2010年3月23日星期二

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Deutsche, Moore Capital in UK insider trading probe (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Mar 2010 04:01 PM PDT

Reuters - One of the biggest insider trading cases to hit London in years cast a shadow on Tuesday on European banks Deutsche Bank AG (DBKGn.DE) and BNP Paribas SA , as well as U.S. hedge fund Moore Capital.

UK Red Arrows stunt pilots report training crash (AP)

Posted: 23 Mar 2010 03:47 PM PDT

Britain's Red Arrows aerobatics squad flies over the Greek Air Force base of Kastelli, on the island of Crete, during a media presentation on Monday, March 22, 2010. A pilot was injured in a crash during pre-season training at Kastelli on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Image Photo Services)AP - Two British pilots escaped serious injury Tuesday after their jets crashed during an airborne stunt by the Royal Air Force's Red Arrows.

Six arrested in major insider trading probe (AFP)

Posted: 23 Mar 2010 02:13 PM PDT

Lord Turner, chairman of the Financial Services Authority (FSA), addressing a conference in 2009. Six men were arrested Tuesday on suspicion of insider trading after a major probe by the FSA watchdog.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)AFP - Six men were arrested Tuesday on suspicion of insider trading after a major probe by the Financial Services Authority watchdog.

UK expels Israeli diplomat over Dubai case (AP)

Posted: 23 Mar 2010 01:48 PM PDT

Hamas militant, Mahmoud al-Mabhouh (ringed), is shown arriving at his hotel in this CCTV handout from Dubai police February 15, 2010. REUTERS/Dubai Police/HandoutAP - Britain took the extraordinary step Tuesday of expelling an Israeli diplomat for the first time in more than 20 years, after concluding there was compelling evidence that Israel was responsible for the use of forged British passports in the plot to slay a senior Hamas operative in Dubai.

UK expels Israeli diplomat over Dubai passports (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Mar 2010 01:36 PM PDT

Hamas militant, Mahmoud al-Mabhouh (ringed), is shown arriving at his hotel in this CCTV handout from Dubai police February 15, 2010. REUTERS/Dubai Police/HandoutReuters - Britain said on Tuesday it was expelling an Israeli diplomat after concluding that Israel had forged British passports used by the suspected killers of a Hamas commander in Dubai.

Funeral held for French resistance heroine (AFP)

Posted: 23 Mar 2010 12:03 PM PDT

The coffin bearing the body of French resistance heroine Andree Peel, who saved scores of Allied lives and survived a Nazi firing squad., is carried from All Saints Church in Long Ashton, south west England.(AFP/Ben Stansall)AFP - Hundreds of mourners attended the funeral Tuesday of a French resistance heroine who saved scores of Allied lives and survived a Nazi firing squad.

British Airways vows to keep flying despite new strike (AFP)

Posted: 23 Mar 2010 11:48 AM PDT

Striking British Airways cabin crew carry flags as they walk past BA aircraft on the final day of a three-day strike near London Heathrow airport, on March 22. British Airways will lease extra aircraft and crew from other airlines to counter the impact of a new four-day strike by cabin staff next weekend, it said Tuesday.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)AFP - British Airways will lease extra aircraft and crew from other airlines to counter the impact of a new four-day strike by cabin staff next weekend, it said Tuesday.

British fugitive dies in Goa jail (AFP)

Posted: 23 Mar 2010 10:54 AM PDT

AFP - One of Britain's most wanted fugitives, who was arrested last year in the Indian resort state of Goa, has died after falling ill, a prison official said Tuesday.

Brave new words? Britain ponders libel law changes (AP)

Posted: 23 Mar 2010 10:53 AM PDT

FILE - This is a Wednesday, March, 10, 2010, file photo of self-exiled oligarch Boris Berezovsky as leaves the High Court in London, Wednesday, March, 10, 2010, after winning his libel case against a Russian broadcaster that accused him of masterminding the murder of a former Russian agent in London. Britain's government is unveiling an overhaul of libel laws to guard against 'libel tourism' when foreigners bring cases to U.K. courts in hopes of a more favorable judgment than they might get in their home countries. Justice Secretary Jack Straw announced the proposals Tuesday March 23, 2010. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, File)AP - Britain has long been a balmy destination site for libel tourism — sought out by litigants ranging from a Rwandan genocide suspect to a Saudi businessman to multinational corporations like McDonald's and General Electric.

Pirates seize British Virgin Islands cargo ship off Oman: EU (AFP)

Posted: 23 Mar 2010 10:17 AM PDT

A pirate boat in the Gulf of Aden off Somalia in 2009. Pirates seized a British Virgin Islands cargo ship with a mainly Sri Lankan crew of 25 off the Oman coast on Tuesday, the EU's naval force patrolling the region announced.(AFP/HO/File)AFP - Pirates seized a British Virgin Islands cargo ship with a mainly Sri Lankan crew of 25 off the Oman coast on Tuesday, the EU's naval force patrolling the region announced.

Anglo-Saxon treasure to remain in local UK museums (AP)

Posted: 23 Mar 2010 10:04 AM PDT

FILE - This is a Thursday, Sept. 24, 2009 file photo of part of a recently discovered hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold is displayed at Birmingham Museum in Birmingham, England . A fundraising campaign to keep a huge collection of Anglo-Saxon gold in the area where it was unearthed has raised enough money for the treasure hoard to be kept in two central England museums it was reported on Tuesday March 23, 2010. The Staffordshire Hoard the largest find of Anglo-Saxon gold ever recorded will reside in museums in Birmingham and Stoke-on-Trent in England's West Midlands, near where the collection was found. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)AP - A fundraising campaign to keep a huge collection of Anglo-Saxon gold in the area where it was unearthed has raised enough money for the treasure hoard to be kept in two central England museums.

Britain launches first space agency (AFP)

Posted: 23 Mar 2010 08:59 AM PDT

Business Secretary Peter Mandelson (L) speaks with astronaut Major Timothy Peake in London. Britain has launched its own space agency with the help of home-grown astronaut Peake, aimed at boosting the country's multi-billion-pound space technology industry.(AFP/Leon Neal)AFP - Britain launched its own space agency Tuesday with the help of home-grown astronaut Major Timothy Peake, aimed at boosting the country's multi-billion-pound space technology industry.

Steelmaker Corus wins Total pipes contract (AFP)

Posted: 23 Mar 2010 08:44 AM PDT

Patrice De Vivies (right), Vice President of Northern Europe for French energy giant Total, addresses a press conference with Business Secretary Lord Mandelson (centre) and Secretary of State for Scotland Jim Murphy in London. Indian-owned steelmaker Corus has won a £200 mln contract to supply Total with pipes for a new gas field project in Scotland, the British government has announced.(AFP/Warren Allott)AFP - Indian-owned steelmaker Corus has won a 200-million-pound contract to supply French energy giant Total with pipes for a new gas field project in Scotland, the British government announced on Tuesday.

New babysitting service for festival-loving parents (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Mar 2010 08:26 AM PDT

Reuters - It used to be that once the kids came, most people gave up the rock and roll life of festivals, grungy tents and grooving to the music 'til late.

World will stop Iran getting nuclear arms: Blair (AFP)

Posted: 23 Mar 2010 08:24 AM PDT

Former British premier Tony Blair, who is the special envoy for the Middle East Quartet of the EU attends a Development Committee hearing on the Palestinian territories at the EU Parliament headquarters in Brussels, March 22. Blair warned Iran the world will do AFP - Middle East peace envoy Tony Blair warned Iran on Monday the world will do "whatever it takes" to stop it acquiring a nuclear weapon.

Cameron demands inquiry into new sleaze charges (AP)

Posted: 23 Mar 2010 07:57 AM PDT

Britain's Conservative Party leader David Cameron, right, makes a speech at St Mary's Church, south west London Saturday March 20, 2010. Britain's main opposition Conservative Party says it will impose a new tax on banks to avoid taxpayers bearing the cost of any future bailouts if the party wins upcoming general elections. Cameron says in prepared comments for a speech on Saturday that he will impose the tax even if other countries decide against doing so. That goes a step further than Prime Minister Gordon Brown's ruling Labour Party, which says it favors such a tax — but only with international agreement. (AP Photo/Katie Collins/PA Wire) ** UNITED KINGDOM OUT **AP - Get out your shin guards, British election season is here.

No giveaways seen in tight UK pre-election budget (AP)

Posted: 23 Mar 2010 07:06 AM PDT

AP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown's government will be hamstrung by Britain's perilous financial situation when it delivers its annual budget Wednesday — a key moment in its battle to win voters ahead of a national election.

Campaigners urge govt to introduce 'Robin Hood' tax (AFP)

Posted: 23 Mar 2010 06:38 AM PDT

Campaigners dressed as the legendary outlaw Robin Hood have demonstrated outside the Houses of Parliament on London. Holding up fake green Budget boxes, they urged the government to introduce a tax on bank transactions.(AFP/Warren Allott)AFP - Campaigners dressed as the legendary outlaw Robin Hood on Tuesday to urge the government to introduce a tax on bank transactions.

British ex-ministers suspended in lobbying row (AFP)

Posted: 23 Mar 2010 06:35 AM PDT

Former British cabinet ministers Stephen Byers (left), Patricia Hewitt and Geoff Hoon have all been suspended by the Labour Party. Prime Minister Gordon Brown's government has denied involvement in a cash-for-lobbying scandal, after three of its ex-ministers were suspended just weeks before an election.(AFP/File)AFP - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown's Labour government denied involvement in a cash-for-lobbying scandal Tuesday, after three of its ex-ministers were suspended just weeks before an election.

UK officials arrest 6 in insider trading probe (AP)

Posted: 23 Mar 2010 06:12 AM PDT

AP - Britain's financial regulator says six people have been arrested in what it described as its largest insider trading investigation to date.

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