2010年9月26日星期日

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

British Library posts Greek manuscripts to Web (AP)

Posted: 26 Sep 2010 04:21 PM PDT

In this photo taken Sept. 24, 2010, an early 10th century Greek manuscript 'Dialogues of Lucian' with marginal commentaries by the first owner of the manuscript, Arthas of Patre, Archbishop of Caesarea, which has been digitized, is seen at the British Library in London. British Library has digitized over a quarter of its Greek manuscripts (284 volumes) for the first time and made them freely available online. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)AP - One of the world's most important caches of Greek manuscripts is going online, part of a growing number of ancient documents to hit the Web in recent years.

Rights group: Hold UK torture inquiry in public (AP)

Posted: 26 Sep 2010 04:01 PM PDT

AP - Britain's Equality and Human Rights Commission on Monday urged the head of an inquiry into allegations the U.K. colluded in the torture of suspected terrorists overseas to hold as many hearings as possible in public.

Resource giants spar over disputed DRCongo mine (AFP)

Posted: 26 Sep 2010 03:46 PM PDT

Copper is extracted in Kolwezi in March 2010. A bitter dispute between two London-listed mining giants over copper assets in the Democratic Republic of Congo has shone a spotlight on business risks in one of the world's most corrupt countries.(AFP/File/Gwenn Dubourthoumieu)AFP - A bitter dispute between two London-listed mining giants over copper assets in the Democratic Republic of Congo has shone a spotlight on business risks in one of the world's most corrupt countries.

British national abducted in Afghanistan: ministry (AFP)

Posted: 26 Sep 2010 01:57 PM PDT

A soldier mans his position at the rear of a British helicopter as it is flown over the Helmand province of Afghanistan in August 2010. The British foreign ministry said Sunday that one of its nationals had been abducted in Afghanistan.(AFP/Pool/File/Andrew Winning)AFP - The British foreign ministry confirmed Sunday that one of its nationals had been abducted in Afghanistan, amid reports she was an aid worker seized while driving through the northeast of the country.

British aid worker kidnapped in Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: 26 Sep 2010 01:48 PM PDT

A torn election poster of a parliamentarian candidate pasted onto the wall of a shop in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Sunday, Sept. 26, 2010. Afghanistan's election commission has ordered a recount of votes in some areas for recent parliamentary elections, a senior official said Sunday, raising further concerns of misconduct and fraud during the polls. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)AP - Afghan election officials ordered recounts Sunday in seven provinces after last week's parliamentary elections, while security problems continued to plague the country with the kidnapping of four aid workers, including one British woman.

Miliband rejects 'lurch to the left' (AFP)

Posted: 26 Sep 2010 01:38 PM PDT

The new leader of the Labourt Party Ed Miliband attends the opening session on the first day of the annual Labour Party conference in Manchester. Miliband insisted he would not drag the opposition leftwards to steer the party back to power, as their annual conference started Sunday.(AFP/Leon Neal)AFP - Newly-elected Labour leader Ed Miliband said Sunday he would not drag the opposition party leftwards to steer it back to power, as its annual conference opened here.

New Labour leader says he won't be "Red Ed" (AP)

Posted: 26 Sep 2010 11:00 AM PDT

Ed Miliband, newly-elected leader of Britain's opposition Labour Party, waves to members of his party following the announcement at the start of the party's annual conference, in Manchester, England, Saturday Sept. 25, 2010. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)AP - Britain's newly appointed opposition leader Ed Miliband insisted Sunday he won't force his Labour Party toward the political left-wing after he harnessed the support of leftist labor unions to beat his better-known brother in a dramatic election.

Afghan officials say British woman kidnapped (AP)

Posted: 26 Sep 2010 10:07 AM PDT

US troops at Forward Operating Base Ramrod in Kandahar Province, southern Afghanistan, in 2009. The US Army holds its first hearing Monday in a grisly war crimes case that charges five soldiers with killing Afghan civilians for sport and plotting a cover-up.(AFP/Pool/File/Jason Reed)AP - Afghan officials said a female British aid worker and three Afghan colleagues were kidnapped Sunday in the country's northeastern Kunar province.

Catherine Walker, designer to Princess Diana, dies (AP)

Posted: 26 Sep 2010 07:45 AM PDT

A file picture of Princess Diana wearing a dress by British designer Catherine Walker in London in 1997. Catherine Walker died at the age of 65, her family said.(AFP/File/Michel Domino)AP - Fashion designer Catherine Walker, whose work was championed by late Princess Diana, has died after suffering from cancer, her family said Sunday. She was 65.

Chinese in talks to buy United Biscuits: report (AFP)

Posted: 26 Sep 2010 05:51 AM PDT

BN biscuits, produced by Britain's United Biscuits. Chinese company Bright Food is in exclusive talks to buy the British-based firm for up to £2.5 bln, a report said.(AFP/File)AFP - Chinese company Bright Food is in exclusive talks to buy British-based firm United Biscuits for up to 2.5 billion pounds (2.93 billion euros, 3.96 billion dollars), The Sunday Times reported.

No 'lurch to the left', insists Miliband (AFP)

Posted: 26 Sep 2010 03:42 AM PDT

Labour's new leader Ed Miliband addresses party supporters in Manchester after the election. Miliband batted aside suggestions that his party would see a AFP - Ed Miliband batted aside suggestions that Labour would see a "lurch to the left" with him as its new leader, in an interview with the BBC on Sunday.

Britain's Labour elects Ed Miliband in cliffhanger (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Sep 2010 03:28 AM PDT

Reuters - Former cabinet minister Ed Miliband pipped his brother to win the leadership of Britain's opposition Labour Party on Saturday thanks to union backing and could take the party down a more left-wing path.

British sailor missing at Monaco yacht show (AFP)

Posted: 26 Sep 2010 02:41 AM PDT

Luxurious yachts at the International Monaco Yacht Show on September 22 at Port Hercules in the principalty of Monaco. Rescuers searched Monaco's harbour for a 28-year-old British sailor missing after his rubber dinghy rammed another vessel the night before, French authorities said.(AFP/File/Valery Hache)AFP - Rescuers searched Monaco's harbour Sunday for a 28-year-old British sailor missing after his rubber dinghy rammed another vessel the night before, French authorities said.

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