2010年1月24日星期日

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Iraq PM orders probe into 'bomb detector' (AFP)

Posted: 24 Jan 2010 12:22 PM PST

An Iraqi policeman holds the cards that are used in the ADE651 bomb detection device in Baghdad. Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Sunday ordered an investigation into a device used to detect bombs at checkpoints despite a ban on their export by Britain.(AFP/Arthur Macmillan)AFP - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Sunday ordered an investigation into a device used to detect bombs at checkpoints despite a ban on their export by Britain.

Defence Secretary hints at May 6 election date (AFP)

Posted: 24 Jan 2010 07:05 AM PST

Defence Secretary Bob Ainsworth (right) and his Afghan counterpart Abdul Rahim Wardak give a press conference in Kabul on December 10. Ainsworth dropped the clearest hint yet Sunday that this year's general election will be held on May 6.(AFP/File/Shah Marai)AFP - Defence Secretary Bob Ainsworth dropped the clearest hint yet Sunday that this year's general election will be held on May 6.

EDF 'abandons sale of British electricity grid' (AFP)

Posted: 24 Jan 2010 06:11 AM PST

EDF has given up plans to sell its electricity distribution network in Britain because the French state electricity giant's new boss is against the move, financial news website Wansquare has reported.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - EDF has given up plans to sell its electricity distribution network in Britain because the French state electricity giant's new boss is against the move, a financial news website reported Sunday.

Detroit shows 'new phase' for Al-Qaeda: Miliband (AFP)

Posted: 24 Jan 2010 04:03 AM PST

Foreign Secretary David Miliband testifies during a hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, January 21. A recent bid to blow up a US plane marks a AFP - A recent bid to blow up a US plane marks a "new phase" in Al-Qaeda's campaign against the West, Foreign Secretary David Miliband said Sunday, before this week's London talks on Afghanistan and Yemen.

Kraft promises investment in Cadbury after takeover (AFP)

Posted: 24 Jan 2010 04:00 AM PST

Kraft and Cadbury products on display. The strategy director of US giant Kraft Foods has vowed to invest in chocolate maker Cadbury and create more jobs in the business in the UK as it seeks to head off concern about its takeover.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Scott Olson)AFP - The strategy director of US giant Kraft Foods vowed Sunday to invest in chocolate maker Cadbury and create more jobs in the business in the UK as it seeks to head off concern about its takeover.

Britain to exit recession, but faces bleak recovery (AFP)

Posted: 23 Jan 2010 09:03 PM PST

People enter a job centre in Bromley, in southeast England. An end to Britain's longest recession on record will likely be confirmed this week but recovery for the debt-ridden nation -- facing an election this year -- will be far from smooth, economists warned.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)AFP - An end to Britain's longest recession on record will likely be confirmed this week but recovery for the debt-ridden nation -- facing an election this year -- will be far from smooth, economists warned.

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