2011年4月12日星期二

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

BBC World Service cuts would damage UK: lawmakers (AFP)

Posted: 12 Apr 2011 04:05 PM PDT

BBC Global News Director Peter Horrocks speaks during a press conference in central London, in January 2011. Planned spending cuts to the BBC World Service would damage the country's global standing and should not go ahead, a parliamentary watchdog warned on Wednesday.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)AFP - Planned spending cuts to the BBC World Service would damage the country's global standing and should not go ahead, a parliamentary watchdog warned on Wednesday.

US backs NATO, despite French, British complaints (AFP)

Posted: 12 Apr 2011 01:36 PM PDT

Rebel fighters ride on the back of a pickup truck with a mounted gun near the western gate of Ajdabiya, eastern Libya. The United States on Tuesday expressed full confidence in NATO's capacity to carry out the mission in Libya, after France and Britain complained they were not getting enough support.(AFP/Odd Andersen)AFP - The United States on Tuesday expressed full confidence in NATO's capacity to carry out the Libya mission, after France and Britain complained they were not getting enough support.

BP faces tough crowd at shareholder meeting (AP)

Posted: 12 Apr 2011 11:52 AM PDT

FILE - In this April 21, 2010 file photo, the Deepwater Horizon oil rig burns in the Gulf of Mexico. In the year since the Gulf oil spill, officials along the coast have gone on a spending spree with BP money, dropping tens of millions of dollars on gadgets, vehicles and gear — much of which had little to do with the cleanup, an Associated Press investigation shows. The oil giant opened its checkbook while the crisis was still unfolding last spring and poured hundreds of millions of dollars into Gulf Coast communities with few strings attached. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)AP - BP Chief Executive Bob Dudley faces a tough audience at the oil company's annual meeting on Thursday: Shareholders ready to air grievances about a year that started with the Gulf oil spill and is ending with missteps in Russia, a key BP market.

Skyscrapers play havoc with London's historic skyline (AFP)

Posted: 12 Apr 2011 10:12 AM PDT

The Shard building (2nd R) is pictured from Parliament Hill on Hampstead Heath in London on February 2011. London's newest skyscraper is advancing floor by floor into the record books, but critics say The Shard and a rash of other towers under construction are ruining the capital's historic skyline.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)AFP - London's newest skyscraper is advancing floor by floor into the record books, but critics say The Shard and a rash of other towers under construction are ruining the capital's historic skyline.

Movement for happiness launches in Britain (AP)

Posted: 12 Apr 2011 10:07 AM PDT

Joanna Choukeir shows some of the cards from a DIY Happiness card game, at the launch of 'Action For Happiness' in London. Tuesday, April 12, 2011. Is there a science of happiness? Action for Happiness launched Tuesday in London, encouraging hugging, meditation and random acts of kindness. It is getting under way as the British government asks statisticians to measure the economically battered nation's well-being.(AP Photo/Edmond Terakopian)AP - Is there a science of happiness?

London shares close lower (AFP)

Posted: 12 Apr 2011 09:34 AM PDT

London shares closed lower on Tuesday in the absence of risky trades amid concerns over the strength of the world's top economies.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - London shares closed lower on Tuesday in the absence of risky trades amid concerns over the strength of the world's top economies.

Libya defector heading to Doha to meet rebels: UK government (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Apr 2011 08:28 AM PDT

Reuters - Moussa Koussa, a former Libyan foreign minister who fled to Britain last month, is on his way to meet Libyan rebels in Doha, the British government said on Tuesday.

UK inflation falls to 4 pct from 4.4 pct (AP)

Posted: 12 Apr 2011 08:01 AM PDT

AP - Consumer price inflation in Britain unexpectedly fell in March, official figures showed Tuesday, easing the pressure on the Bank of England to raise interest rates next month.

Two jailed for life over London takeaway shooting (AFP)

Posted: 12 Apr 2011 07:33 AM PDT

Two men have been jailed for life on for the murder of an innocent 16-year-old girl during a gang-related shooting at a takeaway. Agnes Sina-Inakoju died two days after she was shot in the neck at Hoxton Chicken and Pizza, east London, on April 14 2010.(AFP)AFP - Two men were jailed for life on Tuesday for the murder of an innocent 16-year-old girl during a gang-related shooting at a takeaway.

UK conservationists make a bee-line for the fields (AP)

Posted: 12 Apr 2011 07:15 AM PDT

FILE - This is a Friday, May 22, 2009 file photo of a bumble bee as it hovers over gorse in Noss Mayo, Devon in south west England . Britain's bees are being given their own roads — rows of wildflowers planted across the countryside. The number of honeybees in the UK has halved in the last 25 years and conservationists hope their wildflower streets will provide food and shelter to help them thrive. (AP Photo/Odd Andersen, File)AP - Farmers and landowners are being asked to plant rows of wildflowers along the edges of England's fields to create a network of "bee roads" to boost declining numbers.

Devon police to exhume body in sex abuse probe (AFP)

Posted: 12 Apr 2011 06:29 AM PDT

Belinda Day, who committed suicide in 1989, is seen in a picture provided by Devon and Cornwall Constabulary. The body of Day, the sister of a child sex attacker, is to be exhumed fter police officers said they had evidence she had been repeatedly raped.(Devon and Cornwall Constabulary)AFP - The dead sister of a convicted child sex attacker was to be exhumed from a church graveyard on Tuesday, after police officers said they had evidence she had been repeatedly raped.

Shock UK inflation fall eases pressure on BoE (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Apr 2011 05:26 AM PDT

Reuters - British inflation eased in March for the first time since last summer as grocers cut food prices, reducing the chance of a Bank of England rate hike in May and giving it leeway to support the still shaky economy.

Surprise drop in inflation to 4% (AFP)

Posted: 12 Apr 2011 04:51 AM PDT

British annual inflation dropped to 4.0 percent in March from 4.4 percent in February, which had been the highest level for more than two years, official data showed on Tuesday.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - Annual inflation unexpectedly fell to 4.0 percent in March from 4.4 percent in February, easing pressure on the Bank of England to follow the ECB in raising interest rates to combat high prices.

Retail sales plunge to 'lowest since at least 1995' (AFP)

Posted: 12 Apr 2011 03:57 AM PDT

Shoppers carry shopping bags along Oxford Street in central London. The British Retail Consortium has revealed the biggest sales drop in its history, in a further sign that consumers' belt-tightening is hitting the high street hard.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)AFP - The British Retail Consortium revealed the biggest sales drop in its history on Monday, in a further sign that consumers' belt-tightening is hitting the high street hard.

Trade deficit narrows as exports strike fresh record (AFP)

Posted: 12 Apr 2011 03:35 AM PDT

Cargo containers are unloaded at a port. Britain's trade deficit shrank by more than expected in February as exports hit a record high for a second straight month, official data shows, sparking hopes of a return to economic growth.(AFP/File/Patrick Lin)AFP - Britain's trade deficit shrank by more than expected in February as exports hit a record high for a second straight month, official data showed on Tuesday, sparking hopes of a return to economic growth.

Church of England cracks down on sham marriages (AFP)

Posted: 12 Apr 2011 03:28 AM PDT

The Church of England says it will introduce increased scrutiny of wedding applications in a bid to prevent sham marriages. Under the new rules, couples will have to apply for a marriage licence if either the bride or the groom is not from a country in the European Economic Area (EEA).(AFP/SCANPIX/File/Henrik Montgomery)AFP - The Church of England said on Tuesday it would introduce increased scrutiny of wedding applications in a bid to prevent sham marriages.

Pacific island defends stamps that part Will and Kate (AFP)

Posted: 12 Apr 2011 12:12 AM PDT

Britain's Prince William and his fiancee Kate Middleton smile during a visit to Anglesey, Wales in February. The Pacific nation of Niue has defended AFP - The Pacific nation of Niue on Tuesday defended "unusual" royal wedding stamps which raised eyebrows around the world by splitting Prince William from his bride-to-be Kate Middleton.

Authorities halt anti-royal wedding party (AFP)

Posted: 11 Apr 2011 06:37 PM PDT

A souvenir placemat for the royal wedding of Britain's Prince William and Kate Middleton at a shop in central London. Campaign group Republic said it was initially given permission to close off a street in London's historic Covent Garden to stage the AFP - A republican group accused authorities of imposing a "politically motivated ban" on its anti-royal wedding street party.

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