2009年12月30日星期三

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Formula One king and Status Quo rockers honoured (AFP)

Posted: 30 Dec 2009 04:21 PM PST

Formula One world champion Jenson Button, pictured in November 2009, and the two remaining original members of veteran rockers Status Quo were recognised in the New Year's Honours List on Thursday. Button said becoming an MBE, or Member of Order of the British Empire, was the AFP - Formula One world champion Jenson Button and the two remaining original members of veteran rockers Status Quo were recognised in the New Year's Honours List on Thursday.

Briton held for over 2 years in Iraq freed (AP)

Posted: 30 Dec 2009 04:02 PM PST

FILE - This file image made from from an Arab satellite news network broadcast on Feb. 26, 2008 purportedly shows Peter Moore who was taken hostage in May 2007 by militants disguised as Iraqi policemen. British Foreign Secretary David Miliband said Wednesday Dec. 30, 2009 that Moore, held hostage in Baghdad for more than two years, has been released alive. (AP Photo/Al Arabiya, Via AP Television News, File)AP - A British contractor was freed Wednesday and in good health more than two years after he was abducted, apparently the only survivor of a group of five Britons abducted in a daring raid outside Iraq's Finance Ministry in 2007.

Britain hails release of Iraq hostage (AFP)

Posted: 30 Dec 2009 12:34 PM PST

Britain on Wednesday hailed the release of computer expert Peter Moore, seen here in this undated handout and who had been seized in Iraq in 2007, after an AFP - Britain on Wednesday hailed the release of a computer expert seized in Iraq in 2007 after an "unspeakable" kidnap ordeal during which three bodyguards taken with him were killed and a fourth is feared dead.

Eyeing 2010 polls, Brown says worst is over (AFP)

Posted: 30 Dec 2009 11:26 AM PST

Prime Minister Gordon Brown, seen on December 17, said Wednesday that Britain is over the worst of the economic slowdown, in an upbeat New Year's message months ahead of general elections.(AFP/Olivier Morin)AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Wednesday that Britain is over the worst of the economic slowdown, in an upbeat New Year's message months ahead of general elections.

British hostage freed in Iraq (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Dec 2009 10:23 AM PST

A man who identified himself as Peter Moore speaks in this file frame grab of a video released by Al Arabiya February 26, 2008. REUTERS/Al Arabiya via Reuters TV/FilesReuters - British computer programer Peter Moore was released on Wednesday, two and a half years after being taken hostage by militants in Baghdad, officials said.

UK hostage released alive after 2007 Iraq capture (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Dec 2009 06:22 AM PST

Reuters - Briton Peter Moore has been released alive after being captured in Baghdad in 2007, Iraq's government spokesman said on Wednesday.

Pigs close motorway after crash (AFP)

Posted: 30 Dec 2009 05:47 AM PST

A busy motorway north of London was closed for hours after an accident involving a lorry carrying a herd of pigs, posing a risk to motorists, police said.(AFP/File/Max Nash)AFP - A busy motorway was closed for hours on Wednesday after an accident involving a lorry carrying a herd of pigs, posing a risk to motorists, police said.

Mother of killed 4-year-old dies after gun attack (AFP)

Posted: 30 Dec 2009 05:35 AM PST

A 40-year-old woman from Aldershot in Hampshire died in hospital, after her former partner shot her in the head and killed their four-year-old daughter before turning the gun on himself.(AFP/File/Odd Andersen)AFP - A 40-year-old woman from Aldershot in Hampshire died in hospital on Wednesday, after her former partner shot her in the head and killed their four-year-old daughter before turning the gun on himself.

London town crier dies day after final engagement (AFP)

Posted: 30 Dec 2009 05:15 AM PST

London's town crier Peter Moore, seen here in 2005, has died the day after he performed his last official engagement in the tradition-filled role.(AFP/File/Adrian Dennis)AFP - London's town crier has died the day after he performed his last official engagement in the tradition-filled role, it was announced Wednesday.

DJ sacked for pulling plug on 'boring' Queen (AFP)

Posted: 30 Dec 2009 03:47 AM PST

Queen Elizabeth II poses on December 23 before her Christmas Day broadcast to the Commonwealth. A Birmingham radio presenter has been sacked after he pulled the plug on the Queen's traditional Christmas Day speech, telling listeners it was AFP - A Birmingham radio presenter has been sacked after he pulled the plug on Queen Elizabeth II's traditional Christmas Day speech, telling listeners it was "boring."

British shoppers hunt Christmas sale bargains (AFP)

Posted: 30 Dec 2009 01:23 AM PST

People walk past shops advertising the sales on Oxford Street. Recession-hit Britons are rushing to snap up bargains in the traditional post-Christmas sales, but economists warn that a looming tax hike is also fuelling demand -- and could stall economic recovery.(AFP/Ben Stansall)AFP - Recession-hit Britons are rushing to snap up bargains in the traditional post-Christmas sales, but economists warn that a looming tax hike is also fuelling demand -- and could stall economic recovery.

Brown writes to Myanmar icon Suu Kyi pledging support (AFP)

Posted: 29 Dec 2009 09:43 PM PST

File picture taken in November shows Myanmar's detained democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi during a rare public appearance in Yangon. Prime Minister Gordon Brown has written a personal letter to Suu Kyi, pledging his ongoing support for her and praising her courage(AFP/File/Hla Hla Htay)AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown has written a personal letter to Aung San Suu Kyi, pledging his ongoing support for Myanmar's pro-democracy icon and praising her courage.

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