2009年12月31日星期四

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

UK reviews security, screening after Detroit attack (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Dec 2009 04:06 PM PST

Reuters - Britain said on Friday it was reviewing airport security and passenger screening procedures after a Nigerian who had studied in Britain was charged over last week's failed plot to bomb a U.S. passenger jet.

UK considers body scanners after airline attack (AP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2009 04:01 PM PST

AP - Britain is considering introducing new technology such as full body scanners to improve airport security after the attempted Christmas Day airline attack, Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Friday.

Police say missing British woman has been found (AP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2009 02:38 PM PST

AP - Santa Monica police say a 19-year-old British woman missing since Dec. 18 has been found safe.

Shops set for tax increase (AFP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2009 02:25 PM PST

Shoppers crowd in Selfridges as the store opens it doors on the first day of its winter sale on Boxing Day 2009 in London. Most shops across Britain were preparing to lift their prices on Friday because of an increase in the taxation on goods and services.(AFP/File/Carl Court)AFP - Most shops across Britain were preparing to lift their prices on Friday because of an increase in the taxation on goods and services.

U.S. court tosses BAE bribery suit to Britain (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Dec 2009 12:58 PM PST

Reuters - A U.S. appeals court has ruled that English law, not U.S. law, applies to a shareholder lawsuit accusing BAE Systems Plc of paying more than $2 billion in bribes to Saudi Prince Bandar bin Sultan and others to win a big Saudi arms deal.

Britain, Iran downplay Tehran link to Iraq hostages (AFP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2009 08:44 AM PST

Released British hostage Peter Moore is seen here at the British Embassy in Baghdad. Britain and Iran downplayed a report that the 2007 kidnapping of the British computer expert and his bodyguards in Iraq was led by Iran's Revolutionary Guard and that they were held there.(Foreign and Commonwealth Office)AFP - Britain and Iran downplayed Thursday a report that the 2007 kidnapping of a British computer expert and his bodyguards in Iraq was led by Iran's Revolutionary Guard and that they were held there.

Iran denies link to 2007 kidnap of Britons in Iraq (AFP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2009 08:04 AM PST

This undated handout photo shows Briton Peter Moore. Iran denied a British media report that the abduction of the British computer expert in Iraq in 2007 had been masterminded by the elite Revolutionary Guards, television reported.(AFP/HO)AFP - Iran denied a British media report that the abduction of a British computer expert in Iraq in 2007 had been masterminded by the elite Revolutionary Guards, television reported.

UK's Brown says worst of recession over (AP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2009 06:48 AM PST

The failed Detroit plane bombing showed that terrorism remains a AP - The worst of the recession is over and Britain's economy will slowly recover in 2010, Prime Minister Gordon Brown said in a New Year's message.

Rescuers find body of British hiker in Corsica (AFP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2009 06:07 AM PST

High Mountains Corsican rescue team members search for victims with ARVA radars in Ese, Corsica, during an avalanche rescue drill. Rescuers found the body of a British hiker under an avalanche in the mountains of Corsica after he went missing almost a week ago, emergency services said.(AFP/File/Stephan Agostini)AFP - Rescuers found the body of a British hiker under an avalanche in the mountains of Corsica on Thursday after he went missing almost a week ago, emergency services said.

UK artist to document real life property "crash" (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Dec 2009 05:10 AM PST

Reuters - A British artist has bought a clifftop house in northern England in order to document its expected collapse into the sea as a work of art.

New Year UK drunks "should pay for hospital care" (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Dec 2009 04:15 AM PST

Reuters - Excessive drinking over New Year's Eve could cost Britain's National Health Service as much as 23 million pounds, according to a report on Thursday which recommends drunks be charged a hospital admission fee of 532 pounds ($845.9).

UK plays down report Iran directed hostage-taking (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Dec 2009 03:27 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 - Britain played down a report on Thursday that Iran masterminded the kidnapping in Iraq of a British man held hostage for more than 2-1/2 years, saying there was no firm evidence of direct Iranian involvement.

Escaped convict taunts police on Facebook (AFP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2009 02:57 AM PST

Craig AFP - An escaped criminal dubbed "the Facebook fugitive" has become an Internet hit, taunting police via the online social networking site and notching up nearly 30,000 "friends" by Thursday.

House prices climb 5.9% in 2009: survey (AFP)

Posted: 31 Dec 2009 01:25 AM PST

A row of terraced houses in south-west London, 2007. Home prices rose 5.9 percent in 2009 as the property market bounced back from heavy falls the previous year despite a record recession, home-loans provider Nationwide said.(AFP/File/Carl de Souza)AFP - Home prices rose 5.9 percent in 2009 as the property market bounced back from heavy falls the previous year despite a record recession, home-loans provider Nationwide said Thursday.

Britain hails release of Iraq hostage (AFP)

Posted: 30 Dec 2009 11:20 PM PST

This undated handout photo shows Briton Peter Moore, who was freed unharmed after a two-and-a-half year kidnap ordeal. The kidnapping of the British computer expert and his four bodyguards in Iraq in 2007 was masterminded by Iran's Revolutionary Guard and the group was held there for a time, media reported.(AFP/HO)AFP - Britain hailed the release of a computer expert in Iraq after an "unspeakable" 31-month ordeal, amid reports Thursday militants were handed over to secure his freedom and that Iran was behind the kidnapping.

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