2011年3月26日星期六

Yahoo! News: World - Britain

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - Britain


For William and Kate, 2 cakes are better than 1 (AP)

Posted: 26 Mar 2011 05:25 PM PDT

AP - Royal wedding plans announced Sunday show an admirable spirit of compromise: The main cake will be a fruity, floral masterwork designed with input from Kate Middleton, but Prince William will get his childhood favorite chocolate biscuit cake too.

London's biggest protest since Iraq war in 2003 (AP)

Posted: 26 Mar 2011 04:58 PM PDT

Back-dropped by Big Ben, demonstrators against the coalition government's spending cuts march in London, Saturday, March 26, 2011.  Tens of thousands of mostly peaceful demonstrators streamed into central London on Saturday to march against government budget cuts, with a small breakaway group smashing its way into a bank, breaking windows and spray painting logos on the walls . (AP Photo/Akira Suemori)AP - More than 250,000 people took to London's streets to protest the toughest spending cuts since World War II — one of the largest demonstrations since the Iraq war — as riot police clashed with a small groups. More than 200 people were arrested.


Rioters battle UK police after anti-cuts rally (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Mar 2011 04:20 PM PDT

Joe, an Italian man living in London prepares to join a protest march organised by the Trades Union Congress (TUC), in Hyde Park, central London March 26, 2011. REUTERS/Kevin CoombsReuters - Black-clad, masked youths battled riot police and attacked banks and luxury stores in central London on Saturday, overshadowing a protest by more than a quarter of a million Britons against government spending cuts.


Clashes hit massive British anti-cuts demo (AFP)

Posted: 26 Mar 2011 03:36 PM PDT

Police clash with protesters outside the Topshop store in central London, during a mass demonstration against government financial cuts. Several hundred masked protesters clashed with police, attacked shops and occupied a top store in London Saturday after hundreds of thousands of people rallied against government austerity measures.(AFP/Carl Court)AFP - Masked rogue protesters battled police and attacked landmark London shops and hotels Saturday, overshadowing a peaceful march by more than a quarter of a million Britons against government cuts.


British jets destroy Libyan armoured vehicles: military (AFP)

Posted: 26 Mar 2011 12:20 PM PDT

A British Royal Air Force Tornado aircraft taxies at RAF Marham base in Norfolk on March 19. British warplanes destroyed five Libyan armoured vehicles in air strikes against Moamer Kadhafi's forces in two towns where rebels were battling the regime, the defence ministry said Saturday.(AFP/File/Gavin Fogg)AFP - British warplanes destroyed five Libyan armoured vehicles in air strikes against Moamer Kadhafi's forces in two towns where rebels were battling the regime, the defence ministry said Saturday.


Britons protest in London over government cuts (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Mar 2011 05:37 AM PDT

Reuters - Tens of thousands of Britons opposed to government austerity cuts were expected to join the biggest rally in the capital since protests against war in Iraq in 2003.
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