2010年8月22日星期日

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

HSBC may take stake in S. Africa's Nedbank (AFP)

Posted: 22 Aug 2010 05:34 AM PDT

A football fan waves the national flag at the final of the Nedbank-sponsored South African Cup in Soccer City in Soweto on May 22. Britain's HSBC is in pole position to buy a 52% stake in Nedbank for about 4.5 billion pounds, thereby gaining access to 30 African countries, according to the Sunday Times.(AFP/File/Alexander Joe)AFP - HSBC is in pole position to buy a 52% stake in South Africa's Nedbank for about 4.5 billion pounds, thereby gaining access to 30 African countries, according to the Sunday Times.

Labour 'almost bankrupt' says Prescott (AFP)

Posted: 22 Aug 2010 03:09 AM PDT

Lord Prescott, pictured on July 30 after giving evidence to the Chilcott Inquiry on the Iraq war, has warned that the Labour Party is almost bankrupt and says it must get a grip on its finances(AFP/File/Geoff Caddick)AFP - Lord Prescott has warned that the Labour Party is almost bankrupt and says it must get a grip on its finances.

More Britons plan to buy cars (AFP)

Posted: 22 Aug 2010 03:07 AM PDT

A racegoer stands next to a vintage Rolls Royce at Ascot racecourse on June 15. The amount British people are planning to spend on buying cars has shot to its highest level for three years, according to a survey by Sainsbury's Finance.(AFP/File/Adrian Dennis)AFP - The amount British people are planning to spend on buying cars has shot to its highest level for three years, according to a survey by Sainsbury's Finance.

Police hunt 'Britain's most disgusting woman' (AFP)

Posted: 21 Aug 2010 10:49 PM PDT

A hunt was on Sunday for the woman branded AFP - A hunt was on Sunday for the woman branded "Britain's most disgusting person" for urinating on a war memorial after she fled court following a public shaming by elderly veterans.

Pathologist calls Kelly death 'textbook' suicide (AFP)

Posted: 21 Aug 2010 10:47 PM PDT

Police stand outside the front door of David Kelly's cottage in Marsham near Oxford, in 2003. The controversial death of the government weapons inspector was a AFP - The controversial death of the government weapons inspector David Kelly was a "textbook case" of suicide, the pathologist who performed the autopsy told The Sunday Times newspaper.

Al Fayed says he torched Harrods royal warrants (AFP)

Posted: 21 Aug 2010 09:59 PM PDT

Mohamed Al Fayed, the former owner of Harrods, said Sunday he had the plush London emporium's royal warrants taken down and burned. The Egyptian tycoon, in a letter to The Sunday Telegraph newspaper, called the endorsements a AFP - Mohamed Al Fayed, the former owner of Harrods, said Sunday he had the plush London emporium's royal warrants taken down and burned.

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