2010年8月25日星期三

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Nazi ballerina spy stole battle plans in WWII: files (AFP)

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 04:49 PM PDT

A former ballerina working as a Nazi spy may have been behind the defeat of an Anglo-French force fighting to retake Norway from the Germans during World War II, files showed Thursday.(AFP/File/Timothy A. Clary)AFP - A former ballerina working as a Nazi spy may have been behind the defeat of an Anglo-French force fighting to retake Norway from the Germans during World War II, files showed Thursday.

UK declassifies file on glamorous German spy (AP)

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 04:01 PM PDT

AP - She was thought to be one of Germany's prized secret agents, described as beautiful and languid and capable of infiltrating an enemy camp, obtaining secret plans of attack, and then delivering them to her bosses.

Police probe death of 'spy' in London (AFP)

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 02:51 PM PDT

The MI6 building. Police were investigating Wednesday the suspicious death of a man in London who was reportedly a spy working for the foreign intelligence agency MI6.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - Police were investigating Wednesday the suspicious death of a man in London who was reportedly a spy working for the foreign intelligence agency MI6.

Cameron names daughter after Cornish village (AFP)

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 02:33 PM PDT

Prime Minister David Cameron, seen here on August 24, and his wife have named their new baby Florence Rose Endellion, giving her a Cornish name to mark the region where she was born, his office said Wednesday.(AFP/Pool/File)AFP - Prime Minister David Cameron and his wife Samantha have named their new baby Florence Rose Endellion, giving her a Cornish name to mark the region where she was born, his office said Wednesday.

Daughter of PM Cameron gets Cornish middle name (AP)

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 01:05 PM PDT

AP - British Prime Minister David Cameron has named his newborn daughter Florence Rose Endellion Cameron.

Body of suspected British spy found (AP)

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 12:44 PM PDT

A British Community Police Support Officer stands quard outside a house in central London, near the headquarters of MI6, where a man believed to be a British spy has been found dead in a flat, Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2010. British authorities who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the investigation said the body of the man in his 30s was found stuffed in a bag in the bathroom Monday.(AP Photo/Sang Tan)AP - Detectives searching for a missing British spy said Wednesday they had launched a murder investigation after a body matching the man's description was discovered stuffed in a bag in his apartment near the headquarters of the MI6 spy agency.

India state oil firms plan no counterbid for Cairn: report (AFP)

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 11:45 AM PDT

This handout image provided by Cairn Energy in 2009 shows Cairn Energy chairman Bill Gammell. India's state-run fuel companies do not plan to bid for Indian oil assets owned by Britain's Cairn Energy, which British resource giant Vedanta is seeking to buy, a report said Wednesday.(AFP/HO/File)AFP - India's state-run fuel companies do not plan to bid for Indian oil assets owned by Britain's Cairn Energy, which British resource giant Vedanta is seeking to buy, a report said Wednesday.

Hewlett-Packard creates 700 jobs in Britain (AFP)

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 10:59 AM PDT

Hewlett-Packard announced plans on Wednesday to create 700 jobs by establishing an IT centre at its base in Scotland where it cut a similar number of manufacturing jobs last year.(AFP/BELGA/File)AFP - Hewlett-Packard announced plans on Wednesday to create 700 jobs by establishing an IT centre at its base in Scotland where it cut a similar number of manufacturing jobs last year.

Woman who binned cat says sorry amid uproar (AFP)

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 10:25 AM PDT

A view of the Royal Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) headquaters in Horsham. The British woman at the centre of an Internet hate campaign after being caught on camera dumping a cat into a rubbish bin said Wednesday she was AFP - The woman at the centre of an Internet hate campaign after being caught on camera dumping a cat into a rubbish bin said Wednesday she was "profoundly sorry" for her actions.

BHP profits more than double as Potash battle looms (AFP)

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 10:13 AM PDT

BHP Billiton's OlympicDam copper and uranium operation at Roxby Downs in South Australia. BHP Billiton revealed that annual profits more than doubled as the world's biggest miner faces having to hike its 40-billion-dollar takeover offer for fertiliser giant Potash Corp.(AFP/BHP BILLITON/File/Ho)AFP - BHP Billiton's annual profits more than doubled on the back of surging commodities demand, it said Wednesday, one week after launching a 40-billion-dollar hostile bid for Canadian fertiliser firm Potash.

Vivienne Westwood to open London footwear exhibit (AP)

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 09:37 AM PDT

British designer Vivienne Westwood poses, as she launches, ' Vivienne Westwood Shoes - An Exhibition 1973-2010' , a collection of nearly 200 shoes, at a department store, in London, Wednesday Aug. 25, 2010. (AP Photo/Ian West, PA) ** UNITED KINGDOM OUT **AP - An exhibition of nearly 200 shoes by British fashion designer Vivienne Westwood, charting her styles over the last four decades, opens at London's Selfridges department store Thursday.

MI6 worker found murdered in London (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 09:19 AM PDT

Police officers guard a property in Pimlico in central London August 25, 2010. A man who worked for the Secret Intelligence Service MI6 has been found murdered at a flat near the agency's headquarters, media said on Wednesday. Police said they had found the body of the man aged in his 30s the top floor flat in the upmarket Pimlico area of London on Monday afternoon. REUTERS/Toby MelvilleReuters - A man who worked for Britain's Secret Intelligence Service MI6 has been found murdered at a flat near the agency's headquarters, media said Wednesday.

Relics from Scott's doomed Antarctic trip on sale (AFP)

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 08:54 AM PDT

An undated handout image made available by Christie's auctioneers and received in London shows a picture of explorer Charles Wright. Wright was studying physics at Cambridge University when he applied to join Scott's mission which followed an earlier Antarctic expedition in 1901-04.(AFP/CHRISTIE'S LIMITED)AFP - The skis and scientific instruments of a physicist who accompanied Captain Scott on his ill-fated trip to the Antarctic will be sold in London next month, Christie's auctioneers said Wednesday.

British austerity drive 'hits poorest the most': study (AFP)

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 07:32 AM PDT

Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne holds Gladstone's red box outside 11 Downing Street, on June 22. The poorest people in society will be the hardest hit by the government's austerity drive, a leading economic think tank said Wednesday, describing George Osborne's Budget as AFP - Austerity measures introduced in Britain to help cut the deficit will hit poor people the hardest, a study said Wednesday, contradicting ministers' promises to spread the pain.

Branson abandons cross-Channel kitesurf bid (AFP)

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 06:52 AM PDT

Tycoon adventurer Richard Branson prepares to begin his kite surfing world record attempt, from Dungeness in Kent to Boulogne, in northern France, on August 24. Branson has abandoned his attempt to kitesurf across the England Channel after a second bid ended in failure.(AFP/Carl de Souza)AFP - Tycoon adventurer Richard Branson has abandoned his attempt to kitesurf across the England Channel after a second bid Wednesday ended in failure, his spokesman said.

Ex-Happy Mondays dancer Bez jailed for assault (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 05:58 AM PDT

Reuters - Former Happy Mondays dancer Bez was jailed for four weeks on Wednesday for assaulting his ex-girlfriend during a row over money.

White cliffs to feature on new UK passport (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 05:44 AM PDT

Reuters - Britain is to start issuing new-look passports featuring some of its most famous natural features like the white cliffs of Dover and Ben Nevis.

Tube staff to strike from next month (AFP)

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 05:43 AM PDT

Thousands of workers on London's Underground train network are to stage a series of strikes from next month in a row over plans to cut 800 jobs, their union have said.(AFP/Shaun Curry)AFP - Thousands of workers on London's Underground train network are to stage a series of strikes from next month in a row over plans to cut 800 jobs, their union said on Wednesday.

New passport design unveiled (AFP)

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 05:15 AM PDT

A handout photo released by the Home Office August 25 shows the newly designed British passport that will be introduced from October. The new pssport features stronger security features and iconic images representing the nation.(Home Office/Handout)AFP - A new design of British passport was unveiled by the Home Office on Wednesday featuring stronger security features and iconic images representing the nation.

Poorest hit hardest by Budget: IFS (AFP)

Posted: 25 Aug 2010 03:40 AM PDT

Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne holds Gladstone's red box outside 11 Downing Street, on June 22. The poorest people in society will be the hardest hit by the government's austerity drive, a leading economic think tank said Wednesday, describing George Osborne's Budget as AFP - The poorest people in society will be the hardest hit by the government's austerity drive, a leading economic think tank said Wednesday, describing George Osborne's Budget as "regressive".

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