2010年10月20日星期三

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Govt unveils deep spending cuts (AFP)

Posted: 20 Oct 2010 02:34 PM PDT

Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, (R) and the Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Danny Alexander, leave the Treasury offices in central London. The government unveiled the harshest spending cuts for decades on Wednesday, slashing budgets by around a fifth and taking the axe to the country's comprehensive welfare system.(AFP/POOL/Alastair Grant)AFP - The government unveiled the harshest spending cuts for decades on Wednesday, slashing budgets by around a fifth and taking the axe to the country's comprehensive welfare system.

Thatcher 'chirpy' in hospital (AFP)

Posted: 20 Oct 2010 02:23 PM PDT

Former Prime Minister Baroness Margaret Thatcher, seen here in June 2010, had a AFP - Former prime minister Margaret Thatcher had a good night in hospital, was "chirpy" and discussing the country's huge programme of spending cuts after being admitted with flu, her son said on Wednesday.

Tinie Tempah, JLS big winners at MOBO music awards (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Oct 2010 02:18 PM PDT

Reuters - London rapper Tinie Tempah and British boy band JLS were both double winners at the MOBO (music of black origin) awards held in Liverpool on Wednesday.

Summary Box: UK government details austerity plan (AP)

Posted: 20 Oct 2010 11:45 AM PDT

AP - MASSIVE REDUCTIONS: The British government outlined 81 billion pounds ($128 billion) in spending cuts through 2015 and up to 500,000 public-sector job losses, the largest reduction in public spending since World War II.

UK government stakes its future on austerity plan (AP)

Posted: 20 Oct 2010 11:39 AM PDT

Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne leaves the HM Treasury in his car in London, Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2010. Recession-battered Britain learns the true cost of the global financial crisis Wednesday, as the country's government outlines the largest cuts to public spending since World War II, slashing benefits and public sector jobs with a five-year austerity plan aimed at clearing the nation's debts. (AP Photo/Lennart Preiss)AP - Britain outlined the sharpest cuts to public spending since World War II on Wednesday — slashing benefits and cutting public sector jobs with an austerity plan aimed at clearing record debts that swelled during the global financial crisis.

Britain commits billions to green growth (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Oct 2010 11:20 AM PDT

Reuters - Britain will commit around 3 billion pounds ($4.72 billion) to fund low-carbon technology as part of a review chiefly aimed at cutting its budget deficit, the government said on Wednesday.

BBC takes over World Service funding from the government (AFP)

Posted: 20 Oct 2010 11:12 AM PDT

The BBC warned of AFP - The BBC warned of "difficult choices" ahead after the government confirmed Wednesday that the broadcaster will take over the funding of the World Service from the foreign ministry.

British winner claims record Euromillions prize: lottery (AFP)

Posted: 20 Oct 2010 11:02 AM PDT

A man holds a Euromillions lottery ticket in 2007. The British ticket-holder who won a record 129 million euros (181 million dollars) on the Euromillions lottery has claimed the prize almost two weeks after the draw, organisers said Wednesday.(AFP/BELGA/File/Nina Francesca)AFP - The British ticket-holder who won a record 113 million pounds on the Euromillions lottery has claimed the prize almost two weeks after the draw, organisers said Wednesday.

Britain slashes spending, raises retirement age (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Oct 2010 10:25 AM PDT

Britain's Finance Minister George Osborne (R) and Treasury Secretary Danny Alexander leave the Treasury in London October 20, 2010. REUTERS/Luke MacGregorReuters - Britain will cut half a million jobs, lift the retirement age and slash welfare as part of an unprecedented cost-cutting drive announced on Wednesday which will test the strength of the economy and the government.

British hostage freed in Somalia (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Oct 2010 09:22 AM PDT

Reuters - A British contractor kidnapped in Somalia while working for aid group Save the Children has been freed after negotiations with his captors, local officials said Wednesday.

Singapore wraps up case against British author (AFP)

Posted: 20 Oct 2010 09:06 AM PDT

British author Alan Shadrake is seen outside the Supreme court during his final day of hearing in Singapore. The Attorney General's Chambers (AGC) called a book on death penalties in the city-state written by a Shadrake the worst form of contempt of court it had ever experienced.(AFP/Fyrol Anwar)AFP - Singapore on Wednesday wrapped up its case against a British journalist who it accused of attacking the judiciary, calling his book on the city-state's death penalty the worst form of contempt of court.

Saudi prince in lurid murder case sentenced (AP)

Posted: 20 Oct 2010 09:03 AM PDT

In this handout image issued by the Metropolitan Police, Bandar Abdulaziz,a servant who was killed by Saudi Prince Saud Abdulaziz bin Nasser al Saud. A Saudi prince has been convicted in Britain of murdering a servant. A jury in London's Old Bailey criminal court, on Tuesday Oct. 19, 2010, found Prince Saud Abdulaziz bin Nasser al Saud guilty of murdering Bandar Abdullah Abdulaziz in a frenzied attack in a hotel. The 34-year-old prince faces a possible life sentence. The jury deliberated just 95 minutes before returning its verdict. (AP Photo/Metropolitan Police, HO) EDITORIAL USE ONLYAP - Life in prison, with parole possible after 20 years. That was the sentence handed down Wednesday to a Saudi prince convicted of a killing so lurid it has shocked even London, with its long history of tawdry sex crimes dating back to Jack the Ripper.

Saudi prince jailed for life in UK for servant's murder (AFP)

Posted: 20 Oct 2010 09:02 AM PDT

Saudi prince Saud Bin Abdulaziz Bin Nasir al Saud was jailed for life by a British court for murdering his male servant in a brutal attack at a London hotel after a long campaign of sexual abuse.(AFP/HO)AFP - A Saudi prince, the grandson of King Abdullah, was jailed for life by a British court Wednesday for murdering his male servant in a brutal attack at a London hotel after a long campaign of sexual abuse.

Even the queen takes a spending hit (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Oct 2010 08:41 AM PDT

Reuters - As the axe fell on government spending Wednesday even Queen Elizabeth felt the pain.

Museums escape the worst in spending review (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Oct 2010 08:20 AM PDT

Reuters - Museums breathed a sigh of relief after escaping the worst of the government spending cuts announced on Wednesday, but reductions in funding for other sectors of the arts were significantly higher.

Ex-UK prime minister Thatcher ill in hospital (AP)

Posted: 20 Oct 2010 08:17 AM PDT

FILE - In this Saturday, March 8, 2008 file photo, former British Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, in London. Former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher is ill with the flu and will skip a reception at Number 10 Downing Street to honor her 85th birthday. Prime Minister David Cameron's office has announced that Thatcher wants the reception to go ahead as planned despite her illness. The reception for former ministers, friends and colleagues will be the evening of Thursday, Oct. 14, 2010. (AP Photo/Sang Tan/file)AP - Britain's iconic former leader Margaret Thatcher is in the hospital for tests, but well enough to be discussing the current prime minister's spending cuts, her son said Wednesday.

UK court rules in favor of heiress on prenup deals (AP)

Posted: 20 Oct 2010 06:56 AM PDT

German heiress Katrin Radmacher, center, listens as her lawyer Simon Bruce talks to the media after leaving the Supreme Court in London where a judgement on her divorce hearing was given, Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2010. The court ruled in favor of the German heiress Wednesday in a divorce case that gives new validity to prenuptial agreements in England. The case hinged on whether an agreement signed by Katrin Radmacher, a paper industry heiress with a fortune of at least 55 million pounds ($82 million/62.6 million euro), and French investment banker Nicolas Granatino, could be upheld in Britain. English law has generally not recognized such deals, but Radmacher prevailed in an argument over whether this should change. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)AP - Britain's Supreme Court Wednesday ruled in favor of a German heiress seeking to protect her considerable fortune from her ex-husband — a decision that gives new strength to prenuptial agreements in England.

Beverley Callard to leave Coronation Street (AFP)

Posted: 20 Oct 2010 06:40 AM PDT

Long-standing Rovers Return landlady Beverley Callard, seen here in February, is to quit Coronation Street next year.(AFP/File/ANDREW YATES)AFP - Long-standing Rovers Return landlady Beverley Callard is to quit Coronation Street next year, it was revealed today.

British aid worker kidnapped in Somalia freed (AP)

Posted: 20 Oct 2010 06:18 AM PDT

AP - A Somali group that kidnapped a British aid worker released the man on Wednesday after clan elders intervened, a spokeswoman for Save the Children said.

British spending cuts - Live Report (AFP)

Posted: 20 Oct 2010 05:59 AM PDT

Chancellor George Osborne is due to unveil what are expected to be the most severe public spending cuts in Britain in more than half a century.(AFP/Carl Court)AFP - 14:00: SO THAT'S IT. The debate will continue for months (in fact years) to come, but this is the outline.

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