2011年2月4日星期五

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Iraqi interpreters sue government: lawyers (AFP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 05:40 PM PST

This file photo shows an Iraqi army helicopter patrolling the skies above Baghdad's Green Zone. Forty Iraqi interpreters who worked for British forces in Iraq lauched a group action against the government at the High Court in London, arguing that it failed to protect them, according to their lawyers.(AFP/File/Sabah Arar)AFP - Forty Iraqi interpreters who worked for British forces in Iraq lauched a group action against the government at the High Court in London, arguing that it failed to protect them, according to their lawyers.

PM says multiculturalism has failed (AFP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 04:42 PM PST

Prime Minister David Cameron speaks to media upon arrival at the EU summit at the European Council headquarters in Brussels. Cameron will condemn Britain's long-standing policy of multiculturalism as a failure Saturday as he sets out his vision for how to combat home-grown Islamist extremism.(AFP/Georges Gobet)AFP - Prime Minister David Cameron will condemn Britain's long-standing policy of multiculturalism as a failure Saturday as he sets out his vision for how to combat home-grown Islamist extremism.

Barclays chief in line for £9 million bonus: report (AFP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 01:51 PM PST

The head of Barclays bank, Bob Diamond, pictured in January 2011, is set to receive a bonus of more than £9 million ($14.5 million, 10.7 million euros) this year, it was reported Friday.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)AFP - The head of Barclays bank, Bob Diamond, is set to receive a bonus of more than £9 million this year, it was reported Friday.

Pakistan players charged with corruption (AFP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 01:40 PM PST

British prosecutors charged Pakistan cricketers Salman Butt (R), Mohammad Asif (L) and Mohamed Aamer(C), seen here in file pictures, as well as an agent with corruption offences on Friday as an alleged spot-fixing scandal headed towards the courts.(AFP/File/Manan Vatsyayana)AFP - British prosecutors charged Pakistan cricketers Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Aamer as well as an agent with corruption offences on Friday as an alleged spot-fixing scandal headed towards the courts.

British soldier killed in Afghanistan accident (AFP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 12:47 PM PST

British soldiers conduct a patrol outside Kandahar Air Field in 2006. A British Army soldier was killed Friday in an accident in southern Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence in London announced.(AFP/File/John D Mchugh)AFP - A British Army soldier was killed Friday in an accident in southern Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence in London announced.

BBC defends Mexico jokes on Top Gear (AFP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 10:26 AM PST

British television presenters Richard Hammond (L) and Jeremy Clarkson (R) join Hong Kong's Marchy Lee (C) during a promotional event for AFP - The BBC apologised to the Mexican ambassador to London on Friday for remarks made about him on a top television show -- but defended its jokes about the country as being part of British humour.

US comic book to depict British royal romance (AFP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 09:51 AM PST

A US publisher is to produce a comic book about the romance of Britain's Prince William(L) and his fiancee Kate Middleton, seen here in 2010, timed to mark their upcoming wedding .(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)AFP - A US publisher is to produce a comic book about the romance of Britain's Prince William and his fiancee Kate Middleton, timed to mark their upcoming wedding .

Clegg outlines govt plan to 'rebalance' economy (AFP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 09:40 AM PST

Britain's deputy prime minister Nick Clegg pictured during a session at the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland on January 27, 2011. Clegg argued on Friday that the government's deficit-cutting strategy must be accompanied by a drive to AFP - Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg argued on Friday that the government's deficit-cutting strategy must be accompanied by a drive to "rebalance" the UK economy towards a model of more sustainable growth.

BA lifts fuel surcharge on back of high oil prices (AFP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 09:38 AM PST

British Airways aircraft are parked at Heathrow airport in London. British Airways said Friday that it will lift its fuel surcharge for longhaul flights, blaming soaring crude oil prices for the move.(AFP/File/Adrian Dennis)AFP - British Airways said Friday that it will lift its fuel surcharge for longhaul flights, blaming soaring crude oil prices for the move.

Storm over saucy pic of Commons speaker's wife (AFP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 08:25 AM PST

A selection of British daily national newspapers shows February 4, 2011, front pages and headlines about Sally Bercow, the wife of the House of Commons speaker, posing naked in a bedsheet in London. The wife of the House of Commons speaker admitted Friday she had been a AFP - The wife of the House of Commons speaker admitted Friday she had been a "complete idiot" in posing for a British newspaper naked save a bedsheet.

Personal insolvency rates hit record annual high (AFP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 05:44 AM PST

The Bank of England building in the City of London. The number of people declared insolvent in England and Wales reached a record annual high in 2010, statistics showed Friday.(AFP/File/Carl de Souza)AFP - The number of people declared insolvent in England and Wales reached a record annual high in 2010, statistics showed Friday.

Wife of UK Speaker extolls Big Ben's sex appeal (AP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 05:04 AM PST

AP - The wife of Britain's House of Commons speaker says she is sorry for praising Parliament's sex appeal while clad only in a sheet.

BBC defends "Top Gear" jokes about Mexico (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 04:58 AM PST

Reuters - The BBC apologized to Mexico's London ambassador on Friday after presenters on the popular motoring show "Top Gear" said he would be too sleepy to protest as they described Mexicans as lazy and feckless.

Royal wedding bonanza for London homeowners (AP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 04:56 AM PST

Ed and Joanna Thornton seen inside their house near King's Cross in London, Friday, Jan., 28, 2011. They are aiming to let their house during the week of the Royal Wedding on April, 29, 201, for them it fits well as they have a wedding to attend in Australia at the same time, and would help off-set the cost of their trip. With less than 120,000 hotel rooms available for the more than half a million visitors expected to descend on London for Prince William's April wedding, opportunistic Brits are offering their own turn-down services — at a price. For the royal wedding, flats are expected to go for three to four times their normal weekly rent. Whether its to subsidize the cost of living in one of the worldÕs most expensive cities, or help finance a desire to get avoid the crowds and skip town, Londoners are listing their own homes and spare rooms as hotel alternatives to the influx of wedding watchers.(AP Photo/Alastair Grant)AP - They may not get chocolate on the pillow â€" but at least they'll have a pillow.

Clegg to outline govt plan to 'rebalance' economy (AFP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 03:16 AM PST

Britain's deputy prime minister Nick Clegg pictured during a session at the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland on January 27, 2011. Clegg argued on Friday that the government's deficit-cutting strategy must be accompanied by a drive to AFP - Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg will on Friday argue that the government's aim of tackling the deficit must go alongside a drive to "rebalance" the UK economy towards a model of more sustainable growth.

One in 8 UK women will get breast cancer: study (AFP)

Posted: 03 Feb 2011 10:52 PM PST

A professor inspects an image of a cancerous breast tumour. Breast cancer rates in Britain have increased over the last decade, with one in eight women now expected to develop the disease at some point in their life, figures released by a cancer charity showed Friday.(AFP/File/Anne-Christine Poujoulat)AFP - Breast cancer rates in Britain increased over the last decade, with one in eight women now expected to develop the disease at some point in their life, figures released by a cancer charity showed Friday.

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