2010年11月24日星期三

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

British students clash with police during fees protest (AFP)

Posted: 24 Nov 2010 05:44 PM PST

Demonstrators attack a police van during a protest over tuition fees, on Whitehall in central London. Angry students attacked a police van and clashed with officers as thousands of people marched through London in protest at government plans to triple university fees.(AFP/Warren Allott)AFP - Angry students attacked a police van and clashed with officers as thousands of people marched through London in protest at government plans to triple university fees.

Summary Box: Rolls shares rise on Emirates deal (AP)

Posted: 24 Nov 2010 03:26 PM PST

AP - Shares in Rolls-Royce Group PLC gained ground for a change on Wednesday, thanks to a big new service contract with Emirates Airline. It's been a rough three weeks for the British manufacturer since one of its jet engines blew apart on a Qantas flight over Indonesia.

British students protest tuition fee hikes (AP)

Posted: 24 Nov 2010 03:00 PM PST

Student protesters target a police van during a demonstration against an increase in university tuition fees, in Westminster, central London= Wednesday Nov. 24, 2010. Several thousand British students protested Wednesday against government plans to triple tuition fees, two weeks after a similar demonstration sparked a small riot. (AP Photo/Anthony Devlin/PA) UNITED KINGDOM OUTAP - Thousands of British students protested Wednesday against government plans to triple university tuition fees, and there were sporadic scuffles with police, two weeks after a similar demonstration sparked a small riot.

Summary Box: Britain's economic growth slows (AP)

Posted: 24 Nov 2010 02:51 PM PST

AP - SLOW GROWTH: Britain's economy grew by just 0.8 percent in the third quarter, down from 1.2 percent in the previous quarter.

Protesters disperse after UK student demonstration (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Nov 2010 12:54 PM PST

A student jumps over a fence to join other students occupying Oxford University's Radcliffe Camera building, in Oxford, southern England November 24, 2010. REUTERS/Eddie KeoghReuters - Thousands of demonstrators protesting in central London against a rise in university fees began to disperse Wednesday, after earlier scuffles with police and vandalism to some public buildings and a police van.

Britain's queen returns to Emirates on state visit (AP)

Posted: 24 Nov 2010 12:17 PM PST

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, right, and Prince Philip 'Exchanges the Peace' with the Archbishop of York John Sentamu, second left, as the Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, left, looks on at the ninth Inauguration of the General Synod at Westminster Abbey, London Tuesday Nov. 23, 2010. Prince William and Kate Middleton will marry April 29 in Westminster Abbey, the historic London church where Princess Diana's funeral was held. Royal officials said Tuesday that the couple chose the venue for its beauty, intimacy and historic royal connections. (AP Photo/Dan Kitwood, Pool)AP - Britain's Queen Elizabeth II toured one of the world's largest mosques Wednesday in her first state visit in more than 30 years to the United Arab Emirates, a country with deep British ties.

Church of England backs covenant but traditionalists rebel (AFP)

Posted: 24 Nov 2010 10:54 AM PST

the head of the worldwide Anglican church, the Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams in September 2010. The Church of England edged closer Wednesday to backing a global agreement intended to unify the Anglican Church, but the process received a blow when traditionalists said they could not support it.(AFP/POOL/File/Chris Ison)AFP - The Church of England edged closer Wednesday to backing a global agreement intended to unify the Anglican Church, but the process received a blow when traditionalists said they could not support it.

Kate Middleton's dress 'worth up to £100k' (AFP)

Posted: 24 Nov 2010 08:04 AM PST

Prince William's fiancee Kate Middleton is seen in 2007 at the Cheltenham Race Festival. The see-through dress worn byMiddleton at a student fashion show in 2002 could now be worth 100,000 pounds, according to auctioneers.(AFP/Carl de Souza)AFP - The see-through dress worn by Kate Middleton at a student fashion show could now be worth 100,000 pounds, according to auctioneers.

Economy grows 0.8 percent in third quarter (AFP)

Posted: 24 Nov 2010 07:23 AM PST

Shoppers walk past a Royal Bank of Scotland branch in Chelmsford in Essex. Britain's economy expanded by 0.8 percent in the third quarter compared with the previous three months, official data shows.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - Britain's economy expanded by a robust 0.8 percent in the third quarter compared with the previous three months, helped by a pick-up in trade, official data showed Wednesday.

Anglican conservatives reject global unity plan (AP)

Posted: 24 Nov 2010 07:19 AM PST

Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams speaks during the ninth Inauguration of the General Synod at Westminster Abbey, London Tuesday Nov. 23, 2010. Prince William and Kate Middleton will marry April 29 in Westminster Abbey, the historic London church where Princess Diana's funeral was held. Royal officials said Tuesday that the couple chose the venue for its beauty, intimacy and historic royal connections. (AP Photo/Dan Kitwood, Pool)AP - Leaders of conservative Anglicans on Wednesday rejected a proposed covenant to hold their global communion together just as the Church of England gave preliminary approval to the plan.

Catering group Compass reports rise in annual profits (AFP)

Posted: 24 Nov 2010 06:59 AM PST

A signboard of the catering giant Compass is pictured outside its headquarters in Cherstey in 2006.The group, which is the world's biggest caterer, has said that annual net profits have risen 15 percent as the British company slashes costs.(AFP/File/Carl de Souza)AFP - Compass Group, the world's biggest caterer, said on Wednesday that annual net profits have risen rose 15 percent as the British company slashes costs.

Gove unveils sweeping school reforms (AFP)

Posted: 24 Nov 2010 06:57 AM PST

Prime Minister David Cameron, then leader of the opposition, talks with school children during an election campaign visit to Western Springs Community Primary School in Rugeley in April. The government is expected to announce a major overhaul of the English schools system in a White Paper proposing reforms to school targets, funding, league tables and teacher training.(AFP/File/Stefan Wermuth)AFP - Reforms to school targets, funding, league tables and teacher training were among the proposals for a major overhaul of the English schools system announced by the government on Wednesday.

British students return to streets, vowing to press on against tuition hikes (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 24 Nov 2010 06:52 AM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - Suddenly, austerity Britain in 2010 is beginning to resemble Left Bank Paris in 1968.

Londoners be warned: French pop radio is upon you (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Nov 2010 06:24 AM PST

Reuters - Among stereotypes the British and the French like to cultivate about each other is a widely held British view that French pop music is dreadful.

UK set for first major snowfall of winter (AFP)

Posted: 24 Nov 2010 05:41 AM PST

An electronic board displays a warning of snow to motorists on the south bound A9 in Stirlingshire, Scotland in March. The first flakes of this winter's first major snowfall are expected to fall later, with frosts to return to roads overnight.(AFP/File/Derek Blair)AFP - The first flakes of this winter's first major snowfall are expected to fall later on Wednesday, with frosts to return to roads overnight.

Rolls-Royce wins Emirates engine maintenance deal (AFP)

Posted: 24 Nov 2010 03:40 AM PST

An Emirates Boeing 777 aircraft. Rolls-Royce said it had won a contract worth 1.2 billion dollars to maintain engines on 50 Emirates aircraft over a long period of time.(AFP/HO/File/null)AFP - Rolls-Royce on Wednesday said it had won a contract worth 1.2 billion dollars to maintain engines on 50 Emirates aircraft over a long period of time.

Hague expresses 'immense sadness' at NZ mine disaster (AFP)

Posted: 24 Nov 2010 02:52 AM PST

Family and friends of the 29 coal miners trapped underground after the November 19 explosion near the New Zealand town of Greymouth comfort one another. Foreign Secretary William Hague has expressed his AFP - Foreign Secretary William Hague expressed his "immense sadness" Wednesday at the news that 29 men missing in a New Zealand coal mine, including two Britons, have died.

Frail Amanda Knox appeals Italy sex-murder case (AFP)

Posted: 24 Nov 2010 07:08 AM PST

US student Amanda Knox, 23, talks with her lawyer in the Perugia courthouse before the start of her appeal trial. Knox was sentenced to 26 years in prison last year for killing British student Meredith Kercher in the cottage they shared in the medieval city of Perugia as part of what prosecutors described as a gruesome, drug-fuelled sexual assault.(AFP/Vincenzo Pinto)AFP - A nervous-looking Amanda Knox began her appeal on Wednesday against her conviction for the gruesome sex-murder of a British student in the medieval Italian city of Perugia in 2007.

Brewing giant SABMiller buys Argentine rival (AFP)

Posted: 24 Nov 2010 02:01 AM PST

British brewer SABMiller on Wednesday, which owns beer brands including Grolsch, Peroni Nastro Azzurro and Pilsner Urquell, has announced its entry into the Argentine market after agreeing to buy CASA Isenbeck from German rival Warsteiner Group for an undisclosed sum.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Getty Images)AFP - British brewer SABMiller on Wednesday announced its entry into the Argentine market after agreeing to buy CASA Isenbeck from German rival Warsteiner Group for an undisclosed sum.

Harry Potter blows away UK box office (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Nov 2010 01:55 AM PST

Reuters - "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1," the first of two films based on the last book in the fantasy series by JK Rowling, took the British box office by storm over the weekend, grossing 18.3 million pounds ($29.2 million), according to Screen International.

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