2010年6月30日星期三

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Tony Blair named winner of US Liberty Medal for peace work (AFP)

Posted: 30 Jun 2010 04:31 PM PDT

Former prime minister Tony Blair, pictured in May 2010, has been named as the 2010 winner of US award the Liberty Medal for his AFP - Former prime minister Tony Blair has been named as the 2010 winner of US award the Liberty Medal for his "commitment to conflict resolution", his office said Thursday.

Ulster Museum wins 100,000 pounds Art Fund Prize (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Jun 2010 02:53 PM PDT

Reuters - The Ulster Museum in Belfast won the Art Fund Prize for museums and galleries on Wednesday, and with it 100,000 pounds ($150,000), highlighting a cultural rejuvenation in Northern Ireland.

Britain had driest start to year since 1929: forecasters (AFP)

Posted: 30 Jun 2010 01:59 PM PDT

A tourist holds his broken AFP - Britain has had the driest first six months of the year for more than eight decades, weather forecasters said Wednesday, amid warnings the lack of rain was putting pressure on water supplies.

British defense chief urges resolve with Taliban (AP)

Posted: 30 Jun 2010 10:40 AM PDT

AP - New British defense secretary Liam Fox urged wavering allies Wednesday to "see the job through" in fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan, saying: "We must hold our nerve."

British Lions coach McGeechan joins Bath (AFP)

Posted: 30 Jun 2010 10:06 AM PDT

Former Scotland and British Lions coach Ian McGeechan, seen here in 2009, has joined Bath as their new performance director, the English Premiership club announced on Wednesday.(AFP/File/Adrian Dennis)AFP - Former Scotland and British Lions coach Ian McGeechan has joined Bath as their new performance director, the English Premiership club announced on Wednesday.

UK court denies soldiers' human rights challenge (AP)

Posted: 30 Jun 2010 09:49 AM PDT

AP - Britain's Supreme Court on Wednesday threw out a plan to offer troops at war protection under human rights law, saying the policy could leave military commanders concerned more about legal issues than enemy fire.

Prison reforms aim to end 'revolving door of crime' (AFP)

Posted: 30 Jun 2010 08:40 AM PDT

Justice Secretary Kenneth Clarke arrives for a Justice and Home Affairs council special on June 4 at the EU Council building in Luxembourg. Clarke said Britain needed more AFP - Justice Secretary Kenneth Clarke said Wednesday Britain needed more "intelligent sentencing" for criminals as he launched an attack on the failure of prisons to prevent reoffending.

Cuts expected to slash half million jobs by 2015 (AFP)

Posted: 30 Jun 2010 08:31 AM PDT

People enter a job centre in Bromley, south east England. Britain's austerity cuts could result in the loss of up to 1.3 million jobs over the next five years, according to an assessment by the Treasury department leaked to a newspaper.(AFP/File/Carl de Souza)AFP - Britain's austerity cuts will cause the loss of more than half a million public sector jobs within five years, official figures showed on Wednesday, although overall unemployment is expected to fall.

IRA dissident seeking guns caught in British sting (AP)

Posted: 30 Jun 2010 08:21 AM PDT

AP - A self-described senior Irish Republican Army dissident has been convicted by a Belfast judge of trying to buy guns, explosives and other weapons from undercover British agents.

Court rules no rights protection for UK troops at war (AFP)

Posted: 30 Jun 2010 07:38 AM PDT

Soldiers from 1st Battalion the Royal Gurkha Rifles patrol through a village in Nahr e Saraj, Helmand on June 30. British troops are not protected by human rights laws on the battlefield, the Supreme Court in London ruled, after the government argued that such protection could hamper military decision-making.(AFP/File/Bay Ismoyo)AFP - British troops are not protected by human rights laws on the battlefield, the Supreme Court ruled Wednesday, after the government argued that such protection could hamper military decision-making.

Tony Blair named 2010 Liberty Medal winner (AP)

Posted: 30 Jun 2010 07:16 AM PDT

AP - Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has been named the recipient of the 2010 Liberty Medal.

Men "less engaged in work than women" (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Jun 2010 06:53 AM PDT

Reuters - Men in Britain are less engaged in their work compared with women until the final years of employment when they get a late surge of enthusiasm, according to a survey.

Shakespeare's Globe survives second "Henry VIII" play (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Jun 2010 06:27 AM PDT

Reuters - William Shakespeare's Globe theater has finally put a 400-year-old taboo to rest by staging the play which burned the original house down during the Bard's lifetime.

Fake art that fooled experts at London show (AFP)

Posted: 30 Jun 2010 06:03 AM PDT

Ashok Roy, Director of Science at the National Gallery, with 'The Virgin and Child with an Angel', bought by the gallery in 1893. After another version of the painting appeared in 1954, technical examinations revealed that the newly discovered painting, was actually the original. The work forms part of the 'Close Examination: Fakes, Mistakes and Discoveries' exhibition, which runs until September.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)AFP - A top London art gallery will Wednesday unveil an exhibition of works that had tricked its own experts, until scientific advances revealed cleverly produced fakes or unexpected treasures.

UK government wins ruling to limit troops' human rights (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Jun 2010 06:01 AM PDT

A British soldier is seen holding on to the turret gun of a manoeuvring armoured vehicle in Lashkar Gah, Afghanistan, February 8, 2010. REUTERS/Baris AtaymanReuters - Britain's Supreme Court on Wednesday overturned a ruling that soldiers are protected by human rights laws at all times, reversing a decision which the government had said could hamper military decision-making.

Bank of England rate-setter fears new UK recession (AP)

Posted: 30 Jun 2010 05:53 AM PDT

AP - Britain could be pushed back into recession by the government's austerity moves and slow recovery in key export markets, a member of the Bank of England's rate-setting Monetary Policy Committee said Wednesday.

Downturn causes sharp drop in emissions: report (AFP)

Posted: 30 Jun 2010 05:08 AM PDT

Britain's greenhouse gas emissions fell by 8.6 percent in 2009, but this was largely because of the recession and levels will likely rise as economic growth returns, a study said Wednesday.(AFP/Paul Ellis)AFP - Britain's greenhouse gas emissions fell by 8.6 percent in 2009, but this was largely because of the recession and levels will likely rise as economic growth returns, a study said Wednesday.

Lloyds bank says it is cutting 650 jobs (AFP)

Posted: 30 Jun 2010 04:53 AM PDT

A branch of Lloyds Banking Group is pictured in London, on February 25. Britain's state-controlled Lloyds Banking Group said it was cutting another 650 jobs as the company continues to streamline its operations.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)AFP - Britain's state-controlled Lloyds Banking Group said on Wednesday it was cutting another 650 jobs as the company continues to streamline its operations.

BP shares jump as analysts weigh takeover scenario (AP)

Posted: 30 Jun 2010 04:08 AM PDT

AP - Shares in BP PLC are up more than 9 percent in London, a day after an industry analyst stirred talk of a possible takeover of the British oil company.

AstraZeneca shares surge over 10% on US ruling (AFP)

Posted: 30 Jun 2010 01:50 AM PDT

The sign of Anglo-Swedish pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca is pictured at the plant in Lund, Sweden, in March. Shares in AstraZeneca soared by more than 10 percent in London on Wednesday, after the company won a key US ruling over its cholesterol drug Crestor.(AFP/File/Drago Prvulovic)AFP - Shares in Anglo-Swedish pharmaceuticals giant AstraZeneca soared by more than 10 percent in London on Wednesday, after the company won a key US ruling over its cholesterol drug Crestor.

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