2010年8月20日星期五

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Flypast marks 70th anniversary of Battle of Britain (AFP)

Posted: 20 Aug 2010 11:28 AM PDT

AFP - World War II aircraft roared across the London skyline on Friday to commemorate 70 years since the Battle of Britain, the key aerial conflict in which outnumbered British planes fought off the Nazis.

UK warns Libya over Lockerbie bomber anniversary (AP)

Posted: 20 Aug 2010 10:52 AM PDT

FILE - In this Aug. 20, 2009 file photo, Abdel Baset al-Megrahi who was found guilty of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing, leaves a police van at Glasgow International Airport, Glasgow, Scotland bound for Tripoli, after he was released on compassionate grounds. A year after Scotland's release of the terminally ill Lockerbie bomber from prison caused an uproar, Abdel Baset al-Megrahi is still stirring outrage simply by surviving. (AP Photo/Danny Lawson, File)AP - Britain's government says it has warned Libya that any celebration of Friday's anniversary of the release from jail of the Lockerbie bomber would be deeply offensive to the families of the mainly U.S. victims of the attack.

70 years on from WWII, Britain remembers 'the few' (AP)

Posted: 20 Aug 2010 09:50 AM PDT

In this photo taken Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010, Owen Burns, a veteran of the Royal Air Force (RAF) poses for a photograph in London. Seventy years after the Battle of Britain, Winston Churchill's daughter commemorated the pivotal air campaign Friday alongside surviving members of 'the few,' the Royal Air Force pilots who defied the odds to defend the country from German attack. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)AP - In the words of Winston Churchill, it was Britain's "finest hour," a turning point in world history — though it didn't always feel that way at the time.

Jimi Hendrix's London apartment to open to public (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Aug 2010 09:16 AM PDT

Museum employee Ralf Sternad poses with Jimi Hendrix's 'Westerner' hat, prior to an exhibition entitled 'Hendrix in Britain', at the Handel House Museum in London, Monday, Aug. 16, 2010. The exhibition traces Hendrix's rise to fame in the United Kingdom and marks the 40th anniversary of his death. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)Reuters - Jimi Hendrix's central London home will open to the public next month to commemorate the 40th anniversary of his death.

Scottish scientists probe deaths of seals (AP)

Posted: 20 Aug 2010 08:09 AM PDT

AP - Scottish scientists are investigating the mysterious deaths of seals found with horrific corkscrew injuries the length of their bodies, officials said Friday.

S.Korea's KNOC makes hostile offer for UK oil firm (AFP)

Posted: 20 Aug 2010 07:35 AM PDT

Offshore oil rigs at sunset. South Korea's state-owned Korea National Oil Corporation has launched a hostile takeover bid for Dana Petroleum, becoming the latest Asian power to seek foreign assets to meet booming energy demand.(AFP/Getty Images/File/David Mcnew)AFP - South Korea's state-owned Korea National Oil Corp. launched a hostile takeover bid for Dana Petroleum on Friday, becoming the latest Asian power to seek foreign assets to meet booming energy demand.

TV presenter faces charge for 'false' killing claim (AFP)

Posted: 20 Aug 2010 07:08 AM PDT

Britain's director of public prosecutions (DPP), Keir Starmer unveils new guidelines on assisted suicide at the Crown Prosecution Service in London last September. The CPS is to charge a veteran British broadcaster with wasting police time after he claimed in a television documentary that he killed an ex-lover who was dying of AIDS.(AFP/File/Dominic Lipinski)AFP - A veteran British broadcaster is to be charged with wasting police time after he claimed in a television documentary that he killed an ex-lover who was dying of AIDS, officials said Friday.

Paul the octopus backs England 2018 bid (AFP)

Posted: 20 Aug 2010 06:57 AM PDT

A handout photo released by England 2018 shows Paul the octopus in his tank in at the Sea Life Centre in Hamburg, Germany. Paul, the oracle of the World Cup in South Africa, has become an official ambassador for England's bid to host the tournament in 2018, organisers said.(AFP/England 2018)AFP - Paul the octopus, the oracle of the World Cup in South Africa, has become an official ambassador for England's bid to host the tournament in 2018, organisers said Friday.

RSPCA urges elephant import ban (AFP)

Posted: 20 Aug 2010 06:42 AM PDT

A four-day old elephant calf beside his mother Karishma at Whipsnade Wild Animal Park near Dunstable on April 15. The RSPCA has called for a ban on importing elephants into UK zoos, saying elephants are AFP - The RSPCA on Friday called for a ban on importing elephants for British zoos, saying captive elephants are "suffering" and no more should be bought to the UK until welfare issues are dealt with.

Second England footballer wins gagging order (AFP)

Posted: 20 Aug 2010 06:21 AM PDT

Vanessa Perroncel, pictured at an England game in the 2006 World Cup in Germany, was the subject earlier this year of a super-injunction preventing media reporting her affair with Chelsea captain John Terry. Another England footballer has been granted an injunction banning reporting of allegations about his private life.(AFP/File/Adrian Dennis)AFP - A second England footballer has been granted an injunction banning media reporting of allegations about his private life.

David and Victoria Beckham 'sack 14 staff' (AFP)

Posted: 20 Aug 2010 05:16 AM PDT

Celebrities David and Victoria Beckham -- pictured here in 2009 -- have made 14 of their 50 employees redundant around the world after a horrified accountant warned: AFP - Celebrities David and Victoria Beckham have made 14 of their 50 employees redundant around the world after a horrified accountant warned: "You're pouring money down the drain," the Sun newspaper reported on Friday.

Korea National Corp makes offer for Dana Petroleum (AP)

Posted: 20 Aug 2010 03:08 AM PDT

AP - South Korea's state-owned oil company is making a 1.87 billion pound ($2.9 billion) hostile bid for Dana Petroleum PLC.

UK broadcaster charged over mercy killing claim (AP)

Posted: 20 Aug 2010 03:06 AM PDT

AP - Britain's prosecution service says a veteran broadcaster who claimed in a TV documentary to have carried out the mercy killing of his dying lover has been charged with wasting police time.

Britain creates 15 new marine wildlife areas (AFP)

Posted: 20 Aug 2010 02:10 AM PDT

A seagull flies past the lighthouse in November last year. The government on Friday created 15 new Marine Protected Areas, designed to protect important habitats and species.(AFP/File/Glyn Kirk)AFP - The government on Friday created 15 new Marine Protected Areas, designed to protect important habitats and species.

Churchill's Battle of Britain speech given again (AFP)

Posted: 20 Aug 2010 01:11 AM PDT

Three pilots raise a glass next to a British World War II Spitfire plane at an airshow in Antwerp in 2005. Aicrews praised by Winston Churchill in a famous wartime speech will be commemorated on Friday in ceremonies to mark the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Britain.(AFP/File/Benoit Doppagne)AFP - Aircrews praised by Winston Churchill in a famous wartime speech will be commemorated on Friday in events to mark the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Britain.

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