2010年11月10日星期三

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

UK govt to stop welfare cash for some unemployed (AFP)

Posted: 10 Nov 2010 06:16 PM PST

A man enters a Job Centre in north London. The British government unveiled a radical shake-up of the welfare state Thursday, saying it would withhold benefit payments for up to three years from those who refuse to take jobs.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)AFP - The British government unveiled a radical shake-up of the welfare state Thursday, saying it would withhold benefit payments for up to three years from those who refuse to take jobs.

Britain, China police to cooperate more closely (AFP)

Posted: 10 Nov 2010 05:46 PM PST

File picture shows a Chinese policeman in Beijing. Police in Britain and China are to cooperate more closely to tackle issues including human trafficking, British officials said Thursday.(AFP/File/Jewel Samad)AFP - Police in Britain and China are to cooperate more closely to tackle issues including human trafficking, British officials said Thursday.

PM urges greater political freedom in China (AFP)

Posted: 10 Nov 2010 05:35 PM PST

Prime Minister David Cameron (left) shakes hands with China's President Hu Jintao at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Cameron has urged China to work closely with the G20 and introduce greater political freedoms on the final day of a trade mission shadowed by human rights issues.(AFP/Pool/Petar Kujundzic)AFP - Prime Minister David Cameron urged China to work closely with the G20 and introduce greater political freedoms on the final day of a trade mission shadowed by human rights issues.

UK: 2 Kurds jailed for life for 'honor killing' (AP)

Posted: 10 Nov 2010 02:37 PM PST

AP - Two Kurdish men have been jailed for life by a London court for murdering a relative because her family disapproved of her boyfriend.

Thousands of UK students protest tuition fees hike (AP)

Posted: 10 Nov 2010 02:07 PM PST

Demonstrators burn protest banners outside Millbank Tower, housing the headquarters of the Conservative Party, during a protest in London Wednesday Nov. 10, 2010, against an increase in university tuition fees. Organizers said 50,000 students, lecturers and supporters were demonstrating against plans to raise the cost of studying at a university to 9,000 pounds ($14,000) a year - three times the current rate.(AP Photo/Sang Tan)AP - Tens of thousands of students marched through London on Wednesday against plans to triple university tuition fees, and violence erupted as a minority battled police and trashed a building containing the headquarters of the governing Conservative Party.

Student protesters storm into Tory HQ (AFP)

Posted: 10 Nov 2010 12:13 PM PST

Demonstrators clash with police outside 30 Millbank during a student protest march, in central London on November 10. University students protesting against the coalition government's plans to triple tuition fees forced their way into the building which houses the Conservative Party headquarters.(AFP/Ben Stansall)AFP - University students smashed their way into Prime Minister David Cameron's party headquarters on Wednesday during a chaotic protest against the government's plans to triple tuition fees.

British student fee protest turns violent (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Nov 2010 12:01 PM PST

Demonstrators break windows of the Conservative Party headquarters building during a protest in central London November 10, 2010. REUTERS/Toby MelvilleReuters - Protesters against higher university tuition fees broke into the headquarters of Britain's governing Conservative party on Wednesday, smashing up the glass reception area and streaming up onto the roof.

Yemen bomb was set to explode over US: British police (AFP)

Posted: 10 Nov 2010 11:48 AM PST

A handout picture released by the Emirates News Agency shows the contents of a US-bound parcel displayed by police in the Gulf emirate of Dubai. A parcel bomb sent from Yemen and removed from a cargo plane at a British airport last month was timed to explode over the eastern seaboard of the United States, Scotland Yard said Wednesday.(AFP/WAM/File)AFP - A parcel bomb sent from Yemen and removed from a cargo plane at a British airport last month was timed to explode over the eastern seaboard of the United States, Scotland Yard said Wednesday.

BP ready to shut North Sea gas field over Iran sanctions (AFP)

Posted: 10 Nov 2010 11:08 AM PST

A British Petroleum sign is seen at a station. Energy giant BP said Wednesday it was making preparations to shut down a gas field off Scotland it operates with Iran, because of EU sanctions against the Islamic republic.(AFP/File/Karen Bleier)AFP - Energy giant BP said Wednesday it was making preparations to shut down a gas field off Scotland it operates with Iran, because of EU sanctions against the Islamic republic.

Mandelson says he was 'generous' to ex-PMs (AFP)

Posted: 10 Nov 2010 07:31 AM PST

Labour politician Peter Mandelson speaks at the Foreign Correspondents' Club in Hong Kong on November 10. Mandelson said he was AFP - Labour politician Peter Mandelson said Wednesday he was "generous" to former prime ministers Tony Blair and Gordon Brown in his memoir which has drawn a furious reaction from some party colleagues.

UK's Cameron urges Chinese political reform (AP)

Posted: 10 Nov 2010 06:15 AM PST

British Prime Minister David Cameron delivers his keynotes address at the Peking University in Beijing Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2010. Cameron urged China on Wednesday to embrace political reform as the best way to ensure social stability and continued economic growth. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)AP - British Prime Minister David Cameron urged China on Wednesday to embrace political reform as the best way to ensure social stability and continued economic growth.

Potters Bar rail crash firms to be prosecuted (AFP)

Posted: 10 Nov 2010 05:30 AM PST

A bend in the railtracks is covered up by a tent as police investigate the causes of of a train crash at Potters Bar station, north of London, on May 11, 2002. Network Rail and maintenance company Jarvis Rail are to be prosecuted over the Potters Bar rail crash in which seven people died, the UK's rail regulator has said.(AFP/Nicolas Asfouri)AFP - Network Rail and maintenance company Jarvis Rail are to be prosecuted over the 2002 Potters Bar rail crash in which seven people died, the UK's rail regulator said on Wednesday.

BoE says UK should avoid double dip (AFP)

Posted: 10 Nov 2010 04:19 AM PST

Customers eat lunch in Spitalfields Market in London, in August. The Bank of England has forecast that the British economy should avoid a double-dip recession, despite the impact of the government's severe deficit-slashing austerity measures.(AFP/Ben Stansall)AFP - The Bank of England forecast on Wednesday that the British economy would avoid a double-dip recession, despite the impact of the government's severe deficit-slashing austerity measures.

Cuts leave Falklands open to attack: ex-admirals (AFP)

Posted: 10 Nov 2010 04:06 AM PST

A Spanish harrier jump jet takes off from British aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious during combined manoeuvres off the coast of Cadiz, in 2007. A group of former naval chiefs has warned that Britain's decision to axe its Harrier jets and sole aircraft carrier left the Falklands open to the AFP - A group of former naval chiefs warned Wednesday that Britain's decision to axe its Harrier jets and sole aircraft carrier left the Falklands open to the "national humiliation" of an attack by Argentina.

Ramsay's emotional plea to mother-in-law (AFP)

Posted: 10 Nov 2010 03:44 AM PST

Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay, seen here in 2008, has sent an open letter to his mother-in-law urging her not to sever ties with her daughter.(AFP/File/Stephane de Sakutin)AFP - Gordon Ramsay's bitter family feud intensified after the celebrity chef sent an open letter to his mother-in-law urging her not to sever ties with her daughter.

Ex-MPs to face trial over expenses claims (AFP)

Posted: 10 Nov 2010 03:31 AM PST

Ex-MPs Jim Devine (right), David Chaytor (second left) and Elliot Morley (far left) leave Westminster Magistrates' Court in London, on March 11. The three former Labour MPs accused of fiddling their expenses must face criminal trials over the allegations, the Supreme Court has ruled.(AFP/File/Carl Court)AFP - Three former Labour MPs accused of dishonestly claiming expenses must face criminal trials over the allegations, the Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday.

Prudential posts rising sales (AFP)

Posted: 10 Nov 2010 02:50 AM PST

Shareholders arrive to attend the Prudential annual general meeting (AGM), in London on June 7. The insurance giant has said that sales soared in the third quarter, boosted by activity in Asia, and promised to deliver AFP - Insurance giant Prudential said on Wednesday that sales soared in the third quarter, boosted by activity in Asia, and promised to deliver "strong growth and generate strong returns" this year.

UK museum urged to stay out of isolated Latam area (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Nov 2010 02:38 AM PST

Reuters - Campaigners have urged London's Natural History Museum to halt a botanical research expedition to a remote area in Paraguay, warning it would be "like genocide" for isolated indigenous groups in the region.

Sainsbury's reports profit leap (AFP)

Posted: 10 Nov 2010 02:27 AM PST

A woman carries her shopping away from a Sainsbury's supermarket in west London. Sainsbury's boosted net profits by 38 percent in the first half of its year, on record customer numbers, new floor space and cost-cutting, the high-street brand has reported.(AFP/File/Chris Young)AFP - Supermarket chain Sainsbury's boosted net profits by 38 percent in the first half of its year, on record customer numbers, new floor space and cost-cutting, the retailer reported on Wednesday.

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