2009年12月28日星期一

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Govt pleads with China to spare Briton facing execution (AFP)

Posted: 28 Dec 2009 04:08 PM PST

Akbar Shaikh, brother of British national Akmal Shaikh, holds a candle during a vigil at the Chinese Embassy in London. The Govenment on Monday urged China to AFP - The government on Monday urged China to "do the right thing" in a last-ditch appeal to halt the execution of a Briton on death row for drug smuggling, as his family and supporters held a candlelit vigil.

UK says plane bomb suspect on routine watchlist (AP)

Posted: 28 Dec 2009 04:01 PM PST

In this undated photo provided by the Web site saharareporters.com and verified by an Associated Press reporter present at the subject's arraignment, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab is shown. Abdulmutallab, who claimed ties to al-Qaida, was charged Saturday, Dec. 26, 2009 with trying to destroy a Detroit-bound airliner, just a month after his father warned U.S. officials of concerns about his son's religious beliefs. (AP Photo/saharareporters.com) NO SALESAP - The man accused of trying to blow up a U.S.-bound airliner was not flagged in Britain as a potential terror suspect — he was merely put on a standard watch list of people whose visa applications were rejected, British officials said Monday.

Nigerian plane suspect was 'well mannered': British university (AFP)

Posted: 28 Dec 2009 03:44 PM PST

This image released by the US Marshals Service(USMS) on 23-year-old Nigerian Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab in Milan, Michigan, who was charged with trying to blow up a US airliner was AFP - A Nigerian charged with trying to blow up a US airliner was "a well mannered, quietly spoken, polite and able young man," when he was a student in London, a British university said Monday.

Wife of N.Ireland's first minister to quit politics (AFP)

Posted: 28 Dec 2009 03:14 PM PST

Iris Robinson, the wife seen here in 2008 of Northern Ireland's first minister announced, Monday she was quitting politics because of her ongoing battle with depression.(AFP/File/Peter Muhly)AFP - The wife of Northern Ireland's first minister announced Monday she was quitting politics because of her ongoing battle with depression.

Briton faces execution in China on drugs charges (AFP)

Posted: 28 Dec 2009 01:11 PM PST

Undated photograph of Akmal Shaikh, seen in Warsaw, a British man with reported mental health problems who is facing execution in China for drug smuggling, following last-minute pleas for mercy from his family and the government in London.(Luis Belmonte Diaz)AFP - A British man with reported mental health problems on Tuesday faced execution in China for drug smuggling, following last-minute pleas for mercy from his family and the government in London.

Govt urges China to halt Briton's execution (AFP)

Posted: 28 Dec 2009 01:05 PM PST

Akbar Shaikh, brother of British national Akmal Shaikh, holds a candle during a vigil at the Chinese Embassy in London. The Govenment on Monday urged China to AFP - The government on Monday urged China to "do the right thing" in a last-minute appeal to halt the execution of a British national on death row for drug smuggling.

British soldier killed in explosion in Afghanistan: ministry (AFP)

Posted: 28 Dec 2009 12:22 PM PST

British soldiers in Afghanistan. A British soldier was killed on Monday in an explosion in southern Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence said, taking the country's military death toll there this year to 107.(AFP/File/John D McHugh)AFP - A British soldier was killed on Monday in an explosion in southern Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence said, taking the country's military death toll there this year to 107.

China set to execute Briton many say is unstable (AP)

Posted: 28 Dec 2009 12:16 PM PST

This undated handout photo taken in Warsaw, Poland and issued by Reprieve on Monday Dec. 28, 2009 shows Akmal Shaikh a Briton scheduled to be executed in China for drug smuggling. Relatives made a last-minute plea for mercy Monday after visiting the man whom they say may be mentally ill. Akmal Shaikh, a 53-year-old father of three, was not aware that his execution had been scheduled for Tuesday, until his cousins told him. He would be the first citizen of a European country to be put to death in China in half a century. (AP Photo/Luis Belmonte Diaz/Reprieve, ho)AP - China says Akmal Shaikh is a drug smuggler and must be executed Tuesday morning. But family and acquaintances say the 53-year-old Briton is mentally unstable and was lured to China from a life on the street in Poland by men playing on his dreams to record a pop song for world peace.

Cousins ask China to reprieve Briton facing death (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Dec 2009 08:07 AM PST

Nasir (R) and Soohail Shaikh, cousins of a British man due to be executed for smuggling drugs into China, speak to journalists as they arrive at Beijing airport December 28, saying they would appeal to China's President Hu Jintao in a last-ditch bid for clemency for the relative they say is mentally ill. REUTERS/David GrayReuters - Cousins of a British man due to be executed for smuggling drugs into China made a last-ditch appeal to Chinese authorities for clemency for the relative they say is mentally ill.

Heavy snow to hit central England, Wales (AFP)

Posted: 28 Dec 2009 07:39 AM PST

Children play in snow at a park in Manchester. A blanket of heavy snow is expected to hit central England and Wales, forecasters have warned in a cold snap likely to last into the New Year.(AFP/File/Paul Ellis)AFP - A blanket of heavy snow is expected to hit central England and Wales, forecasters said on Monday, in a cold snap likely to last into the New Year.

Christmas Day bomber 'was on UK watch list' (AFP)

Posted: 28 Dec 2009 06:52 AM PST

Undated family photograph of Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, charged in the United States with attempting to blow up an aircraft over Detroit on Christmas Day. Abdulmutallab had been placed on a UK watchlist and barred from entering Britain earlier this year, Home Secretary Alan Johnson has said.(AFP/Ho)AFP - The Nigerian man charged with trying to blow up a US airliner had been placed on a UK watchlist and barred from entering Britain earlier this year, Home Secretary Alan Johnson said on Monday.

Relatives visit London man ahead of China execution (AFP)

Posted: 28 Dec 2009 06:46 AM PST

Undated photograph of Akmal Shaikh, seen in Warsaw, a British man with reported mental health problems who is facing execution in China for drug smuggling, following last-minute pleas for mercy from his family and the government in London.(Luis Belmonte Diaz)AFP - Relatives of a London man who is to be executed in China this week for drug trafficking visited him on death row on Monday after making a last-ditch appeal for clemency, his lawyers said.

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