2010年2月26日星期五

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Judge criticises secret services in torture row (AFP)

Posted: 26 Feb 2010 01:54 PM PST

Ethiopian born former terror suspect Binyam Mohamed is pictured in central London in August, 2009. Previously secret comments by a senior judge criticising the secret services over torture claims in a ruling on the former Guantanamo Bay detainee have finally been made public.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - The secret services faced criticism from a senior judge over their "dubious record" Friday amid allegations they colluded in the torture of an ex Guantanamo Bay inmate.

507-carat rough diamond sold for record $35M (AP)

Posted: 26 Feb 2010 09:17 AM PST

AP - Diamond supplier Petra Diamonds Ltd. said Friday it sold a 507-carat diamond for $35.3 million (euro25.8 million), breaking the record for the highest price ever paid for a rough diamond.

Judge: UK spies had 'dubious record' over torture (AP)

Posted: 26 Feb 2010 08:56 AM PST

AP - A senior British judge on Friday accused domestic spy agency MI5 of colluding in the alleged torture of detainees in U.S. custody, issuing a stern criticism despite a government attempt to suppress the details.

UK study proposes disclaimer for airbrushed models (AP)

Posted: 26 Feb 2010 08:54 AM PST

AP - A British government-commissioned study has proposed putting disclaimers on digitally altered images of models, warning consumers that the too-perfect woman staring at them from inside a fashion magazine is, in fact, too perfect.

Stronger UK recovery boosts Brown's election hopes (AP)

Posted: 26 Feb 2010 08:15 AM PST

FILE - This is a Friday, Feb. 19, 2010. file photo of Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown as he delivers a speech at the Progressive Governance Conference in London. Britain's rise from recession was stronger than previously thought, giving Prime Minister Gordon Brown's ruling Labour Party a boost as it moves toward a national election. The Friday Feb. 26, 2010 revision of growth in the final quarter of 2009 to 0.3 percent from an initial estimate of 0.1 percent assuaged fears that the country hadn't exited recession, but economists warned the improvement remains shaky.(AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)AP - Britain's rise from recession was stronger than previously thought, giving Prime Minister Gordon Brown's governing Labour Party a boost as it moves toward a national election.

Forced rhubarb joins champagne under EU protection (AFP)

Posted: 26 Feb 2010 08:15 AM PST

A gardener in a field of rhubarb. A variety of rhubarb grown in darkness and harvested by candlelight has joined French champagne and Italian Parma ham in having its name protected by the EU, officials have said.(AFP/File/Alain Jocard)AFP - A variety of rhubarb grown in darkness and harvested by candlelight has joined French champagne and Italian Parma ham in having its name protected by the EU, officials have said.

Rich African gives new clues to Roman Britain (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Feb 2010 08:10 AM PST

Reuters - Tests on the skeleton of a rich 4th century Roman woman found in Britain reveal she was of black African ancestry, a discovery experts said proved the island's multi-cultural origins were much earlier than thought.

Pound takes another battering as polls narrow (AP)

Posted: 26 Feb 2010 08:04 AM PST

FILE - This is a Friday, Feb. 19, 2010. file photo of Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown as he delivers a speech at the Progressive Governance Conference in London. Britain's rise from recession was stronger than previously thought, giving Prime Minister Gordon Brown's ruling Labour Party a boost as it moves toward a national election. The Friday Feb. 26, 2010 revision of growth in the final quarter of 2009 to 0.3 percent from an initial estimate of 0.1 percent assuaged fears that the country hadn't exited recession, but economists warned the improvement remains shaky.(AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)AP - The British pound took another battering Friday as investors fretted about the strength of the recovery from recession and about a general election that opinion polls suggest will be closer than previously thought.

Brown savours twin pre-election boost (AFP)

Posted: 26 Feb 2010 07:38 AM PST

Prime Minister Gordon Brown's Labour party is now lagging David Cameron's main opposition Conservatives by just five points, a new opinion poll out Friday said.(AFP/Pool/File/Leon Neal)AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown received a double boost to his election hopes Friday after a stronger-than-expected bounce out of recession and a poll showing him closing in on his main opponent.

Britain will join euro 'one day': Mandelson (AFP)

Posted: 26 Feb 2010 07:04 AM PST

A giant symbol of the euro currency is seen in front of the European Central Bank in Frankfurt. Britain will AFP - Britain will "one day" adopt the euro, business minister Peter Mandelson said on Friday, but admitted that the changeover is not likely any time soon.

British government backs Nigerian acting president (AP)

Posted: 26 Feb 2010 06:13 AM PST

AP - Britain's top diplomat in Nigeria said Friday that his country supported the work of Acting President Goodluck Jonathan after the sudden return of the oil-rich nation's long absent and ailing president.

New poll suggests election boost for Brown (AFP)

Posted: 26 Feb 2010 05:52 AM PST

Prime Minister Gordon Brown's Labour party is now lagging David Cameron's main opposition Conservatives by just five points, a new opinion poll out Friday said.(AFP/Pool/File/Leon Neal)AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown's Labour party is now lagging David Cameron's main opposition Conservatives by just five points, a new opinion poll out Friday said.

British economic growth data revised upwards (AFP)

Posted: 26 Feb 2010 04:55 AM PST

The City of London. The country emerged from the longest recession on record in the fourth quarter of 2009, with upwardly-revised growth of 0.3 percent.(AFP/File/Joel Saget)AFP - Britain emerged from a record recession in unexpectedly strong shape in the fourth quarter of 2009, revised data showed on Friday, easing fears that the economy had only just scraped out of recession.

Lloyds bank suffers 2009 loss as bad debts rocket (AFP)

Posted: 26 Feb 2010 04:44 AM PST

State-rescued Lloyds Banking Group reported an annual loss of 6.3 billion pounds, as bad debts surged 60 percent after the takeover of former rival HBOS, but it saw better times ahead.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)AFP - State-rescued Lloyds Banking Group reported on Friday an annual loss of 6.3 billion pounds, as bad debts surged 60 percent after the takeover of former rival HBOS, but it saw better times ahead.

World markets get lift from solid economic data (AP)

Posted: 26 Feb 2010 09:07 AM PST

Trader Albert Young, left, studies his screens as he works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Thursday, Feb. 25, 2010. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)AP - World markets rose Friday after mostly solid economic data helped shore up investor optimism, at the end of a week when concerns about Greece's debt crisis and the U.S. recovery from recession have weighed on sentiment.

Carnaby Street celebrates 50 years of style (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Feb 2010 03:39 AM PST

A girl stands outside the 'Carnaby Street: 1960 - 2010' exhibition in central London February 25, 2010. Carnaby Street, epicentre of Britain's Swinging Sixties revolution and spiritual home of fashion milestones like the miniskirt, is marking half a century of trend-setting. REUTERS/Jas LehalReuters - Carnaby Street, epicenter of Britain's Swinging Sixties revolution and spiritual home of fashion milestones like the miniskirt, is marking half a century of trend-setting.

Cambridge returns Greeks and Romans to limelight (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Feb 2010 03:05 AM PST

Reuters - Dionysian excess, righteous indignation turned to ridicule and the luxurious artifacts of ancient Greece and Rome are back on show after a makeover at Cambridge University's Fitzwilliam Museum.

Children over-exposed to sexual imagery: UK report (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Feb 2010 03:02 AM PST

Reuters - "Lads' mags" should carry an age warning and music videos with sexual posing should not be shown until late in the evening to help combat the equalization of children, a report commissioned by the British government said on Friday.

New guidelines on assisted suicide (AFP)

Posted: 26 Feb 2010 01:16 AM PST

Director of Public Prosecutions Keir Starmer. Prosecutors in England and Wales received fresh guidelines on assisted suicide to make it easier for them to decide whether to charge people who have helped sick loved ones to die.(AFP/Pool/File/Dominic Lipinski)AFP - Prosecutors in England and Wales received fresh guidelines on assisted suicide to make it easier for them to decide whether to charge people who have helped sick loved ones to die.

Lloyds Banking Group in full year profit of $4.3B (AP)

Posted: 26 Feb 2010 01:08 AM PST

AP - Lloyds Banking Group PLC on Friday reported a full-year net profit of 2.8 billion pounds as a goodwill gain helped offset soaring impairment charges.

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