2010年3月30日星期二

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

UK lawmakers delay reform of tough libel laws (AP)

Posted: 30 Mar 2010 02:51 PM PDT

AP - Freedom of speech campaigners accused British lawmakers Tuesday of blocking attempts to reform the country's notoriously tough libel laws.

Former PM Tony Blair returns to campaign trail (AP)

Posted: 30 Mar 2010 01:40 PM PDT

**RETRANSMISSION TO REMOVE EXTRANEOUS RESTRICTIONS**Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair addresses Labour party members at the Trimdon Labour Club in Sedgefield, his former parliamentary constituency, Tuesday March 30, 2010. Speaking in support of current Prime Minister Gordon Brown for Britain's forthcoming election, Blair said that while Britain was not yet 'out of the woods' following the financial crisis, it was 'on the path out' as a result of the actions taken by Brown. 'At the moment of peril the world acted. Britain acted. The decision to act required experience, judgment and boldness. It required leadership. Gordon Brown supplied it,' he said.(AP Photo/Owen Humphreys, pool)AP - Former Prime Minister Tony Blair made a dramatic pre-election return to domestic British politics Tuesday with an attack on the policies of David Cameron, the smooth young Conservative leader sometimes nicknamed "Tory Blair."

McCartney's ex Mills made life a misery: nanny (AFP)

Posted: 30 Mar 2010 09:50 AM PDT

Pop legend Paul McCartney's former wife Heather Mills, seen here in 2009, was AFP - Pop legend Paul McCartney's former wife Heather Mills was "bitter" and made her staff's lives a misery following their split, her former nanny told an employment tribunal Tuesday.

Dutch, British police link 2 grisly slayings (AP)

Posted: 30 Mar 2010 08:32 AM PDT

This undated photo released by Rotterdam police, Netherlands, on Tuesday, March 30, 2010, shows Melissa Halstead. Dutch and British police have joined forces to revive an old unsolved case involving a pair of grisly slayings in which the bodies of two women were found in canals stuffed in bags with their heads and hands hacked off. Prosecutor's office spokeswoman Jeichien de Graaff says Melissa Halstead, 33, from Dayton, Ohio, was found in 1990 in Rotterdam's Westersingel. The second victim, Paula Fields, was found 11 years later in the Regent's Canal in London. De Graaff said Tuesday police now believe both women were killed by the same person. Dutch prosecutors and police were appealing to the public Tuesday night on national television for information that could help crack the cold case. (AP Photo/Rotterdam police, HO)AP - Dutch and British police have joined forces to revive two old unsolved cases in which the bodies of women were found in canals, stuffed in bags with their heads and hands hacked off, a prosecutor's office spokeswoman said Tuesday.

Britain emerges from recession with new growth upgrade (AFP)

Posted: 30 Mar 2010 06:56 AM PDT

The setting sun is reflected in London's Canary Wharf in the heart of the City's financial district. The economy emerged from a record-length recession in the fourth quarter of 2009 with upwardly-revised expansion of 0.4%, official data has shown.(AFP/File/Alessandro Abbonizio)AFP - Britain escaped from a record recession in better shape than previously thought in the fourth quarter of 2009, revised data showed Tuesday, but analysts agreed that the outlook remained weak.

Press watchdog raps blogger over accuracy (AFP)

Posted: 30 Mar 2010 06:16 AM PDT

A woman works on her blog in Chicago, Illinois. Britain's media watchdog has upheld a complaint against a blog written by a journalist in what was its first-ever move to censure a newspaper or magazine over comments by a blogger.(AFP/File/Jeff Haynes)AFP - Britain's media watchdog on Tuesday upheld a complaint against a blog written by a journalist in what was its first-ever move to censure a newspaper or magazine over comments by a blogger.

US seeks more detail on Astra cholesterol drug (AP)

Posted: 30 Mar 2010 06:12 AM PDT

AP - AstraZeneca PLC and Abbott Laboratories said Tuesday that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has asked for more information about their Certriad cholesterol drug before approving it for sale.

Elephants move like 4x4s: scientists (AFP)

Posted: 30 Mar 2010 05:44 AM PDT

An Asian elephant calf wanders among the adult herd in the elephant enclosure at Whipsnade Zoo in Bedfordshire. Elephants' legs work like a four-wheel drive vehicle, making them probably unique in the animal kingdom, scientists have said.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)AFP - Elephants' legs work like a four-wheel drive vehicle, making them probably unique in the animal kingdom, scientists said on Tuesday.

RBS fined £29 mln for breaching competition law (AFP)

Posted: 30 Mar 2010 05:19 AM PDT

A man carries an umbrella with the Royal Bank of Scotland logo in central London. Royal Bank of Scotland has been fined nearly £29 million for breaking competition law, the Office of Fair Trading has said.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - Royal Bank of Scotland has been fined nearly £29 million for breaking competition law, the Office of Fair Trading said on Tuesday.

Blair backs Brown as election looms (AFP)

Posted: 30 Mar 2010 05:14 AM PDT

Former prime minister Tony Blair, seen here in Moscow earlier this month, has thrown his weight behind his successor Gordon Brown, as he returned to the political stage weeks ahead of a knife-edge election.(AFP/File/Yuri Kadobnov)AFP - Former prime minister Tony Blair threw his weight behind his successor Gordon Brown on Tuesday, as he returned to the political stage weeks ahead of a knife-edge election.

Blair makes UK comeback to help Labour face poll (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Mar 2010 04:52 AM PDT

Britain's former prime minister Tony Blair (R) smiles as he is greeted by Labour MP for Sedgefield Phil Wilson at the Labour club in Trimdon, northern England March 30, 2010. REUTERS/Nigel RoddisReuters - Tony Blair entered Britain's close-fought election campaign on Tuesday, seeking to work his charm on voters tempted to desert the ruling Labour Party after 13 years.

Nanny McPhee rides to top of UK box office (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Mar 2010 04:49 AM PDT

Reuters - Emma Thompson as a 1940s supernanny has ended the three-week reign of Alice in Wonderland at the top of the UK box office, according to Screen International on Tuesday.

Bloomsbury earns lose Harry Potter magic (AP)

Posted: 30 Mar 2010 04:40 AM PDT

AP - Bloomsbury Publishing PLC reported a 36 percent fall in net profit for 2009 — its first year without a new hardback or paperback Harry Potter release — but said that other best-sellers had given a boost to the start of trading this year.

Britain to reduce Airbus A400M order (AFP)

Posted: 30 Mar 2010 04:34 AM PDT

The Airbus A400M aircraft. Britain will reduce its order for the much-delayed Airbus A400M military transport plane following a deal between governments and the company on cost overruns.(AFP/File/Bertrand Guay)AFP - Britain will reduce its order for the much-delayed Airbus A400M military transport plane following a deal between governments and the company on cost overruns, the defence minister said.

UK Q4 growth revised upward again to 0.4 pct (AP)

Posted: 30 Mar 2010 02:55 AM PDT

AP - Official data show that the British economy grew at a faster rate than previously estimated in the final quarter of last year when it exited recession.

Royal Bank of Scotland fined for competition lapse (AP)

Posted: 30 Mar 2010 02:43 AM PDT

AP - Royal Bank of Scotland PLC has been fined 28.6 million pounds ($43 million) for violating competition laws by sharing price data with rival Barclays PLC, the Office for Fair Trading said Tuesday.

New expense rules mean MPs can still employ family (AFP)

Posted: 30 Mar 2010 12:38 AM PDT

Houses of Parliament in London. MPs will still be allowed to employ a family member paid for by taxpayers under new rules announced in the wake of an expenses scandal.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)AFP - MPs will still be allowed to employ a family member paid for by taxpayers under new rules announced in the wake of an expenses scandal.

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