2010年4月28日星期三

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

UK campaign gaffe: Brown calls voter a bigot (AP)

Posted: 28 Apr 2010 06:27 PM PDT

Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown, wearing a Sky News microphone, speaks to local resident Gillian Duffy, 65, while campaigning for Britain's May 6 General Election in Rochdale, England, Wednesday April 28, 2010. Brown was caught on microphone describing a voter he had just spoken to - apparently Duffy - as a 'bigoted woman'. The comments were made as he got into his car, not realising that he had the microphone pinned to his jacket. He told an aide: 'That was a disaster - they should never have put me with that woman. Whose idea was that? It's just ridiculous...' Asked what she had said, he replied: 'Everything, she was just a bigoted woman.'(AP Photo< Lewis Whyld-pa) **UNITED KINGDOM OUT: NO SALES: NO ARCHIVE:**AP - Britain's Prime Minister blundered into the first major gaffe in his country's short campaign season Wednesday when an open microphone captured him slamming a voter he'd just been trying to win over.

Fish oil keep you smart? Sounds fishy, finds British study (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Apr 2010 04:55 PM PDT

Reuters - Fish oil may be good for your heart but it doesn't seem to help keep you smart, according to a two-year British study.

Brown calls pensioner 'bigoted' in campaign gaffe (AFP)

Posted: 28 Apr 2010 03:54 PM PDT

Prime Minister Gordon Brown (L) speaks with Gillian Duffy during a campaign visit to Rochdale, north-west England. Brown battled Wednesday to limit the damage to his re-election hopes after calling the elderly widow AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown battled Wednesday to limit the damage to his re-election hopes after calling an elderly widow "bigoted", in an embarrassing gaffe just a week before crucial polls.

"Bigot" gaffe haunts UK's Brown before TV debate (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Apr 2010 03:40 PM PDT

Reuters - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown goes into his final pre-election debate on Thursday trying to rescue his Labour Party from defeat while fending off a gaffe in which he called one of his traditional voters "bigoted."

British Columbia sets out new clean energy plan (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Apr 2010 03:36 PM PDT

Reuters - British Columbia unveiled a new clean energy plan on Wednesday that calls for increased efficiency and reduces the ability of rate regulators to spurn potentially costlier renewable energy projects.

RBS bank shareholders back new bonus scheme (AFP)

Posted: 28 Apr 2010 11:19 AM PDT

Chief Executive Officer of The Royal Bank of Scotland Group, Stephen Hester (L) arrives to attend the company's Annual General Meeting at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre. Shareholders in the part-nationalised Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) voted overwhelmingly Wednesday for a new bonus scheme for top bosses, after the bank agreed to look again at a key condition.(AFP/Derek Blair)AFP - Shareholders in the part-nationalised Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) voted overwhelmingly Wednesday for a new bonus scheme for top bosses, after the bank agreed to look again at a key condition.

British election: Gordon Brown undone by gaffe about grandmother? (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 28 Apr 2010 11:19 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Seeking to show the common touch ahead of the May 6 British election, Prime Minister Gordon Brown visited the working class northern town of Rochdale for informal chats with voters and came off appearing dismissive and aloof.

Designer McQueen took drugs before suicide (AFP)

Posted: 28 Apr 2010 11:06 AM PDT

Fashion designer Alexander McQueen, seen here, took cocaine, sleeping pills and tranquilisers before hanging himself, an inquest into his death found.(Getty Images/AFP/File/Frazer Harrison)AFP - Fashion designer Alexander McQueen took cocaine, sleeping pills and tranquillisers before hanging himself, leaving a note asking his family to "look after my dogs", an inquest heard Wednesday.

GlaxoSmithKline says Q1 profit up 19 pct (AP)

Posted: 28 Apr 2010 10:28 AM PDT

AP - GlaxoSmithKline, the world's second-largest drug maker by revenue, on Wednesday reported a nearly 19 percent rise in first quarter profit, led by strong sales growth in the Asia-Pacific region and emerging markets.

Algerian banker to be extradited (AFP)

Posted: 28 Apr 2010 10:12 AM PDT

Former bank chief Rafik Khalifa, seen here in 2001, is to be extradited to Algeria, where he has been sentenced to life in prison over a massive embezzlement scandal, the Home Office said.(AFP/File/Pierre Andrieu)AFP - Former bank chief Rafik Khalifa is to be extradited to Algeria, where he has been sentenced to life in prison over a massive embezzlement scandal, the Home Office said.

Coroner: McQueen tried to overdose before suicide (AP)

Posted: 28 Apr 2010 08:31 AM PDT

FILE - In this Feb. 11, 2010 file photo, undertakers carry the body of British fashion designer Alexander McQueen from his home in central London, Thursday, Feb. 11, 2010. A depressed Alexander McQueen twice tried to overdose on drugs in the months before he hanged himself, the fashion designer's psychiatrist and a coroner said Wednesday, April 28, 2010. Coroner Paul Knapman ruled that McQueen's Feb. 11 death was a suicide, and said the designer took his life after taking a mixture of cocaine, sleeping pills and tranquilizers. (AP Photo/Akira Suemori, File)AP - A depressed Alexander McQueen twice tried to overdose on drugs in the months before he hanged himself, the fashion designer's psychiatrist and a coroner said Wednesday.

Hapless sailor takes a round trip (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Apr 2010 07:47 AM PDT

Reuters - A man who thought he was sailing along the coast of southern England had to be rescued by emergency services after his motor boat ran out of fuel while repeatedly circling a small island in the River Thames estuary.

"Staffies" most rehoused breed say RSPCA (AFP)

Posted: 28 Apr 2010 07:38 AM PDT

A dog looks through the bars of it's kennel at Battersea Dogs and Cats Home in London. The RSPCA has found new homes for more Staffordshire bull terriors than any other breed of dog last year, in part due to would-be owners who want the animals as AFP - The RSPCA found new homes for more Staffordshire bull terriors than any other breed of dog last year, in part due to would-be owners who want the animals as "status dogs".

Swine flu boost sales help GSK profits soar (AFP)

Posted: 28 Apr 2010 07:13 AM PDT

Pharmaceuticals giant GlaxoSmithKline has posted soaring profits for the first quarter, lifted by sales of H1N1 treatments during last year's swine flu crisis.(AFP/File/Odd Andersen)AFP - Pharmaceuticals giant GlaxoSmithKline on Wednesday posted soaring profits for the first quarter, lifted by sales of H1N1 treatments during last year's swine flu crisis.

SNP loses bid to join poll TV debate (AFP)

Posted: 28 Apr 2010 06:21 AM PDT

The Scottish National Party, led by First Minister Alex Salmond -- seen here in March -- has lost a legal bid to take part in a party leaders' televised debate ahead of the general election next week.(AFP/File/Carl Court)AFP - Scotland's ruling nationalists on Wednesday lost a legal bid to take part in a party leaders' televised debate ahead of the general election next week.

UK police have given up on Madeleine: McCanns (AFP)

Posted: 28 Apr 2010 05:52 AM PDT

Gerry and Kate McCann pose with boards portraiting their missing daughter Madeleine reading AFP - The father of missing toddler Madeleine McCann said on Wednesday that British authorities had "essentially given up" on finding his daughter who disappeared during a family holiday to Portugal in 2007.

Media group: 17 journalists killed in April (AP)

Posted: 28 Apr 2010 04:20 AM PDT

AP - An international media safety group says 17 media workers died violently this month, making it the bloodiest April for journalists recorded in the past five years.

Shell says profits boosted by higher oil prices (AFP)

Posted: 28 Apr 2010 03:44 AM PDT

British energy giant Royal Dutch Shell said Wednesday its first quarter earnings rose sharply on the back of higher energy prices and an increase in output.(AFP/Tengku Bahar)AFP - British energy giant Royal Dutch Shell said Wednesday the group's first-quarter profits jumped on the back of higher energy prices, cost cutting and rising output.

Man Utd's Ferguson backs Labour (AFP)

Posted: 28 Apr 2010 02:34 AM PDT

Manchester United's Scottish manager Sir Alex Ferguson looks on before the English Premier League football match between Manchester United and Chelsea at Old Trafford in Manchester, on April 3. Ferguson has backed Prime Minister Gordon Brown's Labour in the general election, and compared the poll to the race to win the Premiership.(AFP/File/Andrew Yates)AFP - Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson Wednesday backed Prime Minister Gordon Brown's Labour in Britain's May 6 general election, and compared the poll to the race to win the Premiership.

Tory candidate barred over homophobic comments (AFP)

Posted: 28 Apr 2010 12:46 AM PDT

Another candidate for the general election has been suspended, this time for making a homophobic comment, the Conservative party has said.(AFP/File/Tony Karumba)AFP - Another candidate for the general election has been suspended, this time for making a homophobic comment, the Conservative party said Tuesday.

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