2010年8月7日星期六

Yahoo! News: World - Britain

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - Britain


British woman doctor among 10 shot in Afghanistan: group (AFP)

Posted: 07 Aug 2010 04:55 PM PDT

A map locating Badakhshan in northern Afghanistan. A Briton who was among eight foreign medical aid workers shot dead in Afghanistan was a 36-year-old female doctor, an organisation she had been working with said Saturday.(AFP/Graphic)AFP - A Briton who was among eight foreign medical aid workers shot dead in Afghanistan was a 36-year-old female doctor, an organisation she had been working with said Saturday.


Anger as Pakistani president addresses British rally (AFP)

Posted: 07 Aug 2010 02:35 PM PDT

President President Asif Ali Zardari of Pakistan (R) leaves the International Convention Centre in central Birmingham. Hundreds of demonstrators from various standpoints gathered outside the International Convention Centre venue in Britain's second city, chanting and waving placards.(AFP/Leon Neal)AFP - Hundreds of protestors gathered to criticise President Asif Ali Zardari at a rally for British Pakistanis Saturday while millions struggled in the aftermath of floods back home.


Pakistan president heckled at UK political rally (AP)

Posted: 07 Aug 2010 12:29 PM PDT

Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari leaves the rally of Pakistan People's Party in Birmingham, England, Saturday, Aug. 7, 2010. The president rounded off a trip to Britain by addressing a political rally Saturday, facing protesters and criticism for touring overseas as floods killed over a thousand people in his country. (AP Photo/PA, Chris Radburn) ** UNITED KINGDOM OUT  **AP - Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari wrapped up his to Britain by addressing a political rally Saturday, facing criticism and protesters for touring overseas as floods killed more than 1,500 people in his country.


RAF 'to shrink to WWI size' (AFP)

Posted: 07 Aug 2010 03:49 AM PDT

Britain's Prince Harry climbs out of an RAF Fuchs vehicle during a visit to RAF Honington in Suffolk on July 14. The Daily Telegraph said the RAF will shrink to its smallest size since World War One as part of forthcoming defence cuts.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)AFP - Britain's Royal Air Force will shrink to its smallest size since the First World War as part of major cuts to the country's defences, the Daily Telegraph reported on Saturday, citing details it has received of proposals currently under consideration.


Six US, one British, one German killed in Afghanistan (AFP)

Posted: 07 Aug 2010 02:49 AM PDT

In this 2001 photo, an unidentified Taliban foreign ministry official displays a book allegedly seized from the Kabul offices of Christian charity International Assistance Mission (IAM). Eight foreign medical aid workers have been shot dead in the remote forests of north Afghanistan, their charity said as the Taliban claimed it killed them for being AFP - One British, one German and six American doctors, including three women, were among those found shot dead in Afghanistan's remote north, their charity's manager in Kabul told AFP Saturday.


Britain, Pakistan vow unity against terrorism (AFP)

Posted: 06 Aug 2010 07:59 PM PDT

British Prime Minister David Cameron (right) and Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari, address the media after their meeting at the British Prime Minister's Chequers residence in southern England. The two leaders have smoothed over a row about tackling terrorism in the South Asian republic as they agreed to step up cooperation in fighting extremism.(AFP/POOL/Peter Macdiarmid)AFP - The leaders of Britain and Pakistan smoothed over a row about Islamabad's response to terrorism as they agreed to step up cooperation in the fight against violent extremism.


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