2011年2月11日星期五

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Son of Pink Floyd star charged over royal riot (AFP)

Posted: 11 Feb 2011 03:56 PM PST

Charlie Gilmour, son of Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour, arrives at the City of Westminster Magistrates Court in London. Gilmour is charged with violent disorder and theft of a mannequin leg after he was pictured swinging off Britain's national war memorial during a student riot on December 9.(AFP/Warren Allott)AFP - The son of Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour has been charged over the attack on Prince Charles' convoy during a student riot, a London court heard Friday.

UK judge relaxes bail conditions of Russian 'spy' (AFP)

Posted: 11 Feb 2011 10:23 AM PST

A British judge agreed Friday to relax the bail restrictions of Katia Zatuliveter, a Russian woman seen here leaving her hearing and who is fighting deportation over allegations that she spied for Moscow while working for a lawmaker in London.(AFP/Warren Allott)AFP - A British judge agreed Friday to relax the bail restrictions of a Russian woman fighting deportation over allegations that she spied for Moscow while working for a lawmaker in London.

Pearce keen to coach British Olympic team (AFP)

Posted: 11 Feb 2011 09:29 AM PST

England Under-21 manager Stuart Pearce(L), seen here in 2009, admits he is interested in coaching a Great Britain side at next year's London Olympics.(AFP/SCANPIX/File/Pontus Lundahl)AFP - England Under-21 manager Stuart Pearce admits he is interested in coaching a Great Britain side at next year's London Olympics.

Final UK court arguments for WikiLeaks founder (AP)

Posted: 11 Feb 2011 09:04 AM PST

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange listens as his lawyer Mark Stephens speaks outside Belmarsh Magistrates' Court in London, Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2011. Assange's lawyer and a Swedish legal expert on Tuesday accused Swedish prosecutors of irregularities and illegality in the way they built a sex crimes case against the WikiLeaks founder. Assange was in a London courtroom for a second day Tuesday, fighting extradition to Sweden, where he is wanted for questioning over claims of rape and sexual molestation made by two Swedish women. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)AP - Lawyers for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange tried a new tactic Friday in their bid to prevent his extradition to Sweden, charging that remarks by the Swedish prime minister have poisoned Assange's chances of a fair hearing on sex crime allegations in Sweden.

Court finds school buildings decision unlawful (AFP)

Posted: 11 Feb 2011 08:23 AM PST

Michael Gove, Secretary of State for Education, is seen during a visit to Hong Kong in 2010. The goverment has been dealt a blow in the High Court after its decision to axe a raft of school building projects in an effort to save money was found to be unlawful.(AFP/File/Dale de la Rey)AFP - The government was dealt a blow in the High Court on Friday after its decision to axe a raft of school building projects in an effort to save money was found to be unlawful.

MPs defy European court over prison votes (AFP)

Posted: 11 Feb 2011 06:59 AM PST

The main gate entrance to Her Majesty's prison Hollway in London in 1999. Britain was on a collision course with the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) after MPs overwhelmingly backed a parliamentary motion to continue denying prisoners the right to vote.(AFP/File/Jonathan Utz)AFP - Britain was on a collision course with the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Friday after MPs overwhelmingly backed a parliamentary motion to continue denying prisoners the right to vote.

Prince Andrew's ex-flame Koo Stark made bankrupt (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Feb 2011 06:51 AM PST

Reuters - Former actress Koo Stark, a one-time girlfriend of Britain's Prince Andrew, was made bankrupt at London's High Court on Friday.

Four Britons held in Eritrea (AFP)

Posted: 11 Feb 2011 06:51 AM PST

Map locating Eritrea where four British citizens have been detained amid reports that the men were former soldiers guarding a merchant ship from pirates.(AFP/Graphic/Laurence Saubadu / Sophie Ramis)AFP - Four British citizens have been detained in Eritrea, the Foreign Office in London said Friday, amid reports that the men were former soldiers guarding a merchant ship from pirates.

Briton faces US extradition over 'missile batteries' (AFP)

Posted: 11 Feb 2011 06:32 AM PST

General view of Westminster Magistrates' Court in central London. A judge at the court has ruled that a retired British businessman can be extradited to the United States on charges of conspiring to sell missile parts to Iran, but the man immediately vowed to appeal.(AFP/File/Carl Court)AFP - A judge ruled Friday that a retired British businessman can be extradited to the United States on charges of conspiring to sell missile parts to Iran, but the man immediately vowed to appeal.

Gay English bishop Derek Rawcliffe dies at 89 (AP)

Posted: 11 Feb 2011 05:59 AM PST

AP - Derek Rawcliffe, the first Church of England bishop to be open about his homosexuality, has died. He was 89.

British producer prices jump in January (AFP)

Posted: 11 Feb 2011 04:57 AM PST

The price of goods leaving British factories soared to an eight-month peak in January, propelled by rising costs for food, fuel and chemicals, official data has shown.(AFP/File/Philippe Desmazes)AFP - The price of goods leaving British factories soared to an eight-month peak in January, propelled by rising costs for food, fuel and chemicals, official data showed Friday.

De Beers returns to profit in diamond boom year (AFP)

Posted: 11 Feb 2011 04:26 AM PST

The 203- carat De Beers Millennium Star diamond. Diamond mining group De Beers reported a return to profit Friday, saying a boom year in diamonds in 2010 had made it AFP - London-based diamond mining group De Beers reported a return to profit Friday, saying a boom year in diamonds in 2010 had made it "highly cash generative and profitable."

First photograph of infant Prince Philip revealed (AP)

Posted: 11 Feb 2011 03:45 AM PST

In this 1922 photo provided by the Royal Collection on Thursday, Feb. 10, 2011, shows Prince Philip of Greece, later to become the Duke of Edinburgh, as part of the Prince Philip exhibition opening Saturday, Feb. 12 at Windsor Castle, England. Three photographs of Prince Philip, never seen before by the public, are showing at a new exhibition celebrating his 90th year. (AP Photo/Royal Collection) NO SALES, NO ARCHIVE, ONE TIME EDITORIAL USE ONLY IN CONNECTION WITH THE PRINCE PHILIP EXHIBITION AT WINDSOR CASTLEAP - Three photographs of Prince Philip, never seen before by the public, are showing at a new exhibition celebrating his 90th year.

UK court OKs extradition of Iran plot suspect (AP)

Posted: 11 Feb 2011 03:45 AM PST

AP - A British court has approved the extradition to the United States of a man who allegedly plotted to sell missile components to Iran.

Ex-MPs face jail over expenses (AFP)

Posted: 11 Feb 2011 12:31 AM PST

Former Labour MP Jim Devine arrives at Southwark Crown Court in central London, on February 10. The court found another Devine guilty of making false expenses claims, the fourth politician to be convicted in the scandal over allowances.(AFP/Ben Stansall)AFP - A court has jailed a former MP for one year and convicted a second of fiddling his expenses, in the latest prosecutions of parliamentarians following an allowances scandal.

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