57% in November (AFP)

Posted: 04 Dec 2009 01:47 AM PST

Ford cars for sale in Liverpool. Sales of new cars soared by 57.6 percent in November from sales at the same time last year, industry body the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders has said.(AFP/File/Paul Ellis)AFP - Sales of new cars soared by 57.6 percent in November from sales at the same time last year, industry body the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders said on Friday.

Detained British yachtsmen return to UK from Iran (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Dec 2009 12:57 AM PST

Oliver Young, left, one of the five British yachtsmen detained in Iran but later freed, hugs his mother Sue as they are reunited at an hotel in west London, Friday, Dec. 4, 2009. Four of the British sailors flew back to London on Friday morning. (AP Photo/Akira Suemori, Pool)Reuters - Four Britons released following a week in Iranian custody after their yacht strayed into Iran's waters returned to Britain on Friday.

Toll bridge over Thames sold for £1 mln (AFP)

Posted: 04 Dec 2009 12:21 AM PST

The 242-year-old Swinford Toll Bridge, Oxfordshire, seen here, whose owner can earn tax-free income has been sold at auction for 1.08 million pounds.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)AFP - A 242-year-old English toll bridge whose owner can earn tax-free income has been sold at auction for 1.08 million pounds.

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