2010年11月7日星期日

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

China deal boosts Scottish whisky industry (AFP)

Posted: 07 Nov 2010 03:54 PM PST

Bottles of whisky manufactured in Scotland. Scottish distillers were Sunday toasting an agreement between the British and Chinese governments which will ensure that only whisky made in Scotland can be sold as Scotch in China.(AFP/File/Carl de Souza)AFP - Scottish distillers were Sunday toasting an agreement between the British and Chinese governments which will ensure that only whisky made in Scotland can be sold as Scotch in China.

Cameron heads to China seeking big trade deals (AFP)

Posted: 07 Nov 2010 07:36 AM PST

British Prime Minister David Cameron, pictured, will arrive in China on November 8 with some 50 top business leaders seeking to win lucrative deals and strengthen ties on his first official visit to the economic powerhouse.(AFP/File/Georges Gobet)AFP - David Cameron arrives in China on Tuesday with some 50 top business leaders seeking to win lucrative deals and strengthen ties on his first official visit to the economic powerhouse.

Manual labour plans for long-term jobless (AFP)

Posted: 07 Nov 2010 03:48 AM PST

British Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith, pictured, is to unveil this week a white paper on welfare reform, under which benefit claimants could be forced to do compulsory full-time manual labour.(AFP/Andrew Yates)AFP - Benefit claimants could be forced to do compulsory full-time manual labour under proposals being put forward, reports said on Sunday.

Royals join Facebook, but poking not allowed (AFP)

Posted: 07 Nov 2010 03:03 AM PST

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, pictured, has joined social networking site Facebook, along with other members of her family.(AFP/File/Dave Chan)AFP - They are already regular users of Twitter and YouTube -- but now Britain's royal family is setting up its own page on Internet social networking site Facebook.

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