2010年8月12日星期四

Yahoo! News: World - Britain

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - Britain

British tourists safe after Costa Rica mountain ordeal (AFP)

Posted: 12 Aug 2010 05:48 PM PDT

A volcanic crater is seen in Costa Rica, some 40 km from the capital San Jose. Sixteen British tourists who were trapped overnight in a mountain pass in Costa Rica were evacuated, according to officials.(AFP/File/Yuri Cortez)AFP - Sixteen British tourists who were trapped overnight in a mountain pass in Costa Rica were evacuated, according to officials.

UK police charged with beating terrorism suspect (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Aug 2010 11:56 AM PDT

Reuters - Four British riot squad officers have been charged with beating up a Briton now awaiting extradition to the United States to face terrorism charges when they arrested him, prosecutors said on Thursday.

4 UK officers to be charged with suspect attack (AP)

Posted: 12 Aug 2010 10:58 AM PDT

AP - Four British police officers will face criminal charges over an alleged attack on a terrorism suspect wanted by authorities in the United States, prosecutors said Thursday.

UK airports threatened by strike chaos (AFP)

Posted: 12 Aug 2010 10:00 AM PDT

National Aviation Secretary at Unite the Union, Brendan Gold, tells the media that members had given a AFP - The country's airports face chaos in the busy late summer period after workers voted overwhelmingly on Thursday for strike action which could shut down London's Heathrow and five other airports.

Fringe stages father's quest for Lockerbie justice (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Aug 2010 09:52 AM PDT

Reuters - The Lockerbie disaster has come to the Edinburgh Fringe stage as a compelling 70-minute monologue which pours fuel onto a blazing dispute about the man convicted of the airliner bombing over Scotland 22 years ago.

Facebook panic button prompts surge in abuse reports (AFP)

Posted: 12 Aug 2010 09:27 AM PDT

Facebook has seen a sevenfold increase in young people reporting suspicious behaviour online since it introduced a so-called panic button in Britain last month, investigators said Thursday.(AFP/File/Loic Venance)AFP - Facebook has seen a sevenfold increase in young people reporting suspicious behaviour online since it introduced a so-called panic button in Britain last month, investigators said Thursday.

Council paints yellow line over hedgehog (AFP)

Posted: 12 Aug 2010 07:54 AM PDT

Kelvin the hedgehog stays cosy in a teapot cover as he recovers in the Hedgehog Hospital in Hull in 2006. A Hartlepool council spokeswoman has admitted a worker painted yellow lines over a squashed hedgehog rather than move it off the road(AFP/John Giles)AFP - A worker painted a yellow line over a squashed hedgehog rather than move it off the road, a council spokeswoman admitted on Thursday.

Sinn Fein: British, Irish talk with IRA dissidents (AP)

Posted: 12 Aug 2010 06:28 AM PDT

AP - The British and Irish governments are in secret negotiations with IRA dissidents in hopes they can be persuaded to abandon violence, the senior Sinn Fein official in Northern Ireland's power-sharing administration said Thursday — a claim immediately denied by both governments.

Miner Vedanta in talks to buy Cairn India stake (AFP)

Posted: 12 Aug 2010 05:19 AM PDT

Protesters dressed as a 'Na'vi' from the film 'Avatar' protest at Vedanta's annual general meeting in London on July 28 against reported plans by the company to mine an area in India sacred to the Dongria people. Vedanta, which denies planning to mine near the sacred site, is in talks to buy a stake in Cairn Energy's Indian operations.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)AFP - British mining group Vedanta Resources announced on Thursday that it is in talks with Scottish oil and gas explorer Cairn Energy over the purchase of a stake in its Indian division.

UK's Cameron takes aim at "Cool Britannia" (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Aug 2010 05:16 AM PDT

Reuters - Britain must move on from the era of "Cool Britannia" and embrace its rich history as part of a drive to boost tourism and become one of the world's top five destinations, Prime Minister David Cameron said Thursday.

Prudential profits soar despite failed AIA deal (AFP)

Posted: 12 Aug 2010 04:38 AM PDT

British insurance giant Prudential said that profits jumped 41 percent in the first half, and cut the cost of its failed takeover of US insurance giant AIG's Asian unit AIA.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)AFP - British insurance giant Prudential said on Thursday that profits jumped 41 percent in the first half, boosted by soaring sales in Asia, despite its failed bid for AIG's Asian division AIA.

Prudential trims botched AIA bid cost (AP)

Posted: 12 Aug 2010 03:11 AM PDT

AP - Prudential PLC says it has cut the cost of its failed takeover bid for AIG Inc.'s Asian unit as it reported a strong half-year profit.

Prudential profits soar despite failed AIG takeover (AFP)

Posted: 12 Aug 2010 03:01 AM PDT

British insurance giant Prudential said that profits jumped 41 percent in the first half, and cut the cost of its failed takeover of US insurance giant AIG's Asian unit AIA.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)AFP - Insurance giant Prudential said on Thursday that profits jumped 41 percent in the first half, and cut the cost of its failed takeover of US insurance giant AIG's Asian unit AIA.

Plenty of birds for start of grouse shooting season (AFP)

Posted: 12 Aug 2010 01:21 AM PDT

Head chef Giuseppe Silvestri (right) holds a brace of grouse as he poses with hunter Donald Clark as he outside Harrods department store in London on August 12, 2008. This year experts predict record numbers of the birds on the Scottish moors for the start of the grouse shooting season despite the harsh winter.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - The red grouse shooting season begins on Thursday, the "Glorious 12th" of August, with experts predicting record numbers of the birds on the moors despite the harsh winter.

UK breast cancer rate drops sharply (AFP)

Posted: 12 Aug 2010 12:42 AM PDT

The pink ribbon is seen as a symbol of breast cancer awareness. Breast cancer deaths dropped by more than 20 percent across 15 European countries over the last two decades, with a fall of nearly a third in Britain, according to a study.(AFP/Keystone/File/Edi Engeler)AFP - Death rates from breast cancer have fallen sharply in the UK in the past 20 years, according to a study published on Thursday.

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