2010年7月3日星期六

Yahoo! News: World - Britain

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - Britain


Million-strong Gay Pride party in London (AFP)

Posted: 03 Jul 2010 11:32 AM PDT

Participants take part in the Madrid Gay Pride march entitled, AFP - An estimated one million people thronged the streets of London on Saturday for the annual Pride celebrations celebrating lesbian and gay culture, with events also held in other European cities.


UK aid group staff beaten in South Sudan: officials (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Jul 2010 10:10 AM PDT

Reuters - Aid officials accused South Sudanese soldiers of arresting and beating four members of a UK aid group in a politically-sensitive area of the oil-producing region, but the army denied any use of violence.

Newspapers look for ways to profit in Internet age (AFP)

Posted: 03 Jul 2010 07:29 AM PDT

A man reads the online version of thes Times newspaper in London. Rupert Murdoch's Times and Sunday Times finally went ahead from Friday with their long-promised plan to start charging readers for online access to their journalism, the first non-specialist papers to do so(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)AFP - Newspapers worldwide are being forced to reinvent themselves for the Internet age -- and will be watching closely the success of two experiments launched in London, analysts say.


UK considers religious gay union ceremonies (AP)

Posted: 03 Jul 2010 05:09 AM PDT

AP - Britain's government is considering letting same-sex couples include religious elements in civil partnership ceremonies.

Put on at the Ritz: Brit conman convicted of scam (AP)

Posted: 02 Jul 2010 05:15 PM PDT

Undated North Yorkshire Police handout photo of Anthony Lee, 49, who faces a substantial jail sentence after being convicted Friday July 2 2010 of an ambitious scam to sell London's  Ritz hotel for 250 million pounds ($380 million).  Jobless truck driver Lee was at the heart of a con based on 'one great big lie', convincing potential buyer Terence Collins that he was a 'close friend and associate' of the reclusive billionaire Barclay brothers, owners of the prestigious hotel in Piccadilly, Southwark Crown Court in central London heard. (AP Photo/North Yorkshire Police via PA)AP - An unemployed British truck driver was convicted Friday of trying to sell the world famous Ritz Hotel for 250 million pounds ($380 million) to a duped investor.


Britain's Referendum on Voting Method: No More Coalition? (Time.com)

Posted: 02 Jul 2010 04:45 PM PDT

Time.com - Less than two months into Britain's coalition government, it seems the Liberal Democrats are getting their way: next year the nation will hold a referendum on its voting system. But no matter which option Britons choose, it's the government that loses
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