2010年3月15日星期一

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

No sign of British student who vanished in Va. (AP)

Posted: 15 Mar 2010 02:17 PM PDT

AP - Volunteers spent the weekend searching but have found no sign of a missing British exchange student from Virginia Commonwealth University.

British team trek to measure CO2 in Arctic Ocean (AFP)

Posted: 15 Mar 2010 01:45 PM PDT

Three British explorers set out on a skiing expedition on Monday across 500 kilometers (310 miles) of floating sea ice to investigate rising acid levels in the Arctic Ocean that threaten marine life. The team led by polar explorer Ann Daniels, pictured in 2009, headed northward from a remote staging area in Canada's far north to collect data and samples for the Catlin Arctic Survey.(AFP/File)AFP - Three British explorers set out on a skiing expedition on Monday across 500 kilometers (310 miles) of floating sea ice to investigate rising acid levels in the Arctic Ocean that threaten marine life.

Brown blasts BA strike, airline vows to keep flying (AFP)

Posted: 15 Mar 2010 11:14 AM PDT

British Airways cabin crew look at a poster asking, 'How Are You Going To Vote?' as they arrive for the start of a union meeting to discuss a strike at Sandown Racecourse in Esher, Surrey, in 2009. British Airways vowed Monday to keep 60 percent of its customers flying during a looming strike, as Prime Minister Gordon Brown urged a trade union to call off its AFP - British Airways vowed Monday to keep 60 percent of its customers flying during a looming strike, as Prime Minister Gordon Brown urged a trade union to call off its "deplorable" action.

UK's Brown wades into BA industrial dispute (AP)

Posted: 15 Mar 2010 11:09 AM PDT

FILE - In this June 17, 2009 file photo, two British Airways aircraft on the stands at London's Heathrow Airport. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown waded into the acrimonious dispute between British Airways PLC and its cabin crew on Monday, March 15, 2010, calling a planned strike 'deplorable' and risking a major fallout with key union backers ahead of a general election. (AP Photo/Max Nash, File)AP - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown waded into the acrimonious dispute between British Airways PLC and its cabin crew on Monday, calling a planned strike "deplorable" and risking a major fallout with key union backers ahead of a general election.

Brown to "keep going" even if party loses poll (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Mar 2010 10:45 AM PDT

Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown delivers a speech at Thomson Reuters' offices in east London March 10, 2010. REUTERS/Suzanne PlunkettReuters - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said on Monday he would stay on as leader of the Labour Party even if it fails to win a majority at an election expected in May.

Indian-born MP found dead: police (AFP)

Posted: 15 Mar 2010 08:32 AM PDT

Police said that an Indian-born MP has died suddenly at his home.(AFP/File/Odd Andersen)AFP - An Indian-born MP has died suddenly at his home, police said on Monday.

Mass grave World War One soldiers to be named (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Mar 2010 07:54 AM PDT

Standard bearers wait under falling snow during the service for the re-burial of soldiers killed in the battle of Fromelles at Pheasant Wood military cemetery in Fromelles, northern France January 30, 2010. The battle of Fromelles took place on July 19, 1916. REUTERS/Pascal RossignolReuters - The identities of more than 200 British and Australian soldiers buried in several mass graves in northern France during World War One are expected to be revealed this week.

UK government rebuked on climate change ads (AP)

Posted: 15 Mar 2010 06:41 AM PDT

AP - Britain's independent advertising watchdog agency has criticized a government ad campaign that highlights the dangers of climate change.

Airport apologises over T-shirt security gaffe (AFP)

Posted: 15 Mar 2010 06:18 AM PDT

A passenger jet taxis along the apron after landing at Gatwick airport, 2008. London's Gatwick Airport has apologised after a man wearing a T-shirt with the slogan AFP - London's Gatwick Airport has apologised after a man wearing a T-shirt with the slogan "Freedom or Die" was asked to turn it inside-out because it could be threatening, a spokesman said Monday.

Brown says will not quit if party loses majority (AFP)

Posted: 15 Mar 2010 05:42 AM PDT

Prime Minister Gordon Brown, seen here on March 12, said he would stay on as leader of the Labour Party if they lose their parliamentary majority at the forthcoming general election.(AFP/File/Carl de Souza)AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Monday he would stay on as leader of the Labour Party if they lose their parliamentary majority at the forthcoming general election.

'Specialist advisers' urged for rape victims (AFP)

Posted: 15 Mar 2010 05:41 AM PDT

A review said that providing specialist care for rape victims should be given as high a priority as the conviction of the rapists.(AFP/File/Joel Saget)AFP - Providing specialist care for rape victims should be given as high a priority as the conviction of the rapists, a review said on Monday.

Britain looks to China to pressure Iran (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Mar 2010 05:22 AM PDT

Reuters - China and Britain agree on pressing Iran about its nuclear activities while seeking engagement, British Foreign Secretary David Miliband said on Monday at the start of a visit to China that is likely to focus on the dispute.

Prince Charles on central Europe tour (AFP)

Posted: 15 Mar 2010 04:25 AM PDT

Prince Charles and his wife Camilla, seen here in 2009, headed for a nine-day tour of central Europe on Monday, taking in Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic.(AFP/DDP/File/Michael Kappeler)AFP - Prince Charles and his wife Camilla headed for a nine-day tour of central Europe on Monday, taking in Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic.

Britain's Miliband visits China amid rancor (AP)

Posted: 15 Mar 2010 03:25 AM PDT

AP - Britain's foreign secretary is visiting China to lobby for further nuclear sanctions on Iran and will seek to smooth rancor with Beijing over climate change talks and the execution of a British drug smuggler thought to be mentally ill.

British FM in China, Iran likely on agenda (AFP)

Posted: 15 Mar 2010 01:48 AM PDT

British Foreign Secretary David Miliband checks out the nearly completed United Kingdom pavilion during a visit to the 2010 World Expo site in Shanghai on March 15, 2010. Miliband make a quick stop in Shanghai before heading to Beijing for talks likely to focus on Iran's nuclear programme.(AFP/Str)AFP - British Foreign Secretary David Miliband was in China on Monday, making a quick stop in Shanghai before heading to Beijing for talks likely to focus on Iran's nuclear programme.

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