2010年7月6日星期二

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Will British Torture Inquiry Strain Relations with U.S.? (Time.com)

Posted: 06 Jul 2010 04:30 PM PDT

Time.com - Britain has launched an inquiry into whether its security services were involved in the torture of terrorism suspects. Will the search for the truth strain Britain's relationship with the U.S.?

Queen Elizabeth II pleas for world peace in NY visit (AFP)

Posted: 06 Jul 2010 04:28 PM PDT

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II waits before addressing the United Nations General Assembly at the United Nations In New York. The Queen pleaded for world peace Tuesday in her first visit in five decades to UN headquarters at the start of a whirlwind tour of a sweltering New York.(AFP/Don Emmert)AFP - Queen Elizabeth II pleaded for world peace Tuesday in her first visit in five decades to UN headquarters during a whirlwind tour of a sweltering New York.

British activist fighting expulsion from Peru (AP)

Posted: 06 Jul 2010 03:53 PM PDT

In this photo taken July 2, 2010, British brother Paul McAuley talks to reporters in Iquitos, Peru. A British religious activist is fighting an expulsion order from Peru's government for allegedly inciting unrest among indigenous peoples protesting environmental damage from oil drilling in the Amazon rainforest. (AP Photo/Rosa Cardenas, La Republica Newspaper)AP - A British religious activist is fighting an expulsion order from Peru's government for allegedly inciting unrest among indigenous peoples protesting environmental damage from oil drilling in the Amazon rainforest.

Britain to hand control of Afghan area to US forces: reports (AFP)

Posted: 06 Jul 2010 02:53 PM PDT

A British soldier stands guard during a patrol in Qari Saheb village in the Helmand province on the third day of a joint operation Mushtarak AFP - British troops will withdraw from the Sangin area of southern Afghanistan, handing control to US forces which have increased in number due to the American surge strategy, reports said Tuesday.

UK to hand violent Afghan district to U.S. troops (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Jul 2010 01:41 PM PDT

Reuters - British troops will turn over responsibility for one of the deadliest districts in southern Afghanistan to Americans in a reconfiguration of NATO-led forces in the area, a newspaper website reported on Tuesday.

PM outlines secret service torture probe (AFP)

Posted: 06 Jul 2010 12:57 PM PDT

British Prime Minister David Cameron stands on the steps of 10 Downing Street in central London in June 2010. Britain unveiled details Tuesday of an inquiry into claims its security services were complicit in the torture of suspected violent extremists on foreign soil after the September 11, 2001 attacks.(AFP/File/Carl Court)AFP - Prime Minister David Cameron unveiled details Tuesday of an inquiry into claims its security services were complicit in the torture of suspected violent extremists on foreign soil after the September 11, 2001 attacks.

UK to probe accusations of complicity in torture (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Jul 2010 10:03 AM PDT

Reuters - Britain will investigate whether its security services knew about the torture of terrorism suspects on foreign soil and may compensate some detainees, Prime Minister David Cameron said on Tuesday.

UK names judge to lead inquiry into torture claims (AP)

Posted: 06 Jul 2010 09:21 AM PDT

AP - Britain will hold a judge-led inquiry into allegations that its spies were complicit in the torture of terror suspects held by the U.S. and other allies.

A gay bishop for the Church of England? (AP)

Posted: 06 Jul 2010 09:01 AM PDT

FILE - This is a July 2, 2004 file photo of the Very Rev.Jeffrey John at St Albans Abbey in St Albans England. The Church of England may be on the verge of promoting a gay priest to bishop, a step that would widen the split over sexuality in the global Anglican Communion. If that happens, it would appear to be a significant turnaround for Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, spiritual leader of the Church of England and the world's Anglicans, who recently imposed sanctions on the U.S. Episcopal Church for electing a lesbian bishop. According to newspaper reports Tuesday July 6, 2010, Williams is prepared to back the elevation of the Very Rev. Jeffrey John, who withdrew seven years ago from an appointment as a suffragan (assistant) bishop in the face of a heated controversy about his homosexuality. Williams' office will not comment. (AP Photo/Michael Stephens/PA File) ** UNITED KINGDOM OUT **AP - The Church of England may be on the verge of promoting a gay priest to bishop, a step that would widen the split over sexuality in the global Anglican Communion.

British soldier, 3 Afghan police killed by blasts (AP)

Posted: 06 Jul 2010 08:25 AM PDT

US Army Gen. David Petraeus (R) greets Senators John McCain (L) and Carl Levin on Capitol Hill in June, 2010 in Washington, DC. McCain said Monday that incoming commander General David Petraeus could tweak strategy in the nearly nine-year war in Afghanistan, following two days of talks and battlefield tours.(AFP/File/Karen Bleier)AP - Three Afghan policemen and a British soldier were killed by roadside bomb attacks in Afghanistan's volatile south and east, officials said Tuesday.

Boss set to leave new fiscal watchdog (AFP)

Posted: 06 Jul 2010 08:19 AM PDT

Alan Budd, the head of the government's newly-created fiscal watchdog, will step down later this month as expected.(AFP/Pool/File/Andrew Winning)AFP - The head of the government's newly-created fiscal watchdog will step down later this month as expected, the Treasury announced on Tuesday.

Cyprus, a familiar stopover in spy lore (AP)

Posted: 06 Jul 2010 08:13 AM PDT

Two boys pass outside of the US Foreign Broadcasting Information Service (FBIS), in Macedonitissa a suburb of divided capital Nicosia, Cyprus, Tuesday, July 6, 2010. The arrest and escape of an alleged member of a Russian spy ring last week recalls the rich history of espionage in Cyprus, an island in the eastern Mediterranean whose position at the crossroads of Europe, Africa and the Middle East made it a hub for clandestine activity. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)AP - The parade of foreigners who trod on Cypriot shores is long and ancient. Kings, sages, crusaders, merchants, tourists. Hittites, Assyrians, Romans, Venetians, Britons, Turks. They came in war and peace. One group, the spies, came in secrecy.

Playing doctor: porn movie shot in NHS hospital (AFP)

Posted: 06 Jul 2010 08:06 AM PDT

A technician edits a pornographic movie. A London hospital allowed a porn film to be shot in one of its wards in return for a substantial sum of money, an MP has revealed.(AFP/File/Gabriel Bouys)AFP - A "big budget" porn film was filmed inside an NHS hospital which hired out one of its unused wards in return for a substantial sum of money, a Tory MP has revealed.

Jury convicts 4 men in huge London jewel heist (AP)

Posted: 06 Jul 2010 07:27 AM PDT

AP - A British jury has convicted four men of taking part in an armed robbery that netted 40 million pounds ($60 million) worth of gems from an upmarket London jeweler.

Two convicted over Graff jewellery heist (AFP)

Posted: 06 Jul 2010 07:01 AM PDT

A security guard stands outside the Graff jewellery showroom on New Bond Street in London. A London court has found two men guilty of a brazen raid on a jewellery store which netted gems worth 40 million pounds. A total of four suspects have now been convicted and face jail over the raid at the exclusive Graff jewellery store in central London last August.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)AFP - A London court on Tuesday found two men guilty of taking part in Britain's biggest jewel heist which netted gems worth 40 million pounds.

BP says no plans for share issue (AP)

Posted: 06 Jul 2010 06:56 AM PDT

AP - BP PLC said Tuesday it has no plans to issue new shares to help pay for the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, giving its shares a further boost amid rumors of interest from sovereign wealth funds.

Govt to give details of secret service torture probe (AFP)

Posted: 06 Jul 2010 06:09 AM PDT

Former terror suspect Binyam Mohamed is pictured in central London in 2009. The government is set to announce details of an inquiry into allegations its security services were complicit in the torture of suspected violent extremists abroad.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - The government is set to announce details Tuesday of an inquiry into allegations its security services were complicit in the torture of suspected violent extremists abroad.

"Jafaican" sounds replace Cockney patter in London (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Jul 2010 05:40 AM PDT

Reuters - A London arts center is compiling an archive of poetry and phrases in the city's historic Cockney dialect as a study shows the accent is being driven out of the capital by the multicultural 'Jafaican'. The study, by Paul Kerswill, Sociolinguistics Professor at Lancaster University, suggests that traditional Cockney is moving from London's streets to the nearby commuter areas of Essex and Hertfordshire.

British soldier dies of Afghanistan injuries (AFP)

Posted: 06 Jul 2010 04:21 AM PDT

A British soldier walks near the Pimon military camp in Nad-e Ali district of Helmand province in March 2010. A British soldier has died in hospital in Birmingham from wounds he suffered in an explosion in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence has said.(AFP/Pool/File/Massoud Hossaini)AFP - A British soldier has died in hospital in Britain from wounds he suffered in an explosion in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence said on Tuesday.

UK gov't to cut pay for laid off civil servants (AP)

Posted: 06 Jul 2010 02:42 AM PDT

AP - The British government says it will slash the payoffs for civil servants who lose their jobs.

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