2010年7月8日星期四

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Norway bomb arrests linked to US, British plots (AP)

Posted: 08 Jul 2010 04:40 PM PDT

Armed police patrol the streets of Oslo ahead of a NATO ministerial meeting in 2007. Three people with links to Al-Qaeda have been arrested in Norway and Germany for planning terror attacks, Norway's security police service has said.(AFP/Scanpix/File/Heiko Junge)AP - Three suspected al-Qaida members were arrested Thursday in a Norwegian bomb plot linked to the same terrorist planners behind thwarted schemes to blow up New York's subway and a British shopping mall.

Princess Diana estate raises 21 mln pounds in heirloom sale (AFP)

Posted: 08 Jul 2010 03:52 PM PDT

A Christie's employee looks at a painting entitled AFP - Princess Diana's family has sold off hundreds of heirlooms, from horse-drawn carriages to valuable art works, for a total price of 21.1 million pounds, auction house Christie's said Thursday.

Senna dropped by HRT for British Grand Prix (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Jul 2010 12:39 PM PDT

File photo of HRT Formula One driver Bruno Senna of Brazil as he puts his helmet on during the second practice session of the Australian F1 Grand Prix in Melbourne March 26, 2010. Senna has been dropped by his HRT Formula One team for Sunday's British Grand Prix, officials said on Thursday. REUTERS/Daniel Munoz/FilesReuters - Brazilian Bruno Senna has been dropped by his HRT Formula One team for Sunday's British Grand Prix, officials said on Thursday.

U.S., UK urge Iran halt stoning execution (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Jul 2010 12:10 PM PDT

Reuters - Britain and the United States urged Iran Thursday to halt the execution of a woman who a rights group says faces death by stoning for adultery.

UK reins in police power to stop, search people (AP)

Posted: 08 Jul 2010 10:29 AM PDT

AP - Britain announced on Thursday that it was imposing stricter rules on police using counterterrorism powers to stop and search people, following a European court ruling that those powers violated individual freedoms.

Bank of England keeps British interest rates on hold (AFP)

Posted: 08 Jul 2010 10:18 AM PDT

The Bank of England on Thursday left interest rates at a record-low 0.50 percent, where they have stood for 17 months, as it assesses the impact of the government's deficit-slashing emergency budget.(AFP/File/Carl de Souza)AFP - The Bank of England on Thursday left interest rates at a record-low 0.50 percent, where they have stood for 17 months, as it assesses the impact of the government's deficit-slashing emergency budget.

Govt curbs stop-and-search terrorism powers (AFP)

Posted: 08 Jul 2010 10:13 AM PDT

Police search a protestor in London in 2003. The government said it was suspending anti-terror legislation allowing people to be searched by police without good reason after European judges ruled it was unlawful.(AFP/File/Odd Andersen)AFP - The government said Thursday it was suspending anti-terror legislation allowing people to be searched by police without good reason after European judges ruled it was unlawful.

3 British men convicted over airliner bomb plot (AP)

Posted: 08 Jul 2010 10:02 AM PDT

These are undated Metropolitan Police Service handout file photos of from left to right Arafat Waheed Khan, Waheed Zaman and Ibrahim Savant. A jury has convicted the three British Muslims of conspiracy to murder in a plot to blow up passenger planes over the Atlantic Ocean. Ibrahim Savant, Arafat Waheed Khan and Waheed Zaman were found guilty Thursday July 8, 2010. at London's Woolwich Crown Court. (AP Photo Metropolitan Police, HO) ** EDITORIAL USE ONLY **AP - A jury on Thursday convicted three British Muslims of conspiring to murder hundreds of people as part of a plot to blow up passenger planes over the Atlantic.

British protester in Thailand will be deported (AP)

Posted: 08 Jul 2010 09:37 AM PDT

British Jeff Savage, center, shows a victory sign at the Pathumwan Municipal Court, in Bangkok, Thailand, Thursday, July 8, 2010. Savage involved in Bangkok's recent anti-government protests has been freed by a Thai court after pleading guilty to all charges and will be deported within the next few days. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)AP - A Briton involved in bloody anti-government protests was freed Thursday by a Thai court after pleading guilty to various charges and will be deported within the next few days.

UK treasure hunter finds 52,000 Roman coins (AP)

Posted: 08 Jul 2010 09:34 AM PDT

In this undated image made available Thursday July 8, 2010, from British Museum, showing a coin from the ruler Marcus Aurelius Carausius, among a hoard found by treasure hunter Dave Crisp in a field near Frome, England. Crisp found around 52,500 Roman coins dating from the third century AD, buried in a field, by Crisp using a metal detector in late April 2010. The hoard is valued at 3.3 million pounds ($5 million), and includes hundreds of coins bearing the image of Marcus Aurelius Carausius, the Roman naval officer who seized power in 286 and proclaimed himself emperor of Britain and northern France until he was assassinated in 293.(AP Photo / British Museum, PA) ** UNITED KINGDOM OUT - NO SALES - NO ARCHIVES **AP - A treasure hunter has found about 52,500 Roman coins, one of the largest such discoveries ever in Britain, officials said Thursday.

IMF trims UK economic growth forecasts (AFP)

Posted: 08 Jul 2010 09:08 AM PDT

Clouds hover over the City of London. The International Monetary Fund has cut its economic growth forecasts for the British economy, despite lifting its estimates for global economic expansion.(AFP/File/Chris Young)AFP - The International Monetary Fund on Thursday cut its economic growth forecasts for the British economy, despite lifting its estimates for global economic expansion.

100th British soldier killed in Afghan hotspot (AFP)

Posted: 08 Jul 2010 09:06 AM PDT

A British soldier takes his position during a patrol in Qari Saheb village in Helmand province in February 2010. The 100th British soldier has died in Afghanistan's Sangin area, the day after it was announced British troops there would hand control of the region to US forces.(AFP/File/Massoud Hossaini)AFP - The 100th British soldier died in Afghanistan's Sangin area Thursday, the day after it was announced British troops there would hand control of the region to US forces.

Residents turn spies to combat crime and litter (AP)

Posted: 08 Jul 2010 08:58 AM PDT

In this undated CCTV image made available by the St Peters Neighbourhood Monitoring, a man appears to be carrying a knife in a street in the St Peter's area of Leicester, England. Like many senior citizens, this group of elderly Englishwomen keep a close eye on goings-on in their neighbourhood. What makes them a little unusual is their use of hidden cameras, telescopes, night-vision equipment and the Internet to try to drive out troublemakers from the area. The women, aged between 67 and 92, are part of a community group that wants to harness social networking and covert surveillance to keep tabs on litterbugs, drug dealers and others. They claim they're using technology and people-power to transform lives. Others say they're simply snoops, and question how effective their actions are.(AP Photo/St Peters Neighbourhood Monitoring, ho) **EDITORIAL USE ONLY: NO SALES **AP - Like many senior citizens, this group of elderly Englishwomen keeps a close eye on goings-on in their neighborhood.

Cat burglar takes shine to washing-line underwear (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Jul 2010 08:50 AM PDT

Reuters - A spate of thefts from gardens and washing lines in a southern English town had been puzzling police.

Thailand to free British 'Red Shirt' protester (AFP)

Posted: 08 Jul 2010 08:34 AM PDT

Jeff Savage talks to reporters at Pathumwan Municipal Court in Bangkok. Savage -- who was arrested for joining violent AFP - A Briton who was arrested for joining violent "Red Shirt" street protests in Thailand will be freed Thursday after pleading guilty to violating a state of emergency, his lawyer said.

British court convicts trio linked to jet bomb plot (AFP)

Posted: 08 Jul 2010 07:39 AM PDT

Waheed Zaman (left) Arafat Waheed Khan (centre) and Ibrahim Savant were convicted of conspiracy to murder in a case linked to a 2006 plot to blow up transatlantic flights.(AFP/Met Police/File/Metropolitan Police)AFP - A British court on Thursday convicted three men of conspiracy to murder in a case linked to a 2006 plot to blow up transatlantic flights, prosecutors said.

John Prescott sworn into the House of Lords (AFP)

Posted: 08 Jul 2010 07:32 AM PDT

Former deputy premier John Prescott (seen here in 2008) has taken his seat in the House of Lords, despite once saying he was against AFP - Dressed in ermine robes, former deputy premier John Prescott on Thursday took his seat in the House of Lords, despite once saying he was against "such flunkery and titles".

Three Britons found guilty in suicide bomb plot (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Jul 2010 07:25 AM PDT

Reuters - Three Britons were convicted on Thursday of plotting to murder hundreds of people in suicide bombings after being recruited by an al Qaeda-inspired cell bent on blowing up transatlantic airliners bound for North America.

Court: UK must not extradite terror suspects to US (AP)

Posted: 08 Jul 2010 08:06 AM PDT

AP - An international court on Thursday ordered Britain to hold off on extraditing four terrorism suspects to the United States, saying it must show that life terms without parole in maximum security prisons would not violate Europe's human rights charter.

Big Roman coin hoard found in Britain (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Jul 2010 07:18 AM PDT

Reuters - One of the largest hoards of Roman coins ever found in Britain has been unearthed in a field in Somerset, southwest England, by an amateur treasure hunter with a metal detector.

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