2010年4月10日星期六

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain


Polls suggest election too close to call (AFP)

Posted: 10 Apr 2010 03:50 PM PDT

Conservative Party leader David Cameron (L) poses for a photograph with a member of the public during a visit to Cheam. The general election is too close to call, opinion polls suggested Saturday, four days after campaigning officially began for the May 6 vote.(AFP/POOL/Kirsty Wigglesworth)AFP - The general election is too close to call, opinion polls suggested Saturday, four days after campaigning officially began for the May 6 vote.


UK investigates 800,000 organ donor list errors (AP)

Posted: 10 Apr 2010 02:42 PM PDT

AP - Britain's transplant authority said Saturday that it was investigating several hundred thousand errors in its organ donor list stretching back about a decade.

Thousands march to protect public services (AFP)

Posted: 10 Apr 2010 12:59 PM PDT

Protesters attend a Welfare State and Public Services March in London. Thousands of people protested in London Saturday against public spending cuts that all of Britain's main parties, contesting an election on May 6, warn are needed to reduce a record deficit.(AFP/Ben Stansall)AFP - Thousands of people protested in London Saturday against public spending cuts that all of Britain's main parties, contesting an election on May 6, warn are needed to reduce a record deficit.


Separatists accuses Ethiopian militia of killing British oil worker (AFP)

Posted: 10 Apr 2010 09:13 AM PDT

Ogaden National Liberation Front fighters gather in Mogadishu in 2006. The Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) said it AFP - An Ethiopian separatist group accused Saturday pro-government militia of killing a British oil worker in the remote southeastern Ogaden region of the Horn of Africa nation.


UK's Labour clashes with Conservatives over marriage (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Apr 2010 05:04 AM PDT

Reuters - Britain's ruling Labour Party on Saturday poured scorn on an opposition Conservative election pledge to impose a new levy on banks' borrowing to pay for a tax break to reward couples who get married.

Tax rows roll on in election campaign (AFP)

Posted: 10 Apr 2010 03:06 AM PDT

Britain's opposition leader David Cameron delivers a speech during the Conservative Party Spring Conference in February. The Conservatives have announced proposals for a tax break for married couples ahead of general elections on May 6.(AFP/Ben Stansall)AFP - Britain's political parties renewed their arguments over taxation in the general election race on Saturday, as the Conservatives announced proposals for a tax break for married couples.


UK's Liberal Dems could seal Brown's fate (AP)

Posted: 10 Apr 2010 12:34 AM PDT

Britain's Liberal Democrat Party leader Nick Clegg smiles  during a visit to the Penny Lane Development Trust in Liverpool England Wednesday April 7,  2010.  Britain goes to the polls in a general election on May 6. (AP Photo/Chris Radburn/PA)  **  UNITED KINGDOM OUT    **AP - Britain's uncertain national election may deliver a surprising twist: The country's perennial third-placed party, the hitherto toothless Liberal Democrats, could play kingmaker.


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