2010年8月19日星期四

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Ex-UK soldier jailed for stealing rare falcon eggs (AP)

Posted: 19 Aug 2010 10:37 AM PDT

AP - A former special forces member has been jailed for attempting to sneak out of the U.K. with a stash of 14 rare peregrine falcon eggs destined for a wealthy Arab buyer.

Ditch the queen: UK public's wild ideas for cuts (AP)

Posted: 19 Aug 2010 08:28 AM PDT

** FILE ** In this July 6, 2010, file photo, Britain's Queen Elizabeth II speaks at the United Nations Headquarters. Australia should drop its ties to the British monarchy after the reign of Queen Elizabeth II ends, the prime minister said Tuesday Aug. 17, 2010. Prime Minister Julia Gillard, whose center-left Labor Party has long held that the country should become a republic and stop having the British monarch as its head of state, said that Australia had 'deep affection' for the queen but that she should be Australia's final monarch. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)AP - Sell off the Queen's swans. Make lawmakers work for free. Force prison inmates to generate cheap power on the treadmill.

Cake and cockerel vie for London's empty plinth (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Aug 2010 07:51 AM PDT

Reuters - Six works, including a giant Battenberg cake and a huge cockerel, are in the running to win a place on Trafalgar Square's vacant Fourth Plinth, one of the most high-profile public art commissions in the UK.

Pilots on alert for high-flying vulture (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Aug 2010 07:50 AM PDT

Reuters - Britain's air traffic controllers put pilots on alert this week after a vulture which can soar as high as 30,000 feet escaped from her handlers during a display.

Vuvuzelas make it into the Oxford dictionary (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Aug 2010 07:49 AM PDT

Fans hold vuvuzelas ahead of the 2010 World Cup Group A soccer match between South Africa and Uruguay at Loftus Versfeld stadium in Pretoria in this June 16, 2010 file photo. REUTERS/Dylan MartinezReuters - The ever-present hum of the vuvuzela during this year's soccer World Cup catapulted the plastic trumpet to prominence and now it has earned a place in the Oxford Dictionary of English.

A year on, Lockerbie bomber casts a long shadow (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Aug 2010 07:00 AM PDT

Reuters - A terminally ill Libyan convicted of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing has enjoyed a year of freedom at home in a case that has complicated relations between the new British government and the U.S. administration.

Poundland to create 2,000 jobs with new stores (AFP)

Posted: 19 Aug 2010 06:12 AM PDT

A woman leaving a pound shop in October 2008 in Reading town centre. Discount retailer Poundland has said it plans to open at least 50 new stores to satisfy consumers' appetite for a bargain in a move which will create up to 2,000 jobs.(AFP/File/Adrian Dennis)AFP - Discount retailer Poundland said on Thursday it planned to open at least 50 new stores to satisfy consumers' appetite for a bargain in a move which will create up to 2,000 jobs.

"Cougar" trend of women chasing younger men a myth (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Aug 2010 06:06 AM PDT

Actors Ashton Kutcher (L) and Demi Moore arrive for the Reuters - Madonna and Demi Moore may be fuelling talk of a growing trend for older women on the prowl for younger men but a study on Wednesday said the phenomenon of the "cougar" is a myth, confined to the world of celebrities.

Doctor: experts agreed on Lockerbie bomber health (AP)

Posted: 19 Aug 2010 05:50 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 Zetouny/FilesAP - A cancer specialist who advised Scotland's government over the release of the Lockerbie bomber on Thursday defended the assessment of medical experts that the prisoner had only three months to live.

UK economy shows signs of strength (AP)

Posted: 19 Aug 2010 05:44 AM PDT

AP - Surprisingly strong British retail sales and a further reduction in Britain's big budget deficit last month are giving rise to hope that the country's sputtering economy can maintain growth into the second half of the year.

Study shows women still earn less than men in UK (AP)

Posted: 19 Aug 2010 05:41 AM PDT

AP - A study says female managers in Britain earn 10,000 pounds ($15,600) a year less than their male counterparts, and at current rates will wait 57 years to achieve parity.

Equal pay 'remains 57 years away' (AFP)

Posted: 19 Aug 2010 05:21 AM PDT

Women workers in Canary Wharf in 2007. The gender pay gap in the UK is likely to take another five decades to close, according to a new report, with women at the top still earning substantially less than their male counterparts.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)AFP - The gender pay gap in the UK is likely to take another five decades to close, according to a report published Thursday, with women at the top still earning substantially less than their male counterparts.

Gordon Brown 'seeks lucrative speaking dates' (AFP)

Posted: 19 Aug 2010 03:36 AM PDT

Former prime minister Gordon Brown -- seen here in January -- is offering himself for speaking engagements at a cost of 100,000 dollars (£64,000, 78,000 euros) an hour, a magazine has reported.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)AFP - Former prime minister Gordon Brown is offering himself for speaking engagements at a cost of 100,000 dollars (£64,000, 78,000 euros) an hour, a magazine reported Thursday.

Police appeal to identify railway bodies (AFP)

Posted: 19 Aug 2010 03:28 AM PDT

An artist's impression shows a man who was struck by a train at Southall, north London in 1983. Police have released artists impressions of people who have died on Britain's railways in a public appeal to help them name unidentified bodies dating back 35 years.(British Transport Police)AFP - Police have released artist's impressions of people who have died on Britain's railways in a public appeal to help them name unidentified bodies dating back 35 years.

Public deficit improves in July (AFP)

Posted: 19 Aug 2010 02:41 AM PDT

Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne speaks during a news conference at the Treasury Office, in central London, in May. Public borrowing improved slightly in July, official data showed on Thursday, in a rare piece of good news on the state of the public finances.(AFP/File/Andrew Winning)AFP - Public borrowing improved slightly in July, official data showed on Thursday, in a rare piece of good news on the state of the public finances.

A-level students fight for university places (AFP)

Posted: 19 Aug 2010 02:29 AM PDT

A-level pass rates reached a record high Thursday while thousands of students battled for university places amid a squeeze on higher education funding.(AFP/File/Jeff Pachoud)AFP - A-level pass rates reached a record high Thursday while thousands of students battled for university places amid a squeeze on higher education funding.

Retail sales jump in July (AFP)

Posted: 19 Aug 2010 02:16 AM PDT

A man walks past a sale sign in the window of a store in central London in June 2010. Retail sales in Britain jumped 1.1 percent in July compared with June, official data showed on Thursday.(AFP/File/Carl Court)AFP - Retail sales jumped 1.1 percent in July compared with June, official data showed on Thursday.

UK: Adoption charity can't ban gay couples (AP)

Posted: 19 Aug 2010 01:58 AM PDT

AP - A Catholic adoption advisory service that refuses to help gay couples cannot win an exemption from anti-discrimination laws, Britain's charity regulator said Thursday.

Businesswoman launches first British halal make-up (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Aug 2010 06:13 PM PDT

Halal certified makeup is applied to Sabah Zaib in Birmingham, central England, July 28, 2010. REUTERS/Darren StaplesReuters - As a Muslim, Samina Akhter was disturbed to find some of her make-up contained pig by-products so she came up with a solution -- a range of halal make-up, free from alcohol and animal products.

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