2010年1月17日星期日

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Story of Newton's encounter with apple goes online (AP)

Posted: 17 Jan 2010 06:01 PM PST

This undated photo released by the Royal Society via PA shows Sir Isaac Newton. An 18th-century account of how a falling piece of fruit helped Newton develop the theory of gravity is being posted to the Web, making scans of the fragile paper manuscript widely available to the public for the first time. Newton's encounter with an apple ranks among science's most celebrated anecdotes, and Britain's Royal Society said it was making the documents available online Monday, Jan. 18, 2010. (AP Photo/Royal Society/PA)AP - An 18th-century account of how a falling piece of fruit helped Isaac Newton develop the theory of gravity is being posted to the Web, making scans of the fragile paper manuscript widely available to the public for the first time.

Britain facing decade of economic pain: forecasters (AFP)

Posted: 17 Jan 2010 04:05 PM PST

Shoppers are pictured on Oxford Street, in central London, in 2009. Britain faces the prospect of a decade of economic pain, after binging on cheap debt, and its recovery will rely on trading more with Asian tigers like China, forecasters warned on Monday.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)AFP - Britain faces the prospect of a decade of economic pain, after binging on cheap debt, and its recovery will rely on trading more with Asian tigers like China, forecasters warned on Monday.

Airport scanners may breach rights: watchdog (AFP)

Posted: 17 Jan 2010 02:34 PM PST

A security officer poses for photographers in the body scanner at Manchester Airport, Manchester. An equality watchdog warned on Sunday that plans to introduce body scanners at airports after the failed Christmas Day bombing of a US plane could breach human rights.(AFP/Andrew Yates)AFP - An equality watchdog warned on Sunday that plans to introduce body scanners at airports after the failed Christmas Day bombing of a US plane could breach human rights.

Reports: Kraft to sweeten its offer for Cadbury (AP)

Posted: 17 Jan 2010 11:54 AM PST

Reports said that US food giant Kraft Foods will sweeten its takeover bid for British confectioner Cadbury this week.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)AP - Kraft Foods Inc. is expected to sweeten its offer for Cadbury PLC, in an effort to remain in the running as it faces a potential competing bid from Hershey Co. for the British candy maker, according to media reports.

Egypt rescuers search for lost British diver (AFP)

Posted: 17 Jan 2010 07:27 AM PST

People sit on a pier at the Red Sea port of Safaga, Egypt. Egyptian rescue boats searched with fading hope for a British tourist on Sunday who was lost while scuba diving south of Safaga, one of the rescuers said.(AFP/File/Cris Bouroncle)AFP - Egyptian rescue boats searched with fading hope for a British tourist on Sunday who was lost while scuba diving in the Red Sea, one of the rescuers said.

Iran may cut British Museum ties in antiquity row (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Jan 2010 06:42 AM PST

Reuters - Iran will cut its links with the British Museum and ask bodies such as UNESCO to reconsider their own ties if the museum does not keep a promise to lend Iran an ancient Persian treasure, Iranian media reported on Sunday.

GDF-Suez in takeover approach to Int. Power: report (AFP)

Posted: 17 Jan 2010 04:00 AM PST

File photo of a nuclear power station in Bollène, France. French energy giant GDF Suez has made a takeover approach to London-listed energy group International Power, according to a newspaper report.(AFP/File/Jeff Pachoud)AFP - French energy giant GDF Suez has made a takeover approach to London-listed energy group International Power, according to a newspaper report on Sunday.

Kraft set to sweeten Cadbury takeover bid: reports (AFP)

Posted: 17 Jan 2010 02:59 AM PST

Reports said that US food giant Kraft Foods will sweeten its takeover bid for British confectioner Cadbury this week.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)AFP - US food giant Kraft Foods will sweeten its takeover bid for confectioner Cadbury this week, according to media reports on Sunday.

Almost one in four Britons back Blair war crimes trial: poll (AFP)

Posted: 17 Jan 2010 02:12 AM PST

According to a poll nearly one quarter of Britons want former prime minister Tony Blair to be tried as a war criminal over the Iraq war.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - Nearly one quarter of Britons want former prime minister Tony Blair to be tried as a war criminal over the Iraq war, according to a poll published on Sunday.

British bank sector hails Obama bank levy as fair (AFP)

Posted: 16 Jan 2010 09:15 PM PST

British bankers have welcomed US President Barack Obama's announcement of a levy to raise 55 billion pounds to recoup the Wall Street bailout, saying it restores parity to the global banking sector.(AFP/File/Saul Loeb)AFP - British bankers have welcomed US President Barack Obama's announcement of a levy to raise 90 billion dollars to recoup the Wall Street bailout, saying it restores parity to the global banking sector.

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