2011年2月27日星期日

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Britain freezes UK assets of Gadhafi and family (AP)

Posted: 27 Feb 2011 04:08 PM PST

AP - Britain on Sunday froze the U.K.-based assets of Libyan ruler Moammar Gadhafi, members of his family and their representatives in accordance with U.N. sanctions imposed on Libya.

Report: Lockerbie bomber 'blackmailed' Gadhafi (AP)

Posted: 27 Feb 2011 01:38 PM PST

A pro-Gadhafi supporter holds a photograph of the Libyan Leader with his teeth as he and others rally on a highway in Surman, west of Zawiya, 50 miles (80 kilometers) west of Tripoli, in Libya Sunday, Feb. 27, 2011. Hundreds of armed anti-government forces backed by military defectors in Zawiya, the city closest to the capital Tripoli, prepared Sunday to repel an expected offensive by forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi who are surrounding the city. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)AP - The man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing had blackmailed Libyan ruler Moammar Gadhafi into securing his release by threatening to expose his role in the attack, the former Libyan justice minister was quoted as saying Sunday.

Butcher, grocer and postman delivered royal wedding invite (AFP)

Posted: 27 Feb 2011 01:38 PM PST

Prince William (L) and his fiancee Kate Middleton wave as they pass St Salvator's halls during a visit to the University of St Andrews in Scotland on February 25. The grocer, butcher and postman from Middleton's village will rub shoulders with the world's great and good after being invited to her marriage to Prince William, it was reported Sunday.(AFP/POOL/File/Andrew Milligan)AFP - The grocer, butcher and postman from Kate Middleton's village will rub shoulders with the world's great and good after being invited to her marriage to Prince William, it was reported Sunday.

Police to quiz Chelsea over reports Cole shot student (AFP)

Posted: 27 Feb 2011 01:30 PM PST

Police said Sunday they would question staff from Chelsea football club over reports that star defender Ashley Cole, pictured in 2010, accidentally shot a work placement student at the club's training ground.(AFP/File/Fabrice Coffrini)AFP - Police said Sunday they would question staff from Chelsea football club over reports that star defender Ashley Cole accidentally shot a work placement student at the club's training ground.

Govt freezes Kadhafi's assets (AFP)

Posted: 27 Feb 2011 01:04 PM PST

Libyan army paratroopers who joined the rebellion patrol the eastern city of Benghazi. Prime Minister David Cameron on Sunday told Libya leader Moamer Kadhafi that it was AFP - The government Sunday froze the assets that Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi and his family have held in the European country, the Foreign Office confirmed.

UK, Germany fly secret evac missions into Libya (AP)

Posted: 27 Feb 2011 02:12 PM PST

Evacuees stand on the deck of the 'SNAV Toscana' as it arrives at the harbor in Valletta, Malta, Sunday, Feb. 27, 2011. The ship evacuated 1749 citizens of different nationalities from Libya. The sheer numbers of foreigners leaving Libya as Moammar Gadhafi's regime attacks anti-government protesters has been staggering. As of Saturday, at least 16,000 Chinese, 15,000 Turks and 1,400 Italians had been evacuated, most working in the construction and oil industries. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)AP - British and German military planes swooped into Libya's desert, rescuing hundreds of oil workers and civilians stranded at remote sites, as thousands of other foreigners are still stuck in Tripoli by bad weather and red tape.

Hong Kong tycoon 'set to clinch power unit' in UK (AFP)

Posted: 27 Feb 2011 06:30 AM PST

Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka-shing is set to clinch the acquisition of a power distribution business in a deal which would see him control half of Britain's electricity network, the Sunday Times reported.(AFP/Paul Ellis)AFP - Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka-shing is set to clinch the acquisition of a power distribution business in a deal which would see him control half of Britain's electricity network, the Sunday Times reported.

Experts head to N. Zealand to identify quake dead (AFP)

Posted: 27 Feb 2011 01:59 AM PST

Rescue workers attend to the CTV building where a group of Japanese English students are feared buried, in Christchurch on February 24. A team of British disaster victim identification experts is heading to New Zealand as hopes of finding more survivors of the Christchurch earthquake fade.(AFP/File/Marty Melville)AFP - A team of victim identification experts headed from Britain to New Zealand on Sunday as hopes of finding more survivors of the Christchurch earthquake faded.

Clark picked to be British Columbia's new leader (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Feb 2011 07:24 PM PST

Reuters - British Columbia's governing Liberal Party elected Christy Clark as their new leader on Saturday, setting the stage for her to become premier of the resource-rich province on Canada's Pacific coast.

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