2010年8月31日星期二

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

'Difficult' Brown was 'maddening': Blair (AFP)

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 04:29 PM PDT

Former prime minister Tony Blair said his successor Gordon Brown, pictured in May 2010, was AFP - Former prime minister Tony Blair said his successor Gordon Brown was "maddening", "difficult" and wore him down with "relentless personal pressure", in his memoirs released Wednesday.

Blair 'desperately sorry' for Iraq war deaths: memoirs (AFP)

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 03:24 PM PDT

Former prime minister Tony Blair, pictured in July 2010, said he was AFP - Former prime minister Tony Blair said he was "desperately sorry" over the deaths in the Iraq war, in extracts released Tuesday from his memoirs.

Blair to head for the US as memoirs are published (AFP)

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 11:26 AM PDT

Former prime minister Tony Blair, seen here in Israel on August 24, publishes his long-awaited memoirs on Wednesday but will leave for the United States as the book hits the shops.(AFP/File/Jack Guez)AFP - Former prime minister Tony Blair, who took Britain into war in Iraq and Afghanistan, publishes his long-awaited memoirs on Wednesday but will leave for the United States as the book hits the shops.

Summary Box: HSBC sells US auto finance units (AP)

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 10:40 AM PDT

AP - IT'S OVER: British bank HSBC Holdings PLC has sold its last U.S. auto finance businesses to Spain's Santander for about $3.56 billion in cash, completing its exit from a market that cost it billions during the financial meltdown.

Church denies pope payments will dampen visit (AFP)

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 10:08 AM PDT

The Catholic leader of England and Wales, Archbishop of Westminster Vincent Nichols, seen here in July 2010, denied Tuesday that asking the faithful to pay a contribution to see the pope when he visits Britain next month would AFP - The Catholic leader of England and Wales denied Tuesday that asking the faithful to pay a contribution to see the pope when he visits Britain next month would "dampen enthusiasm" for the trip.

British FM Hague pressures Serbia over Kosovo (AP)

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 10:00 AM PDT

Serbian President, Boris Tadic, right, and the British Foreign Secretary, William Hague, meet in Belgrade, Serbia, Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2010. Hague is in Serbia to warn the Balkan country against challenging Kosovo's independence at an upcoming U.N. General Assembly meeting.(AP Photo/Marko Drobnjakovic)AP - Britain's foreign secretary urged Serbia on Tuesday not to challenge Kosovo's independence at the U.N. General Assembly, and the Balkan country's president said it is open to a compromise on the resolution.

Oxford English Dictionary may never be printed again (AFP)

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 08:07 AM PDT

An image from the Oxford English Dictionary website marking the reference book's 80th anniversay in 2008. The next edition of the dictionary, the word reference bible of the English language, may never appear in print and instead be accessible only online, its publisher says.(AFP)AFP - The next edition of the Oxford English Dictionary, the word reference bible of the English language, may never appear in print and instead be accessible only online, its publisher said Tuesday.

Parched English fields reveal ancient sites (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 07:51 AM PDT

One of the rounded corners of the Roman Camp and an entrance can be seen as a narrow green line in the field on the right hand side of the photograph. This ditch can then be traced as a faint line in to the adjoining yellow field to the left and forming another corner. (Photo Courtesy of English Heritage)Reuters - The exceptionally dry early summer months in Britain have revealed the ghostly outlines of several hundred previously unknown ancient sites buried in fields across the English countryside.

Britain cool on mooted carrier sharing scheme (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 05:59 AM PDT

Reuters - Britain said on Tuesday it would discuss closer military cooperation with France in talks this week, but played down a report that the two countries would share aircraft carriers to save costs.

Government to scrap outmoded byelaws (AFP)

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 04:27 AM PDT

A man eats outside a Manchester fish and chip shop in Manchester in March. Fish frying will become legal in Gloucester and people will be allowed to beat carpets in Blackpool under government plans to let local councils scrap outdated byelaws.(AFP/File/Paul Ellis)AFP - Fish frying will become legal in Gloucester and people will be allowed to beat carpets in Blackpool under government plans announced Tuesday to let local councils scrap outdated byelaws.

J.K. Rowling gives millions for MS research (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 03:49 AM PDT

British author J.K. Rowling arrives for a G20 summit dinner at 10 Downing Street in London April 1, 2009. REUTERS/Stephen HirdReuters - "Harry Potter" author J.K. Rowling has donated 10 million pounds ($15.5 million) to set up a new clinic to carry out research into multiple sclerosis (MS), the disease which killed her mother.

Top UK comedy award goes to English comic (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 03:48 AM PDT

Reuters - Britain's top annual comedy prize, the Foster's Edinburgh Comedy Award, went to England's Russell Kane at an Edinburgh Fringe festival ceremony on the weekend for his show "Smokescreens and Castles."

Report: Police nab kickboxer in American's slaying (AP)

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 02:38 AM PDT

AP - The Sun newspaper says police have arrested a British kickboxer sought in connection with the slaying of a former U.S. Marine in Thailand.

Labour leadership vote finally set to begin (AFP)

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 02:16 AM PDT

Voting for a new leader of the Labour party is set to begin Wednesday, with one of the two Miliband brothers (David, left and Ed, right) tipped to win a party poll which has been overshadowed by two past party heavyweights -- Tony Blair and Gordon Brown.(AFP/File/Andrew Yates)AFP - Voting for a new leader of the Labour party is finally set to begin on Wednesday, with brothers David and Ed Miliband seen as front runners in an election overshadowed by the party's controversial previous leaders Tony Blair and Gordon Brown.

Home owners face negative equity for four years (AFP)

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 01:31 AM PDT

Wycombe Square in the London borough of Kensington and Chelsea is thought to be the most expensive street in the UK. People who bought homes at the height of the property boom in 2007 may remain in negative equity for four more years until their houses are again worth as much as they paid for them, according to a study.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)AFP - People who bought homes at the height of the property boom in 2007 may remain in negative equity for four more years until their houses are again worth as much as they paid for them, according to a study.

Franco-British navy tie-up report is 'speculation' (AFP)

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 12:52 AM PDT

French President Nicolas Sarkozy (left) speaks with deck-landing Officer Commodore Lulu on the flight deck of the Charles-de-Gaulle aircraft carrier on June 10, 2010. The Ministry of Defence in London has declined to discuss a report that Britain and France could share their aircraft carrier capability, calling it early AFP - The Ministry of Defence (MoD) in London declined to discuss a report on Tuesday that Britain and France could share their aircraft carrier capability, calling it early "speculation".

HSBC sells US auto finance units to Santander (AP)

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 12:30 AM PDT

AP - British bank HSBC Holdings PLC said Tuesday it has sold its last U.S. auto finance businesses to Spain's Santander for about $3.56 billion in cash, completing its exit from a market that cost it billions during the financial crisis.

British paper calls for Pakistan to be sent home (AFP)

Posted: 30 Aug 2010 11:14 PM PDT

Pakistani cricketer Shahid Afridi (L) boards a bus at the Pakistan team's London hotel on August 30. The sister newspaper of the tabloid which made the betting scam allegations engulfing cricket called Tuesday for Pakistan to be sent home from England.(AFP/Max Nash)AFP - The sister newspaper of the tabloid which made the betting scam allegations engulfing cricket called Tuesday for Pakistan to be sent home from England.

Hague wants ethical foreign policy (AFP)

Posted: 30 Aug 2010 08:42 PM PDT

Britain must have a foreign policy AFP - The government must have a foreign policy "with a conscience" and try to inspire other countries with "our values", Foreign Secretary William Hague said Tuesday.

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