2010年10月30日星期六

Yahoo! News: World - Britain

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - Britain


British dismantle IRA dissidents' bomb in beer keg (AP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2010 03:22 PM PDT

AP - Northern Ireland police seized a dissident IRA bomb packed into a beer keg Saturday and were inspecting a potential car bomb parked outside Belfast International Airport, the latest efforts to undermine peace in the British territory.

British army bomb disposal expert killed in Afghanistan (AFP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2010 02:39 PM PDT

A British soldier stands guard during a patrol in Qari Saheb village in the Helmand province in February 2010. A British army bomb disposal expert was killed by gunfire while he was trying to clear a suspect device in southern Afghanistan on Saturday, the defence ministry said.(AFP/File/Massoud Hossaini)AFP - A British army bomb disposal expert was killed by gunfire while he was trying to clear a suspect device in southern Afghanistan on Saturday, the defence ministry said.


UK says bomb could have brought down plane (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Oct 2010 12:52 PM PDT

Reuters - A bomb found on a U.S.-bound cargo plane was designed to go off on board the aircraft and could have been powerful enough to bring it down, possibly over Britain, ministers said on Saturday.

Obama calls British, Saudi leaders about bomb plot (AP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2010 11:18 AM PDT

AP - President Barack Obama has called British Prime Minister David Cameron and Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah to discuss the thwarted mail bomb attacks.
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