2010年10月16日星期六

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Britons trust ministers on cuts, don't expect fairness: poll (AFP)

Posted: 16 Oct 2010 02:46 PM PDT

Prime Minister David Cameron, gives a press conference at 10 Downing Street in central London, on October 11. Almost half of Britons think that major cuts in public spending due to be unveiled this week will be unfair but they trust ministers more than the opposition to fix the economy, a poll found Saturday.(AFP/POOL/File/Kirsty Wigglesworth)AFP - Almost half of Britons think that major cuts in public spending due to be unveiled this week will be unfair but they trust ministers more than the opposition to fix the economy, a poll found Saturday.

Climate activists protest at British oil refinery (AFP)

Posted: 16 Oct 2010 01:58 PM PDT

A man walks past fuel tankers at a refinery and depot in Coryton in 2008. Hundreds of demonstrators blockaded the road to a British oil refinery on Saturday in a peaceful protest against climate change, police and organisers said.(AFP/File/Max Nash)AFP - Hundreds of demonstrators blockaded the road to a British oil refinery on Saturday in a peaceful protest against climate change, police and organisers said.

Chilean president brings mine rocks to London (AP)

Posted: 16 Oct 2010 11:00 AM PDT

Chile's President Sebastian Pinera, center, speaks to the press flanked by his Minister of Health, Jaime Manalich, left, and Atacama's region Governor Ximena Matas at the hospital in Copiapo, Chile, Thursday, Oct. 14, 2010. The 33 rescued miners are undergoing a medical check up after ending their ordeal that began last Aug. 5 when a cave-in nearly killed them and which has captured worldwide attention. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)AP - Chilean President Sebastian Pinera has arrived in London, bringing rocks retrieved from the San Jose mine where 33 miners were rescued earlier this week.

Hard-hit British heartland braces for cuts (AP)

Posted: 16 Oct 2010 09:55 AM PDT

TO GO WITH STORY 'BY JILL LAWLESS - Offices are seen for rent in central in Sheffield, England, Thursday, Oct. 14, 2010. Sheffield knows all about cuts - and no one knows better than scissors-maker Ernest Wright & son. The huge steelworks have mostly gone, like so much British industry over the past few decades, the victim of international competition, changing technology and governments with other priorities. With grit and determination, and dollops of government investment, Sheffield has remade itself, forging a post-industrial economy from a mix of high-tech businesses, the service sector, tourism and education. Now many in this city of 500,000 are worried that the biggest British government spending cuts in decades could derail that recovery. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)AP - Sheffield knows all about cuts — and no one knows better than Philip Wright.

Talks to free British man seized by Somali gunmen (AFP)

Posted: 16 Oct 2010 08:31 AM PDT

Map of Somalia, where a British man is being held hostage by gunmen.(afp.com)AFP - Somali local leaders were negotiating Saturday with the kidnappers of a Briton snatched by gunmen near the Ethiopian border, his Somali aide said.

Defence cuts to be kept under 10 percent: BBC (AFP)

Posted: 16 Oct 2010 04:01 AM PDT

The Ministry of Defence will only face cuts of under 10 percent in the government's punishing spending review next week, compared to 25 percent for many other departments, according to the BBC.(AFP/File/Joel Saget)AFP - The Ministry of Defence will only face cuts of under 10 percent in the government's punishing spending review next week, compared to 25 percent for many other departments, the BBC reported on Saturday.

Equitable Life payouts set to total £1.5 bln (AFP)

Posted: 16 Oct 2010 03:47 AM PDT

The government is set to pay victims of the near-collapse of insurers Equitable Life compensation worth £1.5 billion, it has emerged.(AFP/File/Patrick Sinkel)AFP - The government is set to pay victims of the near-collapse of insurers Equitable Life compensation worth £1.5 billion, it emerged on Saturday.

NESV seal acrimonious Liverpool FC takeover (AFP)

Posted: 16 Oct 2010 01:34 AM 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-pound (480-million-dollar) takeover of Liverpool Football Club on Friday.

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