2010年1月25日星期一

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Jaguar Land Rover announces CEO stepping down (AFP)

Posted: 25 Jan 2010 03:31 PM PST

The Land Rover and Jaguar emblems are pictured at the Land Rover assembly plant at Halewood in Liverpool. Struggling carmaker Jaguar Land Rover's chief executive David Smith stepped down on Monday, the company said, after a breakdown in negotiations on workers' pay and conditions.(AFP/File/Paul Ellis)AFP - Struggling carmaker Jaguar Land Rover's chief executive David Smith stepped down on Monday, the company said, after a breakdown in negotiations on workers' pay and conditions.

N.Ireland leaders in crunch power-sharing talks (AFP)

Posted: 25 Jan 2010 01:47 PM PST

Northern Ireland's Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness (L) speaks to the media before meeting Democratic Unionist Party leader Peter Robinson at Stormont Government buildings in Belfast. The British and Irish prime ministers made an unscheduled dash to Northern Ireland Monday and engaged in emergency talks with the province's feuding leaders in a bid to save their faltering administration.(AFP/Peter Muhly)AFP - The British and Irish prime ministers made an unscheduled dash to Northern Ireland Monday and engaged in emergency talks with the province's feuding leaders in a bid to save their faltering administration.

UK talks to focus on Taliban reconciliation plan (AP)

Posted: 25 Jan 2010 12:58 PM PST

US Marines ready for a night patrol in Huskers camp on the outskirts of Marjah in central Helmand. Under a plan announced by US President Barack Obama in December, 30,000 US troops will go to Afghanistan this year -- on top of more than 70,000 already there -- before they begin withdrawing in July 2011.(AFP/Christophe Simon)AP - Afghanistan's president said Monday that the West, once resistant to reconciliation with the Taliban, now backs his plan to persuade some militants to lay down their weapons.

UK 7-year-old raises tens of thousands for Haiti (AP)

Posted: 25 Jan 2010 11:47 AM PST

Charlie Simpson waves during his five mile cycle ride around South Park, west London, Sunday Jan. 24, 2010. A young British schoolboy has raised nearly 100,000 pounds ($160,000) for Haiti's relief effort. Seven-year-old Charlie Simpson was so upset by the devastating images of Haiti's deadly earthquake that he asked his mother if she could help him set up a sponsored bicycle ride around his local park in west London. Charlie originally hoped to raise 500 pounds ($800) for UNICEF's Haiti appeal with Sunday's 5-mile bike ride but his Internet page was flooded with donations. (AP Photo/ Tim Ireland/PA Wire)AP - A young British schoolboy has raised more than 100,000 pounds ($160,000) Monday for Haiti's relief effort by cycling round his local park.

Goldman caps UK partner pay at $1.6 million: source (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Jan 2010 10:53 AM PST

Reuters - Goldman Sachs Group Inc , in the crosshairs of the pay debate, is capping compensation at $1.6 million for its partners in the UK, according to a source familiar with the matter.

Junk shop letter now a Scottish national treasure (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Jan 2010 10:38 AM PST

Reuters - American folklorist Nancy Groce couldn't believe her eyes when she spotted what appeared to be a letter by Jean Armor, widow of Scotland's national bard Robert Burns, in a New York junk shop.

Dozens of Americans, Canadians sought asylum in UK (AP)

Posted: 25 Jan 2010 10:37 AM PST

AP - British government figures show that dozens of Americans and Canadians have applied for asylum in the U.K. in the past few years on the grounds that they were persecuted in their own countries.

FTSE 100 shares end in the red (AFP)

Posted: 25 Jan 2010 09:13 AM PST

London's leading stock exchange closed in the red after sales of US existing homes fell more than expected.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - London's leading stock exchange closed in the red on Monday after sales of US existing homes fell more than expected.

UK university: We will investigate radicalization (AP)

Posted: 25 Jan 2010 08:24 AM PST

AP - The British university attended by the man alleged to have attacked a Detroit-bound airliner on Christmas Day said Monday it would investigate whether there was anything at the school that could push students toward extremism.

Britain urges global deal on 'bank tax' (AFP)

Posted: 25 Jan 2010 07:31 AM PST

Shoppers walk along Chelmesford High Street in Essex, England in 2009.Britain has stepped up its push for a global tax on financial transactions as part of broad plans to reform the banking sector following the financial crisis, amid concerns that the US may act alone.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - Britain stepped up its push for a global tax on financial transactions Monday as part of broad plans to reform the banking sector following the financial crisis, amid concerns that the US may act alone.

PM admits 'mistake' over post-war Iraq planning (AFP)

Posted: 25 Jan 2010 07:30 AM PST

Prime Minister Gordon Brown has admitted it had been a AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown admitted Monday it had been a "mistake" to fail to prepare adequately for rebuilding Iraq following the 2003 removal of Saddam Hussein.

Retirement age should be abolished: UK rights group (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Jan 2010 07:23 AM PST

Reuters - People should be allowed to work beyond the current retirement age and working times should be more flexible, a report by Britain's Equality and Human Rights Commission said on Monday.

EU backs British bank aid (AFP)

Posted: 25 Jan 2010 05:04 AM PST

A man enters a branch of British bank Bradford & Bingley in Birkenhead, in 2008. The European Commission has said it has backed state aid offered to banks Bradford & Bingley and Dunfermline, ending its last two probes into assistance offered as part of London bank restructuring.(AFP/File/Paul Ellis)AFP - The European Commission said Monday it had backed state aid offered to banks Bradford & Bingley and Dunfermline, ending its last two probes into assistance offered as part of London bank restructuring.

BA cabin crew begin new strike vote (AP)

Posted: 25 Jan 2010 05:01 AM PST

AP - British Airways PLC cabin crew begin voting Monday on whether to strike in a long running dispute over pay and working conditions — while the airline starts training other workers to take over their duties.

Taiwan whisky 'beats Scotch' in Burn's Night shocker (AFP)

Posted: 25 Jan 2010 05:01 AM PST

A glass of the English whisky AFP - A Taiwanese whisky beat a trio of top Scottish blends in a connoisseurs' blind taste test organised to mark Scotland's annual Burn's Night festivities, the Times of London reported on Monday.

Retirement age 'should be scrapped' (AFP)

Posted: 25 Jan 2010 05:00 AM PST

People should be allowed to extend their working lives into older age, the equalities watchdog has said under proposals to scrap the current retirement age of 65.(AFP/Gent Shkullaku)AFP - People should be allowed to extend their working lives into older age, said the equalities watchdog on Monday under proposals to scrap the current retirement age of 65.

'Shocking' data reveals 60 child sex offences a day (AFP)

Posted: 25 Jan 2010 04:46 AM PST

More than 21,000 child sex offences were recorded in England and Wales last year, according to police figures released and described by a charity as AFP - More than 21,000 child sex offences were recorded in England and Wales last year, according to police figures released on Monday and described by a charity as "shocking".

Haggis and whisky come out for Scottish bard Burns (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Jan 2010 02:53 AM PST

Simon Crouch dressed as Robert Burns stands outside the Alloway cottage in which poet Robert Burns was born, January 24, 2001. REUTERS/Jeff J MitchellReuters - Scotland's national poet Robert Burns is probably unique in world literature in having his birthday on January 25 marked annually by thousands of festive dinners and recitations of his works around the world.

Yemen uses Al-Qaeda spectre to hit opposition (AFP)

Posted: 25 Jan 2010 12:44 AM PST

File photo shows a Yemeni soldier in clashes with Shiite rebels in Saada province. Yemen's embattled government links armed Shiite rebels in the north, southern secessionists and resurgent Al-Qaeda militants, saying all three belong to an AFP - Yemen's embattled government links armed Shiite rebels in the north, southern secessionists and resurgent Al-Qaeda militants, saying all three belong to an "axis of evil" in the Arabian Peninsula state.

Ferrero says won't bid for Cadbury (AFP)

Posted: 24 Jan 2010 11:38 PM PST

Cadbury and Kraft products are displayed January 19 in Chicago, Illinois. Italian chocolate maker Ferrero on Monday said it did not intend making a counter-bid for British confectioner Cadbury, which last week agreed to a multi-billion-dollar takeover from US giant Kraft Foods.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Scott Olson)AFP - Italian chocolate maker Ferrero on Monday said it did not intend making a counter-bid for British confectioner Cadbury, which last week agreed to a multi-billion-dollar takeover from US giant Kraft Foods.

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