2010年9月5日星期日

Yahoo! News: World - Britain

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - Britain


Policeman filmed attacking middle-aged woman (AFP)

Posted: 05 Sep 2010 10:01 AM PDT

A file picture of a policeman standing guard. Footage showing a police sergeant assaulting a woman as he threw her into a cell has emerged in Britain, again putting the spotlight on the behaviour of some officers.(AFP/Paul Ellis)AFP - Footage showing a police sergeant assaulting a woman as he threw her into a cell emerged on Sunday, again putting the spotlight on the behaviour of some officers.


Blair warns over deep-rooted radical Islam (AFP)

Posted: 05 Sep 2010 08:03 AM PDT

Former British prime minister Tony Blair arrives for a television interview at the Irish RTE studios in Dublin, Ireland on September 3. Blair has said that the roots of radical Islam were far deeper than we think and said Al-Qaeda would have killed 300,000 on September 11, 2001 if they could.(AFP/File/Peter Muhly)AFP - Former prime minister Tony Blair warned on Sunday that the roots of radical Islam were far deeper than we think and said Al-Qaeda would have killed 300,000 on September 11, 2001 if they could.


Ex-UK military chief says Blair underfunded army (AP)

Posted: 05 Sep 2010 06:05 AM PDT

AP - The former head of the British Army has accused former prime ministers Tony Blair and Gordon Brown of forcing the military to fight in Iraq and Afghanistan without adequate funding.

Dublin protestors pelt Blair at first book signing (AFP)

Posted: 05 Sep 2010 02:16 AM PDT

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair (R) poses with Eason bookstore manager Martin Black during a public book signing of his book AFP - Angry protestors hurled plastic bottles and flip-flops at former prime minister Tony Blair as he arrived at the first public signing of his memoirs in the Irish capital Dublin on Saturday.


Shoes, eggs hurled at ex-Brit PM Blair in Dublin (AP)

Posted: 04 Sep 2010 08:43 PM PDT

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, right, attends a public book signing, with Conor Whelen, Managing Director of Eason book store, in Dublin, Saturday Sept. 4, 2010. Anti-war protesters hurled shoes and eggs at Tony Blair as he arrived for his first public signing of his fast-selling memoir. (AP Photo/Niall Carson, pool)AP - Protesters hurled shoes and eggs Saturday at Tony Blair who held the first public signing of his memoir amid high security in Ireland's capital. Hundreds more people lined up to have their books autographed — evidence that the divisions left by Blair's decade as British leader have yet to heal.


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