2011年2月2日星期三

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

UK foreign aid money helped fund pope's visit (AP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 04:05 PM PST

Pope Benedict XVI is helped with his mantle as he leads a vesper mass to mark the presentation of the Lord feast in Saint Peter's Basilica at the Vatican February 2, 2011. REUTERS/Max Rossi (VATICAN - Tags: RELIGION IMAGES OF THE DAY)AP - British lawmakers have demanded an explanation Wednesday into why 1.85 million pounds ($2.99 million) of foreign aid money helped pay for the pope's recent visit to the U.K.

Govt used foreign aid money for pope's visit (AFP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 04:02 PM PST

Pope Benedict XVI looks on during his weekly general audience in Paul VI hall at The Vatican. Britain used £1.85 million from its foreign aid budget to help pay for the pope's state visit last year, lawmakers revealed Thursday.(AFP/Tiziana Fabi)AFP - Britain used £1.85 million from its foreign aid budget to help pay for the pope's state visit last year, lawmakers revealed Thursday.

Pop singer PJ Proby on benefit fraud charges (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 10:58 AM PST

P.J. Proby attends a special tribute to Elvis Presley for the 30th anniversary of his death, at the Palladium theatre in London August 12, 2007. REUTERS/Luke MacGregorReuters - Pop singer PJ Proby appeared in court Wednesday, charged with cheating the British state benefits system out of more than 47,000 pounds ($76,200).

Straw: UK ministers had `great anxiety' over Iraq (AP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 09:57 AM PST

AP - Britain's former foreign secretary said Wednesday he advised then-Prime Minister Tony Blair that the U.K. could play a much smaller role in the invasion of Iraq, days before the conflict began in 2003.

Cameron names new media chief (AFP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 09:33 AM PST

The front door of 10 Downing Street. David Cameron has appointed a top BBC figure as his new media chief, after the previous holder of the post quit over a growing newspaper phone-hacking scandal.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)AFP - Prime Minister David Cameron appointed a top BBC figure as his new media chief on Wednesday, after the previous holder of the post quit over a growing newspaper phone-hacking scandal.

Vodafone chairman to retire in July (AFP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 09:30 AM PST

Vodafone Chairman Sir John Bond is seen in 2007. Vodafone have said Bond will step down in July, to be replaced by the chief executive of Dutch electronics group Philips, Gerard Kleisterlee.(AFP/ATTILA KISBENEDEK)AFP - Mobile phone giant Vodafone said on Wednesday that its chairman John Bond would step down in July to be replaced by the chief executive of Dutch electronics group Philips, Gerard Kleisterlee.

Cameron pledges govt help over Pfizer closure (AFP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 08:13 AM PST

David Cameron says the government will do AFP - David Cameron said on Wednesday the government will do "everything it can" to help after US drugs giant Pfizer announced that it will close its Kent base where 2,400 people are employed.

London bombers 'instructed by phone from Pakistan' (AFP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 08:02 AM PST

The wreck of the Number 30 double-decker bus in London's Tavistock Square is seen on July 7 2005. The ringleader of attack, which also targeted three Underground trains killing 52 people in total, received advice from a mystery figure in Pakistan just days before the attacks, the inquest has heard.(AFP/File/Dylan Martinez)AFP - The ringleader of the July 7, 2005 suicide bombings on London's transport system received advice from a mystery figure in Pakistan just days before the attacks, the inquest heard on Wednesday.

UK bans YSL perfume ad for "simulating drug use" (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 06:44 AM PST

Reuters - Britain's advertising watchdog banned an Yves St Laurent perfume advert on Wednesday, which showed a woman appearing to simulate injecting drugs.

Iraqi regime change was not UK priority: Straw (AFP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 06:23 AM PST

Former British foreign minister Jack Straw arrives to give evidence on the final day of public hearings at the Iraq inquiry at the Queen Elizabeth II conference centre, in central London, on February 2, 2011. Straw insisted that regime change had never been London's priority.(AFP/Ben Stansall)AFP - Ex-foreign minister Jack Straw told the Iraq war inquiry Wednesday that removing Saddam Hussein had never been London's priority, as he gave evidence on the final day of the probe's public hearings.

Revealed: Britain's first celebrity stalker (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 05:58 AM PST

A copy of a cartoon shows Reuters - A 19th Century intruder sat on Queen Victoria's throne, slept in one of her servant's beds, hid under her sofa, read her private letters and even stole a pair of her voluminous silk knickers.

Singer PJ Proby in court on benefit cheat charges (AP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 05:27 AM PST

AP - Sixties pop singer P.J. Proby has appeared in a British court on charges of fraudulently claiming benefits.

Govt to spend £18m on tackling knife, gang crime (AFP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 04:32 AM PST

The government is to spend £18 million over the next two years on combating knife, gun and gang crime in England and Wales, the Home Office announced Wednesday. The announcement follows the publication of a report into knife crime by former Eastenders actress Brooke Kinsella, whose 16-year-old brother Ben was stabbed to death in a north London street in 2008.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)AFP - The government is to spend £18 million over the next two years on combating knife, gun and gang crime in England and Wales, the Home Office announced on Wednesday.

William expected to wear uniform at royal wedding (AP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 04:29 AM PST

Gieves and Hawkes bespoke under cutter Richard Lawson poses for photographs with a 1920s RAF uniform as worn by Britain's King George VI at his wedding in 1923, at the tailor's premises on Saville Row in London, Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2011. The fashion world, and beyond, has gone fairly berserk over Kate Middleton as people try to predict the style of her wedding dress, but Prince William's fashion choices for their April 29 nuptials at Westminster Abbey have received scant attention. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)AP - Talk about being overshadowed.

Ex Dresdner banker jailed in UK for insider dealing (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 02:15 AM PST

Reuters - A former Dresdner banker has been jailed for a record 3 years and 4 months for running an eight-year insider dealing scam in Britain as the financial regulator claimed its biggest victory in a battle against market abuse.

Drugmaker GSK sells Quest holding for $1.7bln (AFP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 02:12 AM PST

The GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) headquarters compound in west London. British drugs firm GlaxoSmithKline announced the sale of its stake in US company Quest Diagnostics for $1.7 billion (1.3 billion euros).(AFP/File/Odd Andersen)AFP - British drugs firm GlaxoSmithKline announced Wednesday the sale of its stake in US company Quest Diagnostics for $1.7 billion (1.3 billion euros).

Britain's Iraq war inquiry to hold final hearing (AFP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 01:29 AM PST

Former foreign minister Jack Straw was Wednesday to give evidence to Britain's Iraq war inquiry for the third time as the panel prepared to hold its final public hearing.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - Former British foreign minister Jack Straw was on Wednesday to give evidence to the country's Iraq war inquiry for the third time as the panel prepared to hold its final public hearing.

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