2011年1月6日星期四

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Jessie J tops BBC "Sound of 2011" pop poll (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Jan 2011 04:04 PM PST

Reuters - Singer-songwriter Jessie J won the BBC's Sound of 2011 poll on Friday, underlining her credentials as one of the next big things in British pop.

Report: Police increase presence in London (AP)

Posted: 06 Jan 2011 03:12 PM PST

AP - More police officers were being deployed at transport hubs in London amid continuing fears of a terrorist attack, British media reported Thursday.

Ivory Coast election winner wants rival ousted (AP)

Posted: 06 Jan 2011 03:20 PM PST

Alassane Ouattara, in red tie, is watched over by armed guards as he walks with advisors and staff in the garden of the Golf Hotel in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Thursday, Jan. 6, 2011. Ouattara, the man recognized as the winner of Ivory Coast's recent presidential election, called Thursday for special forces from West African nations to remove Ivory Coast's incumbent president Laurent Gbagbo in a commando operation.(AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)AP - The internationally recognized winner of Ivory Coast's presidential election is asking for special forces to launch a commando operation to remove the country's defiant sitting president who has refused to cede power five weeks after losing the vote.

British Airways opts for Rolls-Royce engines for A380 (AFP)

Posted: 06 Jan 2011 12:20 PM PST

A Rolls Royce Trent 900 jet engine which is used on the Airbus A380-800 and A380F at the Farnborough Air Show. British Airways opted Thursday for Rolls-Royce engines for the Airbus A380 superjumbos it has on order, only weeks after one of its Trent 900 models failed disastrously on a Qantas flight.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)AFP - British Airways opted Thursday for Rolls-Royce engines for the Airbus A380 superjumbos it has on order, only weeks after one of its Trent 900 models failed disastrously on a Qantas flight.

Snow chaos cost BA £50 mln (AFP)

Posted: 06 Jan 2011 08:18 AM PST

The tailfin of a British Airways plane is pictured surrounded by snow at Gatwick airport on December 19, 2010. British Airways says the snow chaos last month cost the airline about £50 million (59 million euros, $78 million).(AFP/Carl de Souza)AFP - British Airways announced Thursday that the snow chaos last month had cost the airline about £50 million (59 million euros, $78 million).

Osborne urges EU to forge rescue plan (AFP)

Posted: 06 Jan 2011 07:13 AM PST

Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne speaks during the opening session of the third symposium AFP - Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne said on Thursday that the eurozone needs to move quickly to put into place a convincing rescue mechanism to avoid another debt crisis.

Nursery worker arrested on suspicion of abuse (AFP)

Posted: 06 Jan 2011 06:56 AM PST

A male nursery worker in Birmingham has been arrested on suspicion of child abuse, West Midlands Police said Thursday.(AFP/Geoff Caddick)AFP - A male nursery worker in Birmingham has been arrested on suspicion of child abuse, West Midlands Police said Thursday.

BP shares rise after US spreads oil spill blame (AFP)

Posted: 06 Jan 2011 06:53 AM PST

BP shares rallied on Thursday after a US panel said that the British energy company was not solely to blame for last year's fatal Gulf of Mexico oil spill.(AFP/Karen Bleier)AFP - BP shares rallied on Thursday after a US panel said that the British energy company was not solely to blame for last year's fatal Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

Adebayor painting used to smuggle drugs (AFP)

Posted: 06 Jan 2011 06:23 AM PST

Manchester City's Togo forward Emmanuel Adebayor is pictured at the UEFA Europa League group A football match against Lech Poznan at The City of Manchester stadium on October 21, 2010. Drug traffickers tried to smuggle cannabis into Britain inside a painting of the Premier League player, border officials said.(AFP/File/Andrew Yates)AFP - Drug traffickers tried to smuggle cannabis into Britain inside a painting of English Premier League footballer Emmanuel Adebayor, border officials said Thursday.

British firm supplied US death drug: rights group (AFP)

Posted: 06 Jan 2011 06:12 AM PST

Handout photo from human rights group Reprieve shows the AFP - A British human rights organisation claimed Thursday that a small company based in the office of a London driving instructor had supplied drugs to carry out executions in the United States.

NotW journalist suspended over phone-hacking claims (AFP)

Posted: 06 Jan 2011 05:59 AM PST

The News of the World has had suspended one of its senior journalists after phone-hacking allegations emerged involving Hollywood actress Sienna Miller.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Jemal Countess)AFP - The News of the World has had suspended one of its senior journalists after phone-hacking allegations emerged involving Hollywood actress Sienna Miller.

UK moves to extend freedom of information laws (AP)

Posted: 06 Jan 2011 05:58 AM PST

AP - Britain's government should release its secrets sooner, the country's deputy prime minister said Thursday, proposing reforms to strengthen the U.K.'s relatively new freedom of information law.

Getting married? Take the quiz first (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Jan 2011 05:31 AM PST

Reuters - A British family law firm is urging couples to take a "compatibility quiz" before getting married or deciding to live together.

British Airways, Rolls-Royce seal Trent 900 deal (AP)

Posted: 06 Jan 2011 05:06 AM PST

AP - British Airways and Rolls-Royce said Thursday that they have completed contracts for Trent 900 engines to power a dozen Airbus A380s, the first announcement of any deal for the giant engines since one disintegrated in flight on a Qantas superjumbo in November.

BP shares higher following US spill report (AP)

Posted: 06 Jan 2011 02:48 AM PST

Oil and gas continues to leak from BP's Gulf of Mexico well after the oil containment cap was removed from so it could be replaced with a bigger cap, in the Gulf of Mexico, in this frame grab captured from a BP live video feed July 10, 2010. Bacteria ate nearly all the potentially climate-warming methane that spewed from BP's broken wellhead in the Gulf of Mexico last year, scientists reported on January 6, 2011. Frame grab captured on July 10, 2010. REUTERS/BP/Handout (UNITED STATES - Tags: DISASTER ENERGY BUSINESS) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNSAP - Shares in BP PLC opened higher Thursday after a U.S. presidential commission criticized the oil company's contractors and regulators as well as BP for the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

Jack Tweed arrested over nightclub brawl (AFP)

Posted: 06 Jan 2011 02:14 AM PST

Jade Goody's widower Jack Tweed, seen here in March 2009, has been arrested on suspicion of affray after a brawl at a nightclub.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)AFP - Jack Tweed, the widower of former Big Brother star Jade Goody, has been arrested on suspicion of affray after a brawl at a nightclub.

Osborne urges Europe to 'put house in order' (AFP)

Posted: 06 Jan 2011 12:33 AM PST

Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne, pictured, has urged Europe to AFP - Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne on Thursday urged Europe to "put its own house in order" in 2011 by taking action to restore confidence in the euro and shore up the bloc's banking system.

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