2010年7月18日星期日

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Oosthuizen wins British Open golf title (AFP)

Posted: 18 Jul 2010 03:47 PM PDT

South African golfer Louis Oosthuizen with the Claret Jug, the trophy for the Champion golfer of the year after winning the 139th British Open Golf Championship at St Andrews in Scotland.(AFP/Glyn Kirk)AFP - Rank outsider Louis Oosthuizen won the British Open on Sunday, capturing golf's biggest prize by a stunning seven strokes with an accomplished display of front-running.

Boeing's Dreamliner completes first flight outside US (AFP)

Posted: 18 Jul 2010 02:41 PM PDT

A Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft sits on the tarmac of the Farnborough Airshow, Hampshire. Boeing's 787 Dreamliner jet, whose delivery to clients likely faces fresh delay, landed here Sunday after its first flight outside of the United States ahead of a major airshow.(AFP/Ben Stansall)AFP - Boeing's 787 Dreamliner jet, whose delivery to clients likely faces fresh delay, landed here Sunday after its first flight outside of the United States ahead of a major airshow.

UK to raid dormant bank accounts to fund charity (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Jul 2010 02:09 PM PDT

Reuters - Money from dormant British bank accounts will be used to help fund community work by charities and voluntary groups which would otherwise struggle to secure funding, Prime Minister David Cameron will say Monday.

Off death watch, BP's future still open question (AP)

Posted: 18 Jul 2010 11:41 AM PDT

FILE - In this file photo taken June 17, 2010, Tony Hayward, CEO of British Petroleum PLC, testifies before an Energy and Environment Subcommitee on Oversight and Investigations hearing on the role of BP in the Deepwater Horizon Explosion and Oil Spill, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Investors are encouraged by Hayward's courting of big Middle Eastern investment funds and BP's efforts to sell up to $10 billion in assets to raise cash. Political pressure in Washington appears to have eased. BP's fortunes seem to have turned.(AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari, file)AP - The future of BP PLC has shifted in recent days from a death-watch discussion to a debate about how valuable the British oil giant will be after it finishes paying for the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history.

Farnborough tests health of ailing aircraft market (AP)

Posted: 18 Jul 2010 10:35 AM PDT

FILW - In this file photograph taken Dec. 15, 2009, a Boeing Co. 787 airplane taxis into position as a crowd of Boeing employees looks on, just prior to the 787 taking off on its first flight at Paine Field in Everett, Wash. The director of Boeing's 787 jetliner program said Thursday, July 15, 2010, the first delivery of the plane may slip to early 2011 because more inspections are needed and instruments on the flight test aircraft have to be changed.(AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, file)AP - Boeing Co.'s long-anticipated 787 jet touched down on British soil Sunday, tipping its wings to the crowd and building buzz at the Farnborough International Airshow, the industry's premier event.

No Dreamliner delay beyond January: Boeing chief (AFP)

Posted: 18 Jul 2010 08:42 AM PDT

Air hostesses pose in front of a Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft following its arrival at the Farnborough Airshow, Hampshire. Boeing boss Jim Albaugh has said he did not believe any further delay to delivery of the US company's 787 Dreamliner jet would go beyond January.(AFP/Ben Stansall)AFP - The boss of Boeing Commercial Airplanes, Jim Albaugh, said on Sunday that he did not believe any further delay to delivery of the US company's 787 Dreamliner jet would go beyond January.

Aviation industry descends on Farnborough show (AFP)

Posted: 17 Jul 2010 09:30 PM PDT

An Airbus A380 jet performs an aerial display at the last Farnborough Airshow. The aviation sector descends on the Farnborough International Airshow near London this week amid fresh setbacks and increased competition for top planemakers Boeing and Airbus.(AFP/File/Carl de Souza)AFP - The aviation sector descends on the Farnborough International Airshow near London this week amid fresh setbacks and increased competition for top planemakers Boeing and Airbus.

British curry houses in a sweat over new immigration rules (AFP)

Posted: 17 Jul 2010 09:27 PM PDT

Bangladeshi chef Tommy Miah is pictured preparing a dish at his restaurant in Dhaka. Ever since officers of the British Empire brought home the spices and dishes of south Asia, Britons have embraced the curry -- a name used to describe a wide variety of food from the region -- while adapting it along the way.(AFP/File/Shafiq Alam)AFP - Spicy, steaming hot, scooped up in naan bread and washed down with a cold beer, there are few dishes more favoured by the British than the curry for a takeaway or a late-night meal after the pubs shut.

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