2010年5月26日星期三

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

British lawmaker proposes libel law reform bill (AP)

Posted: 26 May 2010 04:01 PM PDT

AP - A British lawmaker Thursday began a new attempt Thursday to reform the country's libel laws, long criticized for what is said to be a chilling effect on journalism and free speech.

UK police arrest suspect in triple killing (AP)

Posted: 26 May 2010 02:51 PM PDT

AP - British police say they've arrested a 40-year-old man in the killing of three prostitutes in northern England.

Man arrested over prostitute deaths (AFP)

Posted: 26 May 2010 02:04 PM PDT

AFP - Police have arrested a 40-year-old man over the deaths of three prostitutes in northern England, while body parts have been found in a river, officers said Wednesday.

New video of UK couple kidnapped by Somali pirates (AP)

Posted: 26 May 2010 01:23 PM PDT

AP - A British couple kidnapped by Somali pirates more than six months ago appeared in a video Wednesday appealing to the new U.K. government to secure their release.

UK gov't discloses size of its nuclear stockpile (AP)

Posted: 26 May 2010 10:59 AM PDT

Britain's Foreign Secretary William Hague, makes a statement in the House of Commons on Britain's stockpile of nuclear warheads in this image taken from TV in London Wednesday May 26, 2010 . Britain offered its first accounting of its nuclear arsenal Wednesday, revealing that it has a stockpile of 225 warheads in a move that offers transparency to non-nuclear states in hopes of winning stricter global controls on the spread of atomic weapons. (AP Photo/PA) ** UNITED KINGDOM OUT **AP - Britain offered its first public accounting of its nuclear arsenal Wednesday, disclosing that it has a stockpile of 225 warheads in a move that offers transparency to non-nuclear states in hope of winning stricter global controls on the spread of atomic weapons.

British ships sail to Dunkirk for 70th anniversary (AFP)

Posted: 26 May 2010 10:53 AM PDT

Ships from 35 countries offshore Portsmouth Harbour, England, during an International Fleet Review in 2005. A flotilla is to sail from Britain to France on Thursday to mark the 70th anniversary of the Dunkirk evacuation, when stranded Allied soldiers were rescued by a ragtag band of AFP - A flotilla is to sail from Britain to France on Thursday to mark the 70th anniversary of the Dunkirk evacuation, when stranded Allied soldiers were rescued by a ragtag band of "Little Ships".

UK sets limit of 225 nuclear warheads (Reuters)

Posted: 26 May 2010 10:26 AM PDT

Reuters - Britain announced for the first time Wednesday that it had set a limit on its nuclear weapons stockpile, at 225 warheads, and said it would re-examine its policy on using nuclear weapons.

London unveils pre-Olympic torch relay plans (AFP)

Posted: 26 May 2010 10:22 AM PDT

The Olympic Flame burning in Athens. Organisers of the 2012 London Olympics unveiled plans Wednesday for a 70-day torch relay leading up to the Games, now barely two years away.(AFP/File/Aris Messinis)AFP - Organisers of the 2012 London Olympics unveiled plans Wednesday for a 70-day torch relay leading up to the Games, now barely two years away.

Scottish protesters plan to bogey Trump's course (AP)

Posted: 26 May 2010 09:55 AM PDT

US billionaire Donald Trump gestures, during a press conference about his plans for the 'world's greatest' luxury golf and housing project on the Menie Estate in Aberdeenshire, at Aberdeen Airport Training Centre, Scotland, Wednesday May 26, 2010. Protesters opposed to Donald Trump's planned $1.5 billion Scottish golf resort say they've pulled a trick shot out of their bag, a legal move which will force the U.S. tycoon to confront more than 60 landowners rather than just a lone holdout. At the center of the plan is local fisherman Michael Forbes, who has long been an irritant to Trump. Forbes refuses Trump's offer of nearly $700,000 (488,000 pounds) to buy his family's run-down farm, which sits at the center of the planned resort. (AP Photo/Danny Lawson/PA Wire) ** UNITED KINGDOM OUT **AP - Protesters opposed to Donald Trump's planned $1.5 billion Scottish golf resort say they've pulled a trick shot out of their bag.

UK regulator criticizes Kraft on Cadbury takeover (AP)

Posted: 26 May 2010 09:54 AM PDT

AP - The British agency which regulates business takeovers on Wednesday criticized U.S. food company Kraft Inc. for promising to keep a Cadbury factory open, then changing its mind after taking control of the British chocolate company.

Trucker cleared over YouTube-hit snagged car (AFP)

Posted: 26 May 2010 09:21 AM PDT

AFP - A truck driver was cleared of wrongdoing on Wednesday after he snagged a passing car and drove along a motorway with it attached to the front of his vehicle.

UK soldier shot dead in Afghanistan (AFP)

Posted: 26 May 2010 08:55 AM PDT

Soldiers patrol Afghanistan's Helmand Province in February 2010. The Ministry of Defence said a British soldier was killed during clashes with insurgents in the Nahr-e Saraj area of Helmand Province.(AFP/File/Massoud Hossaini)AFP - A British soldier was shot dead in southern Afghanistan on Wednesday, the Ministry of Defence said.

BA to resume talks with cabin crew union (Reuters)

Posted: 26 May 2010 08:42 AM PDT

British Airways aircrew carry baggage at Terminal 5 in Heathrow Airport, west of London May 25, 2010. More flights in and out of Heathrow were cancelled on Tuesday as industrial action by British Airways cabin crew continued for a second day. REUTERS/Eddie KeoghReuters - British Airways said it would resume talks with the union of striking cabin crew later on Wednesday in an attempt to avert further industrial action.

Gorillaz to play Glastonbury after U2 drop out (Reuters)

Posted: 26 May 2010 08:24 AM PDT

Damon Albarn of Reuters - Damon Albarn's band Gorillaz will play at the Glastonbury festival next month following the withdrawal of U2, festival organizers said on Wednesday.

New British foreign minister to visit Pakistan (AFP)

Posted: 26 May 2010 08:02 AM PDT

British Foreign Secretary William Hague at a press conference in Kabul on May 22. Hague will visit Pakistan AFP - British Foreign Secretary William Hague will visit Pakistan "in the next few weeks" he said Wednesday, pledging to work more closely with Islamabad on Afghanistan and other issues.

Proms now a rite of passage for UK kids (Reuters)

Posted: 26 May 2010 07:18 AM PDT

Reuters - The limos, big hair, ball gowns and boys in formal outfits of U.S.-style high school proms have now become a widespread rite of passage for British teens, according to a survey.

N.Ireland militants 'active and dangerous': watchdog (AFP)

Posted: 26 May 2010 05:40 AM PDT

Members of the PSNI (Police Service of Northern Ireland) close off a road in County Armagh after a car bomb was found. Dissident republican groups in Northern Ireland remain AFP - Dissident republican groups in Northern Ireland remain "highly active and dangerous" but command little support, the latest report from a paramilitary watchdog said on Wednesday.

"Definitely a God" poster tops UK ad complaints (Reuters)

Posted: 26 May 2010 04:40 AM PDT

Reuters - A bus poster which claimed "There definitely is a God" attracted more complaints than any other advert last year, Britain's Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) said on Wednesday.

Fraudster planned to use his own chips in casino (Reuters)

Posted: 26 May 2010 03:18 AM PDT

Reuters - A British man who planned to defraud a casino chain by manufacturing his own cash chips has been jailed for 18 months.

UK work hangovers set to rise as Cup kicks off (Reuters)

Posted: 26 May 2010 02:44 AM PDT

Reuters - The average Briton turns up to work with a hangover three times a month, according to a survey on Wednesday, and the frequency is expected to increase during next month's World Cup.

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