2010年1月9日星期六

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

UK police charge 2 men after Heathrow bomb threat (AP)

Posted: 09 Jan 2010 03:52 PM PST

AP - Two men have been charged with making a false bomb threat and being drunk aboard a passenger plane following a security scare at London's Heathrow Airport, British police said Saturday.

British man charged with bomb hoax on Dubai flight (AFP)

Posted: 09 Jan 2010 03:52 PM PST

Aircraft are pictured at Heathrow Airport in November 2009. A British passenger was charged on Saturday with making a bomb threat that grounded a Dubai-bound plane at London's Heathrow Airport and sparked a major security alert, police said.(AFP/File/Carl de Souza)AFP - A British passenger was charged on Saturday with making a bomb threat that grounded a Dubai-bound plane at London's Heathrow Airport and sparked a major security alert, police said.

UK: Moms not amused by attention-seeking ads (AP)

Posted: 09 Jan 2010 01:29 PM PST

AP - A British advertising campaign aiming at provoking public discussion with billboard slogans that read "Career women make bad mothers" has gotten more attention than it asked for.

Dozens join Sudan drumming protest in London (AFP)

Posted: 09 Jan 2010 10:11 AM PST

Sudanese Archbishop Daniel Deng (C) joins protestors to call for UK Government intervention to prevent war in Sudan opposite 10 Downing Street in London . Around 150 people gathered, drumming loudly and calling for peace in Sudan.(AFP/Carl de Souza)AFP - Around 150 people gathered outside British Prime Minister Gordon Brown's Downing Street office in London on Saturday, drumming loudly and calling for peace in Sudan.

British FM says aid to Afghanistan conditional (AP)

Posted: 09 Jan 2010 07:40 AM PST

Visiting British Foreign Secretary David Miliband, right, shares a point with his Pakistani counterpart Shah Mahmood Qureshi, prior their meeting in Islamabad, Pakistan on Saturday, Jan. 9, 2010. Miliband arrived in Pakistan to hold talks with Pakistani leadership discuss a range of issues, including security and counter-terrorism, development and regional stability. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)AP - Britain's foreign secretary said Saturday that international financial support for Afghanistan was conditional on a better performance by Afghan President Hamid Karzai's government, which has been tainted by accusations of corruption.

Frozen Europe: 100s of flights canceled in Germany (AP)

Posted: 09 Jan 2010 11:39 AM PST

Passengers wait for their flights at Frankfurt airport on January 9, 2010. The freezing weather gripping parts of Europe is showing no signs of easing, with warnings the big chill could continue through until next week. REUTERS/Ralph Orlowski (GERMANY - Tags: ENVIRONMENT TRANSPORT)AP - A plane slid off an icy runway and powerful winds and heavy snow forced hundreds of flight cancellations across Europe on Saturday as blasts of freezing cold buffeted Europe.

Britain mulls 'pullback from part of Afghan region' (AFP)

Posted: 08 Jan 2010 10:02 PM PST

Family and friends mourn as the body of a British soldier killed in Afghanistan is driven through the village of Wootton Bassett, in southern England, December 15. Britain's military may hand control of parts of Afghanistan's Taliban-invested Helmand province to their US counterparts, the Times reported Saturday citing unnamed military officials(AFP/File/Leon Neal)AFP - Britain's military may hand control of parts of Afghanistan's Taliban-invested Helmand province to their US counterparts, the Times reported Saturday citing unnamed military officials.

Britain faces toughest cuts for 20 years: Darling (AFP)

Posted: 08 Jan 2010 09:26 PM PST

Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling poses for photographs with his pre-budget report outside the Treasury in December. Darling warned on Saturday that Britain faces its toughest spending cuts in two decades if the ruling Labour party wins this year's general election(AFP/File/Carl de Souza)AFP - Chancellor Alistair Darling warned on Saturday that Britain faces its toughest spending cuts in two decades if Labour wins this year's general election.

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