2011年1月18日星期二

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Corruption probe targets 4 Russian officials (AP)

Posted: 18 Jan 2011 02:51 PM PST

AP - British police said Tuesday they are investigating corruption allegations against four Russian officials working at an international financial institution based in London.

Iraq inquiry slams UK officials over secret memos (AFP)

Posted: 18 Jan 2011 11:11 AM PST

Britain's inquiry into the war in Iraq resumed Tuesday with former prime minister Tony Blair -- pictured in December 2010 -- set to deal with claims about the legal basis for the invasion when he gives evidence later this week.(AFP/File/Mandel Ngan)AFP - The head of Britain's Iraq war inquiry rebuked the government Tuesday for refusing to publish memos that Tony Blair wrote to George Bush ahead of the 2003 invasion, as public hearings resumed in London.

Hotel owners fined for refusing gay couple a room (AP)

Posted: 18 Jan 2011 10:58 AM PST

Steven Preddy, left, and Martin Hall outside Bristol County Court, south western England, Tuesday Jan. 18, 2011, after a judge ruled that Christian hotel owners Peter and Hazelmary Bull acted unlawfully when they refused the couple a double room at their hotel late in 2008. In a written ruling at Bristol County Court on Tuesday, Judge Andrew Rutherford awarded the gay couple 1,800 pounds (about $2,900) each in damages. (AP Photo/PA, Ben Birchall) UNITED KINGDOM OUTAP - A Christian couple were fined Tuesday for refusing to allow a gay couple the use of a double room at their hotel in southern England, capping a case that has drawn national attention and which the judge himself described as very difficult.

British watchdog fines Barclays over investment failures (AFP)

Posted: 18 Jan 2011 10:13 AM PST

A Barclays Bank branch is pictured in central London. Britain's financial watchdog has fined Barclays bank £7.7 million and ordered it to compensate customers up to £60 million after they received inadequate advice on investing in funds.(AFP/File/Adrian Dennis)AFP - Britain's financial watchdog said Tuesday it had fined Barclays bank £7.7 million and ordered it to compensate customers up to £60 million after they received inadequate advice on investing in funds.

Brewer SABMiller says lager volumes lifted by Africa, Asia (AFP)

Posted: 18 Jan 2011 10:11 AM PST

Brewer SABMiller -- the owner of Pieroni beer -- said Tuesday that lager volumes grew in the third quarter of its financial year on the back of a strong showing in emerging markets in Africa and Asia.(AFP/BELGA/File/Eric Vidal)AFP - Britain-based brewing giant SABMiller said Tuesday that lager volumes grew in the third quarter of its financial year on the back of a strong showing in emerging markets in Africa and Asia.

UK royal succession challenge passes first test (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Jan 2011 10:10 AM PST

Reuters - A bid to abolish a 300-year-old law asserting the primacy of male heirs to the British throne passed its first parliamentary hurdle Tuesday but the government played down hopes any resolution would come soon.

UK government blocks release of Blair Iraq notes (AP)

Posted: 18 Jan 2011 09:43 AM PST

AP - British authorities have refused to publish notes that Tony Blair sent to President George W. Bush before the Iraq war, prompting a complaint Tuesday from the chief of a public inquiry into the divisive conflict.

Britain moves to ban Pakistani Taliban under terror law (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Jan 2011 09:41 AM PST

Reuters - Britain has moved to ban the Pakistani Taliban as a terrorist group, making it illegal to belong to or raise funds for the organization in Britain, the government said on Tuesday.

Royal wedding sparks debate on UK succession (AP)

Posted: 18 Jan 2011 08:00 AM PST

The Archbishop of Canterbury, leader of the world's Anglicans, welcomed the forthcoming wedding of Prince William and his girlfriend Kate Middleton, seen here on December 12, in his Christmas Day sermon.(AFP/HO/File/Mario Testino)AP - Lawmakers say it would be the perfect wedding gift â€" changing Britain's rules of succession so any daughter born to Prince William and wife-to-be Kate Middleton would enjoy an equal right to the throne.

Conan Doyle estate approves new Holmes story (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Jan 2011 06:39 AM PST

A life-size bronze figure of British author Arthur Conan Doyle's character, the detective Sherlock Holmes created by artist John Doubleday 1988 is pictured on the main square in the town of Meiringen, some 100 km (62 miles) south east of the Swiss capital Bern July 6, 2010. REUTERS/Arnd WiegmannReuters - Sherlock Holmes is to be brought back to life in the first new novel about the great Baker Street detective to be officially approved.

Gay couple win case against Christian hotel (AFP)

Posted: 18 Jan 2011 06:07 AM PST

A court on Tuesday awarded a gay couple £3,600 (5,800 dollars, 4,300 euros) after they successfully sued Christian hotel owners for refusing to let them stay in a double room.(AFP/File/Tony Karumba)AFP - A court on Tuesday awarded a gay couple £3,600 (5,800 dollars, 4,300 euros) after they successfully sued Christian hotel owners for refusing to let them stay in a double room.

UK and Irish restaurants win 14 new Michelin stars (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Jan 2011 06:04 AM PST

Reuters - Michelin has awarded 14 new stars to British and Irish restaurants but stripped 11 stars from others in its 100th regional edition.

Gay couple win hotel discrimination case (AFP)

Posted: 18 Jan 2011 05:29 AM PST

A court on Tuesday awarded a gay couple £3,600 (5,800 dollars, 4,300 euros) after they successfully sued Christian hotel owners for refusing to let them stay in a double room.(AFP/File/Tony Karumba)AFP - The Christian owners of a seaside hotel who refused to let a gay couple stay in one of its double rooms acted unlawfully, a judge ruled Tuesday.

Critics scorn new moves on underage drinking (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Jan 2011 04:37 AM PST

Reuters - Shops and pubs in the UK will be barred from selling drinks for less than the rate of duty and VAT owed on them, as part of a crackdown on binge drinking among young people, the government said on Tuesday.

Inflation surges to eight-month peak (AFP)

Posted: 18 Jan 2011 04:36 AM PST

Customers eat lunch in Spitalfields Market in London, on August 17, 2010. Annual inflation hit an eight-month high at 3.7 percent in December, from 3.3 percent in November, driven by higher air fares and rising fuel and food prices, official data showed.(AFP/Ben Stansall)AFP - Annual inflation hit an eight-month high in December, official data showed Tuesday, piling pressure on the Bank of England to begin raising interest rates from record-low levels, analysts said.

UK demands Ivory Coast's Gbagbo "go and go now" (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Jan 2011 04:09 AM PST

Reuters - Britain demanded on Tuesday that Ivory Coast leader Laurent Gbagbo, who has refused to step down after a disputed election, "go and go now".

Health campaigners slam alcohol price plan (AFP)

Posted: 18 Jan 2011 04:06 AM PST

The government unveiled minimum prices for alcohol Tuesday in a bid to curb binge-drinking and booze-related violence, but health campaigners immediately condemned the measures as insufficient.(AFP/File/Miguel Riopa)AFP - The government unveiled minimum prices for alcohol Tuesday in a bid to curb binge-drinking and booze-related violence, but health campaigners immediately condemned the measures as insufficient.

RBS sells Priory rehab clinics (AFP)

Posted: 18 Jan 2011 03:49 AM PST

State-rescued Royal Bank of Scotland has agreed to sell Priory Group, whose clinics regularly treat celebrities with addictions, to private equity group Advent International.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - State-rescued Royal Bank of Scotland on Tuesday said it had agreed to sell Priory Group, whose clinics regularly treat celebrities with addictions, to private equity group Advent International.

Family appeal to find Jo Yeates killer (AFP)

Posted: 18 Jan 2011 03:32 AM PST

The parents of murdered landscape architect Jo Yeates have made a desperate appeal for information which could lead to the capture of her killer and an end to the family's AFP - The parents of murdered landscape architect Jo Yeates have made a desperate appeal for information which could lead to the capture of her killer and an end to the family's "torment".

Britain moves to ban Pakistani Taliban (AFP)

Posted: 18 Jan 2011 03:26 AM PST

An image from a video released by the SITE Intelligence Group on May 2, 2010 shows Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) leader Hakimullah Mehsud. Britain has moved to ban the Pakistani Taliban, making membership a criminal offence and rendering illegal any attempts to raise money for the group in this country.(AFP/SITE/File/-)AFP - Britain moved Tuesday to ban the Pakistani Taliban, making membership a criminal offence and rendering illegal any attempts to raise money for the group in this country.

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