2011年4月2日星期六

Yahoo! News: World - Britain

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - Britain


Clinton condemns NIreland attack as 'cowardly act' (AFP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 03:16 PM PDT

A forenics police officer walks from the scene of a bomb in Omagh, County Tyrone. A Catholic policeman was killed Saturday in Omagh, the scene of Northern Ireland's worst terror atrocity, in a car bomb attack at his home that will cause jitters about the delicate peace process.(AFP/Peter Muhly)AFP - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton condemned the murder of a Northern Ireland police officer Saturday, calling the car bombing a "cowardly act."


N. Ireland policeman killed in car bomb attack (AFP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 02:44 PM PDT

Forenic police officers walk from the scene of a bomb in Omagh, County Tyrone. A Catholic policeman was killed Saturday in Omagh, the scene of Northern Ireland's worst terror atrocity, in a car bomb attack at his home that will cause jitters about the delicate peace process.(AFP/Peter Muhly)AFP - A Northern Ireland policeman was killed in a car bomb attack Saturday which leaders on all sides vowed would not be allowed to derail the province's delicate peace process.


London boot camp held for pint-size 'princesses' (AP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 01:24 PM PDT

Maude Fisher, 7, sips a cup of tea, during the 'A Princess Tea Party' event, at a hotel in London, Saturday, April 2, 2011. A scene straight from 'My Fair Lady' played out at a posh London hotel Saturday as a dozen girls in frilly dresses attended a 'princess boot camp' ahead of this month's royal wedding. The pint-size wannabe princesses learned how to walk straight, eat with decorum and curtsy. Never mind that it's doubtful any of them will come within spitting distance of the royals at the April 29 wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton. (AP Photo/Akira Suemori)AP - With Britain's royal wedding around the corner, wannabe princesses gathered Saturday at a posh London hotel for a crash course on how to curtsy, what to say to the queen and how keep pesky crumbs off their lips when eating finger sandwiches.


Lockerbie relative urges questioning of Libyan (AP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 10:02 AM PDT

AP - A British man whose daughter died in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over the Scottish town of Lockerbie says former Libyan Foreign Minister Moussa Koussa may be able to shed new light on the attack.

Call for joint UK-French nuclear deterrent (AFP)

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 01:45 AM PDT

A 2009 picture of British Royal Navy nuclear submarine, HMS Astute in Scotland. A British junior defence minister is calling for London and Paris to develop and build a joint nuclear deterrent, The Guardian newspaper says.(AFP/Andy Buchanan)AFP - A British junior defence minister is calling for London and Paris to develop and build a joint nuclear deterrent, The Guardian newspaper reported Saturday.


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