2010年4月26日星期一

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

British envoy to Yemen escapes suicide bombing (AFP)

Posted: 26 Apr 2010 12:53 PM PDT

Yemeni police and soldiers secure the site of a suicide bombing that targeted the convoy of the British ambassador in Sanaa. Britain's envoy to Yemen Timothy Torlot narrowly escaped a bomb triggered by a suicide bomber who threw himself at the ambassador's convoy in the capital Sanaa.(AFP/Mohamed Huwais)AFP - Britain's envoy to Yemen Timothy Torlot Monday narrowly escaped a bomb triggered by a suspected Al-Qaeda suicide attacker who hurled himself at the ambassador's convoy in a Sanaa street, officials said.

Britain's odd election: Where third equals first? (AP)

Posted: 26 Apr 2010 11:29 AM PDT

AP - In Britain's wildly unpredictable election, Prime Minister Gordon Brown's faltering Labour Party could finish third — but still end up running the country. The surging Liberal Democrats could get a third of the vote and a small fraction of the seats.

Suicide bomber targets British ambassador in Yemen (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Apr 2010 11:05 AM PDT

British ambassador to Yemen Tim Torlot speaks at a press conference in Sanaa. Torlot narrowly escaped a bomb triggered by a suicide bomber who threw himself at the ambassador's convoy in the capital Sanaa(AFP/File/Marwan Naamani)Reuters - A suspected al Qaeda suicide bomber attacked the British ambassador's convoy in Yemen early on Monday, killing himself and injuring three others, but the envoy was unharmed, Yemeni and British officials said.

Yemen: British ambassador escapes suicide attack (AP)

Posted: 26 Apr 2010 10:50 AM PDT

A Yemeni police officer, left, and onlookers stand at the site where an attacker, believed by officials to have been wearing an explosives belt and killed in the explosion, targeted the convoy of the British ambassador, in San'a, Yemen, Monday, April 26, 2010. The British ambassador narrowly escaped what appeared to be a suicide attack on his armored car while traveling to work Monday morning, Yemeni officials said. (AP Photo)AP - The British ambassador in Yemen narrowly escaped a suicide attack Monday, when a young man in a school uniform detonated his explosives belt near the diplomat's armored car in a poor neighborhood of the capital San'a, officials said.

Emerson Electric in $1.1B offer for Chloride (AP)

Posted: 26 Apr 2010 10:08 AM PDT

AP - Emerson Electric Co. said Monday it has made a 723 million pounds ($1.1 billion) offer to acquire Chloride Group PLC, a British competitor in providing back-up power supply systems. Chloride rejected it as too low.

UK Conservatives seek to squeeze out Labour (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Apr 2010 09:26 AM PDT

Workers erect an opposition Conservative Party election poster showing party leader David Cameron in Manchester, April 26, 2010. REUTERS/Phil NobleReuters - Britain's opposition Conservatives launched a new drive on Monday to dislodge the ruling Labour Party from some of its strongholds and talked up the risk of an inconclusive May 6 election result.

Teacher accused of trying to kill pupil (AFP)

Posted: 26 Apr 2010 09:03 AM PDT

AFP - A teacher went on trial Monday accused of attempting to murder one of his students by hitting him with a dumbbell while shouting: "Die, die, die".

Early days: the schooling of a British politician (AP)

Posted: 26 Apr 2010 06:51 AM PDT

Britain's Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg smiles as he is surrounded with students at the Newcastle Aviation Academy, Newcastle England Friday April 23, 2010. Since the fresh-faced Clegg stole the show in two elections TV debates this month, more young people have been tuning in with a little help from Facebook. (AP Photo/Gareth Fuller/PA) ** UNITED KINGDOM OUT **AP - In the early 1980s, Nick Clegg, a young challenger riding a surge of voter disgust with Britain's political heavyweights, was a boy at the elite Westminster School in London, a short walk from the Parliament that he seeks to transform in elections on May 6. His routines were hardly ordinary.

Labour candidate dropped after online sex talk (AFP)

Posted: 26 Apr 2010 06:27 AM PDT

Prime Minister Gordon Brown, seen here in February. The Labour party has suspended a candidate ahead of the May 6 general election after he boasted about his sex life online.(AFP/File/Dan Kitwood)AFP - The Labour party has suspended a candidate ahead of the May 6 general election, it said Monday, after he boasted about his sex life online.

British Airways bosses on trial for price-fixing (AFP)

Posted: 26 Apr 2010 04:06 AM PDT

A British Airways and a Virgin Atlantic plane are pictured at London's Heathrow airport in 2009. Four senior British Airways (BA) executives went on trial Monday over accusations of price-fixing after an alleged secret deal with rival airline Virgin Atlantic.(AFP/File/Max Nash)AFP - Four senior British Airways (BA) executives went on trial Monday over accusations of price-fixing after an alleged secret deal with rival airline Virgin Atlantic.

Parties jostle as vote polls point to hung parliament (AFP)

Posted: 26 Apr 2010 04:05 AM PDT

Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg addresses supporters during an election campaign visit to a supermarket in Norwich on April 23. With polls suggesting a hung parliament after the May 6 election, Clegg warned on Sunday he would not prop up a weakened Prime Minister Gordon Brown.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)AFP - The leader of likely kingmakers in the May 6 election, the Liberal Democrats, warned Sunday he would not prop up a wounded Prime Minister Gordon Brown, as polls point to a hung parliament.

Beatrice is 1st UK royal to run London Marathon (AFP)

Posted: 26 Apr 2010 12:03 AM PDT

File photo of Princess Beatrice, who has become the first British royal to run the London Marathon, setting a record in the process by taking part tied to fellow runners in a huge AFP - Princess Beatrice has become the first British royal to run the London Marathon, setting a record in the process by taking part tied to fellow runners in a huge "human caterpillar."

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