2011年3月12日星期六

Yahoo! News: World - Britain

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - Britain


BP: dispute over its OAO Rosneft deal continues (AP)

Posted: 12 Mar 2011 10:38 AM PST

A bomb dropped by a Kadhafi loyalist fighter jet explodes as Libyan rebel fighters run for cover some 10 kilometers east of the key oil port of Ras Lanuf. Libyan fighter jets bombed anti-Kadhafi forces as the European Union called on the Libyan leader to go and Barack Obama urged the world to keep up the pressure.(AFP/Roberto Schmidt)AP - BP PLC's partners in Russian joint venture TNK-BP rejected a proposal by the British oil company on Saturday regarding its disputed tie-up with OAO Rosneft, Russia's top crude producer.


British court hands down first libel fine for tweet (AFP)

Posted: 12 Mar 2011 07:40 AM PST

A former Welsh mayor became the first Briton to be ordered to pay libel damages over a Twitter entry after a political rival sued him in the high court, a report said.(AFP/File/Nicholas Kamm)AFP - A former Welsh mayor became the first Briton to be ordered to pay libel damages over a Twitter entry after a political rival sued him in the high court, a report said on Saturday.


Lib Dems reject NHS shake-up at conference (AFP)

Posted: 12 Mar 2011 05:25 AM PST

Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg. The Liberal Democrats have rejected coalition plans for a massive reorganisation of the NHS at the party's spring conference in Sheffield on Saturday.(AFP/Pool/File/Thierry Roge)AFP - The Liberal Democrats rejected coalition plans for a massive reorganisation of the NHS at the party's spring conference in Sheffield on Saturday.


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