2010年3月16日星期二

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

UK union in talks with Teamsters over BA strike (AP)

Posted: 16 Mar 2010 03:36 PM PDT

AP - Britain's Unite union said Tuesday that it was in talks with the U.S. International Brotherhood of Teamsters regarding the seven days of strikes it plans against British Airways.

Pope to visit England, Scotland in September (AP)

Posted: 16 Mar 2010 03:08 PM PDT

AP - Pope Benedict XVI will visit Scotland and England in September in a four-day visit combining preaching and diplomacy, Buckingham Palace announced Tuesday.

Row over leaked EU deficit report (AFP)

Posted: 16 Mar 2010 12:53 PM PDT

Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne, seen here in 2009, has criticised the Labour government on Tuesday as a leaked European Commission report suggested that the public deficit needs cutting faster than anticipated.(AFP/File/Andrew Yates)AFP - The Labour government on Tuesday came under fire from opposition Conservatives as a leaked European Commission report suggested that its huge public deficit needs cutting faster than anticipated.

'Only rumours' that Iran making nuclear weapons: Turkish PM (AFP)

Posted: 16 Mar 2010 11:48 AM PDT

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown (L) greets Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan at 10 Downing Street in central London. Erdogan said Tuesday it was AFP - Turkey's prime minister said Tuesday it was "only rumours" that Iran was making nuclear weapons, stressing the Islamic republic's right to develop civilian atomic power.

Pope to make official visit in September (AFP)

Posted: 16 Mar 2010 09:52 AM PDT

Pope Benedict XVI will make the first ever official papal visit to Britain with a four-day trip in September, the government announced Tuesday.(AFP/File/Alberto Pizzoli)AFP - Pope Benedict XVI will make the first ever official papal visit to Britain with a four-day trip in September, the government announced Tuesday.

New Russia-Europe gas link gets funding greenlight (AFP)

Posted: 16 Mar 2010 09:47 AM PDT

Matthias Warnig, Managing Director of Nord Stream AG, signs an agreement on the funding of the Nord Stream gas pipeline during a press conference at the London Stock Exchange, in London. The consortium behind a new gas pipeline from Russia to Europe via the Baltic said Tuesday it had secured funding to start construction next month, aimed at easing worries over supplies by other routes.(AFP/Carl Court)AFP - The consortium behind a new gas pipeline from Russia to Europe via the Baltic said Tuesday it had secured funding to start construction next month, aimed at easing worries over supplies by other routes.

Fitness craze reflected in latest inflation "basket" (AFP)

Posted: 16 Mar 2010 08:55 AM PDT

Jessica Simpson puts on lip gloss at a press conference in New York City. Hair driers, lipstick and coke are all out of fashion while hair straighteners, lip gloss and mineral water are in, according to the Office of National Statistics' (ONS) latest inflation AFP - Hair driers, lipstick and coke are all out of fashion while hair straighteners, lip gloss and mineral water are in, according to the Office of National Statistics' (ONS) latest inflation "basket."

Britain retreats on mandatory dog insurance plan (AP)

Posted: 16 Mar 2010 08:47 AM PDT

AP - It seems the British government's bark is worse than its bite.

Britain presses China on well-known missing dissident (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Mar 2010 08:30 AM PDT

Reuters - British Foreign Secretary David Miliband said on Tuesday he had pressed China about the whereabouts of one of the country's best known activist lawyers, Gao Zhisheng, as confusion remained about his fate.

Canadian finance chief warns US, others on deficit (AP)

Posted: 16 Mar 2010 08:18 AM PDT

AP - Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty says other developed nations, including the United States, should come up with clearer plans on how they are going to get their weighty budget deficits under control.

British boy kidnapped in Pakistan freed unharmed (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Mar 2010 07:58 AM PDT

Five-year-old Sahil Saeed's Pakistan National Identity Card (NIC) photograph. The British boy who was kidnapped in Pakistan earlier this month has been released, a relative said on March 16. REUTERS/Mani Rana/FilesReuters - A British boy kidnapped nearly two weeks ago while on vacation in Pakistan was freed unharmed by his abductors on Tuesday after a ransom was paid, officials said, ending a high-profile ordeal.

Officials: British boy kidnapped in Pakistan found (AP)

Posted: 16 Mar 2010 07:36 AM PDT

AP - Kidnappers released a 5-year-old British boy unharmed Tuesday almost two weeks after abducting him from his grandparents' house in central Pakistan, British and Pakistani officials said.

Kidnapped British boy released in Pakistan (AFP)

Posted: 16 Mar 2010 07:23 AM PDT

Akila Naqqash, the mother of five-year-old British boy Sahil Saeed celebrates the news that her son has been freed at her home in Oldham, northwest England. The boy, kidnapped at gunpoint during a family holiday in Pakistan nearly two weeks ago, has been released safe and sound and is waiting to be reunited with his mother.(AFP/Pool/Dave Thompson)AFP - A five-year-old British boy kidnapped at gunpoint during a holiday in Pakistan nearly two weeks ago was waiting to be reunited with his mother after being safely recovered on Tuesday.

Britain rules out stronger deficit cuts (AP)

Posted: 16 Mar 2010 07:20 AM PDT

AP - British Treasury chief Alistair Darling on Tuesday hit back at European Union calls for more aggressive deficit cuts, saying such moves would risk tipping Britain back into recession.

X Factor twins Jedward dumped by record label (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Mar 2010 06:05 AM PDT

Reuters - Jedward, the teenage Irish twins who irritated and entertained in equal measure with their energetic dance routines on Britain's hit "X Factor" show, have been dropped by record label Sony after just one song.

"Alice" still earning strongly at UK box office (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Mar 2010 05:47 AM PDT

Reuters - Disney's 3D version of "Alice in Wonderland" retained its position at the top of the British box office over the weekend, easily holding off challengers like Matt Damon's new film "Green Zone."

Swinging 60s had nothing on the Noughties: sex study (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Mar 2010 05:38 AM PDT

A couple kisses at a sea front off the coast of the Arabian Sea in Mumbai November 11, 2009. REUTERS/Arko DattaReuters - Young women today are nearly three times more sexually active than those of their grandmothers' generation in the liberal heyday of the "Swinging 60s," according to a survey on Tuesday.

London Jewish Museum reopens after major facelift (AP)

Posted: 16 Mar 2010 05:05 AM PDT

AP - A museum tracing the history of Britain's 300,000-strong Jewish community is reopening after a 10 million pound ($15 million) expansion.

China shows no sign of budging on Iran sanctions (AP)

Posted: 16 Mar 2010 04:25 AM PDT

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, right, shakes hands with British Foreign Secretary David Miliband in Beijing on Tuesday March 16, 2010. David Miliband is in China as part of a three-day visit to hold discussions with the country's political leaders. (AP Photo/Feng Li, Pool)AP - China showed no sign Tuesday of throwing its support behind new sanctions against Iran following talks with Britain's foreign minister, who had hoped to persuade Beijing to join a growing international consensus for more stringent measures.

Shell says will slash another 1,000 jobs by 2011 (AFP)

Posted: 16 Mar 2010 04:23 AM PDT

An employee closes a hatch on a tanker after refueling a Shell gas station. Global energy giant Royal Dutch Shell has revealed that it will axe another 1,000 positions by 2011, on top of the 1,000 job losses already earmarked for this year.(AFP/File/Tengku Bahar)AFP - Global energy giant Royal Dutch Shell revealed Tuesday that it will axe another 1,000 positions by 2011, on top of the 1,000 job losses already earmarked for this year.

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