2010年7月19日星期一

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Singapore arrests British writer for defamation (AP)

Posted: 19 Jul 2010 05:37 PM PDT

AP - Singapore arrested a British author as part of a criminal defamation investigation related to his book on the city-state's death penalty policy, police said.

British PM won't meet US senators on Lockerbie: embassy (AFP)

Posted: 19 Jul 2010 03:18 PM PDT

Freed Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali Mohmet al-Megrahi wears a medical as he sits on a wheelchair in Tripoli in 2009. British Prime Minister David Cameron will not meet during his visit to Washington with four US senators angry over the Lockerbie bomber's release last year, Britain's embassy said Monday.(AFP/File/Mahmud Turkia)AFP - British Prime Minister David Cameron will not meet during his visit to Washington with four US senators angry over the Lockerbie bomber's release last year, Britain's embassy said Monday.

Parole for Israeli soldier who shot British activist: media (AFP)

Posted: 19 Jul 2010 02:11 PM PDT

Iraeli soldier Taysir Wahid, seen here in 2005, will be released after serving six-and-a-half years of an eight-year sentence for the killing of a British activist in the Gaza Strip.(AFP/File/David Furst)AFP - An Israeli soldier jailed for killing a British activist in the Gaza Strip will be released after serving six-and-a-half years of an eight-year sentence, media reported on Monday.

Boeing, Airbus win orders worth over 23 billion dollars (AFP)

Posted: 19 Jul 2010 12:35 PM PDT

Sheikh Ahmed Bin Saeed Al-Maktoum (2nd R) chairman and chief executive of Emirates Airline and Group, and Jim Albaugh (L), president and CEO of Boeing Commercial Airplanes, sign contracts as Boeing's VP Marlin Dailey (2nd L) and UAE Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum look on at the Farnborough International Airshow in Hampshire, southern England.(AFP/Ben Stansall)AFP - Rivals Boeing and Airbus scooped up orders for new planes worth 23 billion dollars on Monday from airlines and leasing firms seeking to meet soaring Asian demand for air travel.

Airbus subsidies to continue: French official (AFP)

Posted: 19 Jul 2010 12:16 PM PDT

French Secretary of State for Transport Dominique Bussereau, seen here addressing the press at the Farnborough Airshow in Hampshire, said Germany, Spain, France and Britain will provide reimbursable subsidies to help Airbus develop its A350 aircraft despite the WTO's findings against past payments.(AFP/Ben Stansall)AFP - Germany, Spain, France and Britain will provide reimbursable subsidies to help Airbus develop its A350 aircraft despite the WTO's findings against past payments, a senior French official said on Monday.

UK's Cameron: releasing Lockerbie bomber was wrong (AP)

Posted: 19 Jul 2010 12:05 PM PDT

Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron makes a speech the government's Big Society scheme in Liverpool England Monday July 19. 2010. (AP Photo/ Christopher Furlong/PA) ** UNITED KINGDOM OUT **AP - Britain's prime minister criticized the decision to free Lockerbie bomber Abdel Baset al-Megrahi from jail last year, saying Monday that the move had been "completely and utterly wrong."

British author of book on hangings posts bail in Singapore (AFP)

Posted: 19 Jul 2010 11:44 AM PDT

AFP - A British author arrested in Singapore while promoting his book on executions in the city-state was released on bail Tuesday pending further investigations by police.

Rolls-Royce wins orders worth 589 million pounds (AFP)

Posted: 19 Jul 2010 11:16 AM PDT

A general view of the Rolls Royce factory in Allenton, Derby. The British engine maker Engine maker Rolls-Royce said Monday it and its partners had won orders worth nearly 589 million pounds at the first day of the Farnborough International Airshow.(AFP/File/Andrew Yates)AFP - Engine maker Rolls-Royce said Monday it and its partners had won orders worth nearly 589 million pounds at the first day of the Farnborough International Airshow.

Farnborough Airshow 1st-day orders at a glance (AP)

Posted: 19 Jul 2010 10:52 AM PDT

AP - The Farnborough International Airshow kicked off Monday. The show runs July 19-25 at an airfield outside London. More than 1,000 exhibitors from 38 countries have signed up, with delegations from Egypt, Taiwan and Morocco attending for the first time.

Air show kicks off with small flurry of orders (AP)

Posted: 19 Jul 2010 10:07 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. and European arch rival Airbus racked up billions of dollars worth of aircraft sales at the Farnborough International Airshow on Monday, raising hopes that the aviation industry has touched the bottom of a deep two-year downturn.

Madonna in trouble over noisy London house party (AFP)

Posted: 19 Jul 2010 09:25 AM PDT

US pop star Madonna, seen hre in April 2010, was in hot water with her neighbours over a loud party thrown at her London house when she was not there, council officials said Monday.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Stephen Lovekin)AFP - US pop star Madonna was in hot water with her neighbours over a loud party thrown at her London house when she was not there, council officials said Monday.

UK firm Tomkins gets $4.37 bln takeover approach (AP)

Posted: 19 Jul 2010 09:19 AM PDT

AP - British engineering and manufacturing company Tomkins PLC says it has received a 2.87 billion pounds ($4.37 billion) takeover bid from private equity firm Onex Corp. and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board.

Iraqi cleric meets with PM candidate in Syria (AP)

Posted: 19 Jul 2010 02:13 PM PDT

Former Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi, left, meets with Muqtada al-Sadr, one of Iraq's most powerful Shiite political clerics, right, in Damascus, Syria, Monday, July 19, 2010. Allawi and al-Sadr are on a current visit to Syria to discuss the deadlocked government in Baghdad.(AP Photo/Bassem Tellawi)AP - Anti-American Iraqi cleric Muqtada al-Sadr took a rare, public step into the political arena Monday, meeting in neighboring Syria with the man directly challenging Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki for his office.

Obama to host British PM on first White House visit (AFP)

Posted: 19 Jul 2010 09:00 AM PDT

British Prime Minister David Cameron, seen here on July 16, will meet US President Barack Obama at the White House on Tuesday for the first time since taking power, with stricken oil giant BP and Afghanistan set to top the agenda.(AFP/POOL/File/Leon Neal)AFP - British Prime Minister David Cameron meets US President Barack Obama at the White House on Tuesday for the first time since taking power, with BP and Afghanistan set to top the agenda.

Britain says no plans to review Libya prisoner deal (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Jul 2010 08:59 AM PDT

Abdel Basset al-Megrahi is seen in his room at a hospital in Tripoli in this September 9, 2009 file photo. REUTERS/Ismail ZetounyReuters - The British government said it had no plans to re-examine a prisoner transfer agreement with Libya after oil company BP confirmed it had lobbied its predecessor on the issue.

Qatar 'still interested' in Bombardier CSeries (AFP)

Posted: 19 Jul 2010 08:39 AM PDT

Qatar Airways said on Monday that it remained interested in acquiring small CSeries jets, the interior of which is seen here in 2008, from Canadian manufacturer Bombardier despite not announcing an order here, as expected.(AFP/File/Carl de Souza)AFP - Qatar Airways said on Monday that it remained interested in acquiring small CSeries jets from Canadian manufacturer Bombardier despite not announcing an order here, as expected.

Britain's swan count starts on River Thames (AP)

Posted: 19 Jul 2010 08:02 AM PDT

AP - With a flurry of flapping wings and a cacophony of confused squeaking, the swan and her downy young cygnets were plucked from the River Thames and passed from boat to shore.

Cameron launches "Big Society" drive (AFP)

Posted: 19 Jul 2010 07:39 AM PDT

Prime Minister David Cameron addresses employees of the airline EasyJet at Luton airport on July 16. Cameron outlined his vision of the AFP - Prime Minister David Cameron outlined his vision of the "Big Society" on Monday, calling on local communities to take responsibility for running services such as post offices, libraries and transport services, run, until now, by the government.

Summary Box: Small flurry of orders at air show (AP)

Posted: 19 Jul 2010 07:13 AM PDT

AP - WHAT'S BEEN ORDERED: Arch rivals Boeing and Airbus announce new orders worth almost $13 billion as the Farnborough International Airshow opens. Canada's Bombardier says it has signed a deal with Qatar Airways worth $122 million.

Attack on British security firm in Iraq kills 4 (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Jul 2010 06:32 AM PDT

Reuters - A suicide car bomber plowed into a convoy of a British security company in northern Iraq on Monday, killing four foreigners and wounding five Iraqi civilians, Iraqi security officials said.

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