2010年9月23日星期四

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

British subway becomes museum on Blitz 70th anniversary (AFP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 05:47 PM PDT

An actor wearing period costume explains how to use a 1930s gas mask, in the disused Aldwych Underground station in London. The station used as a shelter during the Nazi bombing campaign has been recreated to look as it would have done in 1940 and opened to the public on the 70th anniversary of the Blitz.(AFP/Ben Stansall)AFP - A London subway station used as a shelter during the Nazi bombing campaign has been recreated to look as it would have done in 1940 and opened to the public on the 70th anniversary of the Blitz.

HSBC chief executive to step down in major shake-up: reports (AFP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 04:50 PM PDT

HSBC chief executive Michael Geoghegan, pictured in March 2010, is to step down at the end of the year as part of a major shake-up of the bank's top management, reports said Friday.(AFP/File/Mike Clarke)AFP - HSBC chief executive Michael Geoghegan is to step down at the end of the year as part of a major shake-up of the bank's top management, reports said Friday.

Old London subway station to open for Blitz tours (AP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 01:33 PM PDT

An actor dressed in 1940's style sits in a 1938 tube train at Aldwych Underground station in London, Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010. As part of a series of commemorative events taking place in London to mark the 70th anniversary of the Blitz and the Battle of Britain, visitors are being allowed to descend into the disused Aldwych Underground station, public tickets have sold out already.The station has been transformed to recreate the feel of what it was like during the 1940s when thousands of people took refuge in the Underground from the bombs that rained on the capital. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)AP - A London subway station used as a shelter during World War II bombing raids is opening to the public to mark the 70th anniversary of the Blitz, officials said Thursday.

Oxford academics discover "bawdy" Milton poem (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 12:46 PM PDT

Reuters - A bawdy poem attributed to "Paradise Lost" author John Milton has been discovered by academics at Oxford University.

Wife of Pakistani politician killed in UK appeals (AFP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 12:08 PM PDT

The widow of Pakistani Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) Secretary-General Imran Farooq, seen here in 1999 and who was stabbed to death in London, made an emotional appeal Thursday for information to track down his killers, as police said they were still seeking the motive for the attack.(AFP/File/Jonathan Utz)AFP - The widow of a Pakistani politician stabbed to death in London made an emotional appeal Thursday for information to track down his killers, as police said they were still seeking the motive for the attack.

World's largest wind farm opens off UK coast (AP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 09:42 AM PDT

Wind turbines are seen at Thanet Offshore Wind Farm off the Kent coast in southern England September 23, 2010. Thanet farm is the world's largest operational offshore wind farm. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth (BRITAIN - Tags: ENERGY ENVIRONMENT)AP - The world's largest offshore wind farm opened off the southeast coast of England on Thursday, as part of the British government's push to boost renewable energy.

You're all invited to join the virtual choir (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 09:26 AM PDT

Reuters - American composer and conductor Eric Whitacre has invited the world to sing-a-long online in an attempt create the world's largest virtual choir.

India's ONGC rules out counter-bid for Cairn India (AFP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 09:03 AM PDT

India's state-run Oil and Natural Gas Corp ruled out making a bid for the local arm of Britain's Cairn Energy on Thursday to counter a rival offer by mining group Vedanta.(Cairn Energy)AFP - India's state-run Oil and Natural Gas Corp ruled out making a bid for the local arm of Britain's Cairn Energy on Thursday to counter a rival offer by mining group Vedanta.

Police arrest six for burning 'Korans' (AFP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 08:18 AM PDT

A woman holds up a copy of the Koran, the Muslim holy book, during a protest in Tehran on September 13. Police have arrested six people on suspicion of inciting racial hatred over a YouTube video apparently showing them setting fire to copies of the Koran, a spokesman said Thursday.(AFP/File/Atta Kenare)AFP - Police have arrested six people on suspicion of inciting racial hatred over a YouTube video apparently showing them setting fire to copies of the Koran, a spokesman said Thursday.

Relics from Scott's doomed Antarctic trip fetch £370,000 (AFP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 08:08 AM PDT

This handout from Christie's shows skis used by Charles Wright, a scientist on Captain Scott's ill-fated Antarctic trip. The skis and other relices that belonged to Wright sold for 370,000 pounds, Christie's auctioneers said Thursday.(AFP/Christie's-HO)AFP - Photographs, skis and other relics belonging to a scientist on Captain Scott's ill-fated Antarctic trip sold for 370,000 pounds, Christie's auctioneers said Thursday.

Controversial British writer visits Holocaust site (AP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 07:13 AM PDT

AP - British historian David Irving, who once served prison time in Austria after being convicted of denying the Holocaust, says he is leading a tour of former Nazi death camps in Poland because people want to hear his view.

World's largest offshore wind farm opened in Kent (AFP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 06:11 AM PDT

An undated handout photo received in London on September 23 shows the a wind turbine on the Vattenfall operated Thanet Offshore Wind Farm, situated off the south east coast of England. The world's largest offshore wind farm was officially opened off the east Kent coast on Thursday, part of the government's bid to reduce the carbon emissions that drive climate change.(AFP/Vattenfall)AFP - The world's largest offshore wind farm was officially opened off the east Kent coast on Thursday, part of the government's bid to reduce the carbon emissions that drive climate change.

Queen 'cedes control of finances' to govt (AFP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 05:48 AM PDT

File photo shows Queen Elizabeth II (left) along with her husband Prince Philip (right) on a state visit to Germany. Queen Elizabeth II has been forced to give up the ultimate control of her finances to the government under a deal agreed in 2006 and kept secret until now, reports said Thursday.(AFP/DDP/File/Michael Urban)AFP - Queen Elizabeth II has been forced to give up the ultimate control of her finances to the government under a deal agreed in 2006 and kept secret until now, reports said Thursday.

World's largest offshore wind farm opens in Kent (AFP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 05:37 AM PDT

An undated handout photo received in London on September 23 shows the a wind turbine on the Vattenfall operated Thanet Offshore Wind Farm, situated off the south east coast of England. The world's largest offshore wind farm was officially opened off the east Kent coast on Thursday, part of the government's bid to reduce the carbon emissions that drive climate change.(AFP/Vattenfall)AFP - The world's largest offshore wind farm was officially opened off the east Kent coast on Thursday, a forest of turbines that aims to reduce the UK's carbon emissions.

UK police arrest 6 men in suspected Quran burning (AP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 05:35 AM PDT

AP - British police say they have arrested six men on suspicion of stirring racial hatred after they posted a video on the Internet in which they appear to burn two Qurans on Sept. 11.

New Labour leader will be Miliband: But which one? (AP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 04:46 AM PDT

FILE - British Labour leadership candidates David Milliband, left, his brother Ed Milliband at a trades union congress in Southport, England, Monday, June 7, 2010. Britain's brother-versus-brother fight for the soul — and leadership — of the opposition Labour Party comes to an end Saturday Sept 25 2010, promising to determine whether the organization keeps the centrist philosophy of Tony Blair or returns to its working class roots. (AP Photo/Tim Hales, file)AP - Britain's brother-versus-brother fight for the soul — and leadership — of the Labour Party comes to an end Saturday, promising to determine whether the opposition force keeps the centrist philosophy of Tony Blair or returns to its working class roots.

Relics of Scott's South Pole trek fetch $580,000 (AP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 04:28 AM PDT

Christie's specialist Helena Ingham holds Captain Oates's sleeping bag case in front of a silk union flag from Captain Robert Falcon Scott's British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-1913, at the Christie's auction house in London, Monday, Sept. 20, 2010. The items form part of a collection of relics that belonged to Charles Seymour Wright from Scott's British Antarctic Expedition of 1910-1913 and will be sold at auction in London on Sep. 22, 2010. The sleeping bag case is estimated to fetch between 25,000 and 35,000 pounds ($38,934 to $54,508 and 29,820 to 41,748 euro) and the flag is expected to fetch 60,000 to 80,000 pounds ($93,443 to $124,591 and 71,568 to 95,424 euro). (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)AP - A collection of skis, photos, scientific instruments and other relics from Capt. Robert Falcon Scott's ill-fated expedition to the South Pole have sold at auction for more than 370,000 pounds ($580,000).

Britain threatened with scientific brain-drain (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 04:12 AM PDT

Reuters - British government cuts to science research as part of next month's spending review could lead to a brain drain, the chairman of the Lords Science and Technology Committee said on Thursday.

Jewels owned by Wallis Simpson on show before sale (AP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 01:58 AM PDT

AP - Sotheby's is taking jewels once owned by American socialite Wallis Simpson — and the man who gave up the British crown for her — on an international tour before offering them at auction.

Iberia board backs British Airways' pension plan (AP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 01:33 AM PDT

AP - The board of Spanish airline Iberia SA has backed British Airways PLC's plan for closing a huge pension deficit, clearing the way for a merger of the two airlines, the British carrier said Thursday.

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