2011年3月30日星期三

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Arrest after Semtex found near London Olympic site: police (AFP)

Posted: 30 Mar 2011 04:54 PM PDT

A handout picture from the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) press office taken on March 24, shows an arial view of the Olympic Stadium in London. Police said Wednesday they had arrested a female security guard at London's Olympic Stadium after a small amount of the bomb-making material Semtex was found during a search of her car.(AFP/ODA/File/Anthony Charlton)AFP - Police said Wednesday they had arrested a female security guard at London's Olympic Stadium after a small amount of the bomb-making material Semtex was found during a search of her car.

$24 million donation secures Zurbaran works for UK (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Mar 2011 04:19 PM PDT

Reuters - A series of portraits by 17th century Spanish painter Francisco de Zurbaran hanging in Auckland Castle, northeast England, have been saved from the auction block by a 15 million pound ($24 million) donation.

Prince Harry takes plunge on Arctic trek (AP)

Posted: 30 Mar 2011 03:10 PM PDT

Britain's Prince Harry tries out an immersion suit, during training for the Walking with the Wounded expedition, on the island of Spitsbergen, situated between the Norwegian mainland and the North Pole, Wednesday March 30, 2011. The third in line to the British throne will train for three days before accompanying the team on the first five days of their four-week expedition. (AP Photo/ David Cheskin, Pool)AP - Prince Harry doesn't do things halfway.

Government enacts new bribery law, reassures foreign firms (AFP)

Posted: 30 Mar 2011 10:49 AM PDT

Justice Secretary Ken Clarke, seen here in 2010, said Wednesday that a new bribery law would be implemented in July, offering new guidelines to calm business concerns and an assurance that it would not apply to foreign firms listed in London.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)AFP - The government said Wednesday that a new bribery law would be implemented in July, offering new guidelines to calm business concerns and an assurance that it would not apply to foreign firms listed in London.

Insurance market Lloyd's 2010 profits tumble (AFP)

Posted: 30 Mar 2011 10:05 AM PDT

Chairman of Lloyd's, Lord Levene, addresses a Joint Lloyd's & NATO conference in central London in 2009. The Lloyd's of London insurance market said Wednesday that profits sank last year due to major claims arising from earthquakes in Chile and New Zealand, floods in Australia and the BP oil spill.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - The Lloyd's of London insurance market said Wednesday that profits sank last year due to major claims arising from earthquakes in Chile and New Zealand, floods in Australia and the BP oil spill.

Funding cuts for hundreds of arts groups (AFP)

Posted: 30 Mar 2011 08:35 AM PDT

A woman walks past a painting entitled 'Nature morte a L'Esperance' by French artist Paul Gauguin, at Christie's auction house in central London. Hundreds of arts bodies that used to receive funds from Arts council England have lost out on the cash this year because of spending cuts.(AFP/File/Carl de Souza)AFP - Hundreds of arts bodies that used to receive funding from Arts Council England have lost out on the cash this year because of the coalition government's spending cuts.

UK government details new bribery laws (AP)

Posted: 30 Mar 2011 08:18 AM PDT

AP - Britain was criticized on Wednesday for watering down its much-vaunted update of century-old bribery laws — a revision that initially had been hailed by activists as creating one of the world's broadest and most effective new anti-corruption regimes.

Axe falls on UK arts groups as cuts announced (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Mar 2011 08:16 AM PDT

Reuters - The Arts Council England said on Wednesday it would stop funding over 200 arts organizations as part of broader public sector cuts being enforced by the government in its battle to bring down a record budget deficit.

Bus tour shows Kate Middleton's childhood (AFP)

Posted: 30 Mar 2011 08:13 AM PDT

Riding the global wave of interest in the April 29 wedding between Kate Middleton and Britain's Prince William, a local bus company has organised tours through rural Berkshire, southern England, where the future princess grew up.(AFP/File/Stephen Davison)AFP - Royal wedding fanatics wanting to peek into Kate Middleton's past can now roll up for a bus tour round the genteel countryside where she spent her childhood.

Five-year-old injured in south London shooting (AFP)

Posted: 30 Mar 2011 05:03 AM PDT

A five-year-old girl and a man have been injured in a shooting in a shop in London's Stockwell district, police said. Detectives believe the victims were caught in a gang crossfire.(AFP/File/Alessandro Abbonizio)AFP - A five-year-old girl and a man were seriously injured when they were accidentally shot in a battle between rival groups in London's Stockwell district, police said on Wednesday.

Tullow sells Ugandan oil stakes to Total, CNOOC (AP)

Posted: 30 Mar 2011 03:54 AM PDT

AP - Britain's Tullow Oil PLC said Wednesday it is selling stakes in its Ugandan exploration blocks to France's Total SA and China's state-owned CNOOC Ltd. for $2.9 billion cash, paving the way for development of the oil rich Lake Albert Basin.

Ed Miliband to marry his partner in May (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Mar 2011 03:33 AM PDT

Reuters - Labour leader Ed Miliband said on Wednesday he is to marry his partner Justine Thornton at a ceremony in May.

Ed Miliband to marry partner Justine (AFP)

Posted: 30 Mar 2011 02:43 AM PDT

British opposition Labour Party Leader Ed Miliband (left) is seen with partner Justine Thornton and his second child Samuel Miliband. Miliband is to marry his long-term partner and the mother of his two sons, on May 27, the couple announced in their local newspaper.(AFP/HO/File/Lisa Linder)AFP - After William and Kate there is now, well, Ed and Justine.

British watchdog confirms BAA airports sale ruling (AFP)

Posted: 30 Mar 2011 02:03 AM PDT

A woman pushes a buggy past check-in desks at Stansted Airport in England. Britain's competition watchdog has reiterated its ruling for Spanish-owned airports operator BAA to sell two more airports including London Stansted.(AFP/File/Carl Court)AFP - Britain's competition watchdog on Wednesday reiterated its ruling for Spanish-owned airports operator BAA to sell two more airports including London Stansted.

Tullow Oil says Total, CNOOC buy Uganda assets (AFP)

Posted: 30 Mar 2011 01:48 AM PDT

An oil exploration tower is pictured in Tonya on the shore of Lake Albert in Uganda. Anglo-Irish energy firm Tullow Oil has said it has agreed to sell part of its Uganda assets to France's Total and China's CNOOC for a total of $2.9 billion (2.06 billion euros).(AFP/File/Walter Astrada)AFP - Anglo-Irish energy firm Tullow Oil said Wednesday that it has agreed to sell part of its Uganda assets to France's Total and China's CNOOC for a total of $1.8 billion pounds ($2.9 billion).

UK agency asks BAA to sell 2 more airports (AP)

Posted: 30 Mar 2011 12:58 AM PDT

AP - BAA Ltd., the owner of Heathrow airport, must sell another London airport and one in Scotland to promote greater competition, Britain's anti-monopoly agency said Wednesday.

UK authorities probe cargo plane bomb hoax (AP)

Posted: 30 Mar 2011 12:45 AM PDT

AP - British authorities are investigating how a fake bomb was smuggled aboard a cargo flight to Turkey without being detected.

Government probes fake bomb on cargo plane (AFP)

Posted: 30 Mar 2011 12:26 AM PDT

The government is investigating how a fake bomb hidden in a wedding cake box was allowed on a UPS cargo flight from London to Turkey, the country's transport ministry said.(AFP/File/Roberto Schmidt)AFP - The government is investigating how a fake bomb hidden in a wedding cake box was allowed on a UPS cargo flight from London to Turkey, the country's transport ministry said.

UK investigates package on UPS plane to Turkey: report (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Mar 2011 10:41 PM PDT

Reuters - Britain is investigating how a suspicious package travelled undetected on a cargo plane to Turkey, media reported on Wednesday.

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