2010年7月5日星期一

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

NYC anglophiles aflutter ahead of queen's visit (AP)

Posted: 05 Jul 2010 03:11 PM PDT

Queen Elizabeth II, left, smiles while talking to jockey David Moran at The Queen's Plate at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto on Sunday, July 4, 2010. The royal couple is on a nine-day tour of Canada. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press,Nathan Denette)AP - The biggest clue that New Yorkers were going a little royalty-crazy was when someone stopped Tony Packwood on a city bus after hearing his British accent to ask him if he was here to see the queen.

Queen Elizabeth to address UN, visit Ground Zero (AFP)

Posted: 05 Jul 2010 02:12 PM PDT

Queen Elizabeth II speaks with veterans outside of Research in Motion following a tour of the company's facilities in Waterloo, Ontario. Britain's Queen Elizabeth II opens a brief New York visit Tuesday that includes an address to the UN General Assembly and a visit to Ground Zero of the September 11, 2001 attacks.(AFP/Geoff Robins)AFP - Britain's Queen Elizabeth II opens a brief New York visit Tuesday that includes an address to the UN General Assembly and a visit to Ground Zero of the September 11, 2001 attacks.

Cost of the queen: less than $1 per person a year (AP)

Posted: 05 Jul 2010 01:31 PM PDT

Queen Elizabeth II, left, smiles while talking to jockey David Moran at The Queen's Plate at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto on Sunday, July 4, 2010. The royal couple is on a nine-day tour of Canada. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press,Nathan Denette)AP - Like millions of her subjects, Queen Elizabeth II is going to have to make do and mend — cutting spending and putting off palace repairs as royal finances are squeezed by Britain's budget crisis.

Hearing opens in Britain for ex-Bosnian leader (AP)

Posted: 05 Jul 2010 10:14 AM PDT

Former Bosnian president Ejup Ganic, center, arrives with his son Emir, left, and daughter Emina for a five-day extradition hearing at City of Westminster Magistrates' Court in London, Monday, July 5, 2010. Dr Ganic was arrested at Heathrow on March 1 over war crime allegations.(AP Photo/Akira Suemori)AP - A former Bosnian vice president arrested on war crimes charges Monday protested his potential extradition from Britain to Serbia, claiming authorities in Belgrade won't give him a fair trial.

UK coalition launches shake-up of political system (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Jul 2010 10:10 AM PDT

Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron (L) talks to Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg on the steps of 10 Downing Street in London May 12, 2010. REUTERS/Cathal McNaughtonReuters - Britain's coalition government announced wide-ranging political reforms Monday, starting with a referendum on the voting system that will test the cohesion of the governing Conservatives and Liberal Democrats.

UK deputy leader promises 2011 reform referendum (AP)

Posted: 05 Jul 2010 10:01 AM PDT

AP - Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg on Monday outlined plans for a sweeping shake up of Britain's political system, one that could nudge the U.K. from a mainly two-party system toward more European-style coalition politics.

Voting reform referendum date set amid split fears (AFP)

Posted: 05 Jul 2010 09:17 AM PDT

Britain will hold a referendum on changing its voting system next May, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg -- pictured on June 14 -- has announced, in a move which could threaten the country's coalition government.(AFP/Pool/File/Katie Collins)AFP - The government will hold a referendum on changing its voting system next May, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg announced Monday, in a move which could threaten the country's new coalition government.

BBC's 6 Music saved from closure (AFP)

Posted: 05 Jul 2010 08:44 AM PDT

The BBC's 6 Music channel is to be saved from closure after the BBC Trust found there was no AFP - The BBC's 6 Music channel is to be saved from closure after a report published by the BBC Trust on Monday found there was no "convincing case" to shut it down.

British soldier killed in Afghan blast (AFP)

Posted: 05 Jul 2010 08:43 AM PDT

A soldier from 1st Battalion the Royal Gurkha Rifles aims his weapon during a patrol in Nahr e Saraj, Helmand on June 30. A British soldier was killed in an explosion on Monday while on patrol in southern Afghanistan, bringing the national death toll to 311 since 2001.(AFP/File/Bay Ismoyo)AFP - A British soldier was killed in an explosion on Monday while on patrol in southern Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence said, bringing the national death toll to 311 since 2001.

Civil servants face cuts to redundancy pay (AFP)

Posted: 05 Jul 2010 07:05 AM PDT

Civil servants in line for redundancy could see their AFP - Civil servants facing job losses could see their redundancy packages dramatically reduced as the government confirmed it would attempt to cut the cost of laying off public sector staff.

Prison warned police of threat before shootings (AFP)

Posted: 05 Jul 2010 05:55 AM PDT

Police are hunting a man suspected of shooting his ex-girlfriend, killing her new partner and then gunning down a police officer.(Northumbria Police)AFP - Prison officers warned Northumbria Police that suspected gunman Raoul Moat may have intended to harm his girlfriend the day before he allegedly shot her and killed her new boyfriend, police confirmed on Monday.

Bank of England gets new interest rate policymaker (AFP)

Posted: 05 Jul 2010 05:51 AM PDT

A handout photo dated 2007 shows the director of the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR), Martin Weale. The top economic forecaster has been appointed to the Bank of England committee which sets interest rates, the government has announced.(AFP/File/Handout)AFP - A top economic forecaster has been appointed to the Bank of England committee which sets interest rates, the government announced on Monday.

UK film body launches "adopt a Hitchcock" scheme (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Jul 2010 05:42 AM PDT

Reuters - The British Film Institute (BFI) has called on the public to adopt an Alfred Hitchcock movie in a bid to raise the one million pounds ($1.5 million) it needs to restore nine of the master's works.

Lloyds agrees joint venture with private equity (AFP)

Posted: 05 Jul 2010 04:09 AM PDT

Lloyds Banking Group said on Monday it had agreed to set up a joint venture with a private equity group, earning the state-rescued British bank 332 million pounds (401 million euros, 502 million dollars).(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)AFP - Lloyds Banking Group said on Monday it had agreed to set up a joint venture with a private equity group, earning the state-rescued British bank 332 million pounds (401 million euros, 502 million dollars).

UK survey indicates recovery is slowing down (AP)

Posted: 05 Jul 2010 02:57 AM PDT

AP - A snapshot of Britain's services sector released Monday suggested that the recovery is slowing down, though not enough to drive the country back into recession.

Buckingham Palace accounts reveal cost of royals (AFP)

Posted: 05 Jul 2010 02:56 AM PDT

The Royal Family watch a flypast from the balcony of Buckingham Palace following the Trooping the Colour in London on June 12. The royal family cost Britain's taxpayers £38.2 million in the last financial year, according to accounts released by Buckingham Palace.(AFP/File/Adrian Dennis)AFP - The royal family cost Britain's taxpayers £38.2 million in the last financial year, according to accounts released by Buckingham Palace Monday.

BP oil spill costs rise above $3 billion (AP)

Posted: 05 Jul 2010 01:13 AM PDT

Smoke rises from the BP oil spill site, as natural gas is burned off, while the drilling of two relief wells continue in the Gulf of Mexico, July 4, 2010. A commission appointed by President Barack Obama to study the causes of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill gives academics and environmentalists a prominent role in making recommendations about the future of offshore drilling in the United States. REUTERS/Lyle W. Ratliff (UNITED STATES - Tags: DISASTER ENERGY ENVIRONMENT)AP - BP says that it has now spent more than $3 billion in attempts to stop an oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico and to settle damage claims.

Lloyds Banking Group sells control of finance unit (AP)

Posted: 05 Jul 2010 12:48 AM PDT

AP - Lloyds Banking Group has agreed to sell a controlling stake in its Bank of Scotland Integrated Finance business.

Govt planning even deeper spending cuts (AFP)

Posted: 05 Jul 2010 12:17 AM PDT

The government has ordered many ministries to plan for spending cuts of up to 40%, far greater than announced in an emergency budget, according to the finance ministry. Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne (pictured) said last month that the defence and education ministries would receive favourable treatment, but they have now been told to assess the potential impact of cuts of 10% and 20%.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)AFP - The government has ordered many ministries to plan for spending cuts of up to 40 percent, far greater than announced in an emergency budget, the finance ministry has said.

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