2010年10月15日星期五

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

NESV seal acrimonious Liverpool takeover (AFP)

Posted: 15 Oct 2010 01:26 PM PDT

Owner of the Boston Red Sox baseball team, and new owner of Liverpool Football Club, John W. Henry, gives the thumbs-up sign, as he leaves after addressing the media, after a meeting with lawyers, in central London. New England Sports Ventures (NESV), owners of baseball's Boston Red Sox, completed their acrimonious 300 million pounds (480 million dollars) takeover of Liverpool football club.(AFP/Carl Court)AFP - New England Sports Ventures (NESV), owners of baseball's Boston Red Sox, completed their acrimonious 300 million pounds (480 million dollars) takeover of Liverpool Football Club on Friday.

London's financial sector flexes its muscles (AFP)

Posted: 15 Oct 2010 10:34 AM PDT

The powerful finance sector ramped up the pressure on Prime Minister David Cameron, seen here on October 11, warning the government on Friday that the country's unpredictable tax regime was AFP - The powerful finance sector ramped up the pressure on Prime Minister David Cameron on Friday, warning the government that the country's unpredictable tax regime was "out of control."

Carmaker Jaguar Land Rover strikes plants deal (AFP)

Posted: 15 Oct 2010 09:26 AM PDT

Tata-owned luxury carmaker Jaguar Land Rover said Friday it had struck a pay deal with trade unions that would safeguard the future of three plants open in Britain and create thousands of new jobs.(AFP/File/Paul Ellis)AFP - Tata-owned luxury carmaker Jaguar Land Rover said Friday it had struck a pay deal with trade unions that would safeguard the future of three plants open in Britain and create thousands of new jobs.

Petraeus: Video shows grenade use in failed rescue (AP)

Posted: 15 Oct 2010 09:18 AM PDT

General David Petraeus leaves 10 Downing Street in London Thursday, Oct. 14, 2010. British Prime Minister David Cameron raised the case of a slain British aid worker in a Downing Street meeting Thursday with NATO's top commander in Afghanistan, U.S. Gen. David Petraeus. Cameron earlier this week revealed that Linda Norgrove, a kidnapped British aid worker, may have been killed by her American rescuers — rather than her Taliban captors as first reported. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)AP - NATO's top commander in Afghanistan confirmed Friday that the coalition has provided safe passage for top Taliban leaders to travel to Kabul for face-to-face negotiations with the U.S.-backed Afghan government.

Petraeus disturbed by confusion over hostage death (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Oct 2010 09:15 AM PDT

Reuters - General David Petraeus said on Friday it was "disturbing" that the first account of the death of a British hostage in Afghanistan during a rescue attempt by American forces had turned out to be wrong.

Saudi prince 'faces death penalty over gay claims' (AFP)

Posted: 15 Oct 2010 08:43 AM PDT

Saud Bin Abdulaziz Bin Nasir al Saud -- seen here through a tinted window of a police van in February 2010 -- is accused of murdering his servant in Britain. The Saudi prince could face the death penalty in his homeland over allegations of homosexuality.(AFP/File/Carl Court)AFP - A Saudi prince accused of murdering his servant in Britain could face the death penalty in his homeland over allegations of homosexuality, a London court heard on Friday.

Liverpool takeover finally set to go ahead (AFP)

Posted: 15 Oct 2010 08:13 AM PDT

John W Henry, owner of New England Sports Ventures (NESV) and the Boston Red Sox baseball team, leaves a meeting in central London concerning his purchase of English Premier League football team Liverpool on October 14. NESV completed their acrimonious 300 million pounds (480 million dollars) takeover of Liverpool Football Club on Friday.(AFP/Max Nash)AFP - Liverpool are to set to confirm that New England Sports Ventures (NESV) have finally completed their acrimonious takeover of the Premier League club after current co-owner Tom Hicks lost his legal battle to stop the deal.

Clegg unveils 'fairness' fund for poor children (AFP)

Posted: 15 Oct 2010 07:35 AM PDT

Children from poorer families will be offered 15 hours more of free pre-school education as part of a 7 billion pound AFP - Children from poorer families will be offered 15 hours more of free pre-school education as part of a 7 billion pound "fairness premium" announced by Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg.

Somali gunmen abduct Briton (AFP)

Posted: 15 Oct 2010 08:09 AM PDT

Map locating Somalia. A humanitarian consultant with dual British and Zimbabwean nationality has been kidnapped along with his local fixer by gunmen in Somalia, non-governmental organisations have said.(AFP/Laurence Saubadu)AFP - Gunmen abducted a Briton working for a children's charity in war-torn Somalia, snatching him from inside a compound near the Ethiopian border as fighting raged between rival factions on Friday.

Chinese artist's 'seeds' deemed Tate health risk (AFP)

Posted: 15 Oct 2010 06:53 AM PDT

Members of the media walk on ceramic seeds during the launch of Chinese artist Ai Weiwei's AFP - Visitors were barred Friday from contact with a leading Chinese artist's exhibition of more than 100 million porcelain "seeds" at Britain's international modern art gallery over health fears.

Somali gunmen abduct British aid worker, free Somali (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Oct 2010 06:32 AM PDT

Reuters - Masked Somali gunmen kidnapped a Briton working for Save the Children in the Horn of Africa country late on Thursday, the British charity said.

US, Britain agreed on robust defense spending: Clinton (AFP)

Posted: 15 Oct 2010 06:12 AM PDT

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks during a joint press conference on October 14. The United States and Britain are in agreement on the need of NATO countries for maintaining AFP - The United States and Britain are in agreement on the need of NATO countries for maintaining "a sufficient level of defense investment," an advisor to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said.

Police Twitter page captures 'modern policing' (AFP)

Posted: 15 Oct 2010 06:09 AM PDT

Greater Manchester Police officers are pictured on the beat. Incidents ranging from rape to rat sightings are all in a day's work for Greater Manchester Police, which has committed every case reported to the force over 24 hours to Twitter.(Greater Manchester Police)AFP - Incidents ranging in gravity from rape to rat sightings are all in a day's work for Greater Manchester Police, which has committed every case reported to the force over 24 hours to Twitter.

Defence budget 'black hole' widens (AFP)

Posted: 15 Oct 2010 05:06 AM PDT

A soldier mans his position at the rear of a British helicopter as it is flown over the Helmand province of Afghanistan on August 31. The AFP - The "black hole" in Britain's defence equipment budget grew significantly in the final year of prime minister Gordon Brown's administration, the watchdog on government spending said Friday.

Childrens heart surgery to end at Oxford unit (AFP)

Posted: 15 Oct 2010 04:04 AM PDT

The John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford. Children's heart surgery at a hospital in Oxford where four babies died in three months should be discontinued, a government review of paediatric heart centres in England said Friday.(Oxford Mail)AFP - Children's heart surgery at an Oxford hospital where four babies died in three months should be discontinued, a review of paediatric heart centres in England said on Friday.

HSBC scraps talks over Nedbank purchase (AFP)

Posted: 15 Oct 2010 04:03 AM PDT

HSBC's London headquarters (right) is pictured at Canary Wharf in 2008. Global banking giant HSBC announced on Friday that it had scrapped talks with British insurer Old Mutual over the purchase of a majority holding in South Africa's Nedbank.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - Global banking giant HSBC announced on Friday that it had scrapped talks with British insurer Old Mutual over the purchase of a majority holding in South Africa's Nedbank.

Kate Moss 'marries in secret in Italy' (AFP)

Posted: 15 Oct 2010 03:46 AM PDT

Supermodel Kate Moss, seen here in October, secretly wed her rock guitarist boyfriend Jamie Hince in a ceremony in Sicily in August, according to reports in Britain.(AFP/File/Etienne Laurent)AFP - Supermodel Kate Moss secretly wed her rock guitarist boyfriend Jamie Hince in a ceremony in Sicily in August, according to reports in Britain on Friday.

Clinton worried over UK defense spending cuts (AP)

Posted: 15 Oct 2010 03:37 AM PDT

US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, during a joint press conference with Defense Secretary Robert Gates, Thursday, Oct. 14, 2010, at NATO Headquarters in Brussels. (AP Photo/Mandel Ngan, Pool)AP - The United States is worried by the military cutbacks being planned by the British government, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said in comments broadcast Friday.

Sound of silence may top UK Christmas chart (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Oct 2010 03:26 AM PDT

Reuters - Silence may be golden this Christmas, with an internet campaign lobbying to make experimental composer John Cage's noteless "4'33''" Britain's seasonal number one this year.

HSBC ends talks about gaining control of Nedbank (AP)

Posted: 15 Oct 2010 03:08 AM PDT

AP - British bank HSBC said Friday it has ended talks with Old Mutual over buying control of South Africa's Nedbank, a deal that would have been potentially worth up to $6.8 billion.

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