2010年6月3日星期四

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

British police seek answers over shooting rampage (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Jun 2010 02:24 PM PDT

The immediate family of murdered taxi driver Darren Rewcastle look at floral tributes at the murder scene at the Duke Street taxi rank in Whitehaven, in Cumbria, north west England, June 3, 2010. REUTERS/David MoirReuters - Police said on Thursday they may never be able to fully explain why a quiet taxi-driver shot dead 12 people in the scenic Lake District, in Britain's worst gun rampage for years.

Police probe family feud link to Cumbria massacre (AFP)

Posted: 03 Jun 2010 01:58 PM PDT

Chief Constable of Cumbria Constabulary Craig Mackey updates members of the media on the ongoing investigation into yesterday's shootings by taxi driver Derrick Bird. Police struggled Thursday to piece together the final hours of a taxi driver who killed 12 people in a rampage through the scenic Lake District region, amid reports it was sparked by a family feud.(AFP/Leon Neal)AFP - Police struggled Thursday to piece together the final hours of a taxi driver who killed 12 people in a rampage through the scenic Lake District region, amid reports it was sparked by a family feud.

UK and Canada disagree on bank levy (AFP)

Posted: 03 Jun 2010 11:32 AM PDT

Prime Minister David Cameron(L), seen here with his Canadian counterpart Stephen Harper, said on Thursday that Britain and G20 hosts Canada differed in their approach to a global banking levy.(AFP/POOL/Toby Melville)AFP - Prime Minister David Cameron said on Thursday that Britain and G20 hosts Canada differed in their approach to a global banking levy.

Cabbie shot twin brother, aimed for faces in spree (AP)

Posted: 03 Jun 2010 11:03 AM PDT

A forensic officer removes shotgun cartridges from a cupboard inside the house belonging to Derrick Bird in the town of Rowrah, England, Thursday June 3, 2010. Detectives sought a motive behind a taxi driver's murderous rampage across a tranquil part of rural England, which left 12 people dead and 11 wounded before the gunman committed suicide. More than 100 detectives were scrutinizing why Bird, 52, went on a three-hour shooting spree Wednesday in the northwestern county of Cumbria, blasting many of his victims in the face with a shotgun or a rifle.(AP Photo/Scott Heppell).AP - Derrick Bird killed his twin brother and the family lawyer, then traveled the roads he had worked as a taxi driver, shooting people — apparently aiming for their faces — killing 12 in all and wounding nearly a dozen before committing suicide.

PM vows no 'knee-jerk' gun clampdown after massacre (AFP)

Posted: 03 Jun 2010 09:52 AM PDT

Police officers stand in a wooded area, close to where Derrick Bird is believed to have killed himself, in Boot, Cumbria. Prime Minister David Cameron warned about a AFP - Prime Minister David Cameron warned on Thursday about a "knee-jerk reaction" to gun laws after a taxi driver shot dead 12 people in a rampage through villages in west Cumbria.

FTSE rallies on brighter economic outlook (AFP)

Posted: 03 Jun 2010 09:23 AM PDT

London's leading shares have rallied mirroring overnight gains on Wall Street, sweeping higher on enthusiasm over the brighter global economic outlook, dealers said.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - London's leading shares rallied on Thursday mirroring overnight gains on Wall Street, sweeping higher on enthusiasm over the brighter global economic outlook, dealers said.

Xstrata halts investment over Australia mining tax (AP)

Posted: 03 Jun 2010 09:01 AM PDT

AP - Anglo-Swiss mining company Xstrata has raised the stakes in a protest over Australia's plans to glean more taxes from the sector, announcing Thursday it will halt investments in two projects in the country and put the creation of 3,250 jobs at risk.

Purdham given leave after brother killed in shootings (AFP)

Posted: 03 Jun 2010 07:10 AM PDT

England's Rob Purdham (left) eludes the tackle of New Zealand player David Faalogo during their 2008 Rugby League World Cup semi-final match in Brisbane. The Harlequins captain has been given compassionate leave after his older brother was killed in the shooting spree in Cumbria, the club said.(AFP/File/William West)AFP - Harlequins captain Rob Purdham has been given compassionate leave after his older brother was killed in the shooting spree in Cumbria, the club said on Thursday.

Airline sorry for Bin Laden boarding pass image (AP)

Posted: 03 Jun 2010 06:45 AM PDT

AP - British Airways has apologized for a picture in a company magazine that showed a boarding pass in the name of Osama bin Laden.

British climber dies after reaching Everest summit (AP)

Posted: 03 Jun 2010 06:43 AM PDT

AP - A British climber died hours after reaching the summit of Mount Everest as he was unable to descend and fellow climbers couldn't bring him down, his climbing team and a Chinese official said Thursday.

JP Morgan unit hit with record fine in UK (AFP)

Posted: 03 Jun 2010 06:36 AM PDT

Pedestrians pictured outside the New York headquarters of banking giant JP Morgan Chase in 2008. Britain's financial regulator has slapped a record $49 million (33.32 million pounds) fine on a unit of US banking giant for having failed to properly protect client money over a period of seven years.(AFP/File/Don Emmert)AFP - Britain's financial regulator said on Thursday it had slapped a record £33.32 million fine on a unit of US banking giant JP Morgan for having failed to properly protect client money over a period of seven years.

UK fines JPMorgan record $49 million (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Jun 2010 04:53 AM PDT

Reuters - U.S. investment bank JP Morgan Securities Ltd has been fined a record 33.32 million pounds ($49.12 million) in Britain for failing to protect billions of dollars of client money over almost seven years.

Police ordered to apologise over Nickell murder case (AFP)

Posted: 03 Jun 2010 04:51 AM PDT

A AFP - A "catalogue of bad decisions and errors" left a man free to murder two women and a four-year-old girl, an official report published on Thursday revealed.

BA says sorry for bin Laden boarding pass gaffe (AFP)

Posted: 03 Jun 2010 04:16 AM PDT

British Airways has apologised after a photo of a boarding pass for passenger AFP - British Airways apologised on Thursday after a photo of a boarding pass for passenger "bin Laden, Osama" appeared in an in-house magazine, touting the benefits of online check-in.

House prices move a step closer to 2007 peak (AFP)

Posted: 03 Jun 2010 02:31 AM PDT

Estate agents' advertising boards are pictured outside a housing estate in Reading, in October 2008. House prices rose in May to less than 10 percent below their 2007 figures, according to figures published by Nationwide building society.(AFP/File/Adrian Dennis)AFP - House prices rose in May to less than 10 percent below their 2007 figures, according to figures published by Nationwide building society on Thursday.

Oil firm says N.Korea exploration to start in a year (AFP)

Posted: 03 Jun 2010 02:12 AM PDT

A South Korean patrol boat drops a depth charge during a drill off the western coast town of Taean. The head of a London-based energy firm that signed a deal to search for oil off North Korea has said he hopes to start exploring in a year but is closely monitoring tensions on the peninsula.(AFP/File/Kim Jae-Hwan)AFP - The head of a London-based energy firm that signed a deal to search for oil off North Korea said on Thursday he hoped to start exploring in a year but was closely monitoring tensions on the peninsula.

UK's first water desalination plant opens (AFP)

Posted: 03 Jun 2010 12:18 AM PDT

A view of the Thames Water Desalination Plant, UK's first water desalination plant in Beckton. Prince Philip opened the country's first desalination plant, which aims to provide much-needed back-up for water-stressed London and its current leaky network.(AFP/Ben Stansall)AFP - Prince Philip opened the country's first desalination plant on Wednesday, which aims to provide much-needed back-up for water-stressed London and its current leaky network.

Police confirm river remains are missing prostitute (AFP)

Posted: 03 Jun 2010 12:01 AM PDT

A police diver searching the River Aire in Shipley in May 2010 as part of the investigation into the deaths of three prostitutes. Police have confirmed that human remains found in the river belong to one of the missing women.(AFP/Andrew Yates)AFP - Police investigating the deaths of three prostitutes confirmed on Wednesday that human remains found in a river belong to one of the missing women.

UK taxi driver kills 12, wounds 25 in rampage (AP)

Posted: 02 Jun 2010 06:24 PM PDT

Police stand next to a body following a shooting on Duke Street, in the town of Whitehaven in northwest England Wednesday June 2, 2010. British police were hunting down a man suspected in a shooting spree that has left more than one person dead in northwest England. The Cumbria Constabulary said there have been 'a number of fatalities' as well as several injuries after shots were fired in the town of Whitehaven and nearby Seascale and Egremont. (AP Photo/Rod Minchin/PA Wire) ** UNITED KINGDOM OUT **AP - A taxi driver drove his vehicle on a shooting spree across a tranquil stretch of northwest England on Wednesday, methodically killing 12 people and wounding 25 others before turning the gun on himself, officials said. The rampage in the county of Cumbria was Britain's deadliest mass shooting since 1996 and it jolted a country where handguns are banned and multiple shootings rare.

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