2009年12月29日星期二

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Chinese execution triggers British, EU protests (AFP)

Posted: 29 Dec 2009 05:15 PM PST

Handout photo provided by legal aid group Reprieve shows Briton Akmal Shaikh, who has been executed in China. The Briton, said to have serious mental health problems, was executed for drug smuggling despite last-minute pleas for clemency, sparking condemnation from London, the EU and rights groups.(AFP/Reprieve/File/Luis Belmonte Diaz)AFP - Britain called in China's ambassador to vent its fury at the "unacceptable" execution of a mentally ill Briton, as the affair triggered a sharp chill between London and Beijing, and an EU protest.

No-nonsense, whisky-loving Thatcher exposed in secret files (AFP)

Posted: 29 Dec 2009 04:27 PM PST

Former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher is pictured in June 2009. High standards, a short temper and a taste for whisky -- Margaret Thatcher's personality is laid bare in secret files released in Britain Wednesday which cover the first few months of her premiership.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - High standards, a short temper and a taste for whisky -- Margaret Thatcher's personality is laid bare in secret files released in Britain Wednesday which cover the first few months of her premiership.

Files show panic over Iran shah's plan to move to Britain (AFP)

Posted: 29 Dec 2009 04:24 PM PST

Mohammed Reza Shah Pahlavi (R) and his wife Farah pose in exile in Marrackech in January 1979. Britain was desperate for the shah of Iran not to move near London after the 1979 revolution despite previously supporting him, even planning a cloak-and-dagger mission to the Bahamas to put him off.(AFP/File)AFP - Britain was desperate for the shah of Iran not to move near London after the 1979 revolution despite previously supporting him, even planning a cloak-and-dagger mission to the Bahamas to put him off.

Secret files show British PM hostile to Vietnam boat people (AFP)

Posted: 29 Dec 2009 04:16 PM PST

A portrait dated April 1979 of British Conservative party leader Margaret Thatcher in London. Thatcher was unsympathetic to the fate of Vietnamese boat people in 1979, saying it would be AFP - Margaret Thatcher was unsympathetic to the fate of Vietnamese boat people in 1979, saying it would be "quite wrong" for them to get social housing here ahead of white Britons, secret files showed Wednesday.

China executes British national, sparking outrage (AFP)

Posted: 29 Dec 2009 11:41 AM PST

Supporters of British national Akmal Shaikh hold a vigil at the Chinese Embassy in London on December 28. China executed Shaikh for drug smuggling despite last-minute pleas Tuesday for clemency, drawing furious condemnation from London, the EU and rights groups.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)AFP - China executed a Briton said to have serious mental health problems for drug smuggling despite last-minute pleas Tuesday for clemency, drawing furious condemnation from London, the EU and rights groups.

China executes Briton despite UK, family pleas (AP)

Posted: 29 Dec 2009 10:48 AM PST

FILE - This undated handout photo taken in Warsaw, Poland and issued by Reprieve on Monday Dec. 28, 2009 shows Akmal Shaikh. China brushed aside international appeals Tuesday, dEC. 29, 2009 and executed Akmal Shaikh by lethal injection. Akmal Shaikh was a British drug smuggler who relatives say was mentally unstable and unwittingly lured into crime. (AP Photo/Luis Belmonte Diaz/Reprieve, File)AP - China brushed aside international appeals Tuesday and executed by lethal injection a British drug smuggler who relatives say was mentally unstable and unwittingly lured into crime.

Album covers, homeless pets to grace UK 2010 stamps (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Dec 2009 09:35 AM PST

Lead singer of Blur, Damon Albarn, performs at the Glastonbury Festival 2009 in south west England June 28, 2009. REUTERS/Luke MacGregorReuters - Classic album covers including Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells and Blur's Parklife alongside adopted pets and the world's oldest scientific society will appear on British postage stamps in 2010.

China and Britain clash over execution (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Dec 2009 07:58 AM PST

Supporters of British man Akmal Shaikh hold candles during a vigil outside the Chinese Embassy in central London, December 28, 2009. REUTERS/Dylan MartinezReuters - China executed a Briton on Tuesday caught smuggling heroin, prompting a British outcry over what it said was the lack of any mental health assessment.

Iran summons British envoy over crackdown criticism (AFP)

Posted: 29 Dec 2009 07:10 AM PST

Police motorcycles burn as an Iranian opposition protester aims a stone at security forces during clashes in Tehran on December 27. Iran's foreign minister lashed out at Britain on Tuesday for its criticism of a crackdown on an opposition protest, threatening a AFP - Tehran on Tuesday summoned British envoy Simon Gass over his government's criticism of an Iranian crackdown on an opposition protest, as a report said a Briton was arrested at the demonstration.

Govt summons Chinese envoy over execution (AFP)

Posted: 29 Dec 2009 06:40 AM PST

Supporters of Akmal Shaikh hold a vigil at the Chinese Embassy in London on December 28. The government summoned China's ambassador to the Foreign Office to protest the AFP - The government summoned China's ambassador to the Foreign Office on Tuesday to protest the "totally unacceptable" execution of a Briton despite repeated appeals for clemency, a minister said.

Secret files show govt caution over Bhutto execution (AFP)

Posted: 29 Dec 2009 06:25 AM PST

Late Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto (right) smiles as she stands in front of her father's portrait ex-premier Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto in Naudero, 1993. Secret files showed that the government was wary of exerting heavy pressure on Pakistan not to execute Bhutto's father, in 1979.(AFP/File/Saeed Khan)AFP - The government was wary of exerting heavy pressure on Pakistan not to execute Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, the father of late prime minister Benazir Bhutto, in 1979, secret files released on Tuesday showed.

Unemployment to peak at 2.8 mln next year: study (AFP)

Posted: 29 Dec 2009 04:55 AM PST

People stand outside the Job Centre in Chatham, March 2009. According to a study unemployment will peak at 2.8 million people in 2010 as the recession forces more companies to slash jobs and cut costs.(AFP/File/Adrian Dennis)AFP - Unemployment will peak at 2.8 million people in 2010 as the recession forces more companies to slash jobs and cut costs, according to a study published on Tuesday.

Parents should show "tough love" to graduates (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Dec 2009 02:39 AM PST

Graduating students enter the Paladin stadium during the commencement ceremony at Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina May 31, 2008. REUTERS/Larry DowningReuters - With growing numbers of graduates returning to the family home after college, parents should be supportive -- but not too much, the British government warns on Tuesday.

Soldier killed in Afghanistan to be named: report (AFP)

Posted: 29 Dec 2009 12:28 AM PST

British soldiers conduct a patrol outside Kandahar Air Field. A soldier killed in an explosion in southern Afghanistan will be named.(AFP/File/John D Mchugh)AFP - A soldier killed in an explosion in southern Afghanistan will be named on Tuesday, a report said.

China executes British man: Gordon Brown (AFP)

Posted: 28 Dec 2009 08:35 PM PST

Handout photo provided by legal aid group Reprieve shows Briton Akmal Shaikh, who has been executed in China. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has condemned the execution AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown said China executed British national Akmal Shaikh on Tuesday, a move he condemned "in the strongest terms."

China executes UK national: British Prime Minister (AFP)

Posted: 28 Dec 2009 08:13 PM PST

Handout photo provided by legal aid group Reprieve shows Briton Akmal Shaikh, who has been executed in China. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has condemned the execution AFP - China executes British national: British Prime Minister

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