2011年2月7日星期一

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Cables: Israel favored Egypt's VP Suleiman (AP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2011 03:57 PM PST

AP - Egypt's Vice President Omar Suleiman was long seen by Israel as the preferred candidate to succeed President Hosni Mubarak, secret U.S. diplomatic cables published Monday suggested.

UK report: previous govt backed bomber's release (AP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2011 03:33 PM PST

FILE - In this Thursday, Aug. 20, 2009 file photo, Libyan Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, left, who was found guilty of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing, and son of the Libyan leader Seif al-Islam Gadhafi, gesture on his arrival at an airport in Tripoli, Libya following his release from a Scottish prison. The former Labour government did 'all it could' to help Libya secure the release of the Lockerbie bomber Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, Britain's top civil servant Sir Gus O'Donnell said Monday Feb. 7, 2011. (AP Photo, File)AP - Britain's previous government did "all it could" to help Libya win the release of the only man convicted of the Pan Am bombing in Scotland in 1988, though it insisted the decision was made entirely by Scottish officials, Britain's head of civil service said Monday.

UK paper says its reporter expelled from Russia (AP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2011 03:24 PM PST

This a handout photo dated August 17 2005 of The Guardian newspaper's Moscow correspondent Luke Harding, issued Monday Feb. 7 2011. Britain's Guardian newspaper said Monday its Moscow correspondent has been expelled from Russia, after he used WikiLeaks' cables to report on allegations that Russia under the rule of Vladimir Putin had become a 'virtual mafia state.' Harding, who had been back in London for two months reporting on the contents of leaked U.S. diplomatic cables, was refused entry by Russian authorities when he tried to return to Moscow last weekend, the paper's editor-in-chief Alan Rusbridger said. (AP Photo / Christian Jungeblodt / The Guardian, ho)AP - Britain's Guardian newspaper said Monday its Moscow correspondent had been expelled from Russia after he used WikiLeaks' cables to report on allegations that Russia under the rule of Vladimir Putin had become a "virtual mafia state."

Full Lockerbie probe still needed: US senator (AFP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2011 01:30 PM PST

US Senator Robert Menendez, shown here in 2007, scoffed Monday at a British government report that found no evidence of direct pressure from London on Scotland to free the Lockerbie bomber, and urged a new probe into his release.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Steven Henry)AFP - A US senator scoffed Monday at a British government report that found no evidence of direct pressure from London on Scotland to free the Lockerbie bomber, and urged a new probe into his release.

Assange lawyer: Risk of 'denial of justice' (AP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2011 01:07 PM PST

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is seen in London as he leaves for Belmarsh Magistrates' Court Monday, Feb. 7, 2011. Assange is accused of sexual misconduct by two women he met during a visit to Stockholm last year and Swedish authorities want him extradited to face the allegations. A two-day hearing that begins Monday will decide Assange's legal fate. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)AP - The lawyer for Julian Assange argued Monday that the embattled WikiLeaks founder will face a secret trial that violates international standards of fairness if sent to Sweden to face sexual assault allegations.

Russia expels British journalist after criticism: paper (AFP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2011 12:25 PM PST

The WikiLeaks website. Luke Harding, the Guardian newspaper's Moscow correspondent, has been expelled from Russia after reporting claims in US diplomatic cables that the country had become a AFP - A British journalist from the Guardian newspaper has been expelled from Russia after reporting claims in US diplomatic cables that the country had become a "mafia state", the paper said Monday.

UK says Labour government aided Libya over bomber release (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Feb 2011 11:28 AM PST

Abdel Basset al-Megrahi is seen in his room at a hospital in Tripoli in this September 9, 2009 file photo. REUTERS/Ismail ZetounyReuters - Britain's former Labour government tried to make it easier for Libya to seek the Lockerbie bomber's release, according to an official report published on Monday that could stoke anger in Washington.

British offshore rig owner Ensco to buy rival Pride (AFP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2011 11:11 AM PST

Ensco logo. British offshore rig operator Ensco said Monday it will buy US rival Pride International for about $7.3 billion in a deal creating the world's second-largest offshore driller.(ENSCO)AFP - British offshore rig operator Ensco said Monday it will buy US rival Pride International for about £4.4 billion in a deal creating the world's second-largest offshore driller.

Would-be royal brides swoon at waxwork Prince William (AFP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2011 10:08 AM PST

US artist Jennifer Rubell (L) slides her finger into a replica of the engagement ring affixed to the forearm of her work art entitled 'Engagement'; a life-sized wax model of Britain's Prince William; at the Stephen Friedman Gallery in central London. Admirers of Prince William will get the chance to find out how Kate Middleton felt standing by his side when their engagement was announced.(AFP/Ben Stansall)AFP - Admirers of Prince William will get the chance to find out how Kate Middleton felt standing by his side when their engagement was announced, with the help of a life-size model unveiled Monday.

UK's Cameron: Egypt reforms must be irreversible (AP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2011 08:58 AM PST

AP - British Prime Minster David Cameron says he told Egypt's Vice President Omar Suleiman political reforms must be "irreversible, urgent and real."

From pies to condoms: the royal wedding cash cow (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Feb 2011 08:45 AM PST

Britain's Prince William and his fiancee Kate Middleton (L) pose for a photograph in St. James's Palace, central London in a November 16, 2010 file photo. REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett/filesReuters - From plates and pies to underwear and condoms, retailers are gearing up to cash in on the upcoming wedding of Britain's Prince William to Kate Middleton.

Asbos to be replaced with new powers (AFP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2011 07:58 AM PST

Asbos are to be scrapped and replaced with new types of behaviour orders as part of a raft of measures announced by the government.(AFP/File/Peter Muhly)AFP - Asbos are to be scrapped and replaced with new types of behaviour orders as part of a raft of measures announced by the government on Monday.

Amanda Holden 'devastated' after losing baby (AFP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2011 06:40 AM PST

Actress Amanda Holden, seen here in 2010, is said to be AFP - Actress Amanda Holden was said to be "devastated" on Monday after losing the baby she was expecting in her second miscarriage in nine months.

AstraZeneca abandons work on prostate cancer drug (AP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2011 04:28 AM PST

AP - Drug-maker AstraZeneca said Monday it has abandoned development of its drug zibotentan for non-metastatic prostate cancer following studies which showed it was unlikely to benefit patients.

Volunteering 'destroyed' by cuts: charity chief (AFP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2011 02:53 AM PST

Prime Minister David Cameron addresses delegates at the Conservative party conference in Birmingham, on October 6, 2010. Government spending cuts are AFP - Government spending cuts are "destroying volunteering" in Britain and undermining Prime Minister David Cameron's "big society" plan, a charity leader warned on Monday.

WikiLeaks founder?s extradition hearing to start (AFP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2011 01:26 AM PST

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, arrives at Belmarsh Magistrates' Court, in southeast London, on February 7. Assange would be tried behind closed doors in a AFP - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will appear in court in London on Monday to fight extradition from the UK to Sweden over allegations of sexual offences.

Man dies in Wales flooding (AFP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2011 12:23 AM PST

Emergency rescue workers use an inflatable boat to rescue a flood-stranded man in 2009. A man's body has been recovered after severe flooding lashed north Wales, local police said.(AFP/File/Andrew Yates)AFP - A man's body has been recovered after severe flooding lashed north Wales, local police said.

PM reignites multiculturalism debate (AFP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2011 12:20 AM PST

A dancer is pictured at an annual Notting Hill Carnival in London. More than half a century after the start of mass immigration in Britain, and after successive waves of arrivals from across the world, the country is struggling more than ever with the vexed question of how to integrate the newcomers.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)AFP - On June 22, 1948, the ship Empire Windrush docked just outside London loaded with hundreds of men from the West Indies, marking a sea change in British culture -- the start of mass immigration.

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