2010年1月4日星期一

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Britain says it passed airliner suspect data to US (AP)

Posted: 04 Jan 2010 02:50 PM PST

Undated photo of Nigerian Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab. Washington is enforcing tough new security on passenger jets as the US and British embassies in Yemen remain closed because of fears of an Al-Qaeda attack.(AFP/File/Mike Rimmer)AP - British intelligence passed on to U.S. authorities information about a Nigerian accused of trying to blow up a Detroit-bound airliner but he was not singled out as a particular risk, Prime Minister Gordon Brown's office said Monday.

Electioneering starts as Blair waits in wings (AFP)

Posted: 04 Jan 2010 02:41 PM PST

Conservative party leader David Cameron addresses the audience during a Conservative presentation at Lindley Hall in west London. The main political parties started campaigning in earnest for elections due by June, with its troubled economy the main battleground as the poll race revs up after the Christmas break.(AFP/Leon Neal)AFP - Britain's political parties started campaigning in earnest Monday for elections due by June, with its troubled economy the main battleground as the poll race revs up after the Christmas break.

UK may ban Islamist march in military memorial town (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Jan 2010 11:56 AM PST

Mourners react as the coffins of three British soldiers killed in Afghanistan are driven through the streets of Wootton Bassett in southwest England December 29, 2009. REUTERS/Luke MacGregorReuters - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said on Monday he was appalled that an Islamist group planned to march through a town renowned for honoring British troops killed in Afghanistan.

Colm Toibin takes Costa Book Awards fiction prize (AP)

Posted: 04 Jan 2010 11:30 AM PST

AP - Irish writer Colm Toibin was named novelist of the year Monday in Britain's lucrative Costa Book Awards for his emigrant saga "Brooklyn."

Gambler punished for threats to kill Conduit (AFP)

Posted: 04 Jan 2010 10:35 AM PST

Conduit is walked out to the morning workout session in preparation for the Breeders' Cup Marathon race at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California, in 2008. A British gambler was given a suspended jail sentence Monday for threatening to kill the racehorse.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Christian Petersen)AFP - A British gambler was given a suspended jail sentence Monday for threatening to kill a top racehorse.

Govt in Chinese learning pledge (AFP)

Posted: 04 Jan 2010 08:50 AM PST

Children arrange letters reading AFP - Every teenager should have the chance to learn Mandarin due to the growing importance of China in world events, the government said Monday.

Cambridge University considers first bond issue (AFP)

Posted: 04 Jan 2010 08:35 AM PST

General view of the Cambridge University campus. Cambridge University is considering a bond issue worth up to 300 million pounds, the first in its history and in line with top US Ivy League institutions, its finance director said.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - Prestigious Cambridge University is considering a bond issue worth up to 300 million pounds, the first in its history and in line with top US Ivy League institutions, its finance director said Monday.

Chelsea's Cole convicted of speeding (AFP)

Posted: 04 Jan 2010 08:29 AM PST

England footballer Ashley Cole (pictured) has been found guilty of speeding despite telling police he was trying to escape press photographers in his Lamborghini car.(AFP/File/Max Nash)AFP - England footballer Ashley Cole was found guilty of speeding Monday despite telling police he was trying to escape press photographers in his Lamborghini car.

UK parties launch election race, promise lean times (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Jan 2010 07:55 AM PST

Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown is seen appearing on Reuters - Britain's political parties launched what could be a long and bitter election campaign on Monday, promising voters years of belt-tightening rather than the usual election sweeteners.

Clergy being bullied says trade union (AFP)

Posted: 04 Jan 2010 07:51 AM PST

The Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams is pictured in Canterbury in 2008. Clergymen in the Church of England are being bullied and should be granted stronger employment rights to protect them, a British trade union has said.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - Clergymen in the Church of England are being bullied and should be granted stronger employment rights to protect them, a trade union said Monday.

Frenchman admits helping smuggle Vietnamese into UK (AFP)

Posted: 04 Jan 2010 07:33 AM PST

A combo made in October, 2009 of two recent pictures released by their family, shows a French local councillor Christiane Chocat and her son Benjamin, who has pleaded guilty to helping smuggle 16 Vietnamese immigrants into Britain.(AFP/OFF/File)AFP - The son of a French councillor pleaded guilty Monday to helping smuggle 16 Vietnamese immigrants into Britain.

Afghan attacks kill 4 US troops, British soldier (AP)

Posted: 04 Jan 2010 06:41 AM PST

This photograph taken from a helicopter on November 5, 2009 in Kandahar shows a US Army vehicle burning after it was hit by an IED. Four US soldiers serving under NATO's International Security Assistance Force have been killed in a bomb blast in southern Afghanistan, the alliance said in a statement Monday.(AFP/File/Manpreet Romana)AP - A roadside bombing killed four U.S. service members — the first American combat deaths of the year in Afghanistan — while a British soldier died during a foot patrol elsewhere in the volatile south of the country, officials said Monday.

Decrepit London landmark shows property pain (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Jan 2010 04:17 AM PST

A worker is seen reflected in water as he passes near Battersea Power Station in west London in this December 4, 2009 file photo. As debt-laden developers face the ruins of recent extravagance, the Power Station -- Europe's largest brick building -- is a decrepit symbol of the past profligacy and present pain in Britain's real estate market. Picture taken December 4, 2009.Reuters - A gust of wind howls around Battersea Power Station, an industrial wasteland by the Thames whose coal-fired furnaces were once used by the Bank of England to burn millions of pounds worth of banknotes.

Britain in election mood, but no date set yet (AP)

Posted: 04 Jan 2010 04:14 AM PST

The leader of Britain's opposition Conservative party David Cameron is seen in front of an image of himself as he walks away after taking questions following a speech in London, Monday, Jan. 4, 2010. No date has been set, but campaigning has begun in Britain's 2010 national election. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and main opposition leader David Cameron were both making campaign-style announcements on education and health Monday, as they appeal to recession-weary voters to back them in an election that must be held by June. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)AP - No date has been set, but campaigning has begun in Britain's 2010 national election.

Spurs striker Defoe fined for speeding (AFP)

Posted: 04 Jan 2010 04:14 AM PST

England striker Jermain Defoe (pictured) has pleaded guilty to another motoring offence and has been fined for breaking the speed limit.(AFP/File/Chris Ratcliffe)AFP - England striker Jermain Defoe pleaded guilty Monday to another motoring offence and was fined for breaking the speed limit.

New Year revellers stranded in snow-hit pub (AFP)

Posted: 04 Jan 2010 03:13 AM PST

Fireworks are seen over the London Eye to celebrate the New Year. Some 60 revellers were forced to drink beer and play cards for three days after they became stranded in a pub cut off by snowstorms on New Year's Eve.(AFP/File/Carl Court)AFP - Some 60 revellers were forced to drink beer and play cards for three days after they became stranded in a British pub cut off by snowstorms on New Year's Eve.

Five US, British troops die in Afghan attacks (AFP)

Posted: 04 Jan 2010 02:35 AM PST

Afghan National Police inspect a vehicle at a check point in Kapisa province. Four US troops and a British soldier have been killed in Afghanistan, officials have said in the first reported fatalities of 2010 after a record number of foreign deaths in the conflict last year.(AFP/Joel Saget)AFP - Four US troops and a British soldier have been killed in Afghanistan, officials said on Monday in the first fatalities of 2010 after a record number of foreign deaths there last year.

RBS deal to sell Pakistan operations falls through (AFP)

Posted: 04 Jan 2010 01:58 AM PST

State-rescued lender Royal Bank of Scotland has said a deal to sell its Pakistan unit to MCB Bank for 854 million pounds has lapsed.(AFP/File/Frantzesco Kangaris)AFP - State-rescued lender Royal Bank of Scotland said Monday that a deal to sell its Pakistan unit to MCB Bank for 54 million pounds had lapsed.

Murder charge father dies in jail (AFP)

Posted: 04 Jan 2010 01:51 AM PST

A man who was due to go on trial accused of murdering his 19-year-old daughter has died in jail, the Prison Service has said.(AFP/File/Odd Andersen)AFP - A man who was due to go on trial on Monday accused of murdering his 19-year-old daughter has died in jail, the Prison Service said.

Soldier killed in Afghanistan (AFP)

Posted: 04 Jan 2010 01:02 AM PST

A wall bearing the names of British military personnel who have died in Afghanistan since 2001, is seen at the British cemetery in Kabul in November, 2009. A British soldier has been killed in an explosion in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence has said, announcing its first fatality in the conflict for 2010.(AFP/File/Nicolas Asfouri)AFP - A soldier has been killed in an explosion in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence said Monday, announcing its first fatality in the conflict for 2010.

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