2010年10月31日星期日

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

UK and Germany seek ways to boost global trade (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 09:14 AM PDT

Reuters - Britain, Germany, Indonesia and Turkey are setting up an experts' group to suggest ways to boost global trade, Britain and Germany said on Sunday.

UK, France on verge of ambitious defence ties (AFP)

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 09:05 AM PDT

The Charles-de-Gaulle aircraft carrier is seen in waters off the French Mediterranean coast on June 10. Britain and France are to announce an unprecedented partnership on defence in a bid to allow two medium-sized powers to remain global players, officials and diplomats say.(AFP/File/Philippe Wojazer)AFP - Britain and France are on Tuesday to announce an unprecedented partnership on defence in a bid to allow two medium-sized powers to remain global players, officials and diplomats say.

Minister accused of helping cocoa trade donor (AFP)

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 08:53 AM PDT

British International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell, pictured, has been accused of intervening on behalf of a cocoa company that gave his political campaign tens of thousands of pounds to help it overturn a trade ban in Ghana, a newspaper said.(AFP/File/A Majeed)AFP - A minister in David Cameron's cabinet intervened on behalf of a cocoa company that gave his political campaign tens of thousands of pounds to help it overturn a trade ban in Ghana, the Sunday Times reported.

British, German leaders discuss security, EU budget (AFP)

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 08:41 AM PDT

British Prime Minister David Cameron shakes hands with German Chancellor Angela Merkel at his country residence in Chequers. The two leaders held AFP - The leaders of Britain and Germany held "substantive" talks in London Sunday about the security alert over two plane bombs as well as the recent wrangle over the EU budget, officials said.

Police disarm two bombs in Northern Ireland (AFP)

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 05:26 AM PDT

A coat of arms is pictured at the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) Headquarters in Belfas. Northern Ireland police said they had found and disarmed two bombs, one near Belfast airport, blaming groups intent on taking the once conflict-torn province AFP - Northern Ireland police said on Sunday they had found and disarmed two bombs, one near Belfast airport, blaming groups intent on taking the once conflict-torn province "back to mayhem and misery".

Will UK's cuts force poor families out of London? (AP)

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 04:02 AM PDT

This photo of Thursday, Oct. 7, 2010 shows housing in central London taken from the top of the BT tower. It's been at the heart of London's identity for decades: Bakers and bankers live on the same city streets in patchwork neighborhoods where swank mansions sit in the shadow of grim tower blocks, and residents from all walks of life mingle in shops, schools and subway stations. Now Britain's debt-shredding austerity measures will slash housing benefit payments used to subsidize rents for the low paid, threatening to price tens of thousands of poor families out of their homes and force them toward the fringes of the country's capital — an exodus that could permanently erode London's famed ethnic, economic and cultural mix. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)AP - It's been at the heart of London's identity for decades: Bakers and bankers live on the same city streets in patchwork neighborhoods where swank mansions sit in the shadow of grim tower blocks, and residents from all walks of life mingle in shops, schools and subway stations.

Harman apologises for 'ginger rodent' comment (AFP)

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 03:35 AM PDT

Deputy leader of Britain's opposition Labour Party, Harriet Harman, pictured, has has apologised for branding Treasury Secretary Danny Alexander a AFP - Labour's deputy leader Harriet Harman has apologised for branding Treasury Secretary Danny Alexander a "ginger rodent".

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