2010年12月4日星期六

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Bailed ex-tycoon Asil Nadir arrested, released (AP)

Posted: 04 Dec 2010 04:17 PM PST

AP - A former tycoon who faces trial next year for allegedly stealing millions from his collapsed company, was arrested Saturday for allegedly breaching his bail conditions but was released hours later.

Ex-fugitive Nadir released in Britain after 'bail breach' (AFP)

Posted: 04 Dec 2010 01:05 PM PST

Asil Nadir (R) addresses the media after returning to his temporary home in central London, in August 2010. Nadir, who chose to return to Britain this year after 17 years as one of its most high-profile fugitives, was arrested on Saturday for an alleged breach of bail conditions, police said.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)AFP - Cypriot tycoon Asil Nadir, awaiting trial in Britain on charges of multi-million-pound fraud, was released Saturday after he was arrested for allegedly breaching his bail conditions.

Five more die due to freezing UK weather (AFP)

Posted: 04 Dec 2010 09:16 AM PST

Cars ans vans are driven through heavy snow in Stockport, north-east England on December 1. Five Britons have died in road accidents attributed to severe weather, taking the toll from the big freeze to seven, reports said.(AFP/Andrew Yates)AFP - Five Britons died in road accidents attributed to cold weather, taking the toll from the big freeze to seven, reports said on Saturday.

Legal process keeps Assange free for now (AP)

Posted: 04 Dec 2010 08:01 AM PST

FILE - In this Nov. 4, 2010 file photo, Wikileaks founder Julian Assange takes his seat during a news conference at the Geneva press club in Geneva, Switzerland. The lawyer for Assange says that the decision to add the 39-year-old Australian to Interpol's most wanted list shows that his client is being persecuted. Media lawyer Mark Stephens says Assange and his attorneys have not been provided with any information beyond what has been reported in the press about the sexual misconduct case against him in Sweden. (AP Photo/Keystone, Martial Trezzini, File)AP - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange remains free while his website spews daily embarrassment and potential diplomatic damage to the United States, his liberty protected for now by the slowly grinding wheels of the law.

Ark Royal returns home for last time (AFP)

Posted: 03 Dec 2010 06:47 PM PST

HMS Ark Royal sails through mist into her home port of Portsmouth. The Royal Navy's flagship returned to base for the final time on Friday, leaving Britain without an aircraft carrier capable of launching jets for the next decade.(AFP/MoD/Kyle Heller)AFP - The Royal Navy's flagship, HMS Ark Royal, returned to base for the final time, leaving the country without an aircraft carrier capable of launching jets for the next decade.

Cables expose British 'paranoia' over links to US (AFP)

Posted: 03 Dec 2010 06:34 PM PST

Foreign Secretary William Hague speaks with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton during a joint press at the State Department in Washington, DC last month. US officials privately mocked the attitude of senior members of then opposition leader David Cameron's party who vowed to run a pro-US regime if they won this year's election, leaked cables showed Saturday.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Alex Wong)AFP - US officials privately mocked the attitude of senior members of then opposition leader David Cameron's party who vowed to run a pro-US regime if they won this year's election, leaked cables showed Saturday.

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