2011年4月5日星期二

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Thames extravaganza planned for Queen's jubilee (AFP)

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 03:41 PM PDT

Queen Elizabeth II, pictured on April 1, will celebrate her diamond jubilee with a boat trip on the River Thames in a newly crafted barge, leading a flotilla of 1,000 ships, the event's organisers said Tuesday.(AFP/POOL/File/Christopher Furlong)AFP - Queen Elizabeth II will celebrate her diamond jubilee with a boat trip on the River Thames in a newly crafted barge, leading a flotilla of 1,000 ships, the event's organisers said Tuesday.

UK to release thousands of British Empire files (AP)

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 02:24 PM PDT

AP - The U.K. is to release thousands of files containing sensitive information about how its officials behaved in the waning years of The British Empire, the Foreign Office said Tuesday.

Fresh arrests in British tabloid hacking scandal (AFP)

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 12:29 PM PDT

Sienna Miller, pictured at an event in New York last May, is among celebrities taking civil action against the News of the World for allegedly tapping into phone messages. Police investigating Britain's phone hacking scandal arrested two men Tuesday, named by media as the chief reporter and a former news editor of the country's top-selling newspaper.(AFP/Getty Images/Stephen Lovekin)AFP - Police investigating Britain's phone hacking scandal arrested Tuesday the chief reporter and a former news editor of the country's top-selling newspaper.

Princess Diana's dresses to be auctioned in Canada (AFP)

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 12:17 PM PDT

Princess of Wales Diana waving to admirers in 1988. The blue silk velvet dress Diana wore at a 1985 White House dinner and famously danced in with actor John Travolta will be offered for sale along with other gowns, a Canadian auction house said Tuesday.(AFP/File/Patrick Riviere)AFP - The blue silk velvet dress Princess Diana wore at a 1985 White House dinner and famously danced in with actor John Travolta will be offered for sale along with other gowns, a Canadian auction house said Tuesday.

UK police arrest 2 men in phone-hacking probe (AP)

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 11:59 AM PDT

AP - British police on Tuesday arrested two journalists linked with the country's top selling tabloid as part of an investigation into phone hacking of celebrities, politicians and royals, officials said.

PM urges 'fresh start' after Pakistan row (AFP)

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 10:40 AM PDT

British Prime Minister David Cameron receives a bouquet of flowers from a Pakistani girl upon his arrival at the Chaklala military airbase in Rawalpindi on Tuesday. Cameron called for a AFP - Prime Minister David Cameron on Tuesday called for a "fresh start" in fraught ties with Pakistan, promising investment, aid and security cooperation but also pressing the country to claim more taxes from its rich.

Libya rebels set for oil exports as tanker docks (AFP)

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 10:27 AM PDT

A Libyan rebel fighter sits on a ridge in the area where rebels are engaged in street battles with forces loyal to Moamer Kadhafi near Brega on April 3. Libyan rebels were set Tuesday to begin exporting oil for the first time since mid-March after a tanker capable of holding $100 million worth of crude docked at an eastern port.(AFP/File/Odd Andersen)AFP - Libyan rebels were set Tuesday to begin exporting oil for the first time since mid-March after a tanker capable of holding $100 million worth of crude docked at an eastern port.

Olympic chief tries to defuse British funding row (AFP)

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 10:16 AM PDT

President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Jacques Rogge attends a press conference during the IOC Executive Board meetings in central London. Rogge sought to play down an acrimonious row between the British Olympic Association and the organisers of the 2012 London Olympics.(AFP/Ben Stansall)AFP - International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge sought Tuesday to play down an acrimonious row between the British Olympic Association and the organisers of the 2012 London Olympics.

Gadhafi son: Libyan defector has nothing to reveal (AP)

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 08:56 AM PDT

AP - The British-educated son of Libya's leader said Tuesday the country's former foreign minister, who fled to the U.K. last week, has no new information to offer authorities questioning him about the Lockerbie bombing.

Lawmakers: UK misjudged Middle East arms sales (AP)

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 08:17 AM PDT

AP - British lawmakers issued a critical report Tuesday showing that Britain approved sales of shotguns and tear gas to Libya, machine guns and sniper rifles to Bahrain and military technology to Yemen over the last three years.

UK leader calls on Pakistan, India to make peace (AP)

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 06:53 AM PDT

British Prime Minister David Cameron, center, receives bouquets from Pakistani children upon his arrival at Chaklala airbase in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Tuesday, April 5, 2011. Cameron visited Pakistan to discuss security and bilateral issues with Pakistani leadership and officials. (AP Photo/B. K. Bangash)AP - The British prime minister urged Pakistan and India to build on recent, tentative steps toward better relations, saying Tuesday the "time is ripe" for both nations to put their history of war and mistrust behind them.

UK to press US over treatment of WikiLeaks suspect (AP)

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 05:59 AM PDT

AP - British diplomats will press the United States anew over concerns about the military's treatment of a U.S. Army private suspected of supplying thousands of sensitive files to WikiLeaks.

First official UK "royal app" launched for wedding (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 04:39 AM PDT

Reuters - Britain's first official royal app was launched on Tuesday, and with the marriage of Prince William to Kate Middleton just weeks away, unsurprisingly it focuses on royal weddings.

St Ives tops British best beaches list (AFP)

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 04:22 AM PDT

Nissi beach at Ayia Napa in Cyprus last August. Ayia Napa has been voted the top beach resort in Europe, with St Ives the best in Britain(AFP/File/Patrick Baz)AFP - St Ives in Cornwall has been voted the top British beach resort and sixth best in Europe in an annual survey by travel review website TripAdvisor.

British scouts to 'be prepared' with sex education (AFP)

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 03:33 AM PDT

Scouts takes part in a Tai Chi class on Brownsea Island, southern England, in 2007 as a part of the Centenary of the Scout movement. British scouts are giving their age-old motto AFP - British scouts are giving their age-old motto "be prepared" a new twist with the launch Tuesday of sex education classes in a bid to help tackle the country's high rates of sexually transmitted diseases.

Thames flotilla to mark Queen Elizabeth's jubilee (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 03:11 AM PDT

Reuters - Up to one thousand boats will take part in the biggest flotilla seen in modern times on London's River Thames to mark Queen Elizabeth's 60 years on the British throne next year, organizers said on Tuesday.

Britain's Cameron in Pakistan seeking "fresh start" (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 02:05 AM PDT

A combination photo shows Pakistan's Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani (R) and his British counterpart David Cameron shaking hands for photographers before their meeting at the prime minister's residence in Islamabad April 5, 2011. REUTERS/Adrees LatifReuters - British Prime Minister David Cameron will call for a new start in relations with Pakistan on Tuesday, eight months after sparking a diplomatic row by saying Pakistan should not be allowed to "look both ways" on terrorism.

Cameron arrives in Pakistan to urge 'fresh start' (AFP)

Posted: 04 Apr 2011 06:57 PM PDT

British Prime Minister David Cameron (pictured) flew into Pakistan for talks on Tuesday, seeking a AFP - Prime Minister David Cameron flew into Pakistan for talks on Tuesday, seeking a "fresh start" in relations with Islamabad, nine months after accusing it of turning a blind eye to terrorism.

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