2010年10月12日星期二

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Grisly new footage revives horror of London bombings (AFP)

Posted: 12 Oct 2010 05:01 PM PDT

Hazel Webb (left) and Julia Nicholson, whose children were killed during the July 7 bombings in 2005, are pictured at the High Court in central London on October 11. Eerie video footage of the devastation wrought by the London bombings was shown to the public for the first time at the inquests into the deaths of 52 innocent passengers.(AFP/File/Carl Court)AFP - Chilling footage of the devastation wrought by the 2005 London bombings was shown in public for the first time Tuesday at the inquests into the deaths of 52 passengers.

British author Howard Jacobson in surprise Booker Prize win (AFP)

Posted: 12 Oct 2010 03:57 PM PDT

British writer Howard Jacobson, seen here on October 10 with his book 'The Finkler Question' at the Royal Festival Hall in London, won the prestigious Booker Prize for literature for his work AFP - British author Howard Jacobson was Tuesday named the surprise winner of this year's prestigious Booker Prize for literature for his comic novel about love, loss and Jewishness.

British media join forces against Murdoch buyout (AP)

Posted: 12 Oct 2010 03:42 PM PDT

A view of the Sky TV headquarters in west London, Tuesday Oct. 12, 2010. Media mogul Rupert Murdoch has dominated Britain's press for decades, shaking Fleet Street to its foundations and dueling with the BBC. But Murdoch's latest move, an attempt to consolidate his hold over the broadcaster British Sky Broadcasting Group PLC, may be a step too far. An unprecedented media coalition has appealed to the government to take a close look at the multibillion-pound (-dollar) buyout. Murdoch's News Corp. owns 39 percent of BSkyB and wants to buy the rest of it. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)AP - He's dominated Britain's media landscape for decades, shaking Fleet Street to its foundations and dueling with the venerable BBC.

UK's Hague seeks to improve relations with Russia (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Oct 2010 03:03 PM PDT

Reuters - Russia and Britain will seek to improve ties badly damaged by the murder in London of a Kremlin critic when British Foreign Secretary William Hague meets Russian leaders on Wednesday.

Liverpool ownership battle nears climax (AFP)

Posted: 12 Oct 2010 10:56 AM PDT

The legal battle over the ownership of Liverpool could be decided Wednesday in a saga given a new twist by an increased offer for the Premier League club from Singaporean tycoon Peter Lim, seen here in this handout from the Straits Times newspaper.(AFP/Straits Times-HO/Lim Wui Liang)AFP - The legal battle over the ownership of Liverpool could be decided Wednesday in a saga given a new twist by an increased offer for the Premier League club from a Singaporean tycoon.

Carnage footage shown at London bombings inquest (AP)

Posted: 12 Oct 2010 10:48 AM PDT

FILE -- In this Thursday July 7, 2005 file photo, a forensic officer walks next to the wreckage of a double decker bus with its top blown off and damaged cars scattered on the road at Tavistock Square in central London. A long-delayed inquest into the July 7, 2005, suicide bombings that killed 52 people on London's transit network opened in London Monday, Oct. 11, 2010, with a minute's silence in memory of the victims. The coroner, lawyers, members of the public and relatives of the victims stood in silent tribute as hearings opened at London's Royal Courts of Justice into one of Britain's deadliest terrorist attacks. Lawyer Hugo Keith read out the names of all those who died when four suicide bombers detonated devices hidden in knapsacks aboard three subway trains and a double-decker bus (AP Photo/Sang Tan, file)AP - Graphic video of mangled and bloodied subway train carriages were shown Tuesday at an inquiry into the 2005 London suicide bombings, as families of the victims heard harrowing details of the carnage immediately after one of Britain's deadliest attacks.

Oil industry looks to Iraq after Gulf spill (AP)

Posted: 12 Oct 2010 10:01 AM PDT

AP - Iraq's oil production is increasingly important to meet world energy demand, industry executives meeting in London said Tuesday, as they predicted that the political fallout from the Gulf of Mexico spill will have a long-term impact on U.S. production.

Shell CEO criticizes Gulf spill (AP)

Posted: 12 Oct 2010 07:18 AM PDT

AP - The head of Royal Dutch Shell says that his company would never have made the mistakes that led to BP's devastating Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

Pair avoid jail for illegal sperm company (AFP)

Posted: 12 Oct 2010 06:48 AM PDT

The statue of Lady Justice on top of London's Old Bailey courthouse. Two men who earned £250,000 through an illegal fertility company that sold women sperm from anonymous donors, have been spared jail.(AFP/File/Adrian Dennis)AFP - Two men who earned £250,000 through an illegal fertility company that sold women sperm from anonymous donors, were spared jail on Tuesday.

Libyan oil chief: no need to change OPEC quotas (AP)

Posted: 12 Oct 2010 05:52 AM PDT

AP - Libya's de facto oil minister says there's no need to change oil quotas at this week's meeting of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries.

Media join forces against Murdoch BSkyB takeover (AFP)

Posted: 12 Oct 2010 05:37 AM PDT

News Corporation Chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch is pictured in Washington, on September 30. Media groups have urged Business Secretary Vince Cable to block a bid by Murdoch's News Corp. for full control of satellite broadcaster BSkyB.(AFP/File/Jim Watson)AFP - Media groups urged Business Secretary Vince Cable on Tuesday to block a bid by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. for full control of satellite broadcaster BSkyB.

Students face university fees hike (AFP)

Posted: 12 Oct 2010 04:18 AM PDT

Students in England face having to pay higher university tuition fees under a controversial shake-up proposed in a new report, published a week before the government unveils drastic public spending cuts.(DDP/AFP/File/Philipp Guelland)AFP - Students in England face having to pay higher university tuition fees under a controversial shake-up proposed in a report out Tuesday, a week before the government unveils drastic public spending cuts.

Inflation flat at 3.1 in September (AFP)

Posted: 12 Oct 2010 03:49 AM PDT

Official data showed that twelve-month inflation stood at 3.1 percent in September, unchanged from the level in August.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)AFP - Twelve-month inflation stood at 3.1 percent in September, unchanged from the August level but holding stubbornly above the Bank of England's target, data showed on Tuesday.

Agony aunt Claire Rayner dies, aged 79 (AFP)

Posted: 12 Oct 2010 03:08 AM PDT

Family and friends have paid tribute to Britain's most renowned agony aunt, Claire Rayner, who has died, aged 79.(British Humanist Association)AFP - Family and friends on Tuesday paid tribute to Britain's most renowned agony aunt, Claire Rayner, who died yesterday, aged 79, leaving some characteristally frank words for the Prime Minister.

BBC deputy chief 'to leave the broadcaster' (AFP)

Posted: 12 Oct 2010 12:12 AM PDT

The BBC's second in command is to leave the broadcaster and his position will be axed, a person close to the matter has said.(AFP/File/Nicolas Asfouri)AFP - The BBC's second in command is to leave the broadcaster and his position will be axed, a person close to the matter has said.

US orders probe of aid worker's death in Afghanistan (AFP)

Posted: 12 Oct 2010 12:01 AM PDT

British aid worker Linda Norgrove, pictured here, who died in a failed US operation in Afghanistan may have been killed by a grenade detonated by her rescuers and not by her kidnappers, Prime Minister David Cameron said.(AFP/HO)AFP - The US has ordered a probe into the death of a British aid worker kidnapped in Afghanistan amid fears she may have been killed by a grenade detonated by American troops attempting to rescue her.

Philippines boost search for missing British woman (AFP)

Posted: 11 Oct 2010 09:02 PM PDT

Armed policemen maintain a checkpoint close to Manila. Philippine authorities have ordered stepped up search operations for a British woman who went missing during a business trip in the Philippine capital a month ago amid suspicions of foul play.(AFP/File/Romeo Gacad)AFP - Philippine authorities on Tuesday ordered stepped up search operations for a British woman who went missing during a business trip in Manila a month ago amid suspicions of foul play.

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