2010年7月24日星期六

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Britain's royals post family pictures online (AFP)

Posted: 24 Jul 2010 05:25 PM PDT

Queen Elizabeth II smiles as she tours UN Headquarters on July 6 in New York City. The British royal family has opened an account on photo-sharing website Flickr, Buckingham Palace announced Sunday, in their latest attempt to move with the times.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Chris Jackson)AFP - The British royal family has opened an account on photo-sharing website Flickr, Buckingham Palace announced Sunday, in their latest attempt to move with the times.

Scottish official sought at U.S. Lockerbie hearing (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Jul 2010 11:50 AM PDT

Reuters - A senator has asked that a Scottish representative appear at next week's congressional hearing on the release of the Libyan man convicted of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing.

Former UK PM Brown 'very cheerful' as backbencher (AP)

Posted: 24 Jul 2010 11:08 AM PDT

Former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown read together with a pupil of Buganda Road Primary School in the Uganda capital city Kampala, Saturday, July 24, 2010. The school is funded under British Council Global Schools (GSP) partnership program that links the School to a primary school in Nottinghamshire UK. Gordon is in Uganda for the African summit.(AP Photo/Stephen Wandera)AP - Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown says he's looking forward to the future after his Labour party's loss in Britain's recent election.

Clegg defends 'Brokeback Coalition' (AFP)

Posted: 24 Jul 2010 09:11 AM PDT

British Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg (left) meets with Microsoft founder Bill Gates at the Cabinet Office in London on July 20. Clegg has mocked claims by Conservative MPs that the Liberal Democrat leader's government alliance with Prime Minister David Cameron is merely a AFP - Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg mocked claims by a Conservative MP that the Liberal Democrat leader's government alliance with Prime Minister David Cameron is merely a "Brokeback Coalition".

Gordon Brown says Africa can lead global recovery (AFP)

Posted: 24 Jul 2010 07:26 AM PDT

Former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown at Adam Smith College in Kircaldy, Scotland, on May 13. Brown will tell African leaders in Kampala that Africa can lead the global recovery.(AFP/Derek Blair)AFP - Africa can lead the global recovery, former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said on Saturday, setting out five potential sources for economic growth in the continent.

UK reiterates BP not involved in Lockerbie release (AP)

Posted: 24 Jul 2010 04:02 AM PDT

FILE - In this Aug. 20, 2009 file photo, Libyan Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, who was found guilty of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing, gestures on his arrival at an airport in Tripoli, Libya. President Barack Obama says he welcomes any additional information about what led to the decision to free the Lockerbie bomber from jail last year and send him home to Libya. The Obama administration has asked the governments of Scotland and Britain to review the decision to release al-Megrahi. Oil giant BP has acknowledged that it urged the British government to sign a prisoner transfer agreement with Libya, but says it did not specifically discuss al-Megrahi's case. (AP Photo/File)AP - In a letter to U.S. officials, British Foreign Secretary William Hague calls the Scottish decision to release the man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing "wrong and misguided," but says there's no evidence Abdel Baset al-Megrahi was returned to Libya to facilitate oil deals for BP.

Austerity bites for London Olympics (AFP)

Posted: 24 Jul 2010 02:07 AM PDT

Jamaican sprint star Usain Bolt (left) runs ahead of Leroy Dixon of the US to win the men's 100 metres at the IAAF Diamond League athletics meeting in Lausanne on July 8, 2010. World record holder Bolt is expected to be one of the stars of the London Olympics in 2012(AFP/File/Fabrice Coffrini)AFP - The 2012 London Olympics opens in two years' time but while the construction of stadiums is on track, the massive project faces a financial squeeze as Britain's austerity measures bite.

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