2011年3月7日星期一

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Prince faces calls to quit trade role (AFP)

Posted: 07 Mar 2011 05:30 PM PST

Prince Andrew, pictured in 2010, faced growing calls Monday to quit as an unpaid trade ambassador over his ties with a convicted US sex offender and his hosting of the deposed Tunisian leader's son-in-law.(AFP/File/Saeed Khan)AFP - Prince Andrew faced growing calls Tuesday to quit as an unpaid trade ambassador over his ties with a convicted US sex offender and his hosting of the deposed Tunisian leader's son-in-law.

Iran has the most negative influence: BBC poll (AFP)

Posted: 07 Mar 2011 01:17 PM PST

Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is seen in Tehran on March 6. Iran is the country seen as having the most negative influence in the world, according to an annual survey by BBC World Service published on Monday.(AFP/File/Atta Kenare)AFP - Iran is the country seen as having the most negative influence in the world, according to an annual survey by BBC World Service published on Monday.

Britain upgrades status of Palestinian diplomats (AP)

Posted: 07 Mar 2011 12:54 PM PST

AP - Britain's Foreign Secretary William Hague announced Monday the U.K. will upgrade the status of Palestinian representatives in London, ahead of talks with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.

Masterful media move: Kate Middleton photos online (AP)

Posted: 07 Mar 2011 12:07 PM PST

In this undated image made available by in London, Monday March 7, 2011 by The Middleton Family, Kate Middleton, aged three-and-a-half is seen on holiday in England's Lake District. Five images from the Middleton family album have been made available, as Kate Middleton and Britain's Prince William move towards their wedding which is scheduled to take place on April 29, at London's Westminster Abbey.(AP Photo/The Middleton Family, ho) EDITORIAL USE ONLY:AP - It's impossible not to like the new childhood pictures of Kate Middleton — and that's just how Buckingham Palace wants it.

British prince pilloried over pedophile friend (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Mar 2011 11:23 AM PST

Reuters - The royal family is supposed to burnish Britain's image, but Prince Andrew has generated quite a different buzz by consorting with a convicted U.S. pedophile and having contacts with the Libyan leader's son.

McCartney leads a very British day at Paris fashion week (AFP)

Posted: 07 Mar 2011 11:05 AM PST

Models present creations by British designer Stella McCartney during the Autumn/Winter 2011-2012 ready-to-wear collection show in Paris. McCartney led a very British day at Paris fashion week on Monday, sending out a chic and casual fall-winter collection to an energetic hip-hop soundtrack.(AFP/Patrick Kovarik)AFP - Stella McCartney led a very British day at Paris fashion week on Monday, sending out a chic and casual fall-winter collection to an energetic hip-hop soundtrack.

UK: Misunderstanding stymied SAS mission to Libya (AP)

Posted: 07 Mar 2011 09:53 AM PST

AP - Britain is blaming a misunderstanding for a bungled mission to contact Libya's opposition that ended with eight people detained and the U.K. ambassador's humbling apology broadcast on Libyan state television.

UK says working on Libya no-fly zone resolution at U.N. (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Mar 2011 09:31 AM PST

Reuters - Britain and some other countries are working "on a contingency basis" on a United Nations Security Council resolution allowing for a no-fly zone over Libya, British Foreign Secretary William Hague said on Monday.

UK to upgrade Palestinian diplomatic status: Hague (AFP)

Posted: 07 Mar 2011 09:05 AM PST

Foreign Secretary William Hague addresses the United Nations Human Rights Council in February 2011. Hague has said Britain will upgrade the status of the Palestinian delegation to London to the level of a mission in line with a number of other EU countries.(AFP/File/Fabrice Coffrini)AFP - Britain will upgrade the status of the Palestinian delegation to London to the level of a mission in line with a number of other EU countries, Foreign Secretary William Hague said on Monday.

American woman pleads guilty to killing 3 children (AP)

Posted: 07 Mar 2011 07:56 AM PST

AP - An American woman living in Scotland on Monday admitted stabbing her three children to death amid a custody battle with their father.

Goldman Sachs economist turns BoE policymaker (AFP)

Posted: 07 Mar 2011 07:46 AM PST

Goldman Sachs' long-serving senior European economist Ben Broadbent will join the Bank of England's interest-rate setting panel in June, Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne has announced.(AFP/Ben Stansall)AFP - Goldman Sachs' long-serving senior European economist Ben Broadbent will join the Bank of England's interest-rate setting panel in June, Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne announced on Monday.

Samaritans set up suicide alert on Facebook (AFP)

Posted: 07 Mar 2011 07:15 AM PST

Support group Samaritans has launched a service on Facebook to help people who express suicidal thoughts online. Facebook users who see a friend has posted status updates or wall posts that suggest they may be considering taking their own life will be able to report them confidentially to Samaritans via the website's help centre.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)AFP - Support group Samaritans launched a service on Facebook on Monday to help people who express suicidal thoughts online.

Islamist fined for burning poppies (AFP)

Posted: 07 Mar 2011 07:10 AM PST

Emdadur Choudhury is pictured outside Belmarsh Magistrates Court in south-east London on February 23. Choudhury, 26, has been fined £50 for a public order offence after burning replica poppies on Armistice Day.(AFP/File/Carl Court)AFP - A Muslim extremist who burned replica poppies on Armistice Day was fined on Monday after being found guilty of a public order offence.

Prince Charles seems like forgotten man at wedding (AP)

Posted: 07 Mar 2011 06:49 AM PST

FILE - In this Jan. 26, 2011 file photo, Britain’s Prince Charles attends Australia Day celebrations at Australia House, in London. Prince Charles could be forgiven for feeling a bit grumpy these days. Close to many people's retirement age, he's still waiting for the job he was groomed for: King of England. And he's preparing for the wedding that will make his eldest son William and Kate Middleton the fresh new faces of a monarchy sorely in need of renewal. (AP Photo/Ben Stansall, Pool-File)AP - Prince Charles could be forgiven for feeling a bit grumpy these days.

Mother admits killing her three children (AFP)

Posted: 07 Mar 2011 06:48 AM PST

An American woman has admitted to a Scottish court that she stabbed her three children to death in their Edinburgh home last year. California-born Theresa Riggi, 47, pled guilty to a charge of culpable homicide on the grounds of diminished responsibility at the High Court in Edinburgh. She had originally been charged with murder.(AFP/File/John D Mchugh)AFP - An American woman admitted to a court on Monday that she stabbed her three children to death in their Edinburgh home last year.

New photos of Prince William's fiancee released (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Mar 2011 06:31 AM PST

In this image made available by in London, Monday March 7, 2011 by The Middleton Family, Britain's Prince William and Kate Middleton pose together following their graduation from St. Andrews University, Scotland, on June 23, 2005. Five images from the Middleton family album have been made available, as the couple move towards their wedding which is scheduled to take place on April 29, at London's Westminster Abbey.(AP Photo/The Middleton Family, ho) EDITORIAL USE ONLY:Reuters - A series of family pictures of Prince William's bride-to-beKate Middleton, including a previously unseen photo of the couple together, were released on Monday.

Barclays chief earns £6.5 million bonus (AFP)

Posted: 07 Mar 2011 05:55 AM PST

Barclays chief executive Bob Diamond is seen in January. Diamond has received a smaller-than-expected bonus of £6.5 million for 2010, the bank has announced.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)AFP - Barclays chief executive Bob Diamond has received a smaller-than-expected bonus of £6.5 million for 2010, the bank announced on Monday.

Bank of England likely to hold fire on rates (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Mar 2011 05:22 AM PST

Reuters - The Bank of England looks set to keep interest rates at a record low this Thursday, judging that Britain's recovery is currently too fragile to sustain a spiral of rising prices.

UK's Cameron backs Prince Andrew to keep trade job (AP)

Posted: 07 Mar 2011 05:00 AM PST

FILE - In this Wednesday Jan. 23, 2008 file photo Britain's Prince Andrew, gestures while speaking during a session at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. As Buckingham Palace prepares to celebrate the wedding of Prince William, officials are rushing to contain a flurry of negative publicity from the side of the family that has long been a cause embarrassment. Prince Andrew, the queen's second son, is friends with a convicted sex offender — pictures have been published of him with his arm around the waist of the teenage prostitute at the center of that case — and his hosting of the son of the Tunisian dictator, shortly before a popular uprising drove him from power, has led to calls for him to be stripped of his role as special UK trade ambassador. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, file)AP - Prince Andrew is making "a major contribution" as the U.K.'s trade envoy and that role is not changing, Prime Minister David Cameron's office said Monday — despite questions about the prince's friendship with a convicted U.S. sex offender.

Census questionnaires sent in biggest ever mailout (AFP)

Posted: 07 Mar 2011 04:26 AM PST

Shoppers pass a Royal Mail postbox in central London. Census questionnaires will begin dropping onto an estimated 26 million doormats in the next few days, after being sent out on Monday. In the once-in-a-decade survey, people will be asked about their jobs, health, education, marital status, and ethnic background.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)AFP - Census questionnaires will begin dropping onto an estimated 26 million doormats in the next few days, after being sent out on Monday.

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