2010年11月20日星期六

Yahoo! News: World - Britain

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - Britain


Britons want William for next king, not Charles: polls (AFP)

Posted: 20 Nov 2010 04:55 PM PST

Britons want Prince William and his new fiancee Kate Middleton to be Britain's next king and queen, instead of the current heir to the throne Prince Charles and his wife Camilla, polls showed Sunday.(AFP/Ben Stansall)AFP - Britons want Prince William and his new fiancee Kate Middleton to be Britain's next king and queen, instead of the current heir to the throne Prince Charles and his wife Camilla, polls showed Sunday.


Britons want William, not Charles as next king: poll (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Nov 2010 03:16 PM PST

Reuters - Prince William and his fiancée Kate Middleton should be Britain's next king and queen, not the heir to the throne Prince Charles and his wife Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, two polls showed on Saturday.

Prince William still in love with football (AFP)

Posted: 20 Nov 2010 12:57 PM PST

Britain's Prince William (R), who announced his engagement to fiancee Kate Middleton this week, took time off from planning the wedding of the year to watch the football on Saturday.(AFP/Ben Stansall)AFP - Prince William, who announced his engagement to fiancee Kate Middleton this week, took time off from planning the wedding of the year to watch the football on Saturday.


No British combat troops in Afghanistan after 2015: Cameron (AFP)

Posted: 20 Nov 2010 10:39 AM PST

Prime Minister David Cameron speaks during a press conference in Lisbon. Britain will withdraw all of its combat troops from Afghanistan before the end of 2015, Cameron promised on Saturday, making what he called a AFP - Britain will withdraw all of its combat troops from Afghanistan before the end of 2015, Prime Minister David Cameron promised on Saturday, making what he called a "firm commitment".


The Son Also Rises: Should William be king? (AP)

Posted: 20 Nov 2010 10:34 AM PST

Britain's Prince William and his fiancee Kate Middleton pose for the media at St. James's Palace in London, Tuesday Nov. 16, 2010, after they announced their engagement. The couple are to wed in 2011. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)AP - King Charles or King William? Royal wedding bells have reignited the debate over whether Prince Charles should step aside to let his more popular son William be king.


London march calls for troops out of Afghanistan (AFP)

Posted: 20 Nov 2010 08:05 AM PST

Campaigners hold placards during a Stop the War protest in London in October last year. Anti-war protesters marched in London on Saturday to call for the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan.(AFP/File)AFP - Thousands of protesters took to the streets to march against the war in Afghanistan on Saturday as Nato leaders discussed bringing an end to the nine-year conflict.


Housing tenants 'may be evicted after only two years' (AFP)

Posted: 20 Nov 2010 04:21 AM PST

A man pushes a wheelbarrow carrying belongings after the flooding of his home in Devecser, Hungary, last month. New social housing tenants in Britain could be evicted after as little as two years under government plans to be formally announced on Monday.(AFP/File/Peter Kohalmi)AFP - New social housing tenants could be evicted after as little as two years under government plans to be formally announced on Monday.


Cash-strapped Brits want royals to foot wedding bill (AFP)

Posted: 19 Nov 2010 09:21 PM PST

Britain's Prince William and Kate Middleton react as they pose for photographers during a photocall to mark their engagement. Most Britons want the royal family to foot the bill for the wedding, as the country faces spending cuts following a deep recession, a survey said Saturday.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)AFP - Most Britons want the royal family to foot the bill for Prince William and Kate Middleton's wedding, as the country faces spending cuts following a deep recession, a survey said Saturday.


Prince Charles says Camilla may be queen (AP)

Posted: 19 Nov 2010 08:12 PM PST

Britain's Prince Charles, The Prince of Wales, President, The Prince's Trust, and The Duchess of Cornwall meet Barry Humphries in character as Dame Edna Everidge (2nd right) and Paloma Faith (right) at The Prince's Trust Rock Gala, at the Royal Albert Hall in London,  Wednesday Nov. 17, 2010.(AP Photo  / Arthur Edwards/The Sun/ Pool)AP - Prince Charles has reopened a sensitive debate in Britain by suggesting his wife Camilla may take the title of queen when he becomes monarch.


Donor organ delivered despite plane crash (AFP)

Posted: 19 Nov 2010 06:54 PM PST

A plane carrying a donor organ crashed and caught fire on landing at Birmingham Airport, injuring two men on board although the body part was safely retrieved, police said.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)AFP - A plane carrying a donor organ crashed and caught fire on landing at Birmingham Airport, injuring two men on board although the body part was safely retrieved, police said.


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