2011年2月24日星期四

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Wedding gift for royal couple from old university (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Feb 2011 04:49 PM PST

Reuters - Prince William and Kate Middleton will receive an early wedding gift on Friday when the Scottish university where their student romance first blossomed presents them with a scholarship created in their honor.

University creates William and Kate scholarship (AP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2011 04:02 PM PST

AP - The Scottish university where Prince William and Kate Middleton met and studied is giving the royal couple an early wedding gift — a scholarship in their honor.

UK urges pressure on Gaddafi, EU weighs intervention (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Feb 2011 02:36 PM PST

Reuters - Britain urged the world to exert greater pressure on Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi on Thursday and the European Union said it was considering sending a humanitarian intervention force to the country.

West may rue close ties to Libya's Gadhafi (AP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2011 02:26 PM PST

FILE - In this Tuesday May 29, 2007 file photo Britain's Prime Minister Tony Blair, left, meets Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, at his desert base outside Sirte south of Tripoli. When Moammar Gadhafi told the world he was a changed man, some leaders were skeptical. Others, like Britain's Tony Blair, were quicker to see the benefits of rapprochement with the oil-rich nation. Now, as his regime crumbles, questions are being raised about whether Britain, the United States, and others were too quick to trust a volatile despot linked to terrorism and accused of oppression at home. (AP Photo/Leon Neal/Pool, File)AP - When Moammar Gadhafi told the world he was a changed man, some leaders were skeptical. Others, like Britain's Tony Blair, were quicker to see the benefits of rapprochement with the oil-rich nation.

Film stars Zeta Jones, Kwouk get top British honours (AFP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2011 11:17 AM PST

British-born actress Catherine Zeta-Jones poses after receiving her Commander of the Order of the British Empire from Britain's Prince Charles at Buckingham Palace.(AFP/POOL/John Stillwell)AFP - Hollywood actress Catherine Zeta Jones and Pink Panther star Burt Kwouk were on Thursday awarded top British honours by Prince Charles in a ceremony at Buckingham Palace.

New UK website cracks down on PR-driven journalism (AP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2011 11:11 AM PST

AP - Hoax articles and lazy journalists are being pushed into the spotlight by a new website that aims to expose news outslets that regurgitate press releases — a practice known as "churnalism."

Queen gets Nepalese gift on troops visit (AFP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2011 10:23 AM PST

Queen Elizabeth II(R) receives a garland of flowers from daughters of serving Gurkha servicemen during her visit to Invicta Park Barracks, in Maidstone, England.(AFP/POOL/Oli Scarff)AFP - Queen Elizabeth II was given a traditional Nepalese garland as she visited Gurkha troops at their British base on Thursday.

Neighbors bid to save 'Oliver Twist' workhouse (AP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2011 10:09 AM PST

People walk by a dilapidated brick building in central London, where historians believe its neighbor and author Charles Dickens used the building, was once a workhouse, as inspiration for his novel Oliver Twist, Thursday, Feb. 24, 2011. Campaigners in London are fighting to save the building from demolition which, two centuries ago, was a workhouse where the city's destitute labored for rations of gruel and their plight inspired social reformers and a neighbor Charles Dickens. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)AP - It's a battered brick building behind a high wall in London — austere, overlooked and slated for demolition.

Warship loads Britons from Libya's Benghazi (AFP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2011 09:33 AM PST

A young Libyan protester holds a makeshift placard during an anti-Kadhafi demonstration in the eastern Libyan town of Derna, between Tobruk and Benghazi on February 23. A Royal Navy frigate docked in Libya's second city Benghazi on Thursday and began loading up dozens of British nationals fleeing the unrest in the North African country, the Foreign Office said.(AFP/File)AFP - A Royal Navy frigate docked in Libya's second city Benghazi on Thursday and began loading up dozens of British nationals fleeing the unrest in the North African country, the Foreign Office said.

UK court agrees Assange extradition to Sweden (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Feb 2011 09:32 AM PST

Reuters - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who rocked the U.S. government by publishing thousands of secret diplomatic memos, must be extradited to Sweden to face sex crimes allegations, a British judge ruled on Thursday.

Royal couple in spotlight at first official visit (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Feb 2011 08:57 AM PST

Britain's Prince William and his fiancee Kate Middleton smile following a Naming Ceremony and Service of Dedication for the Royal National Lifeboat Instution's (RLNI) new Atlantic 85 Lifeboat, the 'Hereford Endeavour', at Trearddur Bay Lifeboat Station, in Trearddur Bay, Anglesey in north Wales February 24, 2011. REUTERS/Phil NobleReuters - Prince William and bride-to-be Kate Middleton performed their first official engagement as a couple on Thursday, giving them an early taste of the life in the spotlight that awaits them.

Prince William, Kate dedicate lifeboat in Wales (AP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2011 08:56 AM PST

Britain's Prince William applaudes, as Kate Middleton holds uo a champagne bottle after naming a new lifeboat at the Trearddur Bay Lifeboat Station on the island of Anglesey, Wales, Thursday, Feb. 24, 2011. The visit had been highly anticipated because the couple have kept such a low profile since announcing their engagement in November, making only one other prior appearance at a charity event. They plan to marry April 29 at Westminster Abbey with just under 2,000 guests attending.(AP Photo/Jon Super).AP - It was only a lifeboat. But it gave hundreds of people a chance to cheer Thursday as Prince William and fiancee Kate Middleton made a rare public appearance to dedicate the new vessel.

Bubbly Kate and William launch lifeboat (AFP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2011 08:20 AM PST

Prince William applauds while fiancee Kate Middleton pours champagne over a lifeboat at the RNLI Lifeboat Station in Anglesey, near Bangor in Wales on February 24. Middleton got a taste of life as a working royal when she and William made their first official appearance since their engagement.(AFP/Paul Ellis)AFP - Kate Middleton got a taste of life as a working royal on Thursday when she and Prince William dedicated a lifeboat in their first official appearance since their engagement.

London shop to make breast milk ice cream (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Feb 2011 07:33 AM PST

Reuters - A specialist ice cream parlor plans to serve up breast milk ice cream and says people should think of it as an organic, free-range treat.

PM sorry as frigate, planes begin Libya exodus (AFP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2011 01:35 PM PST

A British Army Hercules lands at Luqa's airport in Malta, after returning from Libya. Britain's first rescue flights left Libya and a warship started loading stranded nationals Thursday as Prime Minister David Cameron apologised for the delay in getting them home.(AFP/Ben Borg Cardona)AFP - Britain's first rescue flights left Libya and a warship started loading stranded nationals Thursday as Prime Minister David Cameron apologised for the delay in getting them home.

Thai PM says he may be British (AFP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2011 07:17 AM PST

Thailand's prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, pictured in 2009, said Thursday that he may also be British, acknowledging claims by opponents trying to use the issue to bring him before the International Criminal Court.(AFP/POOL/File/Pornchai Kittiwongsakul)AFP - Thailand's prime minister said Thursday that he may also be British, acknowledging claims by opponents trying to use the issue to bring him before the International Criminal Court.

Two Britons dead in New Zealand quake (AFP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2011 07:07 AM PST

Emergency services personnel remove a body from the site of the CTV building where 48 students and staff are feared buried in Christchurch on February 24. Two British nationals are known to have died in the New Zealand earthquake, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office has said.(AFP/Sarah Ivey)AFP - Two British nationals are known to have died in the New Zealand earthquake, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office said on Thursday.

Assange rape case a British-Swedish matter: US (AFP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2011 06:24 AM PST

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange arriving at Belmarsh Magistrates' Court, in southeast London. Assange's recently approved extradition to Sweden to face rape claims is a matter between Britain and Sweden and AFP - Wikileaks founder Julian Assange's recently approved extradition to Sweden to face rape claims is a matter between Britain and Sweden and "the US is not involved," the State Department said Thursday.

British American Tobacco profits up , volume down (AFP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2011 06:21 AM PST

A packet of Dunhill cigarettes made by British American Tobacco (BAT) is seen in 2006. BAT, the world's second biggest cigarette maker, has announced increased 2010 profits despite lower volumes.(AFP/File/Carl de Souza)AFP - British American Tobacco (BAT), the world's second biggest cigarette maker, on Thursday announced increased 2010 profits despite lower volumes.

Thai prime minister admits he's also British (AP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2011 05:57 AM PST

AP - Thailand's prime minister has a confession to make: He is also British.

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