2009年12月20日星期日

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Web crusade stops British Christmas no.1 shoo-in (AFP)

Posted: 20 Dec 2009 01:31 PM PST

Zack de la Rocha of Rage Against The Machine performs in 2008. US rap metal band Rage Against The Machine's expletive-ridden 1992 hit AFP - An Internet campaign to stop the winner of Britain's top television show from once again claiming the coveted Christmas number one single triumphed against the odds Sunday.

Christmas chaos as cold cripples Eurostar trains (AFP)

Posted: 20 Dec 2009 01:22 PM PST

Passengers wait with their luggage as further disruption affects the Eurostar service at Saint Pancras station in London. Eurostar train services between Britain and Europe were suspended indefinitely Sunday due to the freezing weather, throwing the Christmas holiday plans of tens of thousands of people into chaos.(AFP/Leon Neal)AFP - Eurostar train services between Britain and Europe were suspended indefinitely Sunday due to the freezing weather, throwing the Christmas holiday plans of tens of thousands of people into chaos.

Police find missing baby, arrest made (AFP)

Posted: 20 Dec 2009 12:02 PM PST

A police officer and a prison van outside a court. A woman was arrested Sunday after an 18-month-old girl taken from a police station by a mystery woman who persuaded officers she was a friend of the child's mother.(AFP/File)AFP - A woman was arrested Sunday after an 18-month-old girl taken from a police station by a mystery woman who persuaded officers she was a friend of the child's mother.

London Stock Exchange set to take over rival: reports (AFP)

Posted: 20 Dec 2009 05:37 AM PST

The London Stock Exchange is set to announce a deal to take over its loss-making rival Turquoise in a move which would placate some of its most powerful investment bank clients, newspapers reported(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - The London Stock Exchange is set to announce a deal to take over its loss-making rival Turquoise in a move which would placate some of its most powerful investment bank clients, newspapers reported Sunday.

Christmas 'heartbreaking' for British troops' families (AFP)

Posted: 19 Dec 2009 10:36 PM PST

The family of a soldier killed in Afghanistan grieves as his body is driven through the village of Wootton Bassett, in Wiltshire. Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Sunday urged Britons to remember this Christmas the families of troops killed in Afghanistan, for whom the festive season will be AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Sunday urged Britons to remember this Christmas the families of troops killed in Afghanistan, for whom the festive season will be "heartbreaking".

Tories lead polls, Brown wins Xmas dinner invites (AFP)

Posted: 19 Dec 2009 09:48 PM PST

Conservative Party leader David Cameron meets British soldiers at the Task Force Helmand HQ in Lashkar Gah, Afghanistan. The Conservatives moved back into a commanding lead in opinion polls out Sunday, although more people would rather share Chirstmas dinner with Gordon Brown than Cameron.(AFP/Pool/File/Stefan Rousseau)AFP - The Conservatives moved back into a commanding lead in opinion polls out Sunday, although more people would rather share Chirstmas dinner with Gordon Brown than David Cameron.

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