2010年12月15日星期三

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Russia blasts Britain for "paranoid spymania" (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Dec 2010 10:56 AM PST

Reuters - Moscow accused Britain of "paranoid spymania" on Wednesday and hinted that the arrest of a Russian aide to a member of parliament could set back efforts to improve relations with London.

UK's Axed Harrier jets take final flight (AFP)

Posted: 15 Dec 2010 10:28 AM PST

A Harrier jet taking off from the flight deck of and aircraft carrier in 2007. Britain's Harrier jets took their final flight Wednesday before the 16-strong fleet is axed as part of spending cuts intended to help reduce a record budget deficit.(AFP/HO/File)AFP - Britain's Harrier jets took their final flight Wednesday before the 16-strong fleet is axed as part of spending cuts intended to help reduce a record budget deficit.

Jobless total hits 2.5 million (AFP)

Posted: 15 Dec 2010 08:05 AM PST

People stand outside the job centre in Chatham, in south-east England, 2009. The number of unemployed people in Britain has hit 2.5 million, official data showed, with economists predicting more gloom as a result of the government's planned spending cuts.(AFP/File/Adrian Dennis)AFP - The number of unemployed in Britain has hit 2.5 million after rising for the first time in six months, official data showed Wednesday, as economists predicted further gloom amid deep spending cuts.

US: UK suspect part of international terror plot (AP)

Posted: 15 Dec 2010 08:03 AM PST

AP - U.S. authorities say an alleged al-Qaida operative arrested in Britain was part of an international conspiracy to attack targets in England, the United States and Norway.

Scottish firm fined £3 million for Saddam kickbacks (AFP)

Posted: 15 Dec 2010 07:48 AM PST

Iraqi women wait in line at a food distribution center in Baghdad in 2000. Scottish engineering group Weir says it will plead guilty to breaching UN sanctions over the Oil-for-Food programme in Iraq and pay a confiscation order and a fine of £13.9 million.(AFP/File/Karim Sahib)AFP - Scottish engineering firm Weir was fined £3 million on Wednesday for paying illegal kickbacks to Saddam Hussein's Iraqi regime to secure contracts.

UK-based man in worldwide al Qaeda attack plot: court (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Dec 2010 06:47 AM PST

Reuters - A Pakistani man planned to bomb Manchester city center in northern England as part of a wider al Qaeda plot to carry out attacks in Britain, the United States and Norway, a London court was told on Wednesday.

Lansley to press ahead with radical NHS reforms (AFP)

Posted: 15 Dec 2010 04:52 AM PST

A patient is given a swine flu vaccination. The government is expected to confirm that it is to go ahead with a radical shake-up of the NHS that will see GPs take on most responsibility for the health budget by 2013.(AFP/File/Lewis Whyld)AFP - The government has confirmed that it is to go ahead with a radical shake-up of the NHS that will see GPs take on most responsibility for the health budget by 2013.

Embalmed head of France's King Henri IV found (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Dec 2010 04:34 AM PST

A two-way combo shows the mummified skull attributed to French King Henri IV in this handout photo released by the BMJ Group (British Medical Journal) December 15, 2010. REUTERS/Gabet/Belet/Galaxy/BMJ/HandoutReuters - A team of scientists say they have positively identified an embalmed head, presumed lost in the chaos of the French Revolution, as that of King Henri IV of France who was assassinated in 1610.

Simon Property Group bids for UK shopping centres (AFP)

Posted: 15 Dec 2010 02:13 AM PST

Simon Property Group, the largest public US real estate company, has said that it has offered to buy Britain's Capital Shopping Centres for almost three billion pounds.(AFP/Getty Images/File/David Mcnew)AFP - Simon Property Group, the largest public US real estate company, said Wednesday that it has offered to buy Britain's Capital Shopping Centres for almost three billion pounds

Support for UK Lib Dems slumps: Reuters/Ipsos MORI (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Dec 2010 01:14 AM PST

Reuters - Support for Britain's Liberal Democrat party has slumped to its lowest level in two years, after a tumultuous month in which the party has been vilified for breaking its promise to oppose higher university fees.

Govt to offer grants for electric cars (AFP)

Posted: 15 Dec 2010 12:13 AM PST

The government on Tuesday launched state grants aimed at encouraging motorists to buy environmentally-friendly electric cars made by leading manufacturers including Mercedes-Benz and Toyota.(AFP/File/Bertrand Guay)AFP - The government has launched state grants aimed at encouraging motorists to buy environmentally-friendly electric cars made by leading manufacturers including Mercedes-Benz and Toyota.

Disabled man to lodge complaint over protest policing (AFP)

Posted: 15 Dec 2010 12:13 AM PST

Police clashing with demonstrators in Parliament Square during student protests in London on December 9. A disabled man, suffering from cerebral palsy, is planning to bring a formal complaint against the police who he says twice dragged him from his wheelchair and across a road in London during last week?s student protests.(AFP/File/Carl Court)AFP - A disabled man, suffering from cerebral palsy, is planning to bring a formal complaint against the police who he says twice dragged him from his wheelchair and across a road in London during last week?s student protests.

House of Lords backs tuition fees hike (AFP)

Posted: 15 Dec 2010 12:11 AM PST

Mounted riot police clash with protestors during student demonstrations in Parliament Square, in London, on December 9. The coalition government on Tuesday got through another test in its bid to hike tuition fees, after the plans were backed by the upper house of parliament despite an attempt to block them.(AFP/File/Carl Court)AFP - The coalition government has survived another test in its bid to hike tuition fees, after the plans were backed by the House of Lords despite an attempt to block them.

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