2010年10月4日星期一

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Car bomb blast outside N. Ireland shopping centre (AFP)

Posted: 04 Oct 2010 05:57 PM PDT

A general view of Londonderry, in Northern Ireland in June 2010. A bomb planted in a car exploded outside a shopping centre in the Northern Irish city of Londonderry Tuesday, causing substantial damage but no injuries, police said.(AFP/File/Peter Muhly)AFP - A bomb planted in a car exploded outside a shopping centre in the Northern Irish city of Londonderry Tuesday, causing substantial damage but no injuries, police said.

US strike kills 5 German militants in Pakistan (AP)

Posted: 04 Oct 2010 05:02 PM PDT

A soldier patrols at Gare du Nord train station in Paris, Monday, Oct.4, 2010. Japan issued a travel alert for Europe on Monday, joining the United States and Britain in warning of a possible terrorist attack by al-Qaida or other groups, but tourists appeared to be taking the mounting warnings in stride. At right is a board signaling security measures. (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)AP - An American missile strike killed five German militants Monday in the rugged Pakistan border area where a cell of Germans and Britons at the heart of the U.S. terror alert for Europe — a plot U.S. officials link to al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden — were believed in hiding.

British comic actor Norman Wisdom dies aged 95 (AFP)

Posted: 04 Oct 2010 04:41 PM PDT

British comic actor Norman Wisdom, seen here in 2001 and who was famous for his slapstick film roles in his trademark cloth cap and ill-fitting jacket, died Monday at the age of 95, his family said.(AFP/File/Hugo Philpot)AFP - British comic actor Norman Wisdom, famous for his slapstick film roles in his trademark cloth cap and ill-fitting jacket, died Monday at the age of 95, his family said.

London commuters hit by Underground train strike (AFP)

Posted: 04 Oct 2010 02:14 PM PDT

Commuters queue to get onto one of the limited Underground trains operating in central London, on October 4. Millions of commuters in London endured a grim journey to work after staff on the Tube network walked out for the second time in a month, sparking calls for tougher strike laws.(AFP/Leon Neal)AFP - Millions of commuters in London endured a grim journey to work Monday after staff on the Underground train network walked out for the second time in a month, sparking calls for tougher strike laws.

Welfare shake-up unveiled as sharp cuts loom (AFP)

Posted: 04 Oct 2010 01:37 PM PDT

Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne addresses delegates on the second day of the Conservative Party conference at the International Convention Centre in Birmingham, on October 4. Britain faces its biggest welfare shake-up for decades as part of a huge cuts package, Osborne said, while promising better times AFP - The ruling Conservatives promised Monday the biggest shake-up in decades of Britain's welfare system, two weeks before the government unveils cuts to slash a huge budget deficit.

London mayor pokes fun at bike-thieving Parisians (AFP)

Posted: 04 Oct 2010 12:28 PM PDT

Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, seen here in Birmingham, took a swipe at sneaky Parisians on Monday, comparing the number of hire bicycles stolen in the British and French capitals.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)AFP - London Mayor Boris Johnson took a swipe at sneaky Parisians on Monday, comparing the number of hire bicycles stolen in the British and French capitals.

Football chairman in Pakistan scandal found dead (AFP)

Posted: 04 Oct 2010 09:43 AM PDT

A rainbow appears over Lord's Cricket Ground in London, in August 2010. The chairman of a non-league English football club embroiled in the Pakistan cricket team 'fixing' scandal is believed to have killed himself, it has emerged.(AFP/File/Glyn Kirk)AFP - The chairman of a non-league English football club embroiled in the Pakistan cricket team 'fixing' scandal is believed to have killed himself, it emerged Monday.

UK cuts child benefit payments in austerity drive (AP)

Posted: 04 Oct 2010 07:41 AM PDT

Britain's Chancellor George Osborne delivers his keynote speech at the Conservative party conference in Birmingham, England, Monday, Oct. 4, 2010. The annual conference at the International Convention Centre in Birmingham runs until Wednesday. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)AP - Britain will cap payments to jobless families and scrap child benefits for high earners in a sweeping overhaul of the country's welfare system, Treasury chief George Osborne said Monday.

Inquiry into exam marking blunder (AFP)

Posted: 04 Oct 2010 07:27 AM PDT

Exams regulator Ofqual said Monday it is to launch an inquiry to find out why some GCSE and A level exam papers were not fully marked.(AFP/File/Jeff Pachoud)AFP - Exams regulator Ofqual said Monday it is to launch an inquiry to find out why some GCSE and A level exam papers were not fully marked.

UK finance minister dismisses fresh bank bailout scenario (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Oct 2010 06:55 AM PDT

Reuters - Finance minister George Osborne on Monday dismissed a thinktank report that British banks may need another state bailout next year and their borrowing requirements could hit 25 billion pounds ($39.5 billion) a month.

Stig's identity was no secret, judge says (AFP)

Posted: 04 Oct 2010 04:05 AM PDT

Top Gear driver The Stig poses for pictures during a promotional event in Hong Kong in February 2009. The judge who allowed a book to be published disclosing the identity of the previously anonymous driver has given his reasons for doing so.(AFP/File/Mike Clarke)AFP - The judge who allowed a book to be published disclosing the identity of Top Gear's previously anonymous driver, The Stig, gave his reasons for doing so on Monday.

Samurais and Lolitas throng London's Brick Lane (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Oct 2010 03:58 AM PDT

A view of Reuters - Japanese cartoon characters and samurai warriors mingled with girls in Victorian-style petticoats in east London at the weekend, as they soaked up Japanese popular culture at a special event.

London subway strike hits commuters (AP)

Posted: 04 Oct 2010 03:32 AM PDT

AP - Thousands of maintenance workers, drivers and station employees walked off the job Sunday evening for 24 hours to protest 800 planned job cuts, mostly among station staff.

IVF pioneer wins medicine Nobel prize (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Oct 2010 02:09 PM PDT

FILE- Professor Robert Edwards, the British pioneer of IVF treatment, sits with two of his 'test-tube-babies', Sophie and Jack Emery who celebrate their second birthday in London in this file photo dated Monday July 20, 1998. Test-tube baby pioneer Robert Edwards of Britain has won the 2010 Nobel Prize in medicine it is announced Monday Oct. 4, 2010. Edwards and some of his IVF test-tube children gatherd to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the birth of Louise Brown, the world's first 'test tube' baby born in 1978. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, File)Reuters - British physiologist Robert Edwards, whose work led to the first "test-tube baby", won the 2010 Nobel prize for medicine or physiology, the prize-awarding institute said on Monday.

British soldier dies in Afghanistan blast (AFP)

Posted: 04 Oct 2010 12:15 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, taking the country's military death toll there since the 2001 invasion to 339.(AFP/File/Bay Ismoyo)AFP - A British soldier has been killed in an explosion in southern Afghanistan, the defence ministry said, taking the country's military death toll there since the 2001 invasion to 339.

Britain pays $1.5m compensation to Afghans (AFP)

Posted: 04 Oct 2010 12:13 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 show.(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 new figures show.

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