2011年3月17日星期四

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

UK urges Israel to return to peace talks (AP)

Posted: 17 Mar 2011 03:33 PM PDT

AP - Britain's foreign secretary has urged Israel's defense minister to return to peace talks with Palestinians and voiced concern about settlement construction.

$125,871 paid for Middleton's see-through dress (AP)

Posted: 17 Mar 2011 02:06 PM PDT

Charlotte Todd stands next to the dress she designed, and which was worn by Kate Middleton during a St Andrew's University charity fashion show in 2002, during a media event prior to its auction, in London, Wednesday, March, 16, 2011. The dress is expected to sell from between 8-10 thousand pounds (US $12,850-16,063, euro 9,200-11,500), when sold at auction Thursday. The photograph at rear shows Middleton wearing the dress at the charity fashion show.(AP Photo/Alastair Grant)AP - A revealing piece of royal history was sold Thursday for 78,000 pounds ($125,871) when an unidentified buyer bought the infamous see-through dress Kate Middleton wore back in 2002 when she and Prince William were university friends.

Kate's see-through dress sells for £78,000 (AFP)

Posted: 17 Mar 2011 01:34 PM PDT

An auctioneer takes bids for a see-through dress(C) worn by Kate Middleton, fiancee of Britain's Prince William at Kerry Taylor Auction house in London. The dress sold for £78,000($125,000) smashing the expected price for the risque garment.(AFP/Carl de Souza)AFP - The see-through dress that helped Kate Middleton catch the eye of husband-to-be Prince William sold Thursday for £78,000, smashing the expected price for the risque garment.

Pakistan cricket trio face British trial on May 20 (AFP)

Posted: 17 Mar 2011 12:42 PM PDT

British police personnel escort former Pakistan cricketer Mohammad Asif(R), one of three Pakistan cricketers accused of spot-fixing in a Test match against England last year, as he arrives at Westminster Magistrates court in central London.(AFP/Carl de Souza)AFP - Three Pakistan cricketers accused of spot-fixing in a Test match against England last year were on Thursday ordered to stand trial in a British court on May 20.

British bank Lloyds says will axe more jobs (AFP)

Posted: 17 Mar 2011 11:36 AM PDT

A homeless man rests in the doorway of a branch of a Lloyds Bank in central London, in 2010. Britain's partly-nationalised Lloyds bank said Thursday that it will axe another 570 jobs in Britain and outsource 450 positions as the lender continues a major restructuring.(AFP/File/Carl Court)AFP - Britain's partly-nationalised Lloyds bank said Thursday that it will axe another 570 jobs in Britain and outsource 450 positions as the lender continues a major restructuring.

Olympic-bound British women to face Dream (AFP)

Posted: 17 Mar 2011 09:40 AM PDT

Britain's national women's basketball team, approved for 2012 London Olympic competition along with their male counterparts on Sunday, will face the WNBA's Atlanta Dream on May 29 at Manchester.(WNBA)AFP - Britain's national women's basketball team, approved for 2012 London Olympic competition along with their male counterparts on Sunday, will face the WNBA's Atlanta Dream on May 29 at Manchester.

Move over, Kate: Wallis Simpson back as style icon (AP)

Posted: 17 Mar 2011 09:25 AM PDT

FILE - This is a May 7, 1937 file photo of Edward, The Duke of Windsor and Mrs. Wallis Simpson at the Chateau de Cande, near Touraine, France before they are married. Watch out, Kate Middleton. Another royal consort is in the limelight as the royal wedding approaches. Wallis Simpson, the American divorcee who scandalized Britain and brought down a king in the 1930s, is back in style.(AP Photo/Len Putnam, File)AP - Watch out, Kate Middleton. Another royal consort is in the limelight as the royal wedding approaches.

U.N. Libya draft calls for all necessary measures: UK (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Mar 2011 08:35 AM PDT

Reuters - The latest draft resolution on Libya under discussion at the United Nations calls for "all necessary measures short of an occupation force" to protect civilians under threat of attack, Britain said on Thursday.

BA and Iberia take on trans-Atlantic market (AP)

Posted: 17 Mar 2011 07:20 AM PDT

AP - British Airways, Spain's Iberia and American Airlines unveiled new flight schedules on Thursday following a codeshare agreement to provide a more comprehensive service on lucrative trans-Atlantic routes.

Mayor wins case to evict peace campaigner (AFP)

Posted: 17 Mar 2011 06:40 AM PDT

Brian Haw maintains his vigil outside the British Parliament in 2007. The veteran peace campaigner has lost his case to remain camped in Parliament Square Gardens after the mayor of London won a High Court possession order to evict him.(AFP/File/Chris Young)AFP - Veteran peace campaigner Brian Haw lost his case to remain camped in Parliament Square Gardens on Thursday after the Mayor of London won a High Court possession order to evict him.

MPs slam plans to cut foreign students (AFP)

Posted: 17 Mar 2011 05:48 AM PDT

British MPs have strongly criticised government plans to reduce the number of international students entering the country, saying the proposals threatened a £40-billion industry.(DDP/AFP/File/Philipp Guelland)AFP - MPs on Thursday strongly criticised government plans to reduce the number of international students entering the country, saying the proposals threatened a £40-billion industry.

British woman convicted of enslaving African worker (AFP)

Posted: 17 Mar 2011 01:22 AM PDT

A mock flyer advertising the re-enactment of a mid-19th century slave auction January 15, in the US city of St. Louis, Missouri. A former hospital director who forced an African woman to work 18 hours a day became the first person in Britain to be convicted of AFP - A former hospital director who forced an African woman to work 18 hours a day became the first person in Britain to be convicted of "modern-day slavery."

Government tells Britons to get out of Tokyo (AFP)

Posted: 17 Mar 2011 01:14 AM PDT

The government has advised Britons to consider leaving Tokyo and northeastern Japan following the earthquake and the subsequent explosions at the Fukushima nuclear facility.(AFP/File/Yoshikazu Tsuno)AFP - The government has advised Britons to consider leaving Tokyo and northeastern Japan following the earthquake and the subsequent explosions at the Fukushima nuclear facility.

Brit pack crash out as Braga, PSV qualify in Europa (AFP)

Posted: 17 Mar 2011 03:41 PM PDT

Manchester City's Ivorian defender Yaya Toure reacts at the final wistle as his side crash out of the Europa league after the UEFA Europa League Round of 16. Manchester beat the Ukrainian club 1-0 at home but bowed out 2-1 on aggregate.(AFP/Andrew Yates)AFP - Big-spending English giants Manchester City, Liverpool and Rangers crashed out of the last 16 of the Europa League on Thursday to end Britain's interest in the competition.

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