2010年2月24日星期三

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Rock groups Kasabian, Muse lead major British awards (AFP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2010 06:01 PM PST

Tom Meighan from the english band Kasabian is seen here performing at a rock festival in Lisbon. Rockers Kasabian scooped best album and best album artwork awards for AFP - Rock groups Kasabian and Muse were the kings of a major British music awards ceremony, while US superstar Lady Gaga's outlandish outfits were praised and attacked in equal measure.

UK prime minister apologizes to child migrants (AP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2010 05:41 PM PST

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown addresses former child migrants at Westminster, in London, on Wednesday Feb. 24, 2010. Prime Minister Brown has made an official apology to the many thousands of poor British children who were sent to former British colonies such as Australia, where many are known to have suffered terrible abuses. An estimated 150,000 British children were sent to distant colonies under a series of programs that ran until the 1960s, and were intended to provide orphaned or abandoned children with a fresh start, but many suffered abuses after their enforced migration. (AP Photo / Peter Macdiarmid, pool)AP - Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown apologized Wednesday to the tens of thousands of poor British children shipped to former colonies such as Australia, where instead of a better life many were treated to harsh conditions, neglect and abuse.

Argentina presses for UN help in Falklands dispute (AP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2010 04:14 PM PST

Falklands war veterans, one holding up a sign that reads in Spanish 'The islands are Argentine,' referring to the Falklands islands, demonstrate in front of the National Congress in Buenos Aires, Wednesday Feb. 24, 2010. Argentina's Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana said he asked U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to continue his efforts to resolve a dispute with Britain over their competing claims to a vast swath of the southern Atlantic Ocean, that includes the Falklands, where Britain has begun drilling for oil.(AP Photo/ Natacha Pisarenko)AP - Argentina's foreign minister asked the head of the United Nations on Wednesday to help resolve a dispute with Britain over a vast swath of the southern Atlantic Ocean where Britain has begun drilling for oil.

Polar explorer Hadow takes on Arctic Ocean trek (AFP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2010 04:07 PM PST

In this undated image obatined from www.catlinarcticsurvey.com, British explorer Pen Hadow drills to measure ice thickness in the North Pole. Hadow on Thursday unveiled his latest challenge, leading a team of scientists to investigate rising acid levels in the Arctic Ocean that threaten marine life.(AFP/HO/File/Martin Hartley)AFP - British polar explorer Pen Hadow on Thursday unveiled his latest challenge, leading a team of scientists to investigate rising acid levels in the Arctic Ocean that threaten marine life.

UK apologises to children shipped to Commonwealth (AFP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2010 01:01 PM PST

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown (L) meets with former child migrant John Hennessy (R) as he holds a photograph of his mother May Mary Hennessy, at Portcullis House in London. Brown on Wednesday apologised for Britain's role in sending thousands of children to Australia and other former colonies where many suffered physical and sexual abuse.(AFP/POOL/Peter Macdiarmid)AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Wednesday apologised for Britain's role in sending thousands of children to Australia and other former colonies where many suffered physical and sexual abuse.

Clarke scores off pitch with quiz victory (AFP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2010 12:14 PM PST

Burnley defender Clarke Carlisle, seen here in 2009, did his best to rescue the fading reputation of British footballers with victory in one of the country's longest-running television quiz shows on Wednesday.(AFP/File/Adrian Dennis)AFP - Clarke Carlisle did his best to rescue the fading reputation of British footballers with victory in one of the country's longest-running television quiz shows on Wednesday.

Journal lifts lid on drunken voyage Down Under (AFP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2010 10:27 AM PST

Bidders at a Bonhams auction. A hair-raising tale of drunken debauchery among officers and passengers on a ship taking them to settle in Australia in the 1830s has been revealed in a journal to be auctioned this month at Bonhams.(AFP/Getty Images/Mario Tama)AFP - A hair-raising tale of drunken debauchery among officers and passengers on a ship taking them to settle in Australia in the 1830s has been revealed in a journal to be auctioned this month.

Britain sorry for shipping children to colonies (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Feb 2010 09:04 AM PST

Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown listens to an introduction before delivering his speech on education at a primary school in London February 23, 2010. REUTERS/Lefteris Pitarakis/PoolReuters - Prime Minister Gordon Brown apologized on Wednesday for past British policies of shipping thousands of poor children abroad, mostly without their parents' knowledge, to former colonies where many suffered abuse.

Report finds appalling neglect at hospital-of-horrors (AFP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2010 08:47 AM PST

A nurse mops the floor in the emergency department of a hospital. Patients at a Staffordshire hospital were left to lie in filthy, soiled bedding, without food or water and little or no basic nursing care, a report has found.(AFP/File/Eric Cabanis)AFP - Patients at a Staffordshire hospital were left to lie in filthy, soiled bedding, without food or water and little or no basic nursing care, a report found on Wednesday.

PM faces fresh pressure over 'bullygate' (AFP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2010 07:49 AM PST

Chancellor Alistair Darling, seen here, has accused Downing Street of unleashing AFP - A row over claims Prime Minister Gordon Brown bullied members of his staff refused to die down on Wednesday, as he denied telling aides to unleash "the forces of hell" against the chancellor.

Arctics, Kasabian compete for NME award (AFP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2010 07:18 AM PST

Rock giants Arctic Monkeys, seen here in Chicago last year, Kasabian and Muse will go head-to-head in the battle to be crowned the nation's best band at the NME Awards.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Jeff Gentner)AFP - Rock giants Arctic Monkeys, Kasabian and Muse will go head-to-head in the battle to be crowned the nation's best band at Wednesday's NME Awards.

Dog of war: UK Lab fetches medal for bomb-sniffing (AP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2010 07:15 AM PST

Treo, an eight-year-old black Labrador from the Military Working Dogs, who is to be presented Wednesday with Britain's Dickin medal, awarded for bravery and commitment in wartime, the highest military honor an animal can expect, poses with the medal at the Imperial War Museum in London, Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2010. Treo is being decorated for his work sniffing out explosives in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)AP - A perky British Labrador whose bomb-sniffing exploits helped save lives in Afghanistan was decorated for canine courage in a ceremony at London's Imperial War Museum Wednesday.

Debauchery rife on migrant voyage to Australia (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Feb 2010 07:05 AM PST

Reuters - Violence, drunkenness and all manner of debauchery featured on a six-month voyage on a migrant ship bound for Australia 170 years ago, a newly discovered diary reveals.

Your old mascara may be spoiling your looks (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Feb 2010 06:46 AM PST

Reuters - The average British woman's cosmetic bag is out of date by a worrying four years, according to a study on Wednesday.

Iranian bank wins ruling against UK sanctions (AP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2010 06:18 AM PST

AP - Bank Mellat of Iran on Wednesday won a preliminary court ruling against sanctions imposed by the British government.

PM says sorry to child migrants shipped to colonies (AFP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2010 05:54 AM PST

A group of people, all of whom were sent to the former British colonies when they were children. Prime Minister Gordon Brown has apologised for Britain's role in sending thousands of children to Australia and other former colonies where many suffered physical and sexual abuse.(afp.com/David Barrett)AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Wednesday apologised for Britain's role in sending thousands of children to Australia and other former colonies where many suffered physical and sexual abuse.

Dubai hunts 15 new Western suspects over Hamas hit (AFP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2010 03:50 PM PST

An identity photograph released by the Dubai police shows alleged Irish passport holder Anna Shuana Clasby, one of 15 new suspects in last month's killing in the emirate of top Hamas militant Mahmud al-Mabhuh. The number of suspects in the killing has now been raised to 26 people, all Western passport holders, who travelled to Dubai from six different European cities and Hong Kong.(AFP/Dubai Police)AFP - Dubai police widened Wednesday their search for the killers of a top Hamas militant in a luxury hotel, saying 15 new Western passport holders are suspects, bringing the total now sought to 26.

Govt to lift Northern Rock savers' guarantee (AFP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2010 05:04 AM PST

A man walks past a Northern Rock bank branch, London. The government has said it will lift a state guarantee for all savings deposits held at the nationalised Northern Rock bank, which came close to collapse three years ago.(AFP/File/Carl de Souza)AFP - The government on Wednesday said it will lift a state guarantee for all savings deposits held at the nationalised Northern Rock bank, which came close to collapse three years ago.

UK trims support for Northern Rock deposits (AP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2010 04:42 AM PST

AP - The British government said Wednesday that it will withdraw unlimited guarantees for depositors in mortgage lender Northern Rock in May as another step to prepare for the company's return to private ownership.

UK lawmakers criticize Murdoch paper over hacking (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Feb 2010 04:36 AM PST

Reuters - British lawmakers accused bosses at Rupert Murdoch's top-selling British tabloid on Wednesday of suffering "collective amnesia" over illegal hacking of phone messages meant for royalty and other celebrities.

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