2010年6月13日星期日

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Sarah Brown to write memoir: publisher (AFP)

Posted: 13 Jun 2010 04:30 PM PDT

Sarah Brown, pictured in 2009, wife of former prime minister Gordon Brown, is to write a memoir which will lift the lid on living in Downing Street, her publisher said Monday.(AFP/File/Carl de Souza)AFP - The wife of former prime minister Gordon Brown is to write a memoir which will lift the lid on living in Downing Street, her publisher said Monday.

Blair hopes Gaza blockade could be eased within days (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Jun 2010 11:47 AM PDT

Reuters - Middle East envoy Tony Blair said on Sunday he hoped to see movement in the next few days on easing the Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip.

Head of British military to leave job early (AP)

Posted: 13 Jun 2010 05:56 AM PDT

FILE - Britain's Air Chief Marshall Sir Jock Stirrup arrives to give evidence to the Iraq Inquiry, being held in London, in this Feb. 1, 2010 file photo. Defense Secretary Liam Fox says the head of the armed forces, Air Chief Marshall Jock Stirrup, will leave his job about six months early. His term had not been due to end until April 2011. Foreign Secretary William Hague said Sunday June 13, 2010 the men were not being punished for the rising death toll in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, File)AP - The head of Britain's armed forces is leaving his post six months early, the government announced Sunday, shuffling its top military team as it grapples with the unpopular conflict in Afghanistan.

Armed forces chief to be replaced before term ends: Fox (AFP)

Posted: 13 Jun 2010 05:24 AM PDT

Air Chief Marshal Jock Stirrup (left), chief of Britain's armed forces, sits beside PM david Cameron at National Security Council meeting at 10 Downing Street on May 12. Cameron's government said Stirrup will be replaced before his term ends.(AFP/File/Chris Ison)AFP - The government said on Sunday it was replacing armed forces chief Air Chief Marshal Jock Stirrup and the top official at the defence ministry but denied they were being sacked over concerns about the war in Afghanistan.

US-British row over BP closed, ties 'excellent': Hague (AFP)

Posted: 13 Jun 2010 04:36 AM PDT

The Transocean Discoverer Enterprise drill ship collects oil from over the site of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil well as workers try to stem the flow of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Louisiana on June 12. British Foreign Secretary William Hague has said that ties with the US were AFP - British Foreign Secretary William Hague insisted on Sunday that relations with the United States were "excellent" as he sought to draw a line under strains over BP and the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

Malaysia probes British-funded animal testing lab (AFP)

Posted: 13 Jun 2010 02:45 AM PDT

Animal rights campaigners at a protest in Kuala Lumpur on June 9. Malaysia is considering shutting down a controversial British-funded animal testing lab if there is evidence of cruelty there, the goverment's top veterinary official has said.(AFP/Saeed Khan)AFP - Malaysia is considering shutting down a controversial British-funded animal testing lab if there is evidence of cruelty there, the goverment's top veterinary official said on Sunday.

US orders BP to set up fund for oil spill claims (AFP)

Posted: 13 Jun 2010 04:52 PM PDT

A support ship related to the collection of oil from over the site of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil well transitions through a sheen of oil as workers try to stem the flow of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Louisiana. The White House said that US President Barack Obama will address the nation on the Gulf of Mexico oil spill on his return from a two-day visit to the region.(AFP/Saul Loeb)AFP - US officials demanded Sunday that BP set up a special fund to pay oil spill claims and said President Barack Obama will give a rare White House address next week, in a sign of the seriousness of the disaster both for the country and his presidency.

Hand of clod - press slams Green for blunder (AFP)

Posted: 12 Jun 2010 09:29 PM PDT

England's goalkeeper Robert Green misses the ball during the Group C first round 2010 World Cup football match England vs. USA on June 12, 2010 at Royal Bafokeng stadium in Rustenburg. The Sunday newspapers blasted Green for the goalkeeping blunder that cost England a victory in the opening World Cup game against the United States.(AFP/Hoang Dinh Nam)AFP - The Sunday newspapers blasted Robert Green for the goalkeeping blunder that cost England a victory in the opening World Cup game against the United States.

Obama stand on oil spill is tough and temperate (AP)

Posted: 12 Jun 2010 07:24 PM PDT

British Prime Minister David Cameron talks to President Obama on the phone in his office at Chequers, England, about the BP situation in the Gulf of Mexico, Saturday June 12, 2010. The leaking oil that has tainted the Gulf of Mexico is also threatening the political shores on both sides of the Atlantic, with a British company the villain. (AP Photo / Andrew Parsons , PA ) ** UNITED KINGDOM OUT **AP - President Barack Obama took a fist-and-olive-branch approach to the Gulf oil spill Saturday, giving BP a deadline to accelerate cleanup efforts while also reassuring Britons he's not pointing a finger at them or their national institutions.

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