2010年1月11日星期一

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

UK: Gurkha veterans lose court battle for pensions (AP)

Posted: 11 Jan 2010 11:03 AM PST

AP - A British court on Monday rejected a bid by retired Gurkha soldiers to win the right to be paid the same pensions as military personnel from Britain.

Five Muslims guilty over anti-military march in Britain (AFP)

Posted: 11 Jan 2010 10:09 AM PST

Soldiers from Britain's 2nd Battalion of the Royal Anglian Regiment paradeing in north London in 2009. Five Muslim men who accused British soldiers of being murderers at a homecoming parade when they returned from Afghanistan were found guilty of public order offences Monday.(AFP/File/Max Nash)AFP - Five Muslim men who accused British soldiers of being murderers at a homecoming parade when they returned from Afghanistan were found guilty of public order offences Monday.

Hello-lujah: British church holds blessing for mobile phones (AFP)

Posted: 11 Jan 2010 09:52 AM PST

Laptops, mobile phones and blackberrys are pictured on the altar before a church service at St Lawrence Jewry church, in London, as it holds an unusual blessing ceremony for the mobile phones of workers in the City of London financial district.(AFP/Carl de Souza)AFP - A British church held an unusual ceremony Monday when a vicar blessed the mobile phones of workers in the City of London financial district.

Gurkha veterans lose UK court battle on pensions (AFP)

Posted: 11 Jan 2010 08:57 AM PST

The Royal Courts of Justice in London, 2004. Former Gurkha soldiers from Nepal lost a test case against the Ministry of Defence over pension rights at the High Court in London.(AFP/File/Odd Andersen)AFP - Former Gurkha soldiers from Nepal lost a test case against Britain's Ministry of Defence over pension rights at the High Court in London on Monday.

Blair's top spin doctor to be quizzed on Iraq role (AP)

Posted: 11 Jan 2010 08:42 AM PST

FILE - This is a Monday July 9, 2007 file photo of Alastair Campbell as he arrives at offices of ITV in London, to give television interviews, Alastair Campbell, was British Prime Minister Tony Blair's powerful chief spin doctor between 1997 and 2003. Campbell testifies Tuesday Jan 12, 2010 before the Iraq Inquiry. The communications director for former Prime Minister Tony Blair is expected to face harsh questioning about his role in preparing the controversial dossier, which claimed in 2002 that Iraq's Saddam Hussein could have nuclear weapons within a year and could launch chemical weapons within 45 minutes. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)AP - Did he "sex up" the infamous intelligence dossier that made Britain's case for war with Iraq? That is the key question for spin doctor supreme Alastair Campbell when he testifies Tuesday before the Iraq Inquiry.

Ice racing fever grips England's frozen fenlands (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Jan 2010 08:41 AM PST

Reuters - It's cold. It's fast. It's one of the rarest honors in outdoor speed skating and it just might happen this year for the first time in more than a decade ... if the weather holds.

British minister's niece on trial for Paris murder (AFP)

Posted: 11 Jan 2010 08:33 AM PST

A video grab shows Briton Jessica Davies arriving for her trial before a French court in Versailles. Davies, who is the niece of Britain's junior defence minister, told police she was a AFP - The niece of Britain's junior defence minister told police she was a "monster" after plunging a knife into a young Frenchman she picked up in a bar, a French court heard on Monday.

Chris Evans replaces Wogan on Radio 2 breakfast show (AFP)

Posted: 11 Jan 2010 08:23 AM PST

Presenter Chris Evans, seen here in 2009, promised listeners a AFP - Presenter Chris Evans promised listeners a "long but pleasant ride," on Monday as he kicked off his first show in BBC's Radio Two breakfast slot.

UK vicar invokes God's blessing on BlackBerrys (AP)

Posted: 11 Jan 2010 06:37 AM PST

AP - God bless this BlackBerry.

F1 ace Hamilton splits from pop star girlfriend (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Jan 2010 06:20 AM PST

Reuters - British racing driver Lewis Hamilton and Pussycat Dolls singer Nicole Scherzinger said on Monday they have ended their 20-month relationship.

Spain's Santander bank targets top spot in Britain (AFP)

Posted: 11 Jan 2010 06:00 AM PST

A branch of Bradford & Bingley bank is pictured in London, in 2008. Spanish banking giant Santander has declared it wants to become Britain's biggest bank as it begins rebranding its British operations with its own name.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)AFP - Spanish banking giant Santander on Monday declared that it wants to become Britain's biggest bank as it began rebranding its British operations with its own name.

Police crackdown forces rival gangs to share guns (AFP)

Posted: 11 Jan 2010 03:48 AM PST

Police firearms experts said that a shortage of guns is forcing rival criminal gangs to share weapons.(AFP/File/AFP)AFP - A shortage of guns is forcing rival criminal gangs to share weapons, police firearms experts said on Monday.

Afghan president pays tribute to slain British reporter (AFP)

Posted: 11 Jan 2010 02:26 AM PST

A picture released by Trinity Mirror shows Rupert Hamer, defence correspondent for the Sunday Mirror newspaper in the Helmand Province in Afghanistan, 2007. Afghan President Hamid Karzai paid tribute to Hamer, killed in Afghanistan while travelling with US Marines fighting the Taliban.(AFP/TRINITY MIRROR/Philip Coburn)AFP - Afghan President Hamid Karzai paid tribute on Monday to a British journalist killed in Afghanistan while travelling with US Marines fighting the Taliban.

UK's Brown to unveil election plans after failed plot (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Jan 2010 12:59 AM PST

Reuters - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown will attempt to reassert his authority over his ruling Labour Party on Monday, after surviving a plot to depose him less than five months before an election that he is expected to lose.

Plumbing giant Wolseley announces sale of Irish unit (AFP)

Posted: 11 Jan 2010 12:30 AM PST

A worker at a Wolseley plant handles a bundle of piping. Wolseley, the world's biggest distributor of plumbing and heating products, said on Monday it had agreed to sell its Irish business for 23.84 million pounds to concentrate on its core British business.(Wolseley)AFP - Wolseley, the world's biggest distributor of plumbing and heating products, said on Monday it had agreed to sell its Irish business for 23.84 million pounds to concentrate on its core British business.

Probe into allegations British troops 'executed' Iraqi (AFP)

Posted: 11 Jan 2010 12:16 AM PST

File photo of British soldiers in Basra, southern Iraq in 2007. The Ministry of Defence said that military investigators will examine allegations about the death of a 62-year-old Iraqi woman who was caught up in crossfire during a raid on her home.(AFP/File/Ali al-Saadi)AFP - Military investigators will examine allegations about the death of a 62-year-old Iraqi woman who was caught up in crossfire during a raid on her home, the Ministry of Defence said on Monday.

British teenager picks up baton at Seattle Symphony (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Jan 2010 06:28 PM PST

Reuters - British teenager Alexander Prior, who dislikes being tagged a musical prodigy, has taken up the baton at the Seattle Symphony and been named assistant to guest conductors from January to July this year.

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