2010年11月30日星期二

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

UK police arrest 153 during London student rally (AP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 02:44 PM PST

British police officers clash with protesters as hundreds of students protest against a rise in tuition fees at Trafalgar Square, London, Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010.(AP Photo/Sang Tan)AP - British police made 153 arrests during student demonstrations in London on Tuesday against proposed university tuition hikes, officials said.

Students dodge police in fees protest (AFP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 02:37 PM PST

Students burn placards as they demonstrate in Trafalgar Square in central London. More than 1,000 students took to the streets of London in the third day of protest this month against government plans to triple university tuition fees.(AFP/Ben Stansall)AFP - Thousands of students protested on Tuesday against government plans to triple university fees, clashing with police and running loose in London in a third day of action this month.

Science should find aliens, halt cancer: survey (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 10:51 AM PST

A spectator holds up inflatable aliens during the Live Earth concert at Wembley Stadium, London July 7, 2007. REUTERS/Stephen HirdReuters - Nearly half of Britons believe in aliens and almost 80 percent say cancer is the disease which most needs a vaccine, a poll by one of the world's oldest scientific institutions showed on Tuesday.

Hate crimes jump across England, Wales, NIreland (AP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 10:33 AM PST

AP - More than 50,000 hate crimes were reported last year across England, Wales and Northern Ireland — a rise of 12 percent over the last year.

Flybe plans stock market float (AFP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 08:54 AM PST

A passenger checks his ticket as he prepares to board a Flybe flight in Belfast, Northern Ireland, in April. The airline has announced plans to float on the London Stock market to help fuel its expansion.(AFP/Peter Muhly)AFP - Europe's largest regional airline Flybe announced on Tuesday plans to float on the London Stock market to help fuel its expansion.

Strong beer to face tax rise in health reforms (AFP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 07:40 AM PST

A bartender filling a glass with beer for a customer in July 2010. Taxes on high-strength beers and lagers are to be increased as part of a drive to encourage responsible drinking, the government has announced.(AFP/File/Saeed Khan)AFP - Taxes on high-strength beers and lagers are to be increased next year in an effort to curb problem drinking and related health problems, the government announced on Tuesday.

BA, Iberia aim to lead airlines consolidation (AFP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 07:32 AM PST

The chief executive officer of British Airways, Willie Walsh, left, speaks next to the chief executive officer of Iberia, Antonio Vazquez, at a press conference in Madrid. British Airways and Iberia want to lead the airline sector consolidation with their multi-billion-euro merger, Walsh has said.(AFP/Pierre-Philippe Marcou)AFP - British Airways and Iberia want to lead the airline sector consolidation with their multi-billion-euro merger, the chief executive of the new holding company, Willie Walsh, said on Tuesday.

Harry Potter reigns at UK box office (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 07:00 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 J.K. Rowling, racked up another huge take over the weekend to consolidate its position at the top of the British box office.

BP hails 'significant milestone' in Canadian oil sands plan (AFP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 06:42 AM PST

BP logo. British energy giant BP has welcomed key progress in its plan controversially to extract oil from Canadian sands, with a company spokesman on Tuesday describing the step as a AFP - British energy giant BP has welcomed key progress in its plan controversially to extract oil from Canadian sands, with a company spokesman on Tuesday describing the step as a "significant milestone".

Brown urged deal on US hacking case: WikiLeaks (AFP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 05:32 AM PST

Briton Gary McKinnon leaves the High Court in central London in January 2009. McKinnon, accused of hacking into American military and NASA computers, could serve part of any US-imposed sentence in Britain, Prime Minister David Cameron said.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - Former prime minister Gordon Brown tried to strike a deal with Washington to allow a Briton accused of hacking into US military computers to serve any sentence in Britain, classified US diplomatic cables showed on Tuesday.

Oxford English Dictionary relaunch online version (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 04:25 AM PST

Reuters - The Oxford English Dictionary's (OED) online version was relaunched on Tuesday a decade after it first appeared on the internet.

Two dead in snow storms, London hit (AFP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 03:00 AM PST

A car is driven along a snow covered road near Hexham, in northeast England, on November 25. Britain's out-of-season cold snap swept into London for the first time Tuesday, with snow affecting flights in the capital and causing nationwide traffic chaos in which two people died.(AFP/File/Andrew Yates)AFP - The out-of-season cold snap swept into London for the first time Tuesday, with snow affecting flights in the capital and causing nationwide traffic chaos in which two people died.

Parliament needs urgent repairs (AFP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 12:29 AM PST

The sun sets on the Houses of Parliament in London. The Houses of Parliament needs more than 69 million pounds worth of urgent repairs over the next five years, lawmakers were told Monday.(AFP/File/Jim Watson)AFP - Parliament needs more than 69 million pounds worth of urgent repairs over the next five years, MPs have been told.

Forecast slashes estimate of public sector job cuts (AFP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 12:16 AM PST

Shoppers walk along Oxford Street in central London. The independent Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) raised its 2010 growth forecast to 1.8 percent from 1.2 percent, citing a stronger-than-expected recovery, and slashed its estimate of job losses arising from spending cuts.(AFP/File/Carl Court)AFP - The independent Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) has raised its 2010 growth forecast to 1.8 percent from 1.2 percent, citing a stronger-than-expected recovery, and slashed its estimate of job losses arising from spending cuts.

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