2010年11月6日星期六

Yahoo! News: World - Britain

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - Britain


Interpol publicizes details of Yemen mail bombs (AP)

Posted: 06 Nov 2010 01:22 PM PDT

AP - Interpol released on Saturday details and photographs of two U.S.-bound mail bombs intercepted by authorities in Dubai and United Kingdom, to help police and the public look out for such devices in the future.

BP to sign exploration deal with Chinese company: report (AFP)

Posted: 06 Nov 2010 10:08 AM PDT

A British Petroleum sign is seen at a station. The BP is set to sign a major exploration deal with China's biggest offshore oil and gas producer when Prime Minister David Cameron visits Beijing next week, a report said.(AFP/File/Karen Bleier)AFP - British oil giant BP is set to sign a major exploration deal with China's biggest offshore oil and gas producer when Prime Minister David Cameron visits Beijing next week, a report said on Saturday.


BBC journalists strike for 2nd day over pensions (AP)

Posted: 06 Nov 2010 09:50 AM PDT

BBC employees, some holding placards joins a strike outside the organization's television centre in west London, Friday Nov. 5, 2010. A two-day journalists' strike over pension benefits forced the BBC Friday to cancel a number of its radio and television news broadcasts. The National Union of Journalists set up picket lines Friday at BBC Television Center in west London and at other BBC locations throughout Britain. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)AP - BBC reporters are planning further strikes after a two-day walkout over pension changes successfully disrupted the broadcaster's TV and radio programs, a labor union said Saturday.


Murdered politician buried in Pakistan (AFP)

Posted: 06 Nov 2010 09:01 AM PDT

Supporters of Pakistan's Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) gather for the funeral of murdered Pakistani politician Imran Farooq in Karachi on November 6. More than 200,000 mourners packed the streets for the ceremony, amid heightened security in the bustling port city.(AFP/Rizwan Tabassum)AFP - More than 200,000 mourners packed the streets of Karachi on Saturday for the burial of murdered politician Imran Farooq, amid heightened security in the bustling port city.


Cameron aide questioned over tabloid phone hacking (AP)

Posted: 06 Nov 2010 08:26 AM PDT

FILE- In this  April 13, 2010 file picture Andy Coulson, the ruling Conservative Party's Director of Communications, speaks on the phone  in London, England.  Coulson has been questioned by police investigating allegations of phone-hacking at the best-selling tabloid News of the World newspaper during the time he was editor, it was confirmed Saturday Nov. 6 2010. Downing Street said  he  attended a meeting with Metropolitan Police officers voluntarily on Thursday and was interviewed as a witness. (AP Photo/Oli Scarff, file)AP - British Prime Minister David Cameron's communications director has been questioned by police over the country's tabloid phone-hacking scandal, the leader's office said Saturday.


Three police hurt by explosive in N.Ireland (AFP)

Posted: 06 Nov 2010 04:32 AM PDT

A coat of arms is pictured at the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) Headquarters in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Three police officers were hurt after an explosive device was thrown at them in Northern Ireland in an attack that a senior officer said on Saturday could have resulted in AFP - Three police officers were hurt after an explosive device was thrown at them in Northern Ireland in an attack that a senior officer said on Saturday could have resulted in "mass murder".


Coulson questioned by police (AFP)

Posted: 06 Nov 2010 03:26 AM PDT

Andy Coulson, British Prime Minister David Cameron's Director of Communications, leaves his home in London on September 10, 2010. Coulson has been questioned by police over allegations of phone-hacking when he edited the News of the World, it was confirmed.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)AFP - David Cameron's communications chief Andy Coulson has been questioned by police over allegations of phone-hacking when he edited the News of the World, it was confirmed on Saturday.


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