2010年1月10日星期日

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

British banks to see recovery falter: survey (AFP)

Posted: 10 Jan 2010 06:10 PM PST

An aerial view of the 'City of London'. British banks fear their fragile recovery will grind to a halt over the next few months, according to a survey by employers' organisation the Confederation of British Industry (CBI).(AFP/File/Leon Neal)AFP - British banks fear their fragile recovery will grind to a halt over the next few months, according to a survey by employers' organisation the Confederation of British Industry (CBI).

First British reporter killed in Afghanistan (AFP)

Posted: 10 Jan 2010 12:16 PM PST

A picture released by Trinity Mirror shows Rupert Hamer, defence correspondent for the Sunday Mirror newspaper, in the Helmand Province in Afghanistan, 2007. The war in Afghanistan claimed a second journalist in 10 days this weekend, officials said, when an explosion killed the reporter out on patrol with US Marines.(AFP/TRINITY MIRROR/Philip Coburn)AFP - A newspaper journalist became the first British reporter to die covering the war in Afghanistan when he was killed in an explosion while embedded with US Marines, officials said Sunday.

UK reporter, US Marine killed in Afghan blast (AP)

Posted: 10 Jan 2010 11:56 AM PST

This undated photo released Sunday Jan. 10, 2010 by the Sunday Mirror shows the newspapers defense correspondent Rupert Hamer who was killed in an explosion in Afghanistan Saturday Jan. 9, 2010. An explosion in southern Afghanistan killed a British journalist, a U.S. Marine and an Afghan soldier, Britain's military said Sunday. The Sunday Mirror's defense correspondent Rupert Hamer and photographer Philip Coburn were accompanying a U.S. Marine patrol in southern Afghanistan when the vehicle they were traveling in was hit by a makeshift bomb Saturday, the Defense Ministry said. (AP Photo/Sunday Mirror)AP - An explosion outside a village in southern Afghanistan killed a U.S. Marine and a veteran war correspondent who became the first British journalist killed in the conflict, officials said.

British newspaper journalist killed in Afghanistan (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Jan 2010 10:37 AM PST

Journalist Rupert Hamer is seen in this undated handout photograph released in London January 10, 2010. REUTERS/Sunday Mirror/HandoutReuters - A journalist for Britain's Sunday Mirror newspaper has been killed by a roadside bomb while on patrol in Afghanistan, the Defense Ministry said on Sunday.

Brown inspired by Mandela in political fight-back (AFP)

Posted: 10 Jan 2010 08:39 AM PST

S.Africa's president Nelson Mandela congratulates S.Africa's rugby team captain Francois Pienaar after his team's victory over New Zealand (15-12) in the final of the Rugby World Cup at Ellis Park in Johannesburg,1995. Prime Minister Gordon Brown dismissed a failed plot against him as AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown dismissed a failed political plot against him as "silliness", and revealed he is turning to Nelson Mandela for inspiration ahead of the general election.

Britain to shrug off wintry economic chill: analysts (AFP)

Posted: 09 Jan 2010 10:59 PM PST

A council worker grits the pavement in Manchester. The British economy, forecast to emerge soon from recession, will likely shrug off the most brutal winter in decades as many Britons simply delay purchases and work from home to beat the big freeze.(AFP/Andrew Yates)AFP - The British economy, forecast to emerge soon from recession, will likely shrug off the most brutal winter in decades as many Britons simply delay purchases and work from home to beat the big freeze.

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