2011年5月7日星期六

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Labour leader urges Lib Dems to defect (AFP)

Posted: 07 May 2011 04:40 PM PDT

Ed Miliband, the leader of the Labour party, pictured in March 2011, on Sunday urged disaffected Liberal Democrat ministers to defect from the government after the junior coalition partners suffered an election meltdown.(AFP/File/Andrew Yates)AFP - The leader of the Labour party on Sunday urged disaffected Liberal Democrat ministers to defect from the government after the junior coalition partners suffered an election meltdown.

Mittal's fortune falls but still Britain's biggest (AFP)

Posted: 07 May 2011 12:34 PM PDT

The chief excutive of the world's biggest steelmaker, ArcelorMittal, Lakshmi Mittal, speaks on February 2011 at the company headquarters. Mittal has seen his fortune fall by some £5 billion ($8 billion, 5.7 billion euros) in the past year but remains the wealthiest person in Britain, it was revealed Saturday.(AFP/File/Jean-Christophe Verhaegen)AFP - Indian-born steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal has seen his fortune fall by some £5 billion ($8 billion, 5.7 billion euros) in the past year but remains the wealthiest person in Britain, it was revealed Saturday.

Fortunes of Britain's super rich climb (AP)

Posted: 07 May 2011 11:11 AM PDT

AP - The fortunes of Britain's wealthiest individuals appear to have turned.

At the Polls, Britons Have Bad News for the Coalition (Time.com)

Posted: 06 May 2011 11:05 PM PDT

Time.com - With British voters rejecting the Liberal Democrats in a slew of local seats -- and the party's proposed new voting system -- the question now is what will it take to keep the coalition together?

Scotland independence vote looms after separatist win (AFP)

Posted: 06 May 2011 07:35 PM PDT

Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond gives the thumbs up after addressing the media at the Prestonfield Hotel in Edinburgh. Scotland moved closer to a vote on independence after Salmond's nationalist party secured a historic majority in elections for the Edinburgh parliament.(AFP/Jonathan Mitchell)AFP - Scotland moved closer to a vote on independence after the party of nationalist leader Alex Salmond secured a historic majority in elections for the Edinburgh parliament.

Britons reject voting reform in referendum (Reuters)

Posted: 06 May 2011 12:04 PM PDT

Workers count ballots for the referendum on the Alternative Vote, in a sports centre in Vauxhall, London, May 6, 2011. REUTERS/Olivia HarrisReuters - Britons have overwhelmingly rejected proposals for voting reform in a setback to the coalition government's Liberal Democrats who had championed the change, the BBC said Friday.

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