2010年2月4日星期四

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

N.Ireland party backs deal, saves power-sharing (AFP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2010 05:00 PM PST

Northern Ireland's leader Peter Robinson, pictured on February 1, has said his party has backed a deal with their power-sharing partners to pull the province's threatened administration back from the brink.(AFP/File/Peter Muhly)AFP - Northern Ireland's leader Peter Robinson has said his party has backed a deal with their power-sharing partners to pull the province's threatened administration back from the brink.

Airman killed in German avalanche: ministry (AFP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2010 03:18 PM PST

Aftermath of a 2008 avalanche. A British airman died Thursday after being hit by an avalanche while skiing in Germany as part of a training exercise, defence officials said.(AFP/HO/File)AFP - A British airman died Thursday after being hit by an avalanche while skiing in Germany as part of a training exercise, defence officials said.

Call for public inquiry into claims Iraqis abused (AFP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2010 02:19 PM PST

A British soldier takes a combat position during a patrol in the southern city of Basra in 2006. Lawyers for scores of Iraqis who claim they were abused by British soldiers called on Thursday for a public inquiry into how the country's forces have treated detainees during the US-led war.(AFP/File/Essam al-Sudani)AFP - Lawyers for scores of Iraqis who claim they were abused by soldiers called on Thursday for a public inquiry into how the country's forces have treated detainees during the US-led war.

Cheers! Brits toast new shatterproof pint glass (AP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2010 02:17 PM PST

British Home Secretary Alan Johnson holds two prototype pint glasses designed not to break up into dangerous shards on impact, in London, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010. The British government wants pubs to try out shatterproof pint glasses as a way to cut back on beer-related violence. (AP Photo/PA, Stefan Rousseau) UNITED KINGDOM OUT, NO SALES, NO ARCHIVEAP - Soon Britons will be able to get smashed at the pub while their pint glasses won't.

GlaxoSmithKline Q4 profit up 66 pct (AP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2010 12:38 PM PST

FILE - In this April 20, 2009 file photo, a sign for British pharmaceuticals firm GlaxoSmithKline is seen on its offices, in London. GlaxoSmithKline PLC, the world's second largest drug maker by revenue, reported Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010, that its fourth-quarter profit soared by 66 percent, boosted by strong sales of swine flu vaccine and flu medicine.(AP Photo/Sang Tan, file)AP - GlaxoSmithKline PLC, the world's second largest drug maker by revenue, reported Thursday that its fourth-quarter profit soared by 66 percent, boosted by strong sales of swine flu vaccine and flu medicine.

MPs told to repay expenses (AFP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2010 11:52 AM PST

The sun sets on the Houses of Parliament in London. MPs have been ordered to repay more than one million pounds of expenses, after an investigation into a scandal which rocked parliament slammed a AFP - MP's were ordered Thursday to repay more than one million pounds in expenses, after an investigation into a scandal that rocked parliament slammed a "deeply flawed" system.

Austrian count bailed over BAE bribe case (AFP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2010 10:33 AM PST

A full scale model of a Mantis unmanned aircraft made by BAE Systems is displayed at Farnborough Airshow in 2008. A former Austrian agent for Britain's BAE Systems accused of bribing officials in Europe to secure fighter jet contracts was granted one-million-pound bail on Thursday.(AFP/File/Carl de Souza)AFP - A former Austrian agent for BAE Systems accused of bribing officials in Europe to secure fighter jet contracts was granted one-million-pound bail on Thursday.

UK park alerted to rhino birth by viewer on webcam (AP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2010 10:07 AM PST

In this photo released by the Blair Drummond Safari Park, a rhino calf named Ailsa is seen with its keepers Ailsa West, left, and Chris Lucas, right, as it is weighed at the Blair Drummond Safari Park in Stirling, Scotland, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010. Ailsa is one of eight southern white rhinos born in captivity in Europe last year and there are an estimated 11,000 in the wild, according to the International Union for the Conservation of Nature. (AP Photo/Blair Drummond Safari Park)AP - Wildlife park employees in Scotland were celebrating Thursday the birth of a white rhinocerous — an event they would have missed without the tip of a webcam viewer.

UK auditor: 392 lawmakers to pay back expenses (AP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2010 09:36 AM PST

AP - An inquiry into a scandal that tarnished British politics found Thursday more than half the House of Commons made excessive or bogus expense claims worth about 1 million pounds ($1.6 million).

FTSE slides on negative US data (AFP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2010 09:19 AM PST

The London stock market slipped back as data from the US showed that new jobless claims had risen more than expected, prolonging the sense of pessimism surrounding the world's biggest economy.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)AFP - The London stock market slipped back Thursday as data from the US showed that new jobless claims had risen more than expected, prolonging the sense of pessimism surrounding the world's biggest economy.

Art world hails record price for Giacometti (AFP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2010 08:43 AM PST

An auctioneer takes bids on Alberto Giacometti's sculpture AFP - The world record sale of a sculpture by Swiss artist Alberto Giacometti shows confidence is returning to the art market after the global slowdown, experts said Thursday.

Bank of England halts bond buying program (AP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2010 08:36 AM PST

AP - The Bank of England kept its main interest rate unchanged at the record low of 0.5 percent Thursday and said it will not be asking the government for the authority to pump more newly created money into the barely recovering British economy.

Britain seeks urgent terror finance freeze (AP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2010 07:42 AM PST

AP - Britain's Treasury says it will rush through new legislation after a court ruled the way it freezes the bank accounts of suspected terrorists was unlawful.

GlaxoSmithKline hints at job cuts as profits soar (AFP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2010 06:44 AM PST

British pharmaceuticals giant GlaxoSmithKline on Thursday announced a 66-percent jump in fourth quarter net profit to 1.63 billion pounds (1.87 billion euros, 2.59 billion dollars) and pointed to further job cuts.(AFP/File/Odd Andersen)AFP - British pharmaceuticals giant GlaxoSmithKline on Thursday announced a 66-percent jump in fourth quarter net profit and pointed to further job cuts as it looks to slash costs amid increased competition.

Coroner slams German doctor over fatal overdose (AFP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2010 06:28 AM PST

A man who died from an overdose mistakenly given by a German stand-in doctor was unlawfully killed, a coroner has ruled, accusing the foreign medic of gross negligence.(AFP/File/Jean-Pierre Muller)AFP - A man who died from an overdose mistakenly given by a German stand-in doctor was unlawfully killed, a coroner ruled Thursday, accusing the foreign medic of gross negligence.

Britain, India agree civil nuclear deal: ministers (AFP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2010 05:15 AM PST

Indian Commerce Minister Anand Sharma in Davos in January 2010. Britain and India have agreed the text of a deal on civil nuclear cooperation, ministers from both countries announced after talks in London on Thursday.(AFP/File/Pierre Verdy)AFP - Britain and India have agreed the text of a deal on civil nuclear cooperation, ministers from both countries announced after talks in London on Thursday.

Bank of England freezes stimulus, keeps rate low (AFP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2010 05:10 AM PST

A shopper carries shopping bags along Oxford Street in central London, on January 26. The Bank of England has frozen its radical policy of pumping massive amounts of new money into the economy but did not rule out further aid as Britain faces a tough recovery from recession.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)AFP - The Bank of England on Thursday froze its radical policy of pumping massive amounts of new money into the economy but did not rule out further aid as Britain faces a tough recovery from recession.

House prices rise in January: survey (AFP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2010 04:47 AM PST

Estate agents' advertising boards are pictured outside a housing estate on the outskirts of Reading in 2008. House prices rose 0.6% in January, the seventh successive monthly rise, thanks to record-low interest rates and a shortage of properties for sale, data has showed.(AFP/File/Adrian Dennis)AFP - House prices rose 0.6 percent in January, the seventh successive monthly rise, thanks to record-low interest rates and a shortage of properties for sale, data showed on Thursday.

Shell cuts jobs after profits plunge (AFP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2010 04:17 AM PST

Royal Dutch Shell plans to axe 1,000 more jobs and sell some of its assets owing to an AFP - Royal Dutch Shell plans to axe 1,000 more jobs and sell some of its assets owing to an "uncertain" outlook and after annual profits plunged, the British energy giant said Thursday.

Car scrappage scheme extended as car sales soar (AFP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2010 03:31 AM PST

New cars pictured at Tyne docks in South Shields, north-east England, in January. The government has announced a one-month extension to a scheme that subsidises the cost of buying new vehicles, as data showed it boosted sales last month.(AFP/File/Andrew Yates)AFP - The government on Thursday announced a one-month extension to a scheme that subsidises the cost of buying new vehicles, as data showed it boosted sales last month.

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