2010年1月29日星期五

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Files show 'Iron Lady' was at odds with US on Iran (AP)

Posted: 29 Jan 2010 04:01 PM PST

AP - Margaret Thatcher, for all her reputation as a hard-liner, rebuffed appeals from U.S. President Jimmy Carter for a more demonstrative response to the Iranian hostage crisis in 1979, saying it would do more harm than good, according to papers in her personal files released Saturday.

Ex-Austrian BAE agent charged with bribery: investigators (AFP)

Posted: 29 Jan 2010 02:55 PM PST

A full scale model of a Mantis unmanned aircraft made by BAE Systems is displayed at Farnborough Airshow, Hampshire in 2008. A former Austrian agent for British weapons maker BAE Systems was charged Friday with bribing officials in European countries to secure fighter jet contracts, investigators said.(AFP/File/Carl de Souza)AFP - A former Austrian agent for British weapons maker BAE Systems was charged Friday with bribing officials in European countries to secure fighter jet contracts, investigators said.

Atmel to sell Smart Card units in France, UK (AP)

Posted: 29 Jan 2010 02:21 PM PST

AP - Atmel Corp. said Friday it is seeking to sell its Smart Card integrated circuits business in Rousset, France, and East Kilbride in the United Kingdom.

Blair fights for his legacy as he defends Iraq war (AP)

Posted: 29 Jan 2010 01:54 PM PST

This image from APTN shows Former Prime Minister Tony Blair Friday Jan. 29, 2010 testifying to Britain's Iraq Inquiry. Blair told Britain's Iraq Inquiry that Saddam Hussein didn't become a bigger threat after Sept. 11, but said his perception of the risk posed by terrorists acquiring weapons of mass destruction was dramatically changed by the attacks. (AP Photo/APTN)AP - He was right and he'd do it again.

Blair says no regrets for removing Saddam (AFP)

Posted: 29 Jan 2010 01:47 PM PST

Demonstrators wearing Tony Blair masks and sporting fake blood on their hands are escorted by police as they carry a fake coffin outside the QE2 centre in central London. Blair said Friday he had no regrets about removing Saddam Hussein after delivering a robust defence of the 2003 invasion of Iraq at a public inquiry into the war.(AFP/Shaun Curry)AFP - Former prime minister Tony Blair said Friday he had no regrets about removing Saddam Hussein after delivering a robust defence of the 2003 invasion of Iraq at a public inquiry into the war.

N.Ireland party expects power-sharing talks to end 'soon' (AFP)

Posted: 29 Jan 2010 11:22 AM PST

Northern Ireland's First Minister and DUP leader Peter Robinson in Hillsborough, Northern Ireland, on January 26. Northern Ireland's rival parties carried on tense negotiations about saving their power-sharing government even as a deadline to reach agreement expired on Friday.(AFP/File/Peter Muhly)AFP - One of Northern Ireland's power-sharing partners said Friday they expect a decisive outcome "reasonably soon" from tense negotiations over policing powers that threatens their joint government.

Judge lifts media gagging order on John Terry (AFP)

Posted: 29 Jan 2010 11:21 AM PST

England and Chelsea defender John Terry, seen here in 2009, was named on Friday as the sportsman behind a gagging injunction involving his private life.(AFP/File/Adrian Dennis)AFP - England and Chelsea defender John Terry was named on Friday as the sportsman behind a gagging injunction involving his private life.

Defiant Blair says no regrets over Iraq war (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Jan 2010 11:14 AM PST

Reuters - Former British prime minister Tony Blair said on Friday he had no regrets about the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, saying Saddam Hussein was a threat to the world who had to be disarmed or removed.

Blair quotes at Britain's Iraq Inquiry (AP)

Posted: 29 Jan 2010 10:36 AM PST

AP - Key quotes from testimony before Britain's Iraq Inquiry by former Prime Minister Tony Blair:

No regrets for removing Saddam Hussein: Blair (AFP)

Posted: 29 Jan 2010 09:59 AM PST

Screen grab taken from UKPB shows former premier Tony Blair giving evidence to the Iraq Inquiry. Blair told a public inquiry into the Iraq war on Friday he had no regrets about removing Saddam Hussein from power.(AFP/UKPB)AFP - Former prime minister Tony Blair told a public inquiry into the Iraq war on Friday he had no regrets about removing Saddam Hussein from power.

FTSE ends higher on US economic data (AFP)

Posted: 29 Jan 2010 09:27 AM PST

Leading shares ended higher in London on Friday as sentiment was lifted by data showing stronger-than-expected US economic growth chalked up in the final quarter of last year.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - Leading shares ended higher in London on Friday as sentiment was lifted by data showing stronger-than-expected US economic growth chalked up in the final quarter of last year.

Oysters - the Tudor version of cinema popcorn (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Jan 2010 06:28 AM PST

Reuters - Elizabethan theater-goers chomped on an exotic array of foods while enjoying the latest plays of the day, new evidence found at the sites of Shakespearean playhouses in London suggests.

Property market makes bright start to 2010 (AFP)

Posted: 29 Jan 2010 04:59 AM PST

Estate agents' signboards on the outskirts of Reading. The Nationwide said house prices made a strong start to the year, rising for the ninth successive month in January.(AFP/File/Adrian Dennis)AFP - House prices made a strong start to the year, rising for the ninth successive month in January, home-loans provider Nationwide said on Friday.

UK diplomat Percy Cradock, China specialist, dies (AP)

Posted: 29 Jan 2010 04:37 AM PST

AP - Sir Percy Cradock, the British diplomat who negotiated the terms for returning Hong Kong to Chinese rule, has died at 86.

UK house prices, consumer confidence rise in Jan (AP)

Posted: 29 Jan 2010 03:43 AM PST

AP - U.K. house prices rose 1.2 percent during January to push them 8.6 percent higher from a year ago, a major mortgage lender said Friday, while a separate survey showed consumer confidence picked up after a three-month drop.

Quotations of the day (AP)

Posted: 29 Jan 2010 03:21 AM PST

AP - "The primary consideration for me was to send an absolutely powerful, clear and unremitting message that after Sept. 11 if you were a regime engaged in WMD (weapons of mass destruction), you had to stop." — Former Prime Minister Tony Blair, speaking to Britain's Iraq Inquiry about his decision to back the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq.

MMR doctor acted 'unethically': regulator (AFP)

Posted: 29 Jan 2010 02:53 AM PST

Doctor Andrew Wakefield and his wife Carmel at the General Medical Council (GMC) in London. The medical regulator said Wakefield -- who stirred up controversy by suggesting a vaccination against childhood illnesses was linked to autism -- acted unethically in carrying out his research.(AFP/Shaun Curry)AFP - A doctor who stirred up controversy by suggesting a vaccination against childhood illnesses was linked to autism acted unethically in carrying out his research, a medical regulator has ruled.

Blair gives evidence to Iraq war inquiry (AFP)

Posted: 29 Jan 2010 02:15 AM PST

Screen grab taken from UKPB shows former British premier Tony Blair giving evidence to the Iraq Inquiry. Blair said there had been no AFP - Former prime minister Tony Blair began giving evidence to the public inquiry into the Iraq war on Friday, starting an eagerly awaited day of questioning into his account of the conflict.

Blair to appear before Iraq war inquiry (AFP)

Posted: 29 Jan 2010 01:34 AM PST

Former British prime minister Tony Blair, seen here in 2009, has taken his seat before the public inquiry into the Iraq war, at the start of a long-awaited day of questioning into his account of the conflict.(AFP/File/Don Emmert)AFP - Former prime minister Tony Blair faces a public inquiry on Friday over his decision to wage war on Iraq, seven years after a bloody conflict that still divides his country.

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