2011年1月24日星期一

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

'Austerity Mum' blogger exposed as top exec's wife (AFP)

Posted: 24 Jan 2011 12:43 PM PST

The website of a blogger calling herself AFP - The website of a blogger calling herself "Austerity Mum" about coping in the financial downturn was offline Monday after she was exposed as being the wife of a top London executive.

New airline IAG worth 6.1 billion pounds on market debut (AFP)

Posted: 24 Jan 2011 11:28 AM PST

International Airlines Group's Chairman Antonio Vazquez (2nd L) and Chief Executive Officer Willie Walsh (2nd R) pose outside the London Stock Exchange ahead of the new group's stock market debut. The group made its entry at a valuation of £6.1 billion, with IAG shares trading at 285.1 pence shortly after the start of trading on London's FTSE 100 index.(AFP/Ben Stansall)AFP - International Airlines Group, formed via the merger of British Airways and Iberia of Spain, made its stock market debut on Monday at a valuation of £6.1 billion (7.2 billion euros, $9.7 billion).

Bombing at Moscow airport called terrorist attack (AP)

Posted: 24 Jan 2011 03:40 PM PST

Firefighters and rescuers gather outside Moscow's Domodedovo international airport. A suicide bomber killed at least 35 and wounded dozens Monday when he blew himself up in the packed arrivals hall of Moscow's largest airport in an attack slammed by the Kremlin as an act of terror.(AFP/Andrey Smirnov)AP - Terrorists struck again in the heart of Russia, with a suicide bomber blowing himself up Monday in Moscow's busiest airport and turning its international arrivals terminal into a smoky, blood-spattered hall of dismembered bodies, screaming survivors and abandoned suitcases. At least 35 people were killed, including two British travelers.

Man dies after 15-hour standoff (AFP)

Posted: 24 Jan 2011 10:33 AM PST

An unidentified man armed with a shotgun talks to armed police officers, before shooting himself to death in a park in Luton.(AFP/Max Nash)AFP - A man died after shooting himself in Luton following a 15-hour stand-off with police.Paramedics sent more than three hours trying to save the man's life after at least one shot was fired on Leagrave Common in north Luton.

BBC to slash online budget by a quarter (AFP)

Posted: 24 Jan 2011 10:09 AM PST

The BBC logo at Portland Place is shown in London 2004. The BBC said Monday it would cut its online budget by 25 percent as the publicly-funded broadcaster responds to criticism that is an unfair competitor to commercial rivals.(AFP/File/Nicolas Asfouri)AFP - The BBC said Monday it would cut its online budget by 25 percent as the publicly-funded broadcaster responds to criticism that is an unfair competitor to commercial rivals.

BBC cuts 360 jobs, budget for online division (AP)

Posted: 24 Jan 2011 08:04 AM PST

AP - The BBC said Monday it plans to cut jobs, spending and the number of services in its online division.

Jets escort airliner to Stansted after 'threats' (AFP)

Posted: 24 Jan 2011 08:01 AM PST

An Etihad Airways passenger jet flies over houses as it prepares to land at Heathrow Airport. British fighter jets have escorted an Etihad airlines jet to land at London's Stansted airport after it was diverted because of a passenger making threats, officials have said.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)AFP - British fighter jets escorted an Etihad Airways jet to land at London's Stansted airport on Monday after it was diverted because of a passenger making threats, officials said.

London-bound flight diverted after threat (AP)

Posted: 24 Jan 2011 07:47 AM PST

AP - British authorities say a Heathrow Airport-bound flight from Abu Dhabi was diverted and given a fighter escort after a passenger began making threats.

Soccer pundits rapped for mocking female referee (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Jan 2011 06:55 AM PST

Assistant referee Sian Massey runs during during the English Premier League soccer match between Wolverhampton Wanderers and Liverpool at Molineux in Wolverhampton, central England on January 22, 2011. REUTERS/Darren StaplesReuters - Two male British sports presenters have been reprimanded after questioning the ability of women to officiate over soccer matches.

Dutchman in court charged with Yeates murder (AFP)

Posted: 24 Jan 2011 04:50 AM PST

A 32-year-old Dutchman is to appear in court charged with the murder of Bristol landscape architect Joanna Yeates. Vincent Tabak, an engineer who lived next door to Yeates in the Clifton area of the city, will appear before Bristol Magistrates' Court.(Avon and Somerset Police)AFP - A Dutch engineer appeared in court on Monday charged with the murder of Bristol landscape architect Joanna Yeates.

British guard pleads self-defence in Iraq trial (AFP)

Posted: 24 Jan 2011 12:55 AM PST

Iraqi police escort Briton Danny Fitzsimons (C) following a brief court appearance in central Baghdad on January 21. The British security guard accused of killing two of his colleagues in the Iraqi capital's Green Zone have insisted at his trial that he acted in self-defence during an alcohol-fuelled brawl.(AFP/File/Amar Karim)AFP - A British security guard accused of killing two colleagues in the Iraqi capital's Green Zone has insisted at his trial that he acted in self-defence during an alcohol-fuelled brawl.

Gordon Brown called police over phone-hacking fears (AFP)

Posted: 24 Jan 2011 12:52 AM PST

Britain's opposition Labour party called Sunday for a fresh police probe into phone-hacking by journalists, amid reports that former prime minister Gordon Brown, pictured in Manchester in September, was among the high-profile figures targeted.(AFP/File/Paul Ellis)AFP - Calls for the Metropolitan Police to launch a fresh probe into phone-hacking by journalists intensified on Monday, amid reports that former prime minister Gordon Brown was among the high-profile figures targeted.

British soldiers train in mock Afghan village (AP)

Posted: 23 Jan 2011 09:00 PM PST

In this Friday, Jan. 14, 2011 picture, British soldiers from 1 Rifles patrol the surroundings of a simulated Afghan village at the Stanford Training Area in eastern England. Troops from the 1 Rifles battle group are going through their final stages of training, before deployment in March or April. The 30,000-acre site employs 120 Afghan exiles populating a rural village and an urban complex. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)AP - Deep in the countryside of eastern England, British troops train in a mock Afghan village designed to look, feel, and sound like the real thing.

The Arctic: a new frontier for oil, gas firms (AFP)

Posted: 23 Jan 2011 06:07 PM PST

A sign reading: AFP - BP's deal with Rosneft to jointly explore the Arctic's huge oil and gas reserves sets out a new frontier in the race for resources, but one that is dogged by technical and environmental concerns.

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