2010年10月28日星期四

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

UK spy chief defends secrecy in 1st public speech (AP)

Posted: 28 Oct 2010 04:38 PM PDT

Britain's Secret Intelligence Service, SIS, chief John Sawers addresses a gathering of academics, officials and editors in London Thursday Oct. 28, 2010. The boss of Britain's MI6 spy agency has delivered his first public speech, one devoted to explaining his secretive organization's work and outlining the difficulties he faced in ensuring that foreign partners acted fairly. (AP Photo//Toby Melville, Pool)AP - Britain's spy agency chief stepped out of the shadows with an unprecedented public address, defending the need for secrecy to counter growing terror threats such as Iran's nuclear proliferation.

Virgin slams soaring air tax hike (AFP)

Posted: 28 Oct 2010 04:06 PM PDT

A Virgin Atlantic Boeing 747-400 aircraft takes off from Heathrow Airport. The Virgin Atlantic airline blasted the rise in the country's airport departure tax being introduced Monday, warning that many families would be priced out of a holiday.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)AFP - The Virgin Atlantic airline blasted the rise in the country's airport departure tax being introduced Monday, warning that many families would be priced out of a holiday.

Secret World War II heroine's file released (AP)

Posted: 28 Oct 2010 04:01 PM PDT

AP - Buried deep in Eileen Nearne's secret World War II file, released Friday by the National Archives, is the secrecy agreement she signed on September 4, 1942. It was a commitment she honored until her death last month at the age of 89.

Britain urges U.S. to take down extremist websites (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Oct 2010 01:40 PM PDT

Reuters - Britain on Thursday called on the United States to take down websites used by extremists and urged more concerted action to thwart militant threats before resorting to war.

Hopeful signs in NATO's Kandahar offensive: British general (AFP)

Posted: 28 Oct 2010 12:17 PM PDT

Members of a US Airborne medical team from the 101st Airborne Division (R) walk as soldiers assist a NATO soldier wounded by an IED explosion in Kandahar province in southern Afghanistan on October 12. A NATO commander on Thursday cited AFP - A NATO commander on Thursday cited "encouraging signs" that a pivotal push against the Taliban in southern Afghanistan was making headway, but cautioned it would take until June to know if the offensive was making genuine progress.

Ties, iPad among list of UK prime minister's gifts (AP)

Posted: 28 Oct 2010 11:43 AM PDT

AP - Tennis rackets from the French president, an iPad from the New York mayor, ties from Italy's prime minister: Being Britain's prime minister, David Cameron has some perks, though he's not allowed to take any of these gifts home for free.

UK, France, Germany oppose rise in EU spending (AP)

Posted: 28 Oct 2010 11:25 AM PDT

British Prime Minister David Cameron speaks with the media as he arrives for an EU summit in Brussels on Thursday, Oct. 28, 2010. European Union leaders, opening a two-day summit Thursday, are at pains to inject more financial discipline into eurozone nations to prevent another debt crisis from gutting confidence in Europe's single currency. (AP Photo/Thierry Charlier)AP - Britain, France and Germany said Thursday they oppose a hefty rise in the European Union's 2011 budget, insisting that austerity in member countries should trigger moderation in EU outlays.

BBC journalists vote to strike over pensions (AFP)

Posted: 28 Oct 2010 10:46 AM PDT

BBC journalists will hold two 48-hour strikes next month after rejecting the corporation's latest offer in a dispute over pensions, the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) said Thursday.(AFP/File/Nicolas Asfouri)AFP - BBC journalists will hold two 48-hour strikes next month after rejecting the corporation's latest offer in a dispute over pensions, the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) said Thursday.

New London City retail mall greets economic growth (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Oct 2010 09:59 AM PDT

Reuters - Better than expected growth in Britain's economy greeted the opening of a new retail complex at the heart of London's financial district on Thursday.

Qatar emir goes back to school on Britain visit (AFP)

Posted: 28 Oct 2010 09:30 AM PDT

Qatar's Emir, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani (L), takes the salute as he stands beside Commandant General Marriot at The Royal Military Academy in Sandhurst, southern England. The Emir graduated from Sandhurst in 1971.(AFP/Adrian Dennis)AFP - The emir of Qatar went back to school on Thursday as he visited his former military college at the culmination of a three-day state visit to Britain.

MI6 chief says torture poses 'dilemmas' (AFP)

Posted: 28 Oct 2010 08:36 AM PDT

Secret Intelligence Service (SIS) chief John Sawers addresses a gathering of academics, officials and editors in London. Sawers admitted his organisation faced AFP - The head of Britain's foreign spy service admitted Thursday his organisation faced "dilemmas" to avoid using intelligence obtained through torture but insisted his agents never mistreated suspects.

Tests find no drugs, poison in slain UK spy's body (AP)

Posted: 28 Oct 2010 08:25 AM PDT

AP - Police investigating the unexplained slaying of a British intelligence official say tests on his body indicate no traces of drugs or poisons that may have led to his death.

UK spy boss defends secrecy, nukes key threat (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Oct 2010 08:02 AM PDT

Former British Ambassador to the U.N. and present SIS chief John Sawers speaks at United Nations headquarters, in New York, April 13, 2009. REUTERS/Chip EastReuters - Britain's top spy, in the first public speech by a serving UK espionage chief, said on Thursday terrorists might hit the West again "at huge human cost" but nuclear proliferation by states was a more far-reaching danger.

Spy's death still a mystery after tests draw blank (AFP)

Posted: 28 Oct 2010 07:45 AM PDT

A handout picture made available by the Metropolitan Police in London shows an image taken from a closed circuit televison (CCTV) camera of Gareth Williams in the lift at Holland Park underground station. Tests on the body of Williams found dead in the bathtub of his London flat in August have discovered no evidence of any drugs, alcohol or poison that might have killed him.(AFP/HO/File/Handout)AFP - Tests on the body of a spy found dead in the bathtub of his London flat in August have discovered no evidence of any drugs, alcohol or poison that might have killed him, police said Thursday.

Shell adjusted net profit soars 88 percent (AFP)

Posted: 28 Oct 2010 07:45 AM PDT

Shell said adjusted net profit rocketed 88.4 percent to 4.933 billion dollars in the three months to September versus the year earlier period.(AFP/File/Tengku Bahar)AFP - Royal Dutch Shell announced Thursday that net profits rose seven percent to 3.463 billion dollars in the third quarter from one year ago, driven by higher output, rising oil prices and lower costs.

Firm denies exporting execution drug to US (AFP)

Posted: 28 Oct 2010 11:43 AM PDT

This undated photo courtesy of the Arizona Deptartment of Corrections shows Jeffrey Landrigan. The only company licensed to sell an anaesthetic used in a US execution on Thursday denied exporting the drug, after officials in the United States said it came from Britain. Arizona executed Jeffrey Landrigan for a 1989 murder late Tuesday.(AFP/HO/File)AFP - The only company licensed to sell an anaesthetic used in a US execution on Thursday denied exporting the drug, after officials in the United States said it came from Britain.

'Ate' or 'Et'? British Library mulls pronunciation (AP)

Posted: 28 Oct 2010 07:01 AM PDT

This image made available by The British Library in London, Thursday, Oct 28, 2010, shows a Punch cartoon dating from Oct. 1855. Punch was the leading British satirical periodical in the 19th century, and its cartoons are a wonderful source of material about social attitudes to language. This one looks at the British pre-occupation with H-dropping as a marker of social class. The Library is inviting people to have their voices recorded as part of a project to chart the way English pronunciation and accents are changing. It wants visitors to an upcoming exhibition to record themselves reading a passage from the children's book 'Mr. Tickle.' Linguists say pronunciation is constantly evolving. Young British people are more likely to call the eighth letter of the alphabet 'haitch,' rather than 'aitch,' and pronounce the past tense of 'to eat' as 'ate' instead of the old-fashioned 'et.' The library said that visitors to its Evolving English exhibition will be able to record themselves in specially designed phone booths, or submit clips on the library's website. The exhibition opens Nov. 12 and runs to April 3.( AP Photo/The British Library) **EDITORIAL USE ONLY**  AP - If you say tomato, and I say tomahto, the British Library wants to know.

Oliver overtakes Jack for top boys' name in England (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Oct 2010 06:10 AM PDT

Reuters - Oliver nudged Jack off a 14-year-old perch to reach the top of the 2009 league table for boys' names in England and Wales, Britain's Office for National Statistics reported this week.

UK figures show fall in terrorism arrests (AP)

Posted: 28 Oct 2010 04:38 AM PDT

AP - Britain's Home Office says no one searched by police using anti-terrorism powers in the last year went on to be arrested over terrorism offenses.

AstraZeneca profits hit by legal charges (AFP)

Posted: 28 Oct 2010 03:15 AM PDT

The AstraZeneca site at Macclesfield, England. The Anglo-Swedish drugs giant posted lower third-quarter net profits on the back of competition from generic drugmakers, restructuring costs and massive legal charges.(AFP/Andrew Yates)AFP - Anglo-Swedish drugs giant AstraZeneca on Thursday posted lower third-quarter net profits on the back of competition from generic drugmakers, restructuring costs and massive legal charges.

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