2010年2月21日星期日

Yahoo! News: World - Britain

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - Britain


Eurostar breaks down in England: reports (AFP)

Posted: 21 Feb 2010 05:00 PM PST

A Eurostar train arrives at Kings Cross St Pancras station in London in 2009. A Eurostar train with hundreds of passengers on board got stuck in southeast England on Sunday after experiencing technical problems, media reported.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)AFP - A Eurostar train with hundreds of passengers on board got stuck in southeast England on Sunday after experiencing technical problems, media reported.


Bush, Blair attend Nigeria ceremony (AP)

Posted: 21 Feb 2010 04:37 PM PST

AP - Former world leaders George W. Bush and Tony Blair joined Nigeria's elite at a ceremony honoring the political and business establishment Sunday, but one honoree's absence highlighted the endemic corruption and other problems plaguing the oil-rich nation.

Westwood leads British day at London catwalks (AFP)

Posted: 21 Feb 2010 03:49 PM PST

A model presents a creation by fashion designer Vivienne Westwood during the Autumn/Winter 2010 Red Label collection show at London Fashion Week.(AFP/Geoff Caddick)AFP - The gothic splendour of London's Royal Courts of Justice was the dramatic backdrop for Vivienne Westwood's new Red Label line Sunday as she rounded off a day of shows by some of Britain's top designers.


Brown fights back against claims he abused staff (AFP)

Posted: 21 Feb 2010 02:13 PM PST

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, pictured on February 3, fought back against claims he terrified staff with his volcanic temper in book extracts out Sunday which posed a new threat to his general election prospects.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown fought back against claims he terrified staff with his volcanic temper in book extracts out Sunday which posed a new threat to his general election prospects.


New book casts UK's Brown as angry, abusive (AP)

Posted: 21 Feb 2010 11:54 AM PST

Britain's Prime Minster Gordon Brown  during a news conference with Spain's Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero at 10 Downing Street in London Friday, Feb. 19, 2010.    (AP Photo / Luke MacGregor, Pool)AP - On Sunday the British public was introduced to what one political journalist has painted as the dark face of the country's prime minister: An angry and abusive man whose rages were so intense the country's top bureaucrat had to intervene to comfort his distressed staff.


Royal Bank of Scotland chief to forgo bonus (AP)

Posted: 21 Feb 2010 11:33 AM PST

AP - Royal Bank of Scotland PLC chief Stephen Hester intends to decline his bonus for 2009, making him the third major British banking executive to do so, a person with knowledge of the matter said Sunday.
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