2010年6月17日星期四

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Anger halts Birmingham 'terror cameras' (AFP)

Posted: 17 Jun 2010 04:29 PM PDT

A police officer escorts two schoolgirls to their home in Jackson Road, Birmingham, in 2007. A surveillance operation involving more than 200 cameras in predominantly Muslim areas of Birmingham was delayed Thursday after an outcry from residents, authorities said.(AFP/File/Paul Ellis)AFP - A surveillance operation involving more than 200 cameras in predominantly Muslim areas of Birmingham was delayed Thursday after an outcry from residents, authorities said.

Cameron vows to defend British interests at first EU summit (AFP)

Posted: 17 Jun 2010 11:40 AM PDT

European Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso (right) shakes hand with Prime Minister David Cameron after a joint press conference prior to an European Council gathering EU's heads of state in Brussels. Cameron began his first EU summit vowing to defend Britain's AFP - Prime Minister David Cameron vowed Thursday to defend his country's interests in Europe, using his first EU summit to make clear London would never let its decision-making shift to Brussels.

Angler catches piranha in British pond (AP)

Posted: 17 Jun 2010 11:35 AM PDT

AP - An angler fishing in a British pond got a nasty surprise when his line came back with a thrashing piranha on the end.

Man tore priceless Shakespeare to cover up theft: court (AFP)

Posted: 17 Jun 2010 10:32 AM PDT

A portrait of William Shakespeare. A man deliberately AFP - A man deliberately "mutilated" a priceless original Shakespeare folio in a bid to cover up the fact that he stole it, a Newcastle court heard Thursday.

Experts ID bones as those of 10th-century princess (AP)

Posted: 17 Jun 2010 09:00 AM PDT

FILE - This March 2, 2009 file photo, shows a sculpture inside a chapel at the cathedral in Magdeburg, Germany. The sculpture from the 13th century assumedly represents the ruling pair King Otto the 1st and his wife Queen Editha, formerly Princess Eadgyth, left. Experts at the University of Bristol said Thursday June 17, 2010 they've identified a bundle of bones entombed in a German cathedral as those of England's Princess Eadgyth, a 10th century English royal famous for her beauty and charitable works. The university said Thursday that analysis of the teeth taken from Magdeburg Cathedral show that they must have belonged to Eadgyth, whom some historians have described as a medieval Princess Diana. (AP Photo/Eckehard Schulz, File)AP - Experts at the University of Bristol say they've identified a bundle of bones entombed in a German cathedral as those of England's Princess Eadgyth, a 10th-century English royal famous for her beauty and charitable works.

Britain beefs up Bank of England powers (AFP)

Posted: 17 Jun 2010 08:47 AM PDT

Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne (R) and Bank of England Governor Mervyn King attend the Lord Mayor's dinner to the Bankers and Merchants of the City of London at Mansion House in London. Britain is overhauling its system of financial regulation, handing new powers to the Bank of England and abolishing a watchdog blamed for failing to foresee the near-collapse of the banking system.(AFP/Carl Court)AFP - Britain is overhauling its system of financial regulation, handing new powers to the Bank of England and abolishing a watchdog blamed for failing to foresee the near-collapse of the banking system.

Govt slashes spending ahead of budget (AFP)

Posted: 17 Jun 2010 08:37 AM PDT

Liberal Democrat MP Danny Alexander -- who is the Chief Secretary to the Treasury -- said the coalition government would axe or suspend projects worth £11.5 billion in a major drive to slash a massive public deficit.(AFP/Carl de Souza)AFP - The coalition government said on Thursday it will axe or suspend projects worth £11.5 billion in a major drive to slash a massive public deficit.

Early English queen's remains in Germany: experts (AFP)

Posted: 17 Jun 2010 08:06 AM PDT

Archaeologists examine an archaeological site in Magdeburg, Germany in 2003. Bones discovered in an elaborate tomb in Germany are the remains of an early queen and member of the English royal family, British archaeologists have said.(AFP/DDP/File/Jens Schlueter)AFP - Bones discovered in an elaborate tomb in Germany are the remains of an early queen and member of the English royal family, British archaeologists said Thursday.

Fashion comes first at Royal Ascot Ladies' Day (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Jun 2010 06:34 AM PDT

A racegoer poses in her hat on the third day of racing at Royal Ascot in southern England June 17, 2010. REUTERS/Luke MacGregorReuters - Jockey Frankie Dettori has no doubts-- Ladies Day at Royal Ascot is a world beater for dedicated followers of fashion.

No action against G20 policeman who hit protester (AFP)

Posted: 17 Jun 2010 05:07 AM PDT

Police sergeant Delroy Smellie arrives at Westminster Magistrates court in London, 2009. A watchdog said that Smellie who hit a protester during last year's G20 summit in London will not face disciplinary action after being cleared of assault in court.(AFP/File/Carl de Souza)AFP - A police officer who hit a protester during last year's G20 summit in London will not face disciplinary action after being cleared of assault in court, the police watchdog said on Thursday.

BP shares higher on oil spill fund deal (AP)

Posted: 17 Jun 2010 04:42 AM PDT

FILE - In this June 25, 2009 file photo BP's newly appointed Swedish chairman Carl-Henric Svanberg, left, poses for photographs with their CEO Tony Hayward in London. Shares in BP PLC fluctuated in London trading Wednesday June 16, 2010 ahead of what promises to be a tense meeting between the oil company's chairman and President Barack Obama in Washington. Obama has vowed to make BP pay for all of the damage caused by its leaking well in the Gulf of Mexico, and has demanded that the company set up an independently controlled fund to assure that it will pay. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, file)AP - Shares in BP rose in London Thursday, as the company's agreement to set up a $20 billion fund and cancel dividend payments to cover damage from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill was seen as reducing uncertainty over its liabilities.

One in four children are victims of crime: survey (AFP)

Posted: 17 Jun 2010 03:37 AM PDT

The Home Office said that almost a quarter of children aged between 10 and 15 have been victims of crime.(AFP/File/Jeff Pachoud)AFP - Almost a quarter of children aged between 10 and 15 have been victims of crime, the Home Office said on Thursday.

World Cup boosts retail sales (AFP)

Posted: 17 Jun 2010 02:53 AM PDT

People carry shopping bags at Oxford Street in central London, January 2010. Official data showed that retail sales in Britain increased in May as shoppers snapped up new televisions for the World Cup.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)AFP - Retail sales in Britain increased in May as shoppers snapped up new televisions for the World Cup, official data showed on Thursday.

Scottish MP resigns over Filipino comments (AFP)

Posted: 17 Jun 2010 12:39 AM PDT

Members of the public watch the Executive's legislative programme being laid out as the new Scottish Parliament opened at Holyrood, Edinburgh, 2004. A Scottish MP was forced to quit his role on a parliamentary committee after being caught on microphone saying a woman in the audience was AFP - A Scottish MP was forced to quit his role on a parliamentary committee after being caught on microphone saying a woman in the audience was "very attractive" with "that Filipino look."

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