2010年6月24日星期四

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Govt says payouts for Afghan civilian deaths treble (AFP)

Posted: 24 Jun 2010 03:56 PM PDT

Soldiers of A Company from the 1st Battalion of Royal Gurkha Rifles stop a motorist during a patrol at dawn in Nahr e Saraj village, in Helmand. The government paid compensation for the deaths of more than 100 Afghan civilians last year, around three times the amount handed out in 2008, Ministry of Defence (MoD) records showed Thursday.(AFP/Bay Ismoyo)AFP - The government paid compensation for the deaths of more than 100 Afghan civilians last year, around three times the amount handed out in 2008, Ministry of Defence (MoD) records showed Thursday.

Queen makes first visit to Wimbledon in 33 years (AP)

Posted: 24 Jun 2010 02:52 PM PDT

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II shakes hands with defending champion Serena williams, as she attends the All England Lawn Tennis Championships at Wimbledon, for the first time in 33 years, Thursday June 24, 2010.(AP Photo/Oli Scarff, pool)AP - Queen Elizabeth II made her first appearance at Wimbledon in 33 years Thursday — applauding Briton Andy Murray as he won his second match and shaking hands with a giddy Serena Williams, who showed off her curtsy.

Govt eyes pushing retirement age to 66 faster (AFP)

Posted: 24 Jun 2010 11:10 AM PDT

Work and Pensions Secretary, Iain Duncan Smith, seen here in May 2010, announced the government would accelerate plans to raise the retirement age for men to 66, possibly by 2016, the government announced Thursday.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)AFP - The government is to accelerate plans to raise the retirement age for men to 66, possibly by 2016, the government announced Thursday.

Prince Charles makes royal visit to Glastonbury (AFP)

Posted: 24 Jun 2010 09:41 AM PDT

Britain's Prince Charles(C) walks in the Greenpeace field during a visit to the Glastonbury festival near Pilton, Somerse, as the famous music festival celebrates its 40th anniversary.(AFP/Leon Neal)AFP - Prince Charles charmed revellers at Britain's Glastonbury festival on Thursday, as they gear up for a weekend of top acts at the world's largest open-air festival.

BA in recruitment drive for lower-paid cabin crew (AFP)

Posted: 24 Jun 2010 08:46 AM PDT

A British Airways employee leaves Sandown Park racecourse in Surrey after a Unite Union meeting in March 2010. Loss-making British Airways has launched a recruitment drive for lower-paid cabin crew to cut costs, it announced, just days after trade union Unite announced a fresh strike ballot.(AFP/File/Geoff Caddick)AFP - Loss-making British Airways said Thursday it had launched a recruitment drive for lower-paid cabin crew to cut costs, days after trade union Unite announced a fresh strike ballot.

Queen Elizabeth brings royal glamour to Wimbledon (AFP)

Posted: 24 Jun 2010 07:50 AM PDT

Queen Elizabeth II is shown around the Wimbledon tennis ground by the Chairman of the All England Lawn Tennis Club, Tim Phillips, during her visit on the fourth day of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships, in south-west London. The Queen lit up Wimbledon as she walked through the grounds to huge cheers and mingled with tennis legends past and present.(AFP/Ben Stansall)AFP - Queen Elizabeth II lit up Wimbledon on Thursday as she walked through the grounds to huge cheers and mingled with tennis legends past and present.

Muslims look for piety first in partners: poll (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Jun 2010 07:19 AM PDT

Reuters - Muslims consider piety and religious compatibility the most important criteria when looking for a partner, according to a new survey from an online Muslim matrimonial service.

British man gets 5 years for plot to kill Blair (AP)

Posted: 24 Jun 2010 06:45 AM PDT

AP - A man who urged British Muslims to join a plot to assassinate former British prime ministers Tony Blair and Gordon Brown is being jailed for five years.

O2 rolls out new smartphone tariffs (AFP)

Posted: 24 Jun 2010 04:28 AM PDT

Shoppers walk past an O2 mobile phone store in London. Mobile phone network O2 introduced a new pricing model setting monthly caps for data downloads by smartphone customers.(AFP/File/John D Mchugh)AFP - Mobile phone network O2 introduced a new pricing model on Thursday setting monthly caps for data downloads by smartphone customers.

Budget 'makes poor pay the most': respected thinktank (AFP)

Posted: 24 Jun 2010 04:18 AM PDT

Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne holds Gladstone's red box as he poses outside 11 Downing Street in London on June 22. The coalition?s budget plans will AFP - The coalition?s budget plans will "hit the poorest hardest", a respected think-tank has said, after analyzing the fine-print of the package of tax rises and spending cuts announced by Chancellor George Osborne this week.

AXA sells some UK units to Resolution (AP)

Posted: 24 Jun 2010 03:34 AM PDT

AP - British buyout fund Resolution Ltd. said Thursday that it has agreed to acquire a package of U.K. businesses from French insurer AXA SA in a deal worth 2.75 billion pounds ($4.1 billion).

British American Tobacco appoints new chief executive (AFP)

Posted: 24 Jun 2010 03:03 AM PDT

A packet of Dunhill cigarettes made by British American Tobacco. British American Tobacco, the world's second-biggest cigarette maker, said that its chief executive will retire next year and will be replaced by chief operating officer Nicandro Durante.(AFP/File/Carl de Souza)AFP - British American Tobacco, the world's second-biggest cigarette maker, said on Thursday that its chief executive will retire next year and will be replaced by chief operating officer Nicandro Durante.

Yemen holds German, Iraqi in attack on British envoy (AFP)

Posted: 24 Jun 2010 02:52 AM PDT

British ambassador to Yemen Tim Torlot speaks at a press conference in Sanaa. Yemeni authorities are questioning a German, an Iraqi and two Yemenis in connection with a failed suicide attack Torlot in Sanaa.(AFP/File/Marwan Naamani)AFP - Yemeni authorities are questioning a German, an Iraqi and two Yemenis in connection with a failed suicide attack on the British ambassador in Sanaa, the ministry of defence website said on Thursday.

State pension age to rise to 66 by 2016 (AFP)

Posted: 24 Jun 2010 02:19 AM PDT

People face the prospect of working into their seventies as the government prepared to announce radical plans to overhaul the pension system(AFP/File/Barbara Sax)AFP - People face the prospect of working into their seventies as the government on Thursday prepared to announce radical plans to overhaul the pension system.

Picasso work top sale at record-breaking auction (AFP)

Posted: 24 Jun 2010 01:45 AM PDT

Staff display Pablo Picasso's 'Portrait d'Angel Fernandez de Soto' during Christie's Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale in London. A celebrated masterpiece by Pablo Picasso sold at Christie's auction house in London for 34.8 million pounds, in a sale that set a record for the amount of money made at an art auction.(AFP/Warren Allott)AFP - A celebrated masterpiece by Pablo Picasso sold at Christie's auction house in London for 34.8 million pounds, in an auction that set a record for the amount of money made at an art sale.

Tribute paid to marine killed in Afghanistan (AFP)

Posted: 24 Jun 2010 12:30 AM PDT

British soldiers conduct a patrol outside Kandahar Air Field, 2006. The partner of a British marine killed in Afghanistan paid tribute to the soldier saying he AFP - The partner of a British marine killed in Afghanistan paid tribute to the soldier saying he "lived to be a hero and died a hero".

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