2011年2月1日星期二

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

British regulators ban YSL perfume ad (AFP)

Posted: 01 Feb 2011 05:12 PM PST

British regulators on Wednesday banned a television advert for the Yves St Laurent perfume AFP - British regulators on Wednesday banned a television advert for the Yves St Laurent perfume "Belle D'Opium", upholding complaints that the dancing female star looked as if she was taking drugs.

BBC's 'Top Gear' show upsets Mexico (AFP)

Posted: 01 Feb 2011 05:08 PM PST

British motoring programme AFP - Mexico's ambassador to Britain has complained to the BBC over the popular TV show "Top Gear", saying its presenters made "offensive, xenophobic and humiliating" comments about his country.

US Centcom chief: No military reponse to unrest (AP)

Posted: 01 Feb 2011 01:25 PM PST

Gen. James Mattis, the head of U.S. Central Command, takes questions after delivering a lecture to the London think tank Policy Exchange in London, Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2011. The United States has no plans to redeploy troops or ships in response to the unrest roiling Egypt and the instability in Tunisia and Jordan, the head of the U.S. Central Command said Tuesday. Mattis was making his first public speech in Europe since taking his post overseeing the end of U.S. combat operations in Iraq, the war in Afghanistan, and other missions in the Middle East. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)AP - The United States has no plans to redeploy troops or ships in response to the unrest roiling Egypt and the instability in Tunisia and Jordan, the head of the U.S. Central Command said Tuesday.

Bangladeshi BA worker 'plotted to blow up US flight' (AFP)

Posted: 01 Feb 2011 12:40 PM PST

A Bangladeshi Islamic militant working for British Airways in England conspired with a radical US-Yemeni cleric to blow up an American-bound flight, a prosecutor told a London court on Tuesday.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)AFP - A Bangladeshi Islamic militant working for British Airways in England conspired with a radical US-Yemeni cleric to blow up an American-bound flight, a prosecutor told a London court on Tuesday.

BP resumes dividend payouts after full-year loss (AP)

Posted: 01 Feb 2011 11:01 AM PST

BP PLC's CEO Bob Dudley during a results media conference at their headquarters in London, Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2011. BP announced Tuesday it is resuming dividend payouts for the first time since the Gulf of Mexico well disaster, despite suffering its first full-year loss since 1992, and plans to sell off almost half of its U.S. refinery business. BP said a stronger-than-expected end to 2010, in which high oil prices lifted fourth quarter profit by 30 percent, was not enough to avoid a full-year loss of $3.7 billion. It raised to $40.9 billion its estimate for the overall cost of the spill, the charge covering the cost of the explosion aboard the Deepwater Horizon rig, which killed 11 workers in April, as well as plugging the well and cleaning up the southern U.S. coast. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)AP - BP PLC outlined plans to rebound from the Gulf of Mexico disaster as a smaller, safer company — selling off almost half its U.S. refinery business — and restored its dividend payment to shareholders as it unveiled strong fourth-quarter profits on Tuesday.

Prosecutor: Airline worker plotted terror attack (AP)

Posted: 01 Feb 2011 10:15 AM PST

AP - A British Airways worker plotted with U.S.-born extremist cleric Anwar al-Awlaki to down a trans-Atlantic airliner in a major terrorist attack, a prosecutor told a London court on Tuesday.

Britain introduces street-level crime maps (AP)

Posted: 01 Feb 2011 09:43 AM PST

AP - British authorities on Tuesday launched a new crime-mapping website for England and Wales that lets users track what crimes have been committed on a street-by-street basis.

BP logs first annual loss since 1992 on oil spill disaster (AFP)

Posted: 01 Feb 2011 09:23 AM PST

Crisis-hit BP reported its first annual loss in almost two decades on Tuesday, as a result of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill disaster, and outlined fresh plans to shift focus away from the United States.(AFP/File/Andrew Yates)AFP - Crisis-hit BP reported its first annual loss in almost two decades on Tuesday, as a result of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill disaster, and outlined fresh plans to shift focus away from the United States.

Mexico complains about BBC show's "offensive" slurs (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Feb 2011 09:21 AM PST

Reuters - Mexico's ambassador in London has written a furious letter to BBC bosses to complain about "offensive and xenophobic" comments made by presenters of the popular TV motoring show "Top Gear."

Pfizer to shut major British site, home of Viagra (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Feb 2011 08:45 AM PST

Reuters - Pfizer Inc is to close its research and development center in Sandwich, southern England, which employs 2,400 people, dealing a major blow to Britain's scientific jobs base.

More Britons going abroad to get married (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Feb 2011 06:13 AM PST

Reuters - Prince William and Kate Middleton may have decided on a traditional British wedding but nearly a fifth of their compatriots prefer to get married abroad, according to new research.

Cameron's adviser leaves job over hacking inquiry (AP)

Posted: 01 Feb 2011 05:52 AM PST

AP - Prime Minister David Cameron's office says the leader's communications director has left his post, 11 days after announcing he'd quit in the wake of new police inquiries into tabloid phone hacking.

More than half of GPs against NHS reform: poll (AFP)

Posted: 01 Feb 2011 05:17 AM PST

Prime Minister David Cameron (R) and Health Secretary Andrew Lansley pictured during a visit to the St Charles Centre for Health and Wellbeing in Kensington, west London, on January 31, 2011. A poll of GPs suggests more than half of them disagree with the coalition government's plans to reform the NHS in England, and many do not believe they will improve patient care.(AFP/POOL/Oli Scarff)AFP - A poll of GPs suggests more than half of them disagree with the coalition government's plans to reform the NHS in England, and many do not believe they will improve patient care.

New online crime map exposes black spots (AFP)

Posted: 01 Feb 2011 04:53 AM PST

The government on Tuesday launched a new crime mapping website for England and Wales, giving residents information on offences in their neighbourhood and exposing areas where crime has brought misery.(AFP/File/John D McHugh)AFP - The government on Tuesday launched a new crime mapping website for England and Wales, giving residents information on offences in their neighbourhood and exposing areas where crime has brought misery.

Gold 'from sunken British ship' found in Mumbai (AFP)

Posted: 01 Feb 2011 01:52 AM PST

Boats pictured by the marina at the historic Gateway of India in Mumbai, March 2010. Indian labourers have unearthed gold bars from a British cargo ship that blew up killing hundreds of people while docked in Mumbai during World War II, a report said on Tuesday.(AFP/File/Indranil Mukherjee)AFP - Indian labourers have unearthed gold bars from a British cargo ship that blew up killing hundreds of people while docked in Mumbai during World War II, a report said on Tuesday.

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