2011年3月19日星期六

Yahoo! News: World - Britain

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - Britain


British jets launch air strikes in Libya (AFP)

Posted: 19 Mar 2011 06:19 PM PDT

A British Royal Air Force Tornado aircraft taxies at RAF Marham base in Norfolk. Royal Air Froce Tornado fighter jets have launched missiles in Libya in Britain's first air strikes as part of the UN-sanctioned military intervention, defence officials in London said.(AFP/Gavin Fogg)AFP - British Tornado fighter jets have launched missiles in Libya in Britain's first air strikes as part of the UN-sanctioned military intervention, defence officials in London said.


Britain joins Libya assault with strikes on air defence (AFP)

Posted: 19 Mar 2011 04:17 PM PDT

British missiles pounded Libyan air defences Saturday as military intervention swung into action, with Prime Minister David Cameron urging an end to the AFP - A British submarine fired missiles into Libya Saturday as military intervention swung into action, with Prime Minister David Cameron urging an end to Moamer Kadhafi's "appalling brutality".


Comic Relief raises record £74 (AFP)

Posted: 19 Mar 2011 09:01 AM PDT

Undated Comic Relief handout photo of comics (from the left) David Walliams, John Bishop, Catherine Tate, James Corden and Alan Carr alongside the real Take That. The five famous comedians helped raise money for Comic Relief.(AFP/Comic Relief/Comic Relief)AFP - Comic Relief has raised a record £74 million, the highest in Red Nose Day's 23-year history.


BBC admits to using private detectives (AFP)

Posted: 19 Mar 2011 06:42 AM PDT

Pedestrians walks past the doors of the BBC's Bush House in London. The corporation has hired private detectives to help make its investigative programmes, the corporation's director-general has said, according to a report in The Times.(AFP/File/Nicolas Asfouri)AFP - The BBC has hired private detectives to help make its investigative programmes, according to the corporation's director-general, The Times reported on Saturday.


Cameron in Paris for talks on Libya action (AFP)

Posted: 19 Mar 2011 04:50 AM PDT

British forces were on Saturday in action over Libya as part of a UN-sanctioned intervention to stop Moamer Kadhafi's forces crushing an uprising, Prime Minister David Cameron said.(AFP/Ben Stansall)AFP - Prime Minister David Cameron is in Paris for talks with French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Arab allies as they prepare to launch military action to prevent assaults on rebel cities in Libya.


Papers show rapport between Thatcher, Carter (AP)

Posted: 18 Mar 2011 05:05 PM PDT

AP - Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan were political soul mates, right-wing Cold Warriors who helped define the 1980s.
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