2011年3月9日星期三

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

BBC: Staff subjected to mock execution in Libya (AP)

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 03:23 PM PST

In this photo released by the BBC, reporter for the BBC Feras Killani is seen at a hotel in Tripoli, Libya, Wednesday, March 9, 2011. The British Broadcasting Corp. said in a statement Wednesday that three of its staff, members of a BBC Arabic team, were detained, beaten and subjected to mock executions in Libya. (AP Photo/BBC) EDITORIAL USE ONLY, NO SALESAP - Three British Broadcasting Corp. staff were detained, beaten and subjected to mock executions by pro-regime soldiers in Libya while attempting to reach the western city of Zawiya, the broadcaster said Wednesday.

British tycoons held over Icelandic bank collapse (AFP/File)

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 02:54 PM PST

AFP/File - Property magnates Robert and Vincent Tchenguiz were briefly detained Wednesday in London as part of an international probe into the collapse of Icelandic bank Kaupthing.

Victorian smokers had rotten teeth to match lungs (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 02:36 PM PST

Victorian pipe smokers in a drawing by S. Jenner circa 1850. REUTERS/Wellcome Library LondonReuters - Smoking was as bad for the Victorians as it is for anyone today, but back in those days it seems it did far more damage to their teeth. In the mid-19th century, prior to the invention of the cigarette, when tobacco was copiously consumed through clay pipes, smoking often resulted in nasty dental disfigurement.

Hundreds of British Anglicans convert to Catholicism (AFP/File)

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 01:52 PM PST

AFP/File - Hundreds of members of the Anglican Church are to join the Catholic faith in protest at the Church of England's liberalising agenda, the Episcopal Conference of England and Wales said Wednesday.

Soldier killed in Afghanistan blast (AFP/POOL/File)

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 01:36 PM PST

AFP/POOL/File - A soldier from the 1st Battalion The Royal Irish Regiment was killed by an improvised explosive device in southern Afghanistan on Wednesday, the Ministry of Defence in London said.

Activists occupy Gadhafi mansion in London (AP)

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 11:43 AM PST

A member of a group calling themselves 'Topple The Tyrants' shouts from above the door of a house belonging to Saif al-Islam Gadhafi, the second son of the Libyan dictator, Moammar Gadhafi in Hampstead Garden Suburb, north London,Wednesday March 9, 2011. The group said its members entered the house in solidarity with Libyans trying to oust the Gadhafi regime. Several climbed onto the roof and unfurled a banner showing Gadhafi's face and the words 'out of Libya, out of London.' Spokesman Montgomery Jones said the squatters, who are not Libyan, would stay 'until this property can be returned to the Libyan people.'. (AP Photo/PA, Dominic Lipinski) UNITED KINGDOM OUTAP - Activists on Wednesday occupied a London mansion owned by a son of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, and said they hoped Libyan refugees would join them.

London slams Iran over Taliban weapons (AFP/POOL)

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 11:25 AM PST

AFP/POOL - Foreign Secretary William Hague on Wednesday condemned Tehran's "completely unacceptable" actions after British special forces seized Iranian weapons heading to the Taliban in Afghanistan.

Squatters occupy London home of Kadhafi's son (AFP/File)

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 11:14 AM PST

AFP/File - Squatters took over a mansion in London owned by the son of embattled Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi on Wednesday, the Metropolitan Police confirmed.

Insurer Prudential eyes Asian growth after doubling profits (AFP/File)

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 10:24 AM PST

AFP/File - British insurance giant Prudential declared Wednesday that Asia remains a priority, despite its failed takeover bid for the Asian arm of US insurer AIG, as it revealed a doubling of annual net profits.

FTSE knocked by rising oil prices (AFP/File)

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 09:58 AM PST

London shares were almost unchanged as crude prices slipped on OPEC talks.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)AFP/File - Leading London stocks dipped on Wednesday as rising oil prices trumped regional company activity, including a takeover and annual earnings.

Hundreds of Anglicans moving to Catholic church (AP)

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 08:51 AM PST

AP - Hundreds of disaffected Anglicans left the Church of England to become Roman Catholics on Ash Wednesday, the Christian day of penance.

PM to attend royal wedding (AFP/POOL/File)

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 08:17 AM PST

AFP/POOL/File - Prime Minister Stephen Harper has accepted an invitation to Prince William and Kate Middleton's wedding, his office said Wednesday.

Trade deficit shrinks as exports hit record (AFP/File)

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 08:03 AM PST

AFP/File - Britain's trade deficit narrowed by more than expected in January as exports hit a record high, official data showed Wednesday, sparking hopes that the economy could rebound in the first quarter.

Americans suffer more chronic disease than British (AFP/Getty Images/File)

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 07:52 AM PST

AFP/Getty Images/File - The United States spends twice as much per capita each year on health care as Britain but sees higher rates of nearly every chronic disease, even among children, said a study out Wednesday.

Kate's weight topic of discussion (AP)

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 07:50 AM PST

Prince William and Kate Middleton leave City Hall in Belfast, Northern Ireland, Tuesday March 8, 2011, during their surprise visit to Northern Ireland. Middleton's appearance and comments during the visit sparked some concerns about whether the princess-in-waiting is losing too much weight in advance of the April 29 royal wedding. In front-page newspaper photographs, Middleton appears to be in good health if a bit slimmer than usual, but many in the crowds who met her in Northern Ireland the day before were concerned that she looked a bit gaunt.(AP Photo/Niall Carson, pool)AP - How thin is too thin? Not even Kate Middleton has escaped the thorny debate.

State-owned UK bank Northern Rock suffers losses (AFP/File)

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 07:20 AM PST

AFP/File - British bank Northern Rock, nationalised three years ago to avert financial meltdown, suffered fresh losses in 2010 owing to costs linked to its massive state bailout, it said on Wednesday.

Zara Phillips and Mike Tindall announce wedding date (AFP/File)

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 06:27 AM PST

AFP/File - Zara Phillips is to wed Mike Tindall, the England rugby union captain, in Edinburgh on July 30, Buckingham Palace said on Wednesday.

Victims' concerns put London 9/11 sculpture on hold (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 06:22 AM PST

A general view of a portion of the World Trade Center site in New York June 25, 2008. REUTERS/Mike SegarReuters - Plans to erect a sculpture in a London park using girders salvaged from New York's World Trade Center, which was destroyed in attacks on September 11, 2001, have been put on hold after victims' families complained.

Queen Elizabeth's granddaughter Zara to wed in July (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 05:30 AM PST

Britain's Zara Phillips and her fiance Mike Tindall pose for photographs at their home in Gloucestershire, south-west England December 21, 2010. REUTERS/Tim Ireland/poolReuters - Queen Elizabeth's granddaughter Zara Phillips will marry in July, Buckingham Palace said on Wednesday, becoming the monarch's second grandchild to get married in the space of a few months.

Yorkshire Ripper loses bid to challenge sentence (AFP/File)

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 05:21 AM PST

AFP/File - Peter Sutcliffe, the serial killer known as the Yorkshire Ripper, has lost a bid to challenge in the Supreme Court the order that he can never be released.

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