2010年1月5日星期二

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

N.Ireland loyalist paramilitaries set to confirm weapons dumped: sources (AFP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 03:52 PM PST

Firefighters extinguish a fire in a van after it was hijacked in a loyalists area in west Belfast in 2005. Northern Ireland's largest loyalist paramilitary group will announce Wednesday it has completed decommissioning its weapons, a milestone in the troubled province's peace process, sources said.(AFP/File/Cathy Mcarthur)AFP - Northern Ireland's largest loyalist paramilitary group will announce Wednesday it has completed decommissioning its weapons, a milestone in the troubled province's peace process, sources said.

Britain blasted by winter chill (AFP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 02:26 PM PST

Snow covers the M6 motorway near Wigan. Freezing temperatures and heavy snow gripped northern England and Scotland Tuesday, halting transport and major football fixtures and closing airports and hundreds of schools.(AFP/Paul Ellis)AFP - Freezing temperatures and heavy snow gripped northern England and Scotland Tuesday, halting transport and major football fixtures and closing airports and hundreds of schools.

UK privacy concerns likely to impede body scanners (AP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 01:37 PM PST

FILE - This is a Nov. 12, 2009 file photo of a member of staff from Manchester Airport demonstrating a security scanner. Airline passengers bound for the United States faced a hodgepodge of security measures across Europe on Monday Jan. 4, 2010 and airports did not appear to be following a U.S. request for increased screening of passengers from 14 countries. (AP Photo/Dave Thompson/PA, File)AP - Britain's government wants to quickly deploy full body scanners at U.K. airports to fight an expanded terrorist threat, but privacy concerns — and fears that children may be exploited — seem likely to slow the plan.

Transport disrupted as snow and ice sweep Britain (AP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 01:37 PM PST

Members of the public are seen in Heaton Park in north Manchester after heavy snowfall across the north west of England, Manchester, England, Tuesday Jan. 5, 2010. Many schools have been closed and some airports have suspended flights after heavy snowfall across large areas of the country, as Britain's authorities has issued severe weather warnings. (AP Photo/Jon Super)AP - Airports and highways were shut, hundreds of schools had to close, and even the venerable soap opera "Coronation Street" was disrupted Tuesday as the worst snow and icy weather in years swept Britain.

Iraq frees militant linked to British hostages (AP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 12:46 PM PST

FILE - In this April. 6, 2004, file photo, Qais al-Khazali, then the top aide of radical Shiite cleric Muqtada, al-Sadr, seen in the poster above, speaks during a press conference in Najaf, Iraq. An Iraqi spokesman says authorities have released the leader of a militant group linked to the 2007 kidnapping of five Britons. Interior Ministry spokesman Alaa al-Taii said Tuesday that Qais al-Khazali was released Sunday following his transfer several days earlier from the U.S. to Iraqi custody.(AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen, File)AP - The Iraqi government has released the leader of a militant Shiite group linked to the 2007 kidnapping of five Britons, a spokesman said Tuesday.

Iraq frees leader of group behind Britons' kidnap (AFP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 11:51 AM PST

Iraqi authorities have released Qais al-Khazaali, the leader of the Shiite militant group behind the kidnap of five Britons in May 2007, a source from the group and an interior ministry official said on Tuesday.(AFP/File/Sabah Arar)AFP - Iraqi authorities have released the leader of the Shiite militant group behind the kidnap of five Britons in May 2007, a source from the group and an interior ministry official said on Tuesday.

Britain says had no warning of plane bomb plot (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 11:45 AM PST

Passenger buses are seen near Northwest Airlines Flight 253 on the tarmac at Detroit Metro Airport, December 27, 2009. REUTERS/WDIV-TV/HandoutReuters - Britain's security services had no advance warning of an alleged al Qaeda plot to bomb a U.S.-bound plane and officials did not withhold intelligence from their American counterparts, the UK government said on Tuesday.

London Zoo keepers make annual animal head count (AP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 10:41 AM PST

Insect keeper Laura Childs looks up at a spiny stick insect during the annual stocktaking at London Zoo, Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2010. More than 750 different species are tallied up in the count. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)AP - Keepers at London Zoo are counting more than sheep.

Guns, knives recycled into 2012 Games sites (AFP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 09:59 AM PST

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II views the main Olympic stadium construction site in Stratford in November 2009. Knives and guns seized from London thugs are being recycled into building materials for the 2012 Olympic Games, police have said.(AFP/POOL/File/Stefan Wermuth)AFP - Knives and guns seized from London thugs are being recycled into building materials for the 2012 Olympic Games, police said Tuesday.

Israeli officers cancel UK trip for fear of arrest (AP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 09:29 AM PST

Palestinian women chant Islamic slogans during a rally organized by Islamic Jihad marking the first anniversary of Gaza war, in Gaza city, Thursday, Dec. 31, 2009. Israel launched the three-week long offensive on Dec. 27, 2008, to end years of rocket fire from Gaza toward Israeli border towns. About 1,400 Palestinians were killed, including hundreds of civilians, along with 13 Israelis. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)AP - An Israeli military delegation has canceled an official visit to Britain, officials said Tuesday, the latest in a string of politicians and army officials to put off travel to the U.K. because of fears of war crimes prosecution.

Extra public holiday for Queen's diamond jubilee (AFP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 08:42 AM PST

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II leaves the Houses of Parliament following the annual State Opening of Parliament ceremony in London, in 2009. Workers will get an extra bank holiday in 2012 to create a four-day weekend to celebrate the Queen's Diamond Jubilee, Business Secretary Lord Mandelson has said.(AFP/File/Toby Melville)AFP - Workers will get an extra bank holiday in 2012 to celebrate the Queen's Diamond Jubilee, Business Secretary Lord Mandelson said on Tuesday.

Britain's Iraq inquiry restarts ahead of Blair evidence (AFP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 08:11 AM PST

A protestor sets fire to a mask of the face of former premier Tony Blair outside the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre in London in November. Britain's public inquiry into the Iraq war has resumed after the Christmas break, as details emerge about the looming appearance by Tony Blair, who led the country into the controversial conflict.(AFP/File/Frantzesco Kangaris)AFP - Britain's public inquiry into the Iraq war resumed Tuesday after the Christmas break, as details emerged about the looming appearance by Tony Blair, who led the country into the controversial conflict.

British company to open plant in Georgia (AP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 08:03 AM PST

AP - A British metal products supplier is opening a plant in Midway, creating at least 200 new jobs.

Blair to face Iraq war inquiry, big demand for seats (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 07:54 AM PST

Reuters - Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair will make his hugely-anticipated appearance before an official inquiry into the Iraq War in late January or early February, the inquiry team said on Tuesday.

Annual 'stocktake' at London Zoo (AFP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 07:37 AM PST

A London zookeeper poses for a picture with a pair of ring-tailed coatis as she takes part in a photocall to promote London Zoo's annual stock take of animals.(AFP/Carl de Souza)AFP - At London Zoo, the animals come two by two -- and sometimes in fours and sixes as well.

Govt plays down child porn fears over new scanners (AFP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 07:00 AM PST

A combination of images shows an airport staff member demonstrating a full body scan at Manchester Airport in Manchester. The government is seeking to allay fears that body scanners being introduced at airports would break laws against creating indecent images of children.(AFP/Paul Ellis)AFP - The government sought on Tuesday to allay fears that body scanners being introduced at airports would break laws against creating indecent images of children.

Iraq inquiry restarts as Blair appearance looms (AFP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 06:54 AM PST

A protestor sets fire to a mask of the face of former premier Tony Blair outside the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre in London in November. Britain's public inquiry into the Iraq war has resumed after the Christmas break, as details emerge about the looming appearance by Tony Blair, who led the country into the controversial conflict.(AFP/File/Frantzesco Kangaris)AFP - The public inquiry into the Iraq war resumed on Tuesday after the Christmas break, as questions grew about the looming appearance by Tony Blair, who led the country into the controversial conflict.

United Airlines pilot admits being over drink limit (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 06:27 AM PST

Reuters - A United Airlines pilot admitted in court on Tuesday that he had turned up at London's Heathrow Airport to fly a plane to Chicago while three times over the alcohol limit.

United pilot charged with being over alcohol limit (AP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 06:17 AM PST

United Airlines pilot Erwin Washington arrives at Uxbridge Magistrates court, in Uxbridge, England to answer charges of 'being aviation staff performing an aviation function whilst exceeding the proscribed alcohol limit', Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2010. Washington was pulled from his trans-Atlantic flight to Chicago shortly before takeoff on Nov. 9, 2009. Scotland Yard said that 51-year-old Washington, of Lakewood, Colorado, was arrested after officers were called to United Airlines Flight 949, which was already full of passengers and due to leave London's Heathrow Airport. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)AP - A United Airlines pilot who was pulled from his trans-Atlantic flight to Chicago shortly before takeoff pleaded guilty Tuesday to being above the alcohol limit for flying a plane.

Glasgow fights "No Mean City" tag, 75 years on (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 05:11 AM PST

A man stands next to flowers tied to a railing in memory of a man murdered by gang members in the Gorbals area of Glasgow, Scotland in this file photo dated January 4, 2010. REUTERS/David MoirReuters - Razor King Johnnie Stark is long dead, but the specter of violence raised by the brutal street fighter in "No Mean City" still haunts Glasgow seven decades after the novel's publication.

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