2010年9月2日星期四

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Go vintage UK's Prince Charles tells Vogue readers (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Sep 2010 01:08 PM PDT

Reuters - Prince Charles, Britain's heir-to-throne, has a woolly idea or two about how vintage clothes, recycling and the fashion industry can help protect the planet.

Dubai firm snaps up food chain Carluccio's (AFP)

Posted: 02 Sep 2010 11:33 AM PDT

Dubai-based retail giant Landmark Group has agreed to buy British restaurant chain Carluccio's for 90.3 million pounds, the companies said on Thursday.(Landmark Group)AFP - Dubai-based retail giant Landmark Group has agreed to buy British restaurant chain Carluccio's for 90.3 million pounds, the companies said on Thursday.

Royal Bank of Scotland axes 3,500 more jobs (AFP)

Posted: 02 Sep 2010 08:40 AM PDT

Britain's state-rescued lender Royal Bank of Scotland said it was cutting another 3,500 jobs, sparking anger from union bosses.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - State-rescued lender Royal Bank of Scotland said Thursday it was cutting another 3,500 jobs, sparking anger from trade union bosses.

Tony Blair in 'A Journey': On U.S. Leaders Bush, Clinton (Time.com)

Posted: 02 Sep 2010 08:25 AM PDT

Copies of Britain's former Prime Minister Tony Blair's book is placed on sale at a bookshop in London, Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010. Tony Blair's long-awaited memoir says the former British prime minister doesn't regret the Iraq war, although he wept for its victims, and carries revelations about the politician's alcohol use, his interactions with the queen and his testy relationship with his successor. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)Time.com - In an essay exclusively adapted for TIME from his new memoir, A Journey, Britain's former Prime Minister Tony Blair reflects on the U.S. Presidents he has known and worked with -- and on their country

Cameron backs Hague over gay rumours (AFP)

Posted: 02 Sep 2010 07:13 AM PDT

Foreign Secretary, William Hague, speaks during a joint news conference with German Foreign Minister, Guido Westerwelle in London. Prime Minister David Cameron backed Hague after an aide resigned over AFP - Prime Minister David Cameron backed his foreign secretary William Hague on Thursday after an aide resigned over "malicious" rumours that they had an inappropriate relationship.

Energy explorer Tullow Oil expands in east Africa (AFP)

Posted: 02 Sep 2010 06:36 AM PDT

Anglo-Irish Energy firm Tullow Oil will pay Canada's Africa Oil Corp up to 33.75 million dollars (26.3 million euros) for a share of six licences that cover to exploration blocks in Kenya and one in Ethiopia(Africa Oil Corp)AFP - Anglo-Irish energy firm Tullow Oil said Thursday it would buy a 50-percent stake in six exploration licences in Kenya and Ethiopia, expanding its reach in east Africa.

God did not create the universe, says Hawking (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Sep 2010 06:08 AM PDT

God no longer has any place in theories on the creation of the Universe due to a series of developments in physics, British scientist Stephen Hawking, seen here, has said in extracts published from a new book.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)Reuters - God did not create the universe and the "Big Bang" was an inevitable consequence of the laws of physics, the eminent British theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking argues in a new book.

Scotland announces minimum price for alcohol (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Sep 2010 05:56 AM PDT

A customer poses for the camera with a pint of beer in a public house in Leeds, northern England October 13, 2008. REUTERS/Nigel RoddisReuters - Scotland's government announced on Thursday that its planned minimum price for alcohol would be set at 45 pence per unit, meaning a bottle of wine would cost at least 4.23 pounds ($6.52) and a bottle of whisky 12.60 pounds.

Cairn says Greenland ops resume after protest (AFP)

Posted: 02 Sep 2010 05:56 AM PDT

A boat with tourists sails on the ice fjord of Ilulissat in Greenland in 2009. Scottish oil exploration group Cairn Energy said Thursday it had resumed operations on a rig off the coast of Greenland after Greenpeace ended a protest.(AFP/File/Slim Allagui)AFP - Scottish oil exploration group Cairn Energy said Thursday it had resumed operations on a rig off the coast of Greenland after Greenpeace ended a protest.

UK foreign secretary's aide quits over gay rumors (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Sep 2010 05:16 AM PDT

Reuters - Britain's Foreign Secretary William Hague said on Thursday he had gone public to deny rumors he was gay and in a relationship with an aide because he and his wife were fed up of the allegations.

Hawking says God not needed for creation (AP)

Posted: 02 Sep 2010 04:32 AM PDT

God no longer has any place in theories on the creation of the Universe due to a series of developments in physics, British scientist Stephen Hawking, seen here, has said in extracts published from a new book.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AP - Physicist Stephen Hawking says God wasn't necessary for the creation of the universe.

House prices fall for second month in row: survey (AFP)

Posted: 02 Sep 2010 03:34 AM PDT

Home prices fell for a second month running in August when they dropped 0.9 percent compared with July, a key survey by home-loans provider Nationwide showed.(AFP/File/Adrian Dennis)AFP - Home prices fell for a second month running in August when they dropped 0.9 percent compared with July, a key survey by home-loans provider Nationwide showed on Thursday.

BBC had "massive bias to left:" director general (AFP)

Posted: 02 Sep 2010 02:37 AM PDT

The director general of the BBC admitted that his organisation had been guilty of a AFP - The director general of the BBC admitted Thursday that his organisation had been guilty of a "massive bias to the left" but said "a completely different generation" of journalists now works at the broadcaster.

I'm "ready to lead," David Milliband tells Labour (AFP)

Posted: 02 Sep 2010 12:47 AM PDT

Former foreign secretary David Miliband (L), seen here listening to his brother Ed in July 2010. David Miliband told party members that he was AFP - Labour leadership candidate David Miliband told party members Thursday that he was "ready to lead" and would "change the way we do politics," before claiming that former leaders Gordon Brown and Tony Blair's "time has passed".

Foreign minister's aide quits over gay rumours (AFP)

Posted: 02 Sep 2010 12:31 AM PDT

Foreign Secretary, William Hague, speaks during a joint news conference with German Foreign Minister, Guido Westerwelle in London. Prime Minister David Cameron backed Hague after an aide resigned over AFP - The press was split Thursday over Foreign Secretary William Hague's decision to release a highly personal statement following the resignation of a male special adviser with whom he shared a hotel over "malicious" claims that they had an inappropriate relationship.

'Animal' Blair's memoirs risk opening old wounds (AFP)

Posted: 01 Sep 2010 09:51 PM PDT

British newspapers Thursday called the memoirs of former prime minister Tony Blair a good read but said they risk re-opening old wounds in his Labour party just as it struggles to fight back from electoral defeat.(AFP/File/Armend Nimani)AFP - British newspapers Thursday called the memoirs of former prime minister Tony Blair a good read but said they risk re-opening old wounds in his Labour party just as it struggles to fight back from electoral defeat.

Blair memoir lifts lid on Iraq, alcohol and royals (AFP)

Posted: 01 Sep 2010 07:59 PM PDT

Newspapers Thursday called the memoirs of Tony Blair a good read but said they risk re-opening old wounds in his Labour party just as it struggles to fight back from electoral defeat.(AFP/File/Armend Nimani)AFP - Ex-premier Tony Blair's memoirs are a good read but they risk re-opening old wounds in his Labour party just as it struggles to fight back from electoral defeat, newspapers said Thursday.

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