2010年4月12日星期一

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Cambridge University society offers pole dancing tuition (AFP)

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 04:07 PM PDT

A renowned debating society at Britain's Cambridge University said Monday it would offer pole dancing tuition to members, in a building more used to the presence of international statesmen.(AFP/File/Juan Mabromata)AFP - A renowned debating society at Cambridge University said Monday it would offer pole dancing tuition to members, in a building more used to the presence of international statesmen.

Morningstar to acquire British fund researcher (AP)

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 03:54 PM PDT

AP - Morningstar said its British subsidiary has acquired Old Broad Street Research Ltd. in the United Kingdom for about $18.3 million.

Belfast bombing should not deter peace effort: US (AFP)

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 12:48 PM PDT

The remains of an exploded car bomb lies outside the front gate of an army base in Holywood, in Northern Ireland, on April 12. The United States on Monday condemned the car bomb claimed by dissident Republican paramilitaries but said it should not derail the peace process in the province.(AFP/Peter Muhly)AFP - The United States on Monday condemned a Belfast car bomb claimed by dissident Republican paramilitaries in Northern Ireland but said it should not derail the peace process in the province.

Critics call for arrest of pope on Britain visit (AFP)

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 10:54 AM PDT

Atheist campaigners are planning a legal ambush to have Pope Benedict XVI, seen here in this Aprill 11 handout, arrested during his state visit to Britain over his alleged cover-up of sexual abuse in the Roman Catholic Church.(AFP/HO/File)AFP - Atheist campaigners are planning a legal ambush to have Pope Benedict XVI arrested during his state visit to Britain over his alleged cover-up of sexual abuse in the Roman Catholic Church.

In debt-laden UK, Brown has frugal election plan (AP)

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 10:14 AM PDT

Gordon Brown, the British Prime Minister and Labour party leader laughs as he answers questions following his speech during the lauch of his party's manifesto in Birmingham's newly built Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Monday, April 12, 2010.Launching his party's election manifesto Monday, Brown promised his government would prioritize spending on schools, health and policing — but little else. Britain goes to the polls in a general election on May 6, 2010. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)AP - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown vowed Monday to spur Britain's fragile economy and repair its tainted political system, but told voters ahead of a national election next month there are few funds to achieve his aims.

Brown launches Labour election manifesto (AFP)

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 09:14 AM PDT

Prime Minister and Labour Party Leader Gordon Brown unveils his party's election manifesto, seeking to seize back the initiative after a first week of campaigning dominated by economic squabbling.(AFP/Leon Neal)AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown unveiled his party's election manifesto Monday, seeking to seize back the initiative after a first week of campaigning dominated by economic squabbling.

Google buys British visual search start-up Plink (AFP)

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 08:18 AM PDT

US giant Google has moved to strengthen its visual search engine tool Google Goggles with the purchase of British start-up Plink for an undisclosed amount, Plink's founders announced on Monday.(Plink)AFP - US giant Google has moved to strengthen its visual search engine tool Google Goggles with the purchase of British start-up Plink for an undisclosed amount, Plink's founders announced on Monday.

Jade Goody's widow in court on rape charge (AFP)

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 08:15 AM PDT

A court heard that the widower of reality television star Jade Goody, Jack Tweed seen here in 2009, twice raped a teenager after pestering her for a threesome.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)AFP - The widower of reality television star Jade Goody twice raped a teenager after pestering her for a threesome, a court heard on Monday.

Car bomb clouds N. Ireland power handover (AFP)

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 08:08 AM PDT

Police close a road that leads to where a car bomb exploded near the Palace Barracks Army base in Holywood, County Down. A car bomb claimed by dissident Republican paramilitaries cast a cloud over the transfer of key powers from London to Northern Ireland.(AFP/Peter Muhly)AFP - A car bomb claimed by dissident Republican paramilitaries cast a cloud on Monday over the transfer of key powers from London to Northern Ireland.

World's deepest known undersea volcanic vent found (AP)

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 08:03 AM PDT

This undated photo released by the National Oceanography Centre in Southampton, England, Monday April 12, 2010, shows a cloud of smoky water billowing from the top of a tower of metal ore at a volcanic vent five kilometers (more than three miles) beneath the surface of the Caribbean. The vent, located in the Cayman Trough, is the deepest ever discovered, a British scientific expedition says. Experts hope that studies of the vent and the exotic creatures which bask in its warmth will yield insight into how life formed on earth, and perhaps elsewhere too.(AP Photo/National Oceanography Centre)**EDITORIAL USE ONLY**AP - Scientists using a remote-controlled submarine have discovered the deepest known volcanic vent and say the superheated waters inside could contain undiscovered marine species and perhaps even clues to the origin of life on earth.

Bomb rattles British spy HQ in Northern Ireland (AP)

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 07:46 AM PDT

Police close a road that leads to where a car bomb exploded near the Palace Barracks Army base in Holywood, County Down. A car bomb exploded near the headquarters of MI5 in Northern Ireland, police said, coinciding with the completion of a key stage in the peace process.(AFP/Peter Muhly)AP - Northern Ireland's Catholic and Protestant leaders elected a new justice minister Monday, reaching a new peacemaking milestone despite an audacious bomb attack hours earlier on the province's British spy headquarters.

Car bomb mars N. Ireland power handover (AFP)

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 07:17 AM PDT

Police close a road that leads to where a car bomb exploded near the Palace Barracks Army base in Holywood, County Down. Northern Ireland appointed its own justice minister, hours after key powers were transferred from London, in a handover clouded by a car bomb blast claimed by dissident militants.(AFP/Peter Muhly)AFP - Northern Ireland appointed its own justice minister on Monday, hours after key powers were transferred from London, in a handover clouded by a car bomb blast claimed by dissident militants.

UK judge OKs extradition in Colorado murder case (AP)

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 07:04 AM PDT

AP - A British judge on Monday approved the extradition of a man wanted in Colorado on suspicion of the murder of his wife.

British band Supergrass announces split (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 05:53 AM PDT

Reuters - British band Supergrass, which had hits in the 1990s with singles "Alright" and "Richard III," announced on Monday it had split.

Civvies get a taste of military tea (AFP)

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 04:50 AM PDT

The tea that has fired up British troops for battle since 1921 went on general sale to civilians for the first time.(AFP/File/CHRISTOPHE SIMON)AFP - The tea that has fired up British troops for battle since 1921 went on general sale to civilians for the first time on Monday.

Wanted -- your photos of the British election (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 04:35 AM PDT

Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown and his wife Sarah tour the Converteam factory in Rugby, central England April 12, 2010. REUTERS/Peter Macdiarmid/PoolReuters - Britain's official election artist is inviting members of the public to submit their photos of the election campaign, to be published in an online gallery.

Cameron reveals pain of losing son (AFP)

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 12:39 AM PDT

Conservative Party leader David Cameron and his wife Samantha arrive at St Nicholas Church in Chadlington, Oxfordshire for the funeral of their son Ivan, 2009. Cameron described how the death of his son last year made him almost give up politics, in a highly personal interview ahead of the May 6 election.(AFP/File/Stefan Rousseau)AFP - Opposition leader David Cameron described on Monday how the death of his son last year made him almost give up politics, in a highly personal interview ahead of the May 6 election.

British arrest of Bosnian leader revives dormant Balkan tensions (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 11 Apr 2010 02:47 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — Eighteen years after the start of the devastating war in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia, widely viewed as responsible for provoking the break-up of multi-ethnic Yugoslavia, has asked Britain to extradite a Bosnian leader who was briefly in charge of the country and its military forces.

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