2010年2月3日星期三

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

N.Ireland leader says cleared after wife's affair (AFP)

Posted: 03 Feb 2010 03:23 PM PST

Northern Ireland's First Minister Peter Robinson, seen here in January 2010, has been cleared over claims of financial impropriety related to his wife's affair with a teenager, his office said Wednesday.(AFP/File/Peter Muhly)AFP - Northern Ireland leader Peter Robinson stepped back into his role Wednesday after being cleared of allegations linked to his wife's affair, raising hopes of breaking the province's political deadlock.

Cadbury chairman to step down after Kraft takeover (AFP)

Posted: 03 Feb 2010 12:51 PM PST

Confectionery giant Cadbury said its chairman and chief executive will step down following the successful takeover offer from US giant Kraft Foods.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)AFP - Confectionery giant Cadbury said on Wednesday that its chairman and chief executive will step down following the successful takeover offer from US giant Kraft Foods.

US encyclopedia sorry for Irish history snafu (AP)

Posted: 03 Feb 2010 03:04 PM PST

AP - The U.S. publisher of Encyclopaedia Britannica has apologized to Ireland for a past version of its concise edition that mangled the history of the Irish Civil War, but says it corrected the mistake years ago.

UK man's castle won't be his home, court says (AP)

Posted: 03 Feb 2010 10:30 AM PST

The home of Robert Fidler at Salfords, England, Wednesday Feb. 3, 2010, which may have to be demolished after a High Court ruling. Fidler, a farmer, who secretly built the home and lived in it for four years while it was concealed behind bales of straw, lost a High Court bid to save it from being demolished. A judge ruled that Fidler, 60, who took two years to covertly built his dream home with ramparts and cannon, was not entitled to benefit from his deception of the local planning authority.(AP Photo/Gareth Fuller-pa)AP - A man's home is his castle — but not if British authorities say it has to be destroyed.

N.Ireland leader says cleared over impropriety claims (AFP)

Posted: 03 Feb 2010 10:24 AM PST

Northern Ireland's First Minister Peter Robinson, seen here in January 2010, has been cleared over claims of financial impropriety related to his wife's affair with a teenager, his office said Wednesday.(AFP/File/Peter Muhly)AFP - Northern Ireland First Minister Peter Robinson has been cleared over claims of financial impropriety related to his wife's affair with a teenager, his office said Wednesday.

Top 3 Cadbury officials to step down (AP)

Posted: 03 Feb 2010 09:45 AM PST

AP - Three top officials at Cadbury PLC have announced their intention to step down, after the British candy maker's shareholders approved Kraft Foods Inc.'s roughly $19.5 billion offer to acquire the company.

N.Ireland talks 'on edge' as new blast rattles Belfast (AFP)

Posted: 03 Feb 2010 09:28 AM PST

Northern Ireland Secretary Shaun Woodward, seen here in 2009, said on Wednesday that talks aimed at defusing a political crisis in Northern Ireland are AFP - Talks aimed at defusing a political crisis in Northern Ireland are "on the edge," Northern Ireland Secretary Shaun Woodward said Wednesday, hours after a minor explosion underlined tension in the long-troubled province.

US jobs news hits the FTSE (AFP)

Posted: 03 Feb 2010 09:08 AM PST

Early gains on the London stock market were wiped out after US private-sector job data showed that the economy still had some way to go before unemployment could be expected to fall.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - Early gains on the London stock market were wiped out Wednesday after US private-sector job data showed that the economy still had some way to go before unemployment could be expected to fall.

SA flag from Mandela's inauguration up for auction (AP)

Posted: 03 Feb 2010 08:34 AM PST

AP - A London auction house is selling a South African flag that flew during Nelson Mandela's inauguration as the country's first black president.

Woman sailor wins Navy sex discrimination case (AFP)

Posted: 03 Feb 2010 07:57 AM PST

The White Ensign, flag of the Royal Navy. A female sailor has won a sex discrimination case against the Royal Navy which could see her awarded a six-figure sum in compensation, her lawyer has said.(AFP/File/ALEXANDER NIKOLAYEV)AFP - A female sailor on Wednesday won a sex discrimination case against the Royal Navy which could see her awarded a six-figure sum in compensation, her lawyer said.

Orange, T-Mobile tie-up could hurt competition: OFT (AFP)

Posted: 03 Feb 2010 06:40 AM PST

The Office of Fair Trading has cast doubt on the planned merger of T-Mobile UK and Orange, warning it could threaten competition.(AFP/File/Mychele Daniau)AFP - The Office of Fair Trading on Wednesday cast doubt on the planned merger of T-Mobile UK and Orange, warning it could threaten competition.

Science backs the legend of the gunslinger reflex (AFP)

Posted: 03 Feb 2010 06:22 AM PST

In the westerns, the gunslinger who draws his pistol first is often the one who gets shot -- and now researchers have shown there is hard science behind the myth.(AFP/File/Joe Klamar)AFP - In the westerns, the gunslinger who draws his pistol first is often the one who gets shot -- and now researchers have shown there is hard science behind the myth.

US, British architects win Israel's Wolf Prize (AP)

Posted: 03 Feb 2010 05:33 AM PST

AP - British and American architects were named winners of Israel's prestigious Wolf Prize.

Judge rules Englishman's castle can't be his home (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Feb 2010 05:29 AM PST

Reuters - A wealthy farmer who secretly built a mock Tudor castle complete with ramparts, turrets and cannon behind a wall of hay bales to evade planning laws in prime English countryside lost a court fight on Monday to save it from demolition.

'A slice of quiche? I'll need to see some ID.. ' (AFP)

Posted: 03 Feb 2010 05:26 AM PST

A Tesco store in Coventry was left with egg on its face after insisting a woman shopper show proof of age.. for buying a slice of quiche.(AFP/File/Mychele Daniau)AFP - A Tesco store in Coventry was left with egg on its face after insisting a woman shopper show proof of age.. for buying a slice of quiche.

Travellers warned to steer clear of drugs abroad (AFP)

Posted: 03 Feb 2010 04:46 AM PST

A packages of heroin seized by French customs officers in Dunkirk. More than 1,000 Britons are serving time in tough foreign jails on charges of drug smuggling, the government has said warning travellers to steer clear of trafficking.(AFP/File/null)AFP - More than 1,000 Britons are serving time in tough foreign jails on charges of drug smuggling, the government said on Wednesday, warning travellers to steer clear of trafficking.

UK consumer confidence up in January (AP)

Posted: 03 Feb 2010 03:45 AM PST

AP - Consumer confidence rose in January in the United Kingdom although households' inclination to spend fell somewhat, a bank survey said Wednesday, while a separate report showed the recovery in the services sector stalled, in part due to unusually heavy snowfall.

Up to 80 percent of Afghan Taliban not hardcore: UK (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Feb 2010 03:44 AM PST

Reuters - There is no room for compromise with hardcore Afghan Taliban but the Afghan government and its allies hope to lure away many of the up to 80 percent of Taliban who joined for economic reasons, a British minister said.

Cowell's Haiti charity single gets first airing (AP)

Posted: 03 Feb 2010 03:41 AM PST

AP - A star-studded British single to raise money for victims of the earthquake in Haiti has had its first radio airplay.

Jordan marries cage fighter in Vegas wedding (AFP)

Posted: 03 Feb 2010 02:40 AM PST

Glamour model Katie Price, seen here in 2009, has married her cage fighter boyfriend Alex Reid at a private ceremony in Las Vegas, a spokesman for the couple has said.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Larry Busacca)AFP - Glamour model Katie Price has married her cage fighter boyfriend Alex Reid at a private ceremony in Las Vegas, a spokesman for the couple said on Wednesday.

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