2010年7月20日星期二

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain


Obama, British PM: Bomber release not BP's doing (AP)

Posted: 20 Jul 2010 04:37 PM PDT

President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron hold a joint news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, July 20, 2010. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)AP - British Prime Minister David Cameron on Tuesday turned aside U.S. calls for an investigation into the release of the Lockerbie bomber by Scotland and said there was no indication that oil giant BP had swayed the controversial decision.


Obama and Cameron tread cautiously on BP (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Jul 2010 03:00 PM PDT

British Prime Minister David Cameron (L), who is in talks with US President Barack Obama at the White House in Washington, has said that he had not seen any evidence to suggest the decision to free Libyan Abdelbaset Ali Mohmet al-Megrahi had been influenced by BP.(AFP/Saul Loeb)Reuters - British Prime Minister David Cameron on Tuesday rejected calls for an inquiry into whether BP Plc influenced the release of the Lockerbie bomber, even as he sought to ease transatlantic tensions in talks with U.S. President Barack Obama.


Obama and Cameron push sanctions on Iran (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Jul 2010 01:16 PM PDT

Reuters - Britain and the United States said on Tuesday it was not too late for a peaceful solution to the crisis over Iran's nuclear program, but said they were determined to enforce new sanctions.

US, Britain work to resolve hacker extradition (AP)

Posted: 20 Jul 2010 12:52 PM PDT

AP - U.S. and British authorities are working to resolve the long-delayed extradition of a London hacker who allegedly infiltrated American military computers.

Rolls-Royce wins orders worth 247 million pounds (AFP)

Posted: 20 Jul 2010 11:42 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 Tuesday it had won fresh orders worth 247 million pounds at the Farnborough International Airshow.


Cameron: Nothing says BP swayed Scots on bomber (AP)

Posted: 20 Jul 2010 11:42 AM PDT

AP - British Prime Minister David Cameron says he has seen nothing to suggest that BP swayed the Scottish government into releasing the Lockerbie bomber from jail last year and sending him home to Libya.

Cameron says understands anger on Gulf spill (AP)

Posted: 20 Jul 2010 11:24 AM PDT

AP - British Prime Minister David Cameron says his government will "engage constructively" in congressional hearings on whether BP had any involvement in the decision to free the Lockerbie bomber from jail last year and send him home to Libya.

Ex-MI5 spy chief: No link between Iraq and 9/11 (AP)

Posted: 20 Jul 2010 11:21 AM PDT

FILE -  This is a Nov. 8, 2004 file photo of  former head of Britain's domestic spy agency MI5 Eliza Manningham-Buller.  Manningham-Buller was testifying Tuesday July 20, 2010 before Britain's inquiry into the conflict as documents were released that showed MI5 believed Saddam Hussein had a limited ability to mount terrorist attacks in Britain before the 2003 invasion of Iraq. (AP Photo/David Jones/PA, File) **  UNITED KINGDOM OUT   **AP - The war in Iraq led to a loss of focus on the threat from al-Qaida, emboldened the group's leader Osama bin Laden, and helped to breed a generation of homegrown terrorists, Britain's former domestic spy chief told an inquiry Tuesday.


'Choc Finger' cocoa deal fuels hedge-fund debate in London (AFP)

Posted: 20 Jul 2010 11:21 AM PDT

Various types of cacao beans on display. A London hedge fund has bought up a huge chunk of the world's cocoa stocks, helping send the price to a 33-year high and sparking debate Tuesday over the effect of speculation on the market.(AFP/File/Yuri Cortez)AFP - A London hedge fund has bought up a huge chunk of the world's cocoa stocks, helping send the price to a 33-year high and sparking debate Tuesday over the effect of speculation on the market.


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Posted: 20 Jul 2010 11:32 AM PDT

AP - Cameron: Any role that BP may have played in Lockerbie release is a question for BP to answer.

Obama welcomes British PM Cameron to White House (AP)

Posted: 20 Jul 2010 11:12 AM PDT

President Barack Obama, right, and British Prime Minister David Cameron, left, meet in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington Tuesday, July 20, 2010.(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - President Barack Obama has welcomed Britain's David Cameron on his first White House visit as prime minister.


Bridge game fights "led man to murder wife" (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Jul 2010 10:46 AM PDT

Reuters - A British man murdered his wife after constant arguments about her ability to play bridge, a court heard Tuesday. Stephen Green, 52, is accused of stabbing his wife Carole to death in January, after fights about her card playing.

Farnborough Airshow orders at a glance (AP)

Posted: 20 Jul 2010 10:03 AM PDT

AP - More than $25 billion worth of aircraft have been ordered so far at the Farnborough International Airshow, which 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.

Fresh strikes loom as BA cabin crew reject latest offer (AFP)

Posted: 20 Jul 2010 10:01 AM PDT

A demonstrator on a British Airways cabin crew picket line protests near Heathrow Airport in May 2010. British Airways cabin crew have rejected the airline's latest offer to end their long-running dispute, their union said Tuesday, raising the prospect of fresh strikes.(AFP/File/Adrian Dennis)AFP - British Airways cabin crew have rejected the airline's latest offer to end their long-running dispute, their union said Tuesday, raising the prospect of fresh strikes.


Single-aisle jet orders take off at Farnborough show (AFP)

Posted: 20 Jul 2010 09:54 AM PDT

A The Lockheed Martin/Boeing F-22 Raptor jet flies during an air display at the Farnborough International Airshow in Hampshire. Farnborough is one of aviation's biggest trade events and renowned for being an arena for major deal announcements for civilian and military planes.(AFP/Ben Stansall)AFP - Airlines and leasing groups agreed to buy single-aisle passenger jets worth billions of dollars here on Tuesday, highlighting robust demand for short- and medium-haul air travel.


Extremist threat rose after Iraq war: ex-MI5 chief (AFP)

Posted: 20 Jul 2010 09:33 AM PDT

Baroness Eliza Manningham-Buller, former head of domestic intelligence agency MI5, leaves after giving evidence to the Iraq War Inquiry in central London. Iraq posed little threat to Britain just before the 2003 war -- but the danger of extremist attacks surged following the conflict, Manningham-Buller told the inquiry.(AFP/Carl Court)AFP - Iraq posed little threat to Britain just before the 2003 invasion -- but the danger of extremist attacks surged afterwards, a former head of the MI5 security service told an inquiry Tuesday.


BP stealing thunder from Cameron's US visit (AP)

Posted: 20 Jul 2010 08:59 AM PDT

British Prime Minister David Cameron, left, hosts a breakfast meeting with Vice President Joe Biden at the British Embassy in Washington, Tuesday, July 20, 2010. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP - On the way to Washington, British Prime Minister David Cameron said he wants to talk about Afghanistan, Middle East peace prospects and the global economy.


BA cabin crew reject company's latest offer (AP)

Posted: 20 Jul 2010 08:55 AM PDT

AP - The union representing British Airways cabin crew said Tuesday that its members have rejected the company's latest offer over pay and working conditions.

Air show fuels hope of better days for airlines (AP)

Posted: 20 Jul 2010 07:34 AM PDT

A man photographs a flying display during Farnborough International Airshow, Farnborough, England, Monday, July 19, 2010. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)AP - The stream of plane orders continued at the Farnborough International Airshow on Tuesday, taking the tally past $25 billion and underscoring hopes of a resurgence in the aviation sector after a painful two-year downturn.


Parliament protest camp removed in pre-dawn raid (AFP)

Posted: 20 Jul 2010 07:19 AM PDT

Protesters sleep on the pavement on London's Parliament Square after being evicted from a 'peace camp' in the square. Bailiffs cleared away the sprawling camp in a pre-dawn raid, though evicted demonstrators vowed to re-appear elsewhere in London.(AFP/Carl Court)AFP - Bailiffs cleared away a sprawling protest camp in front of parliament in a pre-dawn raid Tuesday, though evicted demonstrators vowed to re-appear elsewhere in London.


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