2009年12月17日星期四

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

British captain of capsized ship off Lebanon coast dead (AFP)

Posted: 17 Dec 2009 04:11 PM PST

Lebanese rescuers evacuate a ship accident survivor from a boat at the port of the northern coastal city of Tripoli. A rescued crew member of a Panamanian-flagged cargo ship said their British captain died when the ship capsized in a storm off the northern Lebanon coast on Thursday, a Lebanese security official said Friday.(AFP)AFP - A rescued crew member of a Panamanian-flagged cargo ship said their British captain died when the ship capsized in a storm off the northern Lebanon coast on Thursday, a Lebanese security official said Friday.

Cambridge acquires anti-war poet Sassoon's papers (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Dec 2009 04:10 PM PST

Reuters - Cambridge University has acquired an important collection of personal papers belonging to Siegfried Sassoon, the British anti-war poet noted for his bravery in battle, after a six-month fund-raising campaign.

UK judge convicts Kurd of `honor killing' daughter (AP)

Posted: 17 Dec 2009 02:12 PM PST

This is an undated Metropolitan Police handout photo released on Thursday Dec. 17, 2009 of Tulay Goren. A British court convicted Mehmet Goren of murdering his teenage daughter Tulay Goren for a romance with a man from a different branch of Islam. London's Central Criminal Court sentenced Mehmet Goren to life imprisonment for the so-called honor killing. Thursday's conviction came a decade after the 15-year-old Tulay Goren, disappeared. (AP Photo/Metropolitan Police, HO)AP - A Kurdish father was convicted and sentenced to life in prison Thursday for murdering his 15-year-old daughter because she fell in love with a follower of a different branch of Islam.

UK officials put restrictions on Guy Ritchie's pub (AP)

Posted: 17 Dec 2009 12:47 PM PST

FILE - In this Dec. 14, 2009 file photo, British film director Guy Ritchie arrives for the World Premiere of the film 'Sherlock Holmes' in London. Local officials have a message for the celebrity patrons who flock to Guy Ritchie's west London watering hole: Take it inside. The City of Westminster Council, the body which regulates the area's drinking establishments, on Thursday, Dec. 17, 2009 ordered Ritchie and his co-proprietors to keep patrons indoors after 8 o'clock in the evening and to scale down their private parties. (AP Photo/Joel Ryan, File)AP - Officials in a London neighborhood have a message for the celebrity patrons who flock to Guy Ritchie's watering hole: Take it inside.

BBC boss: Sorry for online debate on killing gays (AP)

Posted: 17 Dec 2009 12:38 PM PST

AP - A senior BBC executive apologized Thursday for hosting an online debate over whether gays should face capital punishment in Uganda.

Happy Christmas honey - here's a divorce voucher (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Dec 2009 12:11 PM PST

A woman wears an Irish Claddagh ring along side a normal wedding engagement ring during a private mixed relgion meeting in Belfast, September 22, 2002. REUTERS/Paul McErlaneReuters - Stuck for Christmas gift ideas? Is your marriage or a friend's going through a rocky patch? How about a divorce voucher?

Iraq war probe 'not public sport': chairman (AFP)

Posted: 17 Dec 2009 11:42 AM PST

John Chilcot, the Chairman of the Iraq Inquiry seen here in Julky 2009, defended his probe Thursday against claims it had been too soft on witnesses -- and pledged to hold ex premier Tony Blair to account in public.(AFP/POOL/File/Matt Dunham)AFP - The head of Britain's public inquiry into the Iraq war defended his probe Thursday against claims it had been too soft on witnesses -- and pledged to hold ex premier Tony Blair to account in public.

Merck buys British maker of biotech medicines (AP)

Posted: 17 Dec 2009 10:32 AM PST

AP - Merck & Co. said Thursday it is making another deal in its strategy to become a top maker of biotech drugs, buying a British company that makes them.

BA wins court battle to stop Christmas strikes (AFP)

Posted: 17 Dec 2009 10:07 AM PST

British Airways aircraft at Heathrow Airport, west of London, in November 2009. British Airways won a High Court battle on Thursday to prevent cabin crew staging a 12-day walkout that would have ruined the travel plans of up to one million people over Christmas and New Year.(AFP/File/Carl de Souza)AFP - British Airways won a High Court battle on Thursday to prevent cabin crew staging a 12-day walkout that would have ruined the travel plans of up to one million people over Christmas and New Year.

FTSE 100 plummets 1.93% (AFP)

Posted: 17 Dec 2009 09:15 AM PST

The leading stock exchange fell sharply as investors reacted nervously to the debt crisis in eurozone member Greece and weak demand for a share offering by US banking giant Citigroup.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)AFP - The leading stock exchange fell sharply on Thursday as investors reacted nervously to the debt crisis in eurozone member Greece and weak demand for a share offering by US banking giant Citigroup.

BA wins court fight to stop Christmas strikes (AFP)

Posted: 17 Dec 2009 08:20 AM PST

British Airways aircraft at Heathrow Airport, west of London, in November 2009. British Airways won a High Court battle on Thursday to prevent cabin crew staging a 12-day walkout that would have ruined the travel plans of up to one million people over Christmas and New Year.(AFP/File/Carl de Souza)AFP - British Airways won a High Court battle on Thursday for an injunction to stop cabin crew staging a 12-day walkout over the busy Christmas and New Year festive break.

British Airways wins court order barring strike (AP)

Posted: 17 Dec 2009 08:20 AM PST

British Airways plane tail-fins are seen behind barbed wire at Heathrow Airport in London, Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2009. British Airways PLC and union leaders agreed to meet Wednesday for emergency talks as the airline attempts to avert a 12-day strike by cabin crew staff over Christmas. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)AP - British Airways has won an emergency court injunction to stop a 12-day strike by its cabin crew, bringing relief to around one million travelers whose Christmas holiday plans were threatened by the planned walkout.

Turkish Kurd guilty of 'honour killing' (AFP)

Posted: 17 Dec 2009 06:43 AM PST

A prison van arriving at the Old Bailey courthouse in London. A Turkish Kurd was found guilty of murdering his 15-year-old daughter more than a decade ago, in what prosecutors said was an honour killing.(AFP/File/Nicolas Asfouri)AFP - A Turkish Kurd was found guilty Thursday of murdering his 15-year-old daughter more than a decade ago, in what prosecutors said was an honour killing.

British watchdog says fines Canadian bank 7.0 million pounds (AFP)

Posted: 17 Dec 2009 06:35 AM PST

Britain's financial watchdog on Thursday said it had fined Canada's Toronto Dominion Bank 7.0 million pounds (7.9 million euros, 11.3 million dollars) for failures related to the pricing of products.(TD)AFP - Britain's financial watchdog on Thursday said it had fined Canada's Toronto Dominion Bank 7.0 million pounds (7.9 million euros, 11.3 million dollars) for failures related to the pricing of products.

Actress appeals for funds for Gurkha veterans (AFP)

Posted: 17 Dec 2009 05:33 AM PST

British actress and Gurkha campaigner Joanna Lumley holds an orphaned child as she visits a rehabilitation centre in Kathmandu on July 31. Lumley launched an appeal to raise 10 million pounds for elderly Gurkha soldiers living in poverty in Nepal, in a campaign supported by Prince Charles.(AFP/File/Prakash Mathema)AFP - Actress Joanna Lumley launched an appeal Thursday to raise 10 million pounds for elderly Gurkha soldiers living in poverty in Nepal, in a campaign supported by Prince Charles.

Retail sales in surprise drop: official data (AFP)

Posted: 17 Dec 2009 03:48 AM PST

Pedestrians walk past a shop in central London in late October .Retail sales in recession-hit Britain fell unexpectedly for the first time in six months in November, dropping by 0.3 percent compared with October.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - Retail sales in recession-hit Britain fell unexpectedly in November for the first time in six months, dropping by 0.3 percent compared with October, official data showed on Thursday.

Court set to rule on BA Christmas strike (AFP)

Posted: 17 Dec 2009 03:30 AM PST

File photo shows British Airways cabin crew arriving for a union meeting to discuss a strike ballot, southwest of London. A London court is set to decide whether to grant an injunction blocking a strike by British Aiways cabin crew that threatens to create holiday travel chaos for up to one million people.(AFP/File/Adrian Dennis)AFP - Holiday plans of up to one million people hung in the balance Thursday as a London court was set to rule on an injunction to block a planned 12-day strike by British Airways cabin crew.

Could parents do more to stop UK's booze culture? (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Dec 2009 02:48 AM PST

Reuters - England's top doctor has blamed the behavior of some parents for contributing to what he called the country's serious alcohol problem.

Top doctor tells parents not to give children alcohol (AFP)

Posted: 17 Dec 2009 02:45 AM PST

Young couples attend a debutante ball, March 2009. The country's top doctor warned parents that they should not allow children under the age of 15 to consume alcohol.(AFP/File/Fred Dufour)AFP - The country's top doctor warned parents on Thursday that they should not allow children under the age of 15 to consume alcohol.

Nation braces for cold snap (AFP)

Posted: 17 Dec 2009 02:43 AM PST

A snowman on Brighton beach on February 2, 2009. Railway and road agencies arebracing for up to 20cm of snow-fall in the south-east of England as the Met Office issued its first warning of severe snow this winter.(AFP/File/Glyn Kirk)AFP - Railway and road agencies are Thursday bracing for up to 20cm of snow-fall in the south-east of England as the Met Office issued its first warning of severe snow this winter.

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