2010年5月5日星期三

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Last push as poll goes down to wire (AFP)

Posted: 05 May 2010 04:33 PM PDT

Conservative Party leader David Cameron speaks during a rally in Bristol. Party leaders rushed across Britain in a frantic final day of campaigning Wednesday as they battled to win over undecided voters, before what is expected to be the tightest election contest in decades.(AFP/POOL/Carl de Souza)AFP - Party leaders rushed across the country in a frantic final day of campaigning Wednesday as they battled to win over undecided voters, before what is expected to be the tightest election contest in decades.

UK election: Best bet is that history will be made (AP)

Posted: 05 May 2010 02:59 PM PDT

Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown, left, greets students at the University of Bradford, in Bradford England, Wednesday, May, 5 2010, the day before Britain goes to the polls in a General Election. With polls still indicating that Britain is on course for a hung parliament, all three major party leaders were engaged in frenzied last-ditch campaigning across the country. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)AP - There's only one good bet in Britain's razor-edge election: It's likely to reshape the country's politics in historic ways.

Suspended jail terms for deaths of British children in Greek hotel (AFP)

Posted: 05 May 2010 12:05 PM PDT

Funerals for British children Christianne and Robert Shepherd at St John's Church, in Wakefield in 2006. A court on the Greek island of Corfu handed down Wednesday suspended prison sentences to staff at a hotel where the two children died from carbon monoxide poisoning in 2006.(AFP/File/Paul Ellis)AFP - A court on the Greek island of Corfu handed down Wednesday suspended prison sentences to staff at a hotel where two British children died from carbon monoxide poisoning in 2006.

Prudential delays $21 billion cash call (AP)

Posted: 05 May 2010 11:58 AM PDT

AP - British insurer Prudential PLC on Wednesday delayed a planned $21 billion rights issue, raising fears about the $35.5 billion takeover of Asia-based life insurer AIA Group.

Small rise in BP shares after oil spill sell-off (AP)

Posted: 05 May 2010 11:54 AM PDT

AP - Shares in BP PLC closed slightly higher on Wednesday as analysts suggested the 20 billion pound ($30 billion) plummet in the company's value since the Gulf of Mexico oil spill has been overdone.

Marks and Spencer reveals departure of finance chief (AFP)

Posted: 05 May 2010 10:48 AM PDT

Marc Bolland, the new Chief Executive of Marks and Spencer, arriving for his first day at the company's headquarters in London on May 4. Marks and Spencer announced the departure of finance chief Ian Dyson.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)AFP - Clothes-to-food retailer Marks and Spencer on Wednesday announced the departure of finance chief Ian Dyson, who will become head of pub group Punch Taverns.

UK leaders scramble for votes in final hours (Reuters)

Posted: 05 May 2010 10:29 AM PDT

Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown (C) walks through a supermarket, with his wife Sarah (L) and Business Secretary Peter Mandelson (top L,) during a campaign stop in Newcastle, norhtern England May 1, 2010. REUTERS/Andrew WinningReuters - Britain's party leaders made a final push to win over millions of undecided voters before an election on Thursday that is expected to be one of the closest in decades and decide how the economy recovers from recession.

If no one wins Britain's election, what then? (AP)

Posted: 05 May 2010 09:57 AM PDT

A woman passes a billboard for the UK Independence Party, featuring the portraits of the leaders of the Labour, Conservative and Liberal Democrat parties, in London May 5, 2010. Britain's party leaders criss-crossed the country making a final push for votes in the last day of campaigning before Thursday's parliamentary election as two opinion polls pointed to an inconclusive result. One poll indicated that Labour, in power since 1997 but battered by recession and public anger over a parliamentary expenses scandal that has tainted all the main parties, could still win the greatest number of seats. REUTERS/John Voos (BRITAIN - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS)AP - Britain's national election Thursday is expected to deny all three major parties an outright majority, meaning the first so-called hung Parliament since 1974 is likely.

Diana Vickers vying for No. 1 album in UK (Reuters)

Posted: 05 May 2010 09:05 AM PDT

Singer Diana Vickers poses for photographers as she arrives for the UK premiere of Reuters - Diana Vickers, who rose to fame as a competitor on the popular X Factor television series, on Wednesday was vying for the number one in the British album charts with "Songs From the Tainted Cherry Tree."

Election result a close bet: bookmakers (AFP)

Posted: 05 May 2010 08:39 AM PDT

A man looks at the odds on the result of this week's general election in a bookmakers in central London. The Conservatives will comfortably win the most seats in the general election but whether they can get a majority is too close to call, bookmakers said on Wednesday.(AFP/Ben Stansall)AFP - The Conservatives will comfortably win the most seats in the general election but whether they can get a majority is too close to call, bookmakers said on Wednesday.

Leaders' wives face tricky task as 'first lady' (AFP)

Posted: 05 May 2010 07:41 AM PDT

Gordon Brown and his wife Sarah, arrive for an election campaign visit to the Granada TV studios in Manchester. Whoever emerges as prime minister after Thursday's general election, his wife faces the difficult task of performing an ill-defined role in the international spotlight.(AFP/Paul Ellis)AFP - Whoever emerges as the prime minister after Thursday's general election, his wife faces the difficult task of performing an ill-defined role in the international spotlight.

Teenager's trouser ban 'breaches human rights' (AFP)

Posted: 05 May 2010 06:20 AM PDT

A man wearing low-slung jeans. An order banning a teenager from wearing low-slung trousers has been dropped after a judge ruled that it breached his human rights.(AFP/File/Tim Sloan)AFP - An order banning a teenager from wearing low-slung trousers has been dropped after a judge ruled that it breached his human rights.

Prudential delays rights issue (AFP)

Posted: 05 May 2010 05:03 AM PDT

British insurer Prudential delayed launching a rights issue aimed at helping to fund a 35.5-billion-dollar takeover of AIA, the Asian arm of troubled US insurer AIG.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)AFP - British insurer Prudential on Wednesday delayed launching a rights issue aimed at helping to fund a 35.5-billion-dollar takeover of AIA, the Asian arm of troubled US insurer AIG.

Hung parliament 'a risk to the economy' (AFP)

Posted: 05 May 2010 04:50 AM PDT

The skyline of Canary Wharf to the east of the City of London, seen here in 2007. Economists and investors will be anxiously following Thursday's election, amid fears an uncertain result could send stocks and sterling plunging -- even if risk has already been partially priced in.(AFP/File/Joel Saget)AFP - Economists and investors will be anxiously following Thursday's election, amid fears an uncertain result could send stocks and sterling plunging -- even if risk has already been partially priced in.

BP CEO Hayward tested by Gulf of Mexico spill (AP)

Posted: 05 May 2010 01:32 AM PDT

BP Chief Executive Officer Tony Hayward gets into his vehicle following a closed door meeting at the Interior Department in Washington, Monday, May 3, 2010. — The early promotion of BP 'lifer' Tony Hayward to the top three years ago was meant to herald the arrival of a new, safer era of exploration and production after a series of damaging mishaps at the oil major including the 2005 fatal Texas City refinery explosion. As Hayward instead finds himself dealing with what is likely to become the largest oil spill in history with yet more lives lost — his promise to focus on safety 'like a laser' may well come back to haunt him. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - Tony Hayward promised to focus "like a laser" on safety when he landed BP's top job three years ago, heralding a new era for the company after a series of accidents — including the 2005 Texas City refinery explosion that killed 15 people.

Music mogul Cowell backs Tories (AFP)

Posted: 04 May 2010 10:50 PM PDT

Television and music mogul Simon Cowell on Wednesday backed Tory leader David Cameron to win the general election, a day before voters go to the polls(AFP/Getty Images/File/Kevin Winter)AFP - Television and music mogul Simon Cowell on Wednesday backed Tory leader David Cameron to win the general election, a day before voters go to the polls.

Ireland to reopen airspace after latest ash alert (AFP)

Posted: 05 May 2010 02:41 PM PDT

Airport staff secure dust covers on the engines of a passenger aircraft at Belfast City Airport in Northern Ireland. Ireland said its airports would reopen on Thursday after the latest aerial shutdown caused by ash from an Icelandic volcano which sparked air travel chaos in Europe last month.(AFP/Peter Muhly)AFP - Ireland said its airports would reopen on Thursday after the latest aerial shutdown caused by ash from an Icelandic volcano which sparked air travel chaos in Europe last month.

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