2010年10月10日星期日

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

J. K. Rowling most influential woman in Britain: survey (AFP)

Posted: 10 Oct 2010 04:38 PM PDT

Leading magazine editors on Monday named J. K. Rowling, pictured in 2008, the most influential woman in Britain, judging the Harry Potter author more powerful than Queen Elizabeth II.(AFP/Pool/File/David Cheskin)AFP - Leading magazine editors on Monday named J. K. Rowling the most influential woman in Britain, judging the Harry Potter author more powerful than Queen Elizabeth II.

Nicolo and FYD eliminated from X Factor (AFP)

Posted: 10 Oct 2010 02:31 PM PDT

Simon Cowell, pictured in May 2010. Nicolo Festa and FYD were the first two acts to be thrown off The X Factor's live stages on Sunday in a double elimination as the eagerly awaited finals got into full swing.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Frazer Harrison)AFP - Nicolo Festa and FYD were the first two acts to be thrown off The X Factor's live stages on Sunday in a double elimination as the eagerly awaited finals got into full swing.

Iraqi court frees accused in killing of six British soldiers (AFP)

Posted: 10 Oct 2010 09:49 AM PDT

Iraqi workers load the wreckage of the British truck as it prepares to leave the police station in the Shiite Muslim town of Al-Majar Al-Kabir after it was burned by rioters, 2003. An Iraqi court has freed two men accused of being part of a hundreds-strong mob that killed six British troops in 2003, angering the soldiers' parents but drawing smiles from those in the courtroom.(AFP/File/Mehdi Fedouach)AFP - An Iraqi court on Sunday freed two men accused of being part of a hundreds-strong mob that killed six British troops in 2003, angering the soldiers' parents but drawing smiles from those in the courtroom.

Court acquits Iraqis of killing six British soldiers (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Oct 2010 09:29 AM PDT

Reuters - An Iraqi court Sunday cleared two Iraqis accused of killing six British soldiers who were attacked by a mob during a protest in southern Iraq in 2003, saying there was not enough evidence to convict the men.

Rescue bid for aid worker ordered over imminent threat (AFP)

Posted: 10 Oct 2010 07:55 AM PDT

British aid worker Linda Norgrove, picutred, who died during a botched US rescue raid in Afghanistan was likely killed by an exploding suicide vest held by one of her captors, a government source in London said.(AFP/HO/Family Album)AFP - A British aid worker killed during a failed US rescue operation in Afghanistan had faced an imminent threat of being killed by her kidnappers or smuggled into Pakistan, Western officials said on Sunday.

Iraqi court drops case in British soldier slayings (AP)

Posted: 10 Oct 2010 07:25 AM PDT

AP - A Baghdad court on Sunday cleared two Iraqi men accused of taking part in the 2003 mob slaying of six British soldiers in southern Iraq, saying there was no eyewitnesses to link the men to the killings.

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