2010年6月22日星期二

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Wimbledon buzzing with Queen's visit (AFP)

Posted: 22 Jun 2010 06:10 PM PDT

An umpire watches play at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, on June 22, 2010. Wimbledon is abuzz with excitement ahead of Queen Elizabeth II's visit to the tennis championships on Thursday, in her first appearance in the royal box since 1977.(AFP/Ian Kington)AFP - Wimbledon is abuzz with excitement ahead of Queen Elizabeth II's visit to the tennis championships on Thursday, in her first appearance in the royal box since 1977.

U.K. Finance Minister's Austere Measures to Cut Deficit (Time.com)

Posted: 22 Jun 2010 04:20 PM PDT

Time.com - U.K. Finance Minister George Osborne announced a raft of spending cuts on June 22, warning that the "tough but fair" measures are the only way to pull the nation out of debt. But how much pain can Britons take?

New auction record for Manet painting in London (AFP)

Posted: 22 Jun 2010 03:59 PM PDT

Sotheby's Employees carry Edouard Manet's 'Self-Portrait with a Palette' at Sotheby's in London on June 11. The painting sold for 22.4 million pounds setting a new record for a work by the master impressionist.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)AFP - A self-portrait by Edouard Manet sold for 22.4 million pounds at Sotheby's auction house in London on Tuesday, setting a new record for a work by the master impressionist.

Oil execs close ranks behind BP, slam drilling ban (AP)

Posted: 22 Jun 2010 02:37 PM PDT

A plume of smoke from an oil burn is seen near the Discover Enterprise at the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Louisiana Saturday, June 19, 2010. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, Pool)AP - After weeks of suffering the ire of the White House over the Louisiana rig spill, the oil industry is fighting back.

Govt launches emergency tax hikes, spending cuts (AFP)

Posted: 22 Jun 2010 01:20 PM PDT

British finance minister George Osborne holds Gladstone's red box as he poses for pictures outside 11 Downing Street, London. Britain has launched an assault on its mountain of debt as its new coalition government set out plans to raise taxes and slash public spending by 17 billion pounds (25 billion dollars).(AFP/Ben Stansall)AFP - The government on Tuesday launched an emergency package of higher taxation and spending cuts aimed at slashing a huge public deficit amid intense concern about sky-high debt levels in Europe.

BP shares fall to lowest point in 13 years (AP)

Posted: 22 Jun 2010 10:42 AM PDT

AP - BP shares have fallen to their lowest point in 13 years as CEO Tony Hayward hands over control of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill cleanup to managing director Bob Dudley.

UK slashes spending, raises VAT and taxes banks (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Jun 2010 10:42 AM PDT

Britain's finance minister George Osbourne speaks at the Conservative Party annual conference, in Birmingham, central England on September 29, 2008. REUTERS/Stephen HirdReuters - Britain's coalition government produced the harshest budget in a generation on Tuesday, slashing spending, raising sales tax and slapping a levy on banks to cut a record deficit to almost nothing in five years.

Boy jailed for murder after Facebook row (AFP)

Posted: 22 Jun 2010 09:38 AM PDT

The logo of social networking website 'Facebook' is displayed on a computer screen.A judge jailed a 16-year-old boy for at least 14 years Tuesday for stabbing to death a former friend after they traded insults on Facebook.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)AFP - The killer, who was 15 at the time and so cannot be named, knifed Salum Kombo, 18, in the chest last December in east London over a petty dispute in which the victim called him a "p.....(expletive)", the trial heard.

Wellies at the ready as Glastonbury Festival turns 40 (AFP)

Posted: 22 Jun 2010 09:10 AM PDT

Thoudsans of music fans gathered at one of the stages during the 2009 Glastonbury Fetsival. Over 170,000 people are expected to attend Britain's famous music festival this weekend as the world's largest open-air music and performing arts event celebrates its 40th anniversary.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)AFP - Over 170,000 people are expected to attend Britain's famous Glastonbury festival this weekend as the world's largest open-air music and performing arts event celebrates its 40th anniversary.

Another two British soldiers killed in Afghanistan (AFP)

Posted: 22 Jun 2010 08:48 AM PDT

British soldiers are silhouetted against the sky in Lashkar Gah, Afghanistan. Another two British soldiers have died in Afghanistan, raising the military toll to 302 just one day after the grim 300 milestone was reached, the Ministry of Defence in London has said.(AFP/File/John D. McHugh)AFP - Another two British soldiers have died in Afghanistan, raising the military toll to 302 just one day after the grim 300 milestone was reached, the Ministry of Defence in London said Tuesday.

UK makes sharpest cuts in decades in new budget (AP)

Posted: 22 Jun 2010 08:38 AM PDT

Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron, right, and Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander attend a meeting at 10 Downing Street, London, Monday June 21, 2010, ahead of the coalition government's first budget. (AP Photo/Dominic Lipinski)AP - Britain's Treasury chief unveiled on Tuesday the toughest cuts to public spending in decades, a raft of tax rises and a new levy on banks in an emergency budget aimed at restoring the country's ravaged public finances.

Europeans to lobby G20 over bank levy plans (AFP)

Posted: 22 Jun 2010 08:13 AM PDT

British Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne (R) walks past a policeman in Downing Street in London, on June 22, as he prepares to unveil an emergency budget to the House of Commons. Britain, France and Germany have agreed to introduce levies on banks to make them help pay for global recovery, they have said in a joint statement.(AFP/Carl Court)AFP - Britain, France and Germany said Tuesday they had agreed to introduce levies on banks to make them help pay for global recovery and plan to discuss the plans with G20 colleagues next weekend.

Bees tagged to assess pesticide brain damage (AFP)

Posted: 22 Jun 2010 08:12 AM PDT

British bees will be fitted with radio tags to monitor their movements and see if they are damaged by pesticides, in one of several studies to probe a decline in pollinating insects.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)AFP - British bees will be fitted with radio tags to monitor their movements and see if they are damaged by pesticides, in one of several studies unveiled on Tuesday to probe a decline in pollinating insects.

Key points of British budget (AP)

Posted: 22 Jun 2010 07:11 AM PDT

AP - Key points in the budget announced Tuesday by Treasury chief George Osborne:

Britain's 150-year-old budget box takes last bow (AP)

Posted: 22 Jun 2010 06:50 AM PDT

Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne displays his budget Box outside his official residence at 11 Downing Street in central London, Tuesday, June 22, 2010 before reading the budget statement within to Parliament. The box was first used by William Gladstone in 1860, and most Chancellors of the Exchequer have used it ever since. Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown was an exception, using a new red box during his 11 years heading the Treasury. The Public Record Office says the Gladstone box is in fragile condition, and will be retired to a permanent display in the Cabinet War Rooms.(AP Photo/Akira Suemori)AP - A red wooden box that has carried the government's budget to the House of Commons since 1860 made its last official appearance on Tuesday.

Britain, France, Germany agree bank levies (AFP)

Posted: 22 Jun 2010 06:35 AM PDT

British Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne (R) walks past a policeman in Downing Street in London, on June 22, as he prepares to unveil an emergency budget to the House of Commons. Britain, France and Germany have agreed to introduce levies on banks to make them help pay for global recovery, they have said in a joint statement.(AFP/Carl Court)AFP - Britain, France and Germany have agreed to introduce levies on banks to make them help pay for global recovery, they said in a joint statement Tuesday.

Osborne vows to eliminate deficit in five years (AFP)

Posted: 22 Jun 2010 05:57 AM PDT

Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne holds Gladstone's red box as he poses for pictures outside 11 Downing Street. Chancellor George Osborne on Tuesday launched an assault on Britain's mountain of debt as the coalition set out plans to raise taxes and slash public spending by £17 billion.(AFP/Ben Stansall)AFP - Britain's structural deficit should be eliminated in five years by cutting public spending and raising taxes, Chancellor George Osborne said on Tuesday in the coalition's first budget.

Britain unveils £17 bln in cuts, freezes public pay (AFP)

Posted: 22 Jun 2010 05:11 AM PDT

British Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne holds Gladstone's red box as he poses for pictures outside 11 Downing Street in London, on June 22. Britain will slash another 17 billion pounds ($25 billion) of government spending and freeze public-sector pay for two years, finance minister George Osborne has announced in an emergency budget.(AFP/Ben Stansall)AFP - Britain will slash another 17 billion pounds (25 billion dollars) of government spending and freeze public-sector pay for two years, finance minister George Osborne announced Tuesday in an emergency budget.

BA agrees pensions plan (AFP)

Posted: 22 Jun 2010 04:42 AM PDT

British Airways said on Tuesday said it had agreed a recovery plan to address its employees' pension deficit, bringing the airline closer to completing its planned merger with Spanish airline Iberia.(AFP/File/Adrian Dennis)AFP - British Airways said on Tuesday said it had agreed a recovery plan to address its employees' pension deficit, bringing the airline closer to completing its planned merger with Spanish airline Iberia.

World stocks drop, all eyes on British budget (AFP)

Posted: 22 Jun 2010 03:45 AM PDT

Global equities have fallen, as investors took profits, awaited an austerity budget from Britain's new coalition government and absorbed downbeat news on the eurozone debt crisis.(AFP/File/Carl de Souza)AFP - Global equities slid on Tuesday, as investors took profits, awaited an austerity budget from Britain's new coalition government and absorbed downbeat news on the eurozone debt crisis.

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