2010年6月29日星期二

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Fire at Total oil refinery, one worker missing (AFP)

Posted: 29 Jun 2010 04:45 PM PDT

A general view of the Total Lindsay oil refinery. A fire broke out at Britain's third largest oil refinery Tuesday, causing an explosion and leaving one oil worker missing, the company that owns the site and emergency services said.(AFP/Nick Robinson)AFP - A fire broke out at the third largest oil refinery Tuesday, causing an explosion and leaving one oil worker missing, the company that owns the site and emergency services said.

Report: 1 in 9 of histoic English churches at risk (AP)

Posted: 29 Jun 2010 04:07 PM PDT

AP - About one in nine of England's historically important places of worship are in a bad state of repair, and rural churches tend to be in worse shape than ones in cities, according to research released Wednesday by a conservation group.

Britain's budget cuts to cost 1.3 million jobs: report (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Jun 2010 03:51 PM PDT

Reuters - Britain's tough deficit-busting budget will lead to 1.3 million job losses over five years, the Guardian reported on its website on Tuesday, citing unpublished Treasury estimates.

Thousands mourn servicemen killed in Afghanistan (AFP)

Posted: 29 Jun 2010 03:50 PM PDT

A convoy of hearses containing the bodies of seven soldiers killed in Afghanistan, passes through the village of Wootton Bassett, in Wiltshire.(AFP/Ben Stansall)AFP - Thousands of mourners lined the streets of a Wootton Bassett Tuesday to pay their final respects to seven servicemen killed in Afghanistan, as their bodies were brought home.

Govt to announce torture complicity probe: report (AFP)

Posted: 29 Jun 2010 03:09 PM PDT

Ethiopian born former terror suspect Binyam Mohamed is pictured in central London in 2009. The government is poised to announce the details of a judge-led inquiry into claims its secret agents were complicit in the torture of terror suspects after a spate of allegations, the BBC reported Tuesday.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - The government is poised to announce the details of a judge-led inquiry into claims its secret agents were complicit in the torture of terror suspects after a spate of allegations, the BBC reported Tuesday.

UK's Cameron to set up torture allegation probe: report (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Jun 2010 11:21 AM PDT

Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron gives his closing news conference at the G20 Summit in Toronto June 27, 2010. REUTERS/Blair Gable (CANADA - Tags: POLITICS)Reuters - Prime Minister David Cameron will announce soon he is setting up an inquiry into allegations British security services were complicit in torture of terrorism suspects overseas, the BBC reported on Tuesday.

Is UK government's political honeymoon over? (AP)

Posted: 29 Jun 2010 10:05 AM PDT

Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron answers a reporter's question during a news conference at the end of the G20 nations summit in Toronto, Canada, Sunday June 27, 2010. Wary of slamming on the stimulus brakes too quickly but shaken by the European debt crisis, world leaders pledged Sunday to slash government deficits in the most industrialized nations in half by 2013, with wiggle room to meet the goal. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)AP - Is the honeymoon over for Britain's unlikely political marriage?

US special effects pioneer hands archive to British museum (AFP)

Posted: 29 Jun 2010 09:15 AM PDT

US film producer and special effects creator Ray Harryhausen poses for photographers next to his creation Medusa, which appeared in the film Clash of the Titans, at the London Film Museum in London. The special effects maestro handed over his collection to a British museum Tuesday.(AFP/Carl Court)AFP - The special effects maestro behind the army of skeletons in "Jason of the Argonauts" and the terrifying Medusa in "Clash of the Titans" handed over his collection to a British museum Tuesday.

British beauty queen stripped of crown for lying (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Jun 2010 09:15 AM PDT

Reuters - A British beauty queen has been stripped of her title after pageant organizers discovered she lied about her age and place of residence on the application form for the contest.

Economic growth data delayed by two weeks (AFP)

Posted: 29 Jun 2010 08:39 AM PDT

Clouds hang over central London. The final estimate of first-quarter economic growth will be delayed by almost two weeks owing to possible errors.(AFP/File/Chris Young)AFP - The final estimate of first-quarter economic growth will be delayed by almost two weeks owing to possible errors, it was announced on Tuesday.

Met Police under fire over 'shameful' sex attack probe (AFP)

Posted: 29 Jun 2010 08:32 AM PDT

This Metropolitan Police photo shows convicted sex attacker Kirk Reid. Victim support groups have criticised Scotland Yard officers for missing a number of opportunities to catch a serial sex attacker, saying sexual assault cases are not given the attention they deserve.(Metropolitan Police)AFP - Victim support groups on Tuesday criticised Scotland Yard officers for missing a number of opportunities to catch a serial sex attacker, saying sexual assault cases are not given the attention they deserve.

Aide defends Prince Charles over Qatari building row (AFP)

Posted: 29 Jun 2010 08:15 AM PDT

Prince Charles and his wife Camilla are seen here during a visit to Prague in March 2010. Charles' spokesman has defended his intervention in a high-profile London building project which caused the deal to collapse, saying the royal had only voiced local residents' concerns.(AFP/Pool/File/Michal Krumphanzl)AFP - Prince Charles' spokesman defended Tuesday his intervention in a high-profile London building project which caused the deal to collapse, saying the royal had only voiced local residents' concerns.

Jet fighters become art at British sculpture show (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Jun 2010 07:41 AM PDT

Reuters - The jet fighter plane becomes installation art in the latest edition of the British showcase for contemporary sculpture in London.

Cameron eyes reform of the G8 in 2013 (AFP)

Posted: 29 Jun 2010 06:27 AM PDT

Prime minister David Cameron arrives at the G8 summit in Hunstville, Ontario on June 25. Britain will try to reform the G8 when it chairs the group in 2013, narrowing its focus to foreign policy and security, and could even combine meetings with NATO summits, Cameron has said.(AFP/Pool/File/Eric Feferberg)AFP - Britain will try to reform the G8 when it chairs the group in 2013, narrowing its focus to foreign policy and security, and could even combine meetings with NATO summits, premier David Cameron said.

Taking Elgar off UK bank note a "disgrace" (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Jun 2010 05:38 AM PDT

A woman holds a Bank of England twenty pound note with the image of Edward Elgar on one side in Edinburgh, Scotland June 29, 2010 in this posed photograph. REUTERS/David MoirReuters - The removal of British composer Edward Elgar from the 20 pound note is a "national disgrace" as it leaves the arts unrepresented on bank notes, a university music professor said on Tuesday.

Owzat? Wisdens net charity thousands (AFP)

Posted: 29 Jun 2010 04:41 AM PDT

The first four editions of John Wisden's 'The Cricketer's Almanack' are seen in this undated handout photograph made available by Bonhams auctioneers in London. The books, left in a 99 pence pile in a charity shop, have sold at auction for more than 8,000 pounds.(AFP/BONHAMS)AFP - Editions of the first four Wisden Cricketers' Almanacks that were left in a 99 pence pile in a charity shop sold at auction on Tuesday for more than 8,000 pounds.

Petraeus gives evidence to UK's Iraq war inquiry (AP)

Posted: 29 Jun 2010 03:59 AM PDT

Keynote speaker General Davis Petraeus addresses the crowd at a tribute to the National Order of the Purple Heart in New Windsor, New York Friday, June 25, 2010. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)AP - The head of Britain's inquiry into the Iraq war says his panel has held a private meeting with U.S. General David Petraeus.

Diplomats in Britain owe fines, accused of crime (AFP)

Posted: 29 Jun 2010 03:42 AM PDT

A cars drives into the congestion charge zone in central London. Foreign diplomats in Britain have been accused of human trafficking, domestic violence, drink driving and threats to kill -- and owe more than 36 million pounds in traffic fines, new figures reveal.(AFP/File/Odd Andersen)AFP - Foreign diplomats in Britain have been accused of human trafficking, domestic violence, drink driving and threats to kill -- and owe more than 36 million pounds in traffic fines, new figures reveal.

Iraq war probe resumes, Blix to give evidence (AFP)

Posted: 29 Jun 2010 03:38 AM PDT

The Iraq war inquiry has resumed after suspending its hearings for general elections, with former UN inspector Hans Blix (pictured) among those to give testimony in the coming weeks.(AFP/File/Thomas Coex)AFP - The Iraq war inquiry resumed Tuesday after suspending its hearings for general elections, with former UN inspector Hans Blix among those to give testimony in the coming weeks.

UK Iraq inquiry seeks international legal feedback (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Jun 2010 03:36 AM PDT

Reuters - Britain's public inquiry into the Iraq war has invited international lawyers to comment on the government's decision to join the U.S.-led invasion in 2003, its chairman said on Tuesday.

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