2010年9月24日星期五

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Queen tried to get UK poverty fund to heat palace (AP)

Posted: 24 Sep 2010 02:19 PM PDT

FILE - This is a Tuesday, May. 17, 2005 file photo of Buckingham Palace in London. A government fund intended to provide subsidized heating to low-income Britons got an application from an unexpected citizen: Queen Elizabeth II, who wanted help paying the heating bills at Buckingham Palace. The official response, according to documents unearthed by a British newspaper, Friday Sept. 24, 2010, was that the handout might prove to be an embarrassment if word ever got out. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)AP - Even a monarch needs a little help from time to time — especially when the cost of heating those drafty old palaces spirals past $1.5 million a year.

Europe's top bank HSBC unveils boardroom shake-up (AFP)

Posted: 24 Sep 2010 12:53 PM PDT

HSBC, Europe's largest bank, said Friday that Stuart Gulliver, head of its investment arm, would replace Michael Geoghegan, seen here in March 2010, as chief executive and chose finance director Douglas Flint as its new chairman.(AFP/File/Mike Clarke)AFP - HSBC unveiled a huge boardroom shake-up on Friday as Europe's biggest bank looks to build on its recovery after the financial crisis as well as profiting from strong growth in Asia.

UK says IRA dissident attack in England likely (AP)

Posted: 24 Sep 2010 12:46 PM PDT

FILE - This Saturday, Aug. 15, 1998 file photo shows Royal Ulster Constabulary Police officers as they stand on Market Street, the scene of a car bombing in the centre of Omagh, Co Tyrone, 72 miles west of Belfast, Northern Ireland. Britain raised the terror threat level from groups in Northern Ireland on Friday Sept, 24, 2010, the first such change since a wave of new attacks in the territory and fresh threats from groups who say they plan to attack England. The August 1998 car-bomb attack on the town of Omagh that killed 29 people, mostly women and children, was the deadliest attack of the entire Northern Ireland conflict, .(AP Photo / Paul McErlane, File)AP - Britain raised the terror threat level Friday posed by Irish Republican Army dissidents, who have mounted repeated attacks in Northern Ireland and recently threatened to start targeting London bankers.

Lehman Bros sign, artworks auctioned off in UK (AP)

Posted: 24 Sep 2010 11:56 AM PDT

The Lehman Brothers corporate sign in polished metal is taken into an auction house in London, Friday, Sept. 24, 2010.The sign estimated to sell for 2,000-3,000 pounds ( 3,140-4,710 US Dollar) will go on sale in the Christie's auction of Lehman Brothers Artwork and Ephemera on Sept. 29. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)AP - For sale: a sign of the times.

Result finally due in Labour leadership fight (AFP)

Posted: 24 Sep 2010 08:24 AM PDT

Labour party leadership contenders Ed Miliband (left), listens as his brother David Miliband speaks during a hustings at the Trades Union Congress in Manchester on September 13. They will find out Saturday which of them will be given the task of guiding the centre-left party back into government.(AFP/File/Paul Ellis)AFP - Brothers Ed and David Milband, both battling for the leadership of the Labour Party, will find out Saturday which of them will be given the task of guiding the centre-left party back into government.

Prison population at record level (AFP)

Posted: 24 Sep 2010 07:35 AM PDT

British singer George Michael, pictured arriving at court in London last week, is serving an eight-week prison sentence after he admitted driving under the influence of cannabis when he crashed his car into a shop. The ministry of Justice announced that the prison population in England and Wales has reached a record high.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)AFP - The prison population in England and Wales has reached a record level of 85,368 people, according to figures released by the Ministry of Justice.

Ken Livingstone to stand again for London mayor (AFP)

Posted: 24 Sep 2010 06:45 AM PDT

Ken Livingstone exits a polling station in London in May 2008 on the day Boris Johnson ousted him as mayor of the city. Livingstone will bid to win the job back from Johnson in 2012 after seeing of a challenge from former MP Oona King to win selection as Labour's candidate(AFP/File/Leon Neal)AFP - Former London mayor Ken Livingstone will bid to win the job back from Boris Johnson in 2012 after seeing off a challenge from former MP Oona King to win selection as Labour's candidate.

SKorea's KNOC wins control of UK's Dana Petroleum (AFP)

Posted: 24 Sep 2010 06:31 AM PDT

The head office of Korea National Oil Corperation in Anyang. South Korea's state oil firm has sealed a hostile takeover of Dana Petroleum after securing 64-percent support from the British oil explorer's shareholders.(AFP/File/Park Ji-Hwan)AFP - South Korea's state-owned Korea National Oil Corporation on Friday said it had sealed a hostile takeover of Dana Petroleum after securing 64-percent support from the British oil explorer's shareholders.

UK to mull splitting big banks (AFP)

Posted: 24 Sep 2010 05:22 AM PDT

The British government on Friday announced an inquiry into possible reforms of the banking sector, including the thorny question of whetherthe retail and investment operations of big banks like RBS should be split.(AFP/File/Carl de Souza)AFP - The British government on Friday announced an inquiry into possible reforms of the banking sector, including the thorny question of whether their retail and investment operations should be split.

One percent of UK people openly gay or lesbian (AFP)

Posted: 24 Sep 2010 04:37 AM PDT

British pop singer Sir Elton John (right) poses with his partner David Furnish at the Guildhall in Windsor after their civil union ceremony in December 2005. More than 480,000 people or one per cent of the UK?s adult population consider themselves to be gay or lesbian while a further 245,000 or 0.5 percent say they are bisexual, according a study published by the Office for National Statistics.(AFP/File/Andy Stuart)AFP - More than 480,000 people or one per cent of the UK?s adult population regard themselves as gay or lesbian while a further 245,000 or 0.5 percent say they are bisexual, according a study published by the Office for National Statistics.

Coalition govt 'to axe 177 quangos' (AFP)

Posted: 24 Sep 2010 04:10 AM PDT

The government plans a AFP - The coalition government plans to abolish 177 taxpayer-funded bodies and another 94 'quangos' are still under threat of being scrapped, The Daily Telegraph reported on Friday, citing a Cabinet Office list.

British monarch 'asked for heating handout' (AFP)

Posted: 24 Sep 2010 03:44 AM PDT

Queen Elizabeth II, seen here in June 2010, asked the British government for money from a fund for poor people to help pay heating bills on her palaces.(AFP/File/Adrian Dennis)AFP - Queen Elizabeth II asked the British government for money from a fund for poor people to help pay heating bills on her palaces, a newspaper reported Friday.

Report: HSBC's CEO to step down (AP)

Posted: 24 Sep 2010 01:47 AM PDT

AP - HSBC's chief executive has lost his bid to move up to chairman and will leave the bank by the end of the year, the Financial Times reported Friday.

Korean oil company claims control of UK's Dana (AP)

Posted: 24 Sep 2010 12:00 AM PDT

AP - Korea National Oil Corporation says its takeover bid for Dana Petroleum PLC has won support from holders of 64 percent of Dana shares.

Britain promises US it will keep nuclear deterrent (AFP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 10:37 PM PDT

British Defence Secretary Liam Fox (L) is welcomed to the Pentagon by US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates. Fox promised the US that Britain it will keep its nuclear deterrent as it makes plans for deep military spending cuts as part of an austerity drive, a report said Friday.(AFP/File/Paul J. Richards)AFP - Britain has promised the United States that it will keep its nuclear deterrent as it makes plans for deep military spending cuts as part of an austerity drive, a report said Friday.

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