2010年12月16日星期四

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Defence Secretary cancels Sri Lanka trip (AFP)

Posted: 16 Dec 2010 06:59 PM PST

File photo of Defence Secretary, Liam Fox, who has cancelled a private visit to Sri Lanka this weekend, officials said, amid reports the foreign ministry feared it would upset London's approach to Colombo.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)AFP - Defence Secretary Liam Fox has cancelled a private visit to Sri Lanka this weekend, officials said, amid reports the foreign ministry feared it would upset London's approach to Colombo.

Blair urges West to follow China development example (AFP)

Posted: 16 Dec 2010 04:38 PM PST

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair speaks on AFP - Former prime minister Tony Blair said Thursday that China sets a good example for Western governments seeking to help Africa develop.

"Little Britain" star Lucas wins damages (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Dec 2010 08:18 AM PST

Reuters - Little Britain star Matt Lucas has won substantial undisclosed damages and an apology over a "grossly intrusive" Daily Mail article in the wake of his ex-partner's death last year, the Press Association reported.

Retail sales rise ahead of Christmas: data (AFP)

Posted: 16 Dec 2010 07:22 AM PST

People carry shopping bags at Oxford Street in central London, January 2010. Retail sales increased by a modest 0.3 percent in November from October as consumers bought goods in time for Christmas.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)AFP - Retail sales increased by a modest 0.3 percent in November from October as consumers bought goods in time for Christmas and ahead of a looming taxation hike, official data showed Thursday.

'Shameful' detention of asylum seeker children (AFP)

Posted: 16 Dec 2010 05:41 AM PST

A security guard stands in a room at the Colnbrook Immigration Removal Centre near London's Heathrow Airport. The government said it would end the AFP - The government said Thursday it would end the "shameful" practice of holding the children of failed asylum-seekers in detention centres while they await deportation.

Study sees 1.2 billion illegal UK song downloads in '10 (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Dec 2010 04:38 AM PST

Reuters - At least 1.2 billion songs will have been illegally downloaded by the end of 2010 in Britain, a study for the recording industry lobby group the BPI said on Thursday.

BP shares slide after US launches oil spill action (AFP)

Posted: 16 Dec 2010 03:43 AM PST

Shares in BP sank after the United States launched legal action against the embattled company over the devastating Gulf of Mexico oil spill disaster.(AFP/File/Andrew Yates)AFP - Shares in BP sank on Thursday after the United States launched legal action against the embattled company over the devastating Gulf of Mexico oil spill disaster.

British lawyers took decision to appeal Assange bail: official (AFP)

Posted: 16 Dec 2010 03:36 AM PST

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, seen here, hears if he is to be freed on bail after more than a week in prison following his arrest on a Swedish warrant for questioning about alleged sex crimes.(AFP/File/Fabrice Coffrini)AFP - British prosecutors acting for Sweden took the decision to oppose bail for WikiLeaks boss Julian Assange and it was not a direct request from Sweden, the top state prosecutor said Thursday.

BP shares down 2.8 pct after US brings lawsuit (AP)

Posted: 16 Dec 2010 03:03 AM PST

In this Dec. 15, 2010 aerial photo from a southwings.org flight, berm construction by the State of Louisiana is seen along the Chandeleur Islands, in the Gulf of Mexico. The big set of sand barriers erected by Louisiana's governor to protect the coastline at the height of the Gulf oil spill is being criticized by a presidential commission as a colossal, $200 million waste of money so far. In its stinging report, the commission said Thursday, Dec. 16, 2010 that its staff can 'comfortably conclude that the decision to green-light the underwhelmingly effective, overwhelmingly expensive Louisiana berms project was flawed.' (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - Shares in BP PLC are down by 2.8 percent after the U.S. Justice Department announced it was suing the oil company and several other firms involved in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

Govt probes reports of Britons killed in Pakistan (AFP)

Posted: 16 Dec 2010 02:48 AM PST

A Predator surveillance drone equipped with Hellfire missiles. The Foreign Office said it was looking into media reports that two British nationals, possibly Muslim converts, were killed in a US drone strike in northwest Pakistan last week.(AFP/General Atomics/File)AFP - The Foreign Office said Thursday it was looking into media reports that two British nationals, possibly Muslim converts, were killed in a US drone strike in northwest Pakistan last week.

Axed Harrier jets take final flight (AFP)

Posted: 16 Dec 2010 02:33 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.

WikiLeaks' Assange vows to clear name as freed on bail (AFP)

Posted: 16 Dec 2010 12:51 PM PST

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is pictured outside High Court in central London. Assange vowed to clear his name of allegations of sexual assault and pursue his work with the whistleblowing website after he was freed on bail by a London court Thursday.(AFP/Adrian Dennis)AFP - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange vowed to clear his name of allegations of sexual assault and pursue his work with the whistleblowing website after he was freed on bail by a London court Thursday.

Penalty shoot-outs 'unfair' say researchers (AFP)

Posted: 15 Dec 2010 06:38 PM PST

Arsenal's Polish goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny (L) watches as a penalty kick from Manchester United's English forward Wayne Rooney goes above the bar on December 13, 2010. Football penalty shoot-outs give an unfair psychological advantage to the team that shoots first according to new research(AFP/File/Andrew Yates)AFP - Football penalty shoot-outs give an unfair psychological advantage to the team that shoots first according to new research from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) published Thursday.

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