2010年2月1日星期一

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Lawmakers: UK response to terrorism slow, confused (AP)

Posted: 01 Feb 2010 04:05 PM PST

AP - Britain needs a U.S.-style national security adviser to report to Prime Minister Gordon Brown on terrorist threats, a committee of lawmakers said Tuesday in a report that made unusually sharp criticisms of the country's approach to security.

Anti-jargon group blasts 'ambient' sausage snack (AFP)

Posted: 01 Feb 2010 02:04 PM PST

British anti-jargon campaigners were celebrating Monday after forcing a supermarket chain to change the labelling on a sausage snack which had been described as AFP - Anti-jargon campaigners were celebrating Monday after forcing a supermarket chain to change the labelling on a sausage snack which had been described as "ambient".

Pope confirms Britain visit, attacks equality bill (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Feb 2010 01:08 PM PST

Pope Benedict XVI, flanked by two children, releases a dove at the end of his Angelus prayer at the Vatican January 31, 2010. REUTERS/Max RossiReuters - Pope Benedict confirmed Monday he would make the first papal visit to Britain since 1982 while criticizing legislation that could force churches to hire homosexuals or transsexuals as a violation of "natural law."

Pope to visit UK; urges church to accept Anglicans (AP)

Posted: 01 Feb 2010 11:57 AM PST

AP - Pope Benedict XVI confirmed Monday he would visit Britain later this year, a trip that has grown fraught following his move to welcome into the Roman Catholic Church groups of Anglicans upset over the ordination of gays and women.

Two British soldiers killed in Afghanistan: ministry (AFP)

Posted: 01 Feb 2010 10:52 AM PST

British soldiers in Afghanistan. Explosions killed two British soldiers in the southern Afghan province of Helmand on Monday, the Ministry of Defence said.(AFP/File/John D McHugh)AFP - Explosions killed two British soldiers in the southern Afghan province of Helmand on Monday, the Ministry of Defence said.

Pope condemns gay-friendly British laws ahead of visit (AFP)

Posted: 01 Feb 2010 10:06 AM PST

Pope Benedict XVI, seen here in 2009, chided Britain for its gay-friendly laws on Monday as he confirmed plans to visit the country for the first time as head of the Roman Catholic Church.(AFP/File/Alberto Pizzoli)AFP - Pope Benedict XVI chided Britain for its gay-friendly laws on Monday as he confirmed plans to visit the country for the first time as head of the Roman Catholic Church.

N.Ireland leaders consult parties over policing row (AFP)

Posted: 01 Feb 2010 10:00 AM PST

Police close a road in Ballynahinch, Northern Ireland. Senior political figures in Northern Ireland were meeting with their parties amid rising hopes of a deal over policing and justice powers after days of intensive negotiations.(AFP/File)AFP - Senior political figures in Northern Ireland met their parties Monday amid rising hopes of a deal over policing and justice powers after days of intensive negotiations.

British military ill-prepared for Iraq invasion: chief (AFP)

Posted: 01 Feb 2010 09:34 AM PST

A British soldier patrols the Iraqi city of Basra in 2003. Britain's military AFP - Britain's military "simply didn't have enough time" to source all the equipment needed for the 2003 Iraq invasion, the professional head of the armed forces said Monday at an inquiry into the war.

FTSE boosted by White House forecast (AFP)

Posted: 01 Feb 2010 09:08 AM PST

Leading shares in London started the week strongly as investors reacted to the White House's prediction of a robust economic recovery in 2011.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - Leading shares in London started the week strongly as investors reacted to the White House's prediction of a robust economic recovery in 2011.

Men increasingly turning to surgery to get rid of 'moobs' (AFP)

Posted: 01 Feb 2010 07:20 AM PST

Male breast reduction operations have gone up by 80% since last year, according to an audit by the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons, making it the fastest growing sector of the cosmetic surgery industry.(AFP/File/Peter Parks)AFP - Male breast reduction operations have gone up by 80% since last year, new figures showed on Monday, making it the fastest growing sector of the cosmetic surgery industry.

Opposition would 'strangle recovery': Mandelson (AFP)

Posted: 01 Feb 2010 06:45 AM PST

Prime Minister Gordon Brown (left) and Business Secretary Peter Mandelson are pictured during a visit to a port construction site in southeast England on January 5. Mandelson has warned that the Conservatives would AFP - Business Secretary Peter Mandelson on Monday warned that the Conservatives would "strangle the (economic) recovery at birth" if elected at an upcoming general election.

JP Morgan cools on full RBS Sempra takeover: report (AFP)

Posted: 01 Feb 2010 05:52 AM PST

Pedestrians outside the New York headquarters of banking giant JP Morgan Chase in 2008. US investment bank JP Morgan Chase is no longer interested in buying the US unit of RBS Sempra, the commodities arm of troubled Royal Bank of Scotland, The Times newspaper reported(AFP/File/Don Emmert)AFP - US investment bank JP Morgan Chase is no longer interested in buying the US unit of RBS Sempra, the commodities arm of troubled Royal Bank of Scotland, The Times newspaper reported on Monday.

London's Heathrow airport deploys body scanners (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Feb 2010 05:45 AM PST

A security officer examines a computer screen showing a scan from a RapiScan full-body scanner, being trialled by Manchester Airport, during a photocall at the airport, in Manchester, northern England January 7, 2010. REUTERS/Phil NobleReuters - Britain introduced body scanners at Heathrow airport Monday, a measure rushed in after a failed attempt by a Muslim extremist with explosives strapped to his leg to bomb a U.S.-bound passenger plane from Amsterdam.

Ex-Oasis star to play first solo concert (AFP)

Posted: 01 Feb 2010 04:19 AM PST

Former Oasis songwriter Noel Gallagher, seen here in 2007, has announced details of his first solo concert since the rock giants disbanded last summer. The guitarist will play alongside Arctic Monkeys, The Specials and Depeche Mode at London's iconic Albert Hall on March 25 and 26 in aid of the Teenage Cancer Trust.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)AFP - Former Oasis songwriter Noel Gallagher on Monday announced details of his first solo concert since the rock giants disbanded last summer.

Nepal students rail against British visa suspension (AFP)

Posted: 01 Feb 2010 04:04 AM PST

Nepalese students chant slogans during a protest in Kathmandu in June, 2009. Students in Nepal on Monday reacted angrily to a British decision to suspend their visa applications, accusing the authorities in London of AFP - Students in Nepal on Monday reacted angrily to a British decision to suspend their visa applications, accusing the authorities in London of "playing with people's lives".

Author Pratchett wants to test assisted suicide law (AFP)

Posted: 01 Feb 2010 02:53 AM PST

Author Sir Terry Pratchett shows his knighthood award outside Buckingham Palace in London in February 2009. Pratchett, who is battling Alzheimer's disease, has called for the creation of assisted suicide AFP - Best-selling author Sir Terry Pratchett who has Alzheimer's called on Monday for allowing seriously ill people to argue for assisted suicide before a panel -- and volunteered to act as a test case.

Govt pledges to halve number of smokers by 2020 (AFP)

Posted: 01 Feb 2010 02:16 AM PST

Health Secretary Andy Burnham has announced that cigarettes could be sold in plain packaging under new proposals to halve the number of smokers in England by 2020.(AFP/File/Frederick Florin)AFP - Cigarettes could be sold in plain packaging under new proposals to halve the number of smokers in England by 2020, Health Secretary Andy Burnham announced on Monday.

British author calls for assisted suicide panel (AP)

Posted: 01 Feb 2010 01:59 AM PST

Author Sir Terry Pratchett shows his knighthood award outside Buckingham Palace in London in February 2009. Pratchett, who is battling Alzheimer's disease, has called for the creation of assisted suicide AP - Best-selling British fantasy author Terry Pratchett says he believes an assisted suicide panel should be set up to help Britons who want to kill themselves.

Novelist Pratchett seeks assisted suicide 'tribunals' (AFP)

Posted: 01 Feb 2010 01:36 AM PST

Author Sir Terry Pratchett shows his knighthood award outside Buckingham Palace in London in February 2009. Pratchett, who is battling Alzheimer's disease, has called for the creation of assisted suicide AFP - Best-selling author Sir Terry Pratchett called on Monday for the creation of assisted suicide "tribunals" that would allow terminally ill people to seek legal permission to end their lives.

HSBC says no plan to buy major stake in Chinese bank (AFP)

Posted: 31 Jan 2010 09:48 PM PST

Michael Geoghegan, Chief Executive Officer of HSBC Holdings arrives at HSBC headquarters in Hong Kong on January 27. HSBC on Monday dismissed a report that it planned a major investment in one of China's top three lenders, saying it was comfortable with its 19 percent stake in Bank of Communications.(AFP)AFP - HSBC on Monday dismissed a report that it planned a major investment in one of China's top three lenders, saying it was comfortable with its 19 percent stake in Bank of Communications.

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