2010年11月22日星期一

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

UK to commit around 7 billion pounds to Ireland (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Nov 2010 10:03 AM PST

Reuters - Britain will commit around 7 billion pounds ($11 billion) to help Ireland resolve its financial crisis, a policy the government will find hard to sell to struggling British taxpayers at a time of spending cuts.

British bishop hires far-right lawyer in Germany: court (AFP)

Posted: 22 Nov 2010 09:15 AM PST

British Roman Catholic bishop Richard Williamson(L), seen here in April 2010 and who is appealing his conviction in Germany for Holocaust denial, will be represented by a lawyer with reported links to banned neo-Nazi groups, the court said on Monday.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)AFP - A British bishop appealing his conviction in Germany for Holocaust denial will be represented by a lawyer with reported links to banned neo-Nazi groups, the court said on Monday.

Man to challenge Twitter 'threat' conviction (AP)

Posted: 22 Nov 2010 08:23 AM PST

AP - A man who was convicted and fined for tweeting that he planned to blow up an airport will take his case to Britain's High Court in a test of the limits of free speech on the Internet, his lawyers said Monday

Bishop apologises for royal wedding remarks (AFP)

Posted: 22 Nov 2010 07:49 AM PST

Prince William and his fiancée Kate Middleton pose for photographers in the State Rooms of St James?s Palace, London, on Tuesday. A bishop has apologised for making AFP - A bishop apologised Monday for making "deeply offensive" comments on Twitter and Facebook in which he said the marriage of Prince William and Kate Middleton would only last seven years.

BBC: Anti-Semitic Saudi textbooks in use in UK (AP)

Posted: 22 Nov 2010 05:48 AM PST

AP - Saudi textbooks containing anti-Semitic and homophobic material are being used in British classrooms, a BBC documentary said Monday.

MoD wins appeal over nuclear test health claims (AFP)

Posted: 22 Nov 2010 05:42 AM PST

Picture taken on 3 October1952 shows the test of the first British nuclear bomb, in the Archipelago of Montebello off Australia. The High Court has ruled that only one veteran out of more than 1,000 who blame health problems on British nuclear tests in the South Pacific in the 1950s is entitled to seek compensation.(AFP/File/OFF)AFP - The High Court ruled on Monday that only one veteran out of more than 1,000 who blame health problems on British nuclear tests in the South Pacific in the 1950s is entitled to seek compensation.

Far-right activist denies police assault (AFP)

Posted: 22 Nov 2010 05:13 AM PST

Stephen Lennon, the founder of far-right group the English Defence League, arrives at West London Magistrates' Court. Lennon has been bailed after denying assaulting a police officer during clashes with Islamic protesters.(AFP/Ben Stansall)AFP - The founder of the far-right group the English Defence League (EDL) was bailed on Monday after denying assaulting a police officer during clashes with Islamic protesters.

Queen-to-be Kate Middleton is global media magnet (AP)

Posted: 22 Nov 2010 05:04 AM PST

FILE - In this Jan. 9, 2007 file photo Kate Middleton leaves her home in London. Are you ready for your close-up now, Kate? When Prince William popped the question, he made fiancee Kate Middleton one of the most-photographed, most-pursued women in the world. Since the announcement of the couple's engagement, Middleton — dubbed 'the Cinderella of Bucklebury' by Italy's La Stampa newspaper — has adorned front pages and websites around the world, photographed showing off her ring and checking out a possible wedding venue, Westminster Abbey. (AP Photo/File)AP - Are you ready for your close-up now, Kate?

Kabul "probably safer" for children than London (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Nov 2010 04:48 AM PST

Reuters - Children may be safer growing up in Kabul than in London, Glasgow or New York, a NATO official said on Monday, but his comments were labeled "wrong and misleading" by a leading children's charity.

Rolls-Royce wins $1.8 bln Air China order (AFP)

Posted: 22 Nov 2010 04:27 AM PST

Britain's Rolls-Royce said Monday it had won a contract worth 1.8 billion dollars at list prices to supply engines to Air China for 20 Airbus long-haul aircraft.(AFP/File/Carl de Souza)AFP - Britain's Rolls-Royce said Monday it had won a contract worth 1.8 billion dollars at list prices to supply engines to Air China for 20 Airbus long-haul aircraft.

Church of England opposes News Corp. buyout BSkyB (AP)

Posted: 22 Nov 2010 03:58 AM PST

AP - The Church of England on Monday joined opponents of News Corp.'s bid to buy full control of satellite broadcaster British Sky Broadcasting.

Release of last British Guantanamo inmate urged (AFP)

Posted: 22 Nov 2010 03:47 AM PST

A protestor holds up a sign calling for the release of Shaker Aamer from the Guantanamo prison during a demonstration in central London in January. Human rights group Amnesty International has urged Britain and the United States to free Aamer, the last British man held at Guantanamo, from what it described as AFP - Human rights group Amnesty International urged Britain and the United States on Monday to free the last British man held in the US-run Guantanamo Bay camp from what it described as "arbitrary detention".

Pupils 'taught to carry out Sharia punishments' (AFP)

Posted: 22 Nov 2010 03:11 AM PST

File photo shows muslims praying at a mosque in London. Pupils at Islamic schools across the country are being taught how to chop off a criminal's hand and that Jews are conspiring to take over the world, a BBC investigation found Monday.(AFP/File/Odd Andersen)AFP - Pupils at Islamic schools across the country are being taught to chop off a criminal's hand and that Jews are conspiring to take over the world, a BBC investigation claimed on Monday.

Families wait for news of Scots trapped in NZ mine (AFP)

Posted: 22 Nov 2010 01:35 AM PST

The family and friends of two Scottish miners missing after a blast ripped through a New Zealand coal mine are desperately waiting for a delayed rescue mission to begin.(AFP/File/William West)AFP - The family and friends of two Scottish miners missing after a blast ripped through a New Zealand coal mine were on Monday desperately waiting for a delayed rescue mission to begin.

Public want William and Kate as next king and queen (AFP)

Posted: 22 Nov 2010 12:21 AM 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 - Most people want Prince William and his new fiancee Kate Middleton to be their next king and queen, leapfrogging Prince Charles and his wife Camilla to the throne, three new polls showed Sunday.

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