2010年12月6日星期一

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

WikiLeaks founder to meet British police (AFP)

Posted: 06 Dec 2010 04:20 PM PST

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was Monday arranging to meet with British police, his lawyer said, as the net tightened around the man behind the release of a hoard of secret US diplomatic cables.(AFP/File/Thomas Coex)AFP - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was Monday arranging to meet with British police, his lawyer said, as the net tightened around the man behind the release of a hoard of secret US diplomatic cables.

UK to lure wealthy tourists with "fairytale" breaks (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Dec 2010 04:08 PM PST

Visitors look out from a pod on the London Eye towards Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament in central London April 6, 2010. REUTERS/Toby MelvilleReuters - Britain's national tourism agency is set to launch a major marketing campaign to persuade more wealthy tourists to spend their cash on luxury holidays in the country's castles, stately homes and theatres.

Migrant boat capsizes in British Virgin Islands (AP)

Posted: 06 Dec 2010 12:12 PM PST

AP - A motorboat overloaded with Haitian migrants slammed into a reef off the British Virgin Islands and capsized Monday as it tried to evade authorities. Five people were killed, including two infants.

Prince William and Kate use TV interview for charity: palace (AFP)

Posted: 06 Dec 2010 10:48 AM PST

Prince William(R) and his fiancée Kate Middleton, seen here in November 2011, are raising huge sums of money for charity from a television interview they gave immediately after their engagement, it was reported Monday.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)AFP - Prince William and Kate Middleton are raising huge sums of money for charity from a television interview they gave immediately after their engagement, the prince's office said Monday.

Russian 'spy' confused by British arrest: report (AFP)

Posted: 06 Dec 2010 10:28 AM PST

A Russian woman who faces deportation over claims she spied while working for a British lawmaker told the BBC Monday she was confused by her arrest but confident she would win her fight against expulsion.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Matthew Stockman)AFP - A Russian woman who faces deportation over claims she spied while working for a British lawmaker told the BBC Monday she was confused by her arrest but confident she would win her fight against expulsion.

Was Medieval England more Merrie than thought? (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Dec 2010 09:29 AM PST

Two medieval knights dressed in body armour are seen fighting with swords during a photocall for the 'Call to Arms' exhibition in the National War Museum at Edinburgh castle in Scotland on May 22, 2008. REUTERS/David MoirReuters - Maybe being a serf or a villein in the Middle Ages was not such a grim existence as it seems.

'Sexy' children's products under review (AFP)

Posted: 06 Dec 2010 08:42 AM PST

Christmas shoppers are pictured on Oxford Street, in central London, in December 2009. An inquiry into the sale of 'sexy' products aimed at young children is under way following a coalition pledge to protect young people from AFP - An inquiry into the sale of 'sexy' products aimed at young children is under way following a coalition pledge to protect young people from "premature sexualisation".

French firm approaches banknote printer De La Rue (AFP)

Posted: 06 Dec 2010 08:21 AM PST

Reserve Bank of Tonga clerk Selaima Finau displays a one hundred pa'anga note printed by Thomas de la Rue. French banknote printer and chip card maker Oberthur said it had made a takeover approach to De La Rue, sending shares in its British counterpart soaring.(AFP/File/Torsten Blackwood)AFP - French banknote printer and chip card maker Oberthur said it had made a takeover approach to De La Rue, sending shares in its British counterpart soaring.

UK says US fire may have killed soldier (AP)

Posted: 06 Dec 2010 06:46 AM PST

A bugler plays taps during burial services for US Army Corporal William K. Middleton at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Monday, Dec. 6, 2010. Middleton, of Norfolk, Va, died Nov. 22, in Kandahar province, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - A British soldier may have been killed in Afghanistan by supporting fire from a U.S. aircraft, the Ministry of Defense said Monday.

Sound artist favorite to scoop 2010 Turner Prize (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Dec 2010 06:44 AM PST

People listen to Susan Philipsz sounds installation Reuters - Glasgow-born Susan Philipsz, the first artist working primarily in sound to be shortlisted for the Turner Prize, is the bookmakers' favorite to win Britain's most prestigious art award when it is announced later Monday.

Scientists find key to repairing MS damage (AFP)

Posted: 06 Dec 2010 06:28 AM PST

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a drug which has been found to allow with multiple sclerosis (MS) to walk faster, the drug watchdog said.(AFP/Graphic)AFP - Researchers said they may have found a way to reverse damage in the central nervous system caused by multiple sclerosis, in a study hailed by campaigners as a major breakthrough.

Friendly fire 'may have killed British soldier' (AFP)

Posted: 06 Dec 2010 06:06 AM PST

A British soldier walks near the Pimon military camp in Nad-e Ali district of Helmand province in March 2010. NATO and Britain's Ministry of Defence said they were investigating whether friendly fire caused the weekend death of a British soldier in southern Afghanistan.(AFP/POOL/File/Massoud Hossaini)AFP - NATO and Britain have said they are investigating whether friendly fire caused the weekend death of a British soldier in southern Afghanistan.

Scottish airports hit as fresh snow falls (AFP)

Posted: 06 Dec 2010 05:59 AM PST

A Thomson aeroplane lands at a snow-covered Gatwick Airport on December 3. Edinburgh airport was closed again on Monday as fresh snow covered parts of Britain and freezing fog ushered in another bitterly cold week.(AFP/Carl Court)AFP - Scotland's busiest airport was closed again on Monday as fresh snow covered parts of Britain and freezing fog ushered in another bitterly cold week.

Friendly-fire 'may have killed British soldier' (AFP)

Posted: 06 Dec 2010 05:03 AM PST

A British soldier walks near the Pimon military camp in Nad-e Ali district of Helmand province in March 2010. NATO and Britain's Ministry of Defence said they were investigating whether friendly fire caused the weekend death of a British soldier in southern Afghanistan.(AFP/POOL/File/Massoud Hossaini)AFP - NATO and the Ministry of Defence have said they are investigating whether friendly fire caused the weekend death of a British soldier in southern Afghanistan.

Superfast broadband for every community by 2015 (AFP)

Posted: 06 Dec 2010 03:59 AM PST

Highspeed broadband will be available to every community in Britain by 2015 under plans announced by the government on Monday.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)AFP - Highspeed broadband will be available to every community in Britain by 2015 under plans announced by the government on Monday.

Widdecombe bows graciously out of Strictly (AFP)

Posted: 06 Dec 2010 02:23 AM PST

Ann Widdecombe, seen here in 2006, said she was AFP - Ann Widdecombe said she was disappointed after being voted off Strictly Come Dancing last night but admits it would have been "a travesty" if she had stayed on.

BBC presenter apologizes for four-letter gaffe (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Dec 2010 01:06 AM PST

Reuters - A BBC Radio 4 presenter apologized on Monday after he mangled the phrase "Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt" and produced a profanity heard live on air.

'Spy' expulsion is World Cup revenge: Russian paper (AFP)

Posted: 06 Dec 2010 12:46 AM PST

The Russian MP's assistant who faces deportation on suspicion of espionage has been targeted as revenge for England's failure to land the 2018 World Cup, a paper has alleged.(AFP/File/Max Nash)AFP - The Russian MP's assistant who faces deportation on suspicion of espionage has been targeted as revenge for England's failure to land the 2018 World Cup, a paper alleged Monday.

British soldier killed in Afghanistan (AFP)

Posted: 06 Dec 2010 12:18 AM PST

A British soldier walks near the Pimon military camp in Nad-e Ali district of Helmand province in March 2010. NATO and Britain's Ministry of Defence said they were investigating whether friendly fire caused the weekend death of a British soldier in southern Afghanistan.(AFP/POOL/File/Massoud Hossaini)AFP - A British soldier has been shot dead while on patrol in southern Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence in London said.

MP's Russian 'spy' assistant faces deportation (AFP)

Posted: 06 Dec 2010 12:15 AM PST

The Russian MP's assistant who faces deportation on suspicion of espionage has been targeted as revenge for England's failure to land the 2018 World Cup, a paper has alleged.(AFP/File/Max Nash)AFP - The MP whose Russian assistant was reportedly arrested on suspicion of espionage has defended her, saying she had "nothing to hide".

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