2010年5月6日星期四

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Projections and results in British elections (AP)

Posted: 06 May 2010 06:31 PM PDT

AP - The following sums up the results and projections in the British election as of 0130 GMT:

UK Conservatives seen largest party in poll chaos (Reuters)

Posted: 06 May 2010 06:26 PM PDT

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, right, and his wife Sarah, left, are seen after they have cast their vote's in Britain's General Election in North Queensferry, Fife, Scotland, Thursday, May 6 2010. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell)Reuters - Britain's opposition Conservatives were forecast on Friday to emerge as the largest party after the closest election in three decades, but seen falling just short of an outright majority in parliament.

Britain votes 2010 - AFP Live Report (AFP)

Posted: 06 May 2010 06:26 PM PDT

From left: Liberal Democrats Nick Clegg, Prime Minister and Labour Party leader Gordon Brown and Conservative Party leader David Cameron.(AFP/File/Leon Neal/Ben Stansall)AFP - 02:25: The confidence in the Labour ranks seems to be increasing after Labour held off strong Conservative challenges in key marginals including Tooting and Gedling. Both were considered important Tory targets.

UK exit polls: Tories win most seats, not majority (AP)

Posted: 06 May 2010 06:22 PM PDT

David Cameron, leader of the Conservative Party and his wife Samantha arrive at the count in his Witney constituency, Oxfordshire, England, Friday, May 7, 2010. Polls in Britain's razor-edge election opened early Thursday in a race that is likely to reshape the country's politics in historic ways. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)AP - David Cameron's rejuvenated Conservatives captured far more seats than Prime Minister Gordon Brown's battered Labour Party but failed to win an absolute majority Thursday in Britain's national election, according to television projections.

Tories win but Britain faces hung parliament: exit poll (AFP)

Posted: 06 May 2010 04:55 PM PDT

Exit poll predictions are projected on to the side of Battersea Power Station in south London. Britain's opposition Conservatives came top in a knife-edge general election Thursday but fell short of the clear-cut majority needed to return to power after 13 years in opposition, exit polls suggested.(AFP/Geoff Caddick)AFP - Britain's opposition Conservatives came top in a knife-edge general election Thursday but fell short of the clear-cut majority needed to return to power after 13 years in opposition, exit polls suggested.

Voters cast ballots in pubs, caravans (AFP)

Posted: 06 May 2010 01:08 PM PDT

Two women enjoy a drink at the Anglesea pub in west London. Some lucky London voters combined a trip to the polls with a stop in the pub, as they cast their ballots in one of several more unusual polling stations used for the general election.(AFP/Leon Neal)AFP - Some lucky London voters combined a trip to the polls with a stop in the pub Thursday, as they cast their ballots in one of the more unusual polling stations used for the British general election.

Plots: West must be alert, not alarmist: experts (Reuters)

Posted: 06 May 2010 10:30 AM PDT

Reuters - "Keep Calm and Carry On" reads a World War Two propaganda poster back in vogue in Britain: thousands of reproductions have been snapped up in recent years by Britons seeking a voice of resilience in troubled times.

Iraqi Airways chief released by British court: ministry (AFP)

Posted: 06 May 2010 09:41 AM PDT

Director General of Iraqi Airways, Kifah Hassan Jabbar, leaves the High Court in central London, on April 30. A British court released Jabbar on Thursday and allowed him to return home, Iraq's transport ministry said in the latest twist in a legal nightmare for the airline.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)AFP - A British court released the head of Iraqi Airways on Thursday and allowed him to return home, Iraq's transport ministry said in the latest twist in a legal nightmare for the airline.

Celebrities turn to Twitter to comment on election (AFP)

Posted: 06 May 2010 09:28 AM PDT

Tennis player Andy Murray (seen here in March 2010) wrote on Twitter that he had voted for the first time as millions of Britons headed to the polls in a closely-fought election.(AFP/Getty Images/Jeff Gross)AFP - Some of Britain's most famous citizens were among the millions of voters heading to the polls on Thursday and, like many, they turned to Twitter to share their experiences.

Light aircraft carrying election candidate crashes (AP)

Posted: 06 May 2010 09:08 AM PDT

The light aircraft which crashed at Hinton-in-the-Hedges airfield, near Nottingham, England, injuring UKIP party member Nigel Farage and the plane's pilot, Thursday May 6, 2010. Member of the United Kingdom Independent Party (UKIP) Farage was injured early Thursday May 6, 2010, when the small plane crashed, as he was a passenger in the plane towing an election banner advising people to 'Vote UKIP'. Farage is reported to have been cut from the wreckage and taken to hospital but his injuries are not thought to be life-threatening. Britain goes to the polls Thursday in a General Election which seems likely to impact on the political landscape of the country. (AP Photo/Rui Vieira/PA) ** UNITED KINGDOM OUT - NO SALES - NO ARCHIVES **AP - A leading candidate for Britain's right-wing U.K. Independence Party survived a plane crash Thursday without serious injuries.

UKIP's Farage survives plane crash (AFP)

Posted: 06 May 2010 06:58 AM PDT

Nigel Farage of the UK Independence Party, a high-profile candidate in the general election, is seen here in April 2010. Farage has walked away from a plane crash with minor injuries soon after voting started, his party said.(AFP/Ben Stansall)AFP - Nigel Farage of the UK Independence Party, a high-profile candidate in the general election, walked away from a plane crash with minor injuries Thursday soon after voting started, his party said.

Lib Dem leader wins Facebook poll (AFP)

Posted: 06 May 2010 06:52 AM PDT

Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg arrives with his wife Miriam Gonzalez Durantez to cast his vote at a polling station in Sheffield. Clegg has come top in an online poll of who should be Britain's next prime minister, as voters cast their real ballots across the country.(AFP/Andrew Yates)AFP - Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg came top in an online poll of who should be Britain's next prime minister Thursday, as voters cast their real ballots across the country.

Britain votes in cliff-hanger election (Reuters)

Posted: 06 May 2010 05:21 AM PDT

The door of the British prime minister's residence of 10 Downing Street is seen in London May 5, 2010. REUTERS/Stefan WermuthReuters - Britons voted on Thursday in a knife-edge election, with opinion polls suggesting the opposition Conservatives will win the popular vote but fail to secure an outright parliamentary majority.

London shares fall sharply at open (AFP)

Posted: 06 May 2010 01:55 AM PDT

Leading shares dived in opening trade, as Britons headed to the polls and investors fretted over the Greek financial crisis and its potential impact on the eurozone and the European single currency.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - Leading shares dived in opening trade on Thursday, as Britons headed to the polls and investors fretted over the Greek financial crisis and its potential impact on the eurozone and the European single currency.

Pranksters target Cameron on election day (AFP)

Posted: 06 May 2010 01:01 AM PDT

Conservative Party Leader David Cameron greets pupils during an election campaign visit to Ysgol Dafydd Llwyd, Newtown in Wales on May 5. Two pranksters have climbed on to the roof of the polling station where Cameron is set to vote. The men unfurled a banner with the slogan AFP - Two pranksters climbed on to the roof of the polling station where opposition leader David Cameron was set to vote on Thursday, an AFP reporter said.

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

Posted: 06 May 2010 12:14 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.

Nick Clegg: The new man in the middle (AP)

Posted: 06 May 2010 12:13 AM PDT

Britain's Liberal Democrat Leader Nick Clegg, watched by his wife, Miriam Gonzalez Durantez, left, speaks to supporters in Eastbourne, England, Wednesday May 5, 2010, on the final day of campaigning for Britain's General Election.(AP Photo/Gareth Fuller-pa) **UNITED KINGDOM OUT: NO SALES: NO ARCHIVE:**AP - Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg took the stage in Britain's first-ever televised election debate, hand in his trouser pocket, the relaxed outsider anxious for change.

David Cameron modernized Tories, but can he win? (AP)

Posted: 06 May 2010 12:12 AM PDT

Britain's Conservative Party leader David Cameron, right, holds a fish during a campaign stop at Grimsby fish market, in Grimsby, England, on Wednesday May 5, 2010. Britain's political contenders crisscrossed the country to woo wavering voters, but they also courted each other as opinion polls indicate that the national election could produce a coalition with no clear winner. (AP Photo / Carl de Souza, pool)AP - Ambitious blue blood or an average "Call me Dave" kind of guy?

Gordon Brown: From leader-in-waiting to has-been? (AP)

Posted: 06 May 2010 12:11 AM PDT

Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown greets students at the University of Bradford in Bradford England, Wednesday, May 5 , 2010 .Britain's political parties launched a last ditch push Tuesday to woo wavering voters, and to court each other, as opinion polls showed the country's national election is headed for an uncertain stalemate, after voting takes place on May 6.(AP Photo/Alastair Grant)AP - Gordon Brown's career is a reminder of the adage about being careful what you wish for.

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