2010年10月3日星期日

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Ex-British MP Galloway in Canada a year after entry ban flap (AFP)

Posted: 03 Oct 2010 04:45 PM PDT

Firebrand British former lawmaker George Galloway, pictured in July 2010, was in Canada after being declared persona non grata a year ago over his support for Hamas, The Toronto Star reported Sunday.(AFP/File)AFP - Firebrand British former lawmaker George Galloway was in Canada after being declared persona non grata a year ago over his support for Hamas, The Toronto Star reported Sunday.

Defiant Chavez orders land takeover of British food giant (AFP)

Posted: 03 Oct 2010 01:55 PM PDT

President Hugo Chavez, pictured in September 2010, on Sunday vowed to move forward on the nationalization of land owned by a subsidiary of British meat products company Vestey, as he called for AFP - President Hugo Chavez on Sunday vowed to move forward on the nationalization of land owned by a subsidiary of British meat products company Vestey, as he called for "acceleration of the agrarian revolution."

Govt. warns travellers of 'high threat' in France, Germany (AFP)

Posted: 03 Oct 2010 10:59 AM PDT

Britain updated its travel advice for France and Germany on Sunday, warning there was a AFP - Britain updated its travel advice for France and Germany on Sunday, warning there was a "high threat of terrorism" as it backed a similar US alert about possible attacks across Europe.

British PM seeks to calm fears over budget cuts (AFP)

Posted: 03 Oct 2010 10:58 AM PDT

Prime Minister David Cameron sits in the audience during the first day of the Conservative conference at the International Convention Centre in Birmingham. Cameron on Sunday defended budget cuts as necessary to prevent a Greek-style meltdown as his Conservative Party kicked off its annual conference.(AFP/Ben Stansall)AFP - British Prime Minister David Cameron on Sunday defended budget cuts as necessary to prevent a Greek-style meltdown as his Conservative Party kicked off its annual conference.

Britain pays 1.5m dollars in compensation to Afghans (AFP)

Posted: 03 Oct 2010 10:49 AM PDT

British soldiers fire a mortar from within a patrol base in a Nahr e Saraj village, in Helmand, on June 2010. Britain has paid 1.5 million dollars to Afghans this year in compensation for deaths, injuries and damaged property, official figures showed Sunday.(AFP/File/Bay Ismoyo)AFP - Britain has paid 1.5 million dollars to Afghans this year in compensation for deaths, injuries and damaged property, official figures showed Sunday.

British soldier dies in Afghanistan blast: ministry (AFP)

Posted: 03 Oct 2010 10:45 AM PDT

British soldiers and soldiers from the Afghan National Army patrol near Nahr e Saraj village, in Afghanistan's Helmand province in June 2010. A British soldier was killed in an explosion in southern Afghanistan, the defence ministry said Sunday, taking the country's military death toll there since the 2001 invasion to 339.(AFP/File/Bay Ismoyo)AFP - A British soldier was killed in an explosion in southern Afghanistan, the defence ministry said Sunday, taking the country's military death toll there since the 2001 invasion to 339.

Widdecombe steals the show in Strictly Come Dancing (AFP)

Posted: 03 Oct 2010 07:28 AM PDT

Anne Widdecombe greets Conservative Party candidate Mark Menzies at the 2006 Conservative Party conference in Bournemouth. Ann Widdecombe stole the limelight from the youngsters in the first week of the new series of Strictly Come Dancing, if the media verdict is correct.(AFP/File/Adrian Dennis)AFP - Ann Widdecombe stole the limelight from the youngsters in the first week of the new series of Strictly Come Dancing, if the media verdict is correct.

UK says Europe terror threat "high," and backs U.S. alert (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Oct 2010 07:23 AM PDT

Reuters - The British government on Sunday raised the threat of terrorism for its nationals in France and Germany to "high" from "general" in a travel advice update.

Most British teachers have thought about quitting (AFP)

Posted: 03 Oct 2010 03:08 AM PDT

British teaching staff, parents and children attend a rally in London in July to protest against the halting of a school rebuilding programme. More than 70 percent of British teachers have considered quitting the profession because of badly-behaved pupils, a survey has discovered.(AFP/File/Warren Allott)AFP - More than 70 percent of British teachers have considered quitting the profession because of badly-behaved pupils, a survey has discovered.

Brit tourists killed in Peru small plane crash (AFP)

Posted: 02 Oct 2010 11:46 PM PDT

This picture released by the National Cultural Institute of Peru in 2009 shows part of the Nazca culture's geoglyph known as AFP - Four tourists, including at least three Britons, and two Peruvians were killed Saturday when the small airplane they were flying in crashed near the Nazca lines south of Lima, police said.

President implicates group outside Nigeria in bomb blasts (AFP)

Posted: 03 Oct 2010 12:30 PM PDT

A policeman checks a damaged car following a blast in Abuja during the 50th independence anniversary ceremony in Abuja on October 1. President Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday implicated a AFP - President Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday implicated a "small terrorist group" outside Nigeria in independence day car bombings and cast doubt on a claim of responsibility believed to be from local rebels.

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