2011年4月13日星期三

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

British ex-MP George Galloway to sue Canada govt (AFP)

Posted: 13 Apr 2011 05:39 PM PDT

British MP George Galloway talks to reporters while at a press event in Syria. The firebrand former British lawmaker is planning to sue the Canadian government for $1.5 million over claims made against him in 2009, it has been announced.(AFP/File/Louai Beshara)AFP - Firebrand British former lawmaker George Galloway is to sue the Canadian government for $1.5 million over claims made against him in 2009, it has been announced.

Cameron to link immigration to 'woeful' welfare system (AFP)

Posted: 13 Apr 2011 04:44 PM PDT

Prime Minister David Cameron, pictured in 2010, was Thursday to argue that immigration and welfare dependency were AFP - Prime Minister David Cameron was Thursday to argue that immigration and welfare dependency were "two sides of the same coin" and created "disjointed" neighbourhoods.

France's Sarkozy, Britain's Cameron meet on Libya (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Apr 2011 02:35 PM PDT

Reuters - France does not plan to start arming rebels in Libya, although it does not oppose others doing so, a French presidential source said on Wednesday after Franco-British talks on the deadlock in Libya.

France, Britain agree more Libya 'military pressure': source (AFP)

Posted: 13 Apr 2011 03:30 PM PDT

French President Nicolas Sarkozy (L) accompanies British Prime Minister David Cameron (R) after a working dinner focused on Libya's conflict at the Elysee presidential palace, in Paris. Sarkozy and Cameron agreed at a meeting Wednesday to step up military pressure on Moamer Kadhafi's regime in Libya, a French presidency source said.(AFP/Eric Feferberg)AFP - French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Prime Minister David Cameron agreed at a meeting Wednesday to step up military pressure on Moamer Kadhafi's regime in Libya, a French presidency source said.

Gold prices to strike records above $1,600 this year: GFMS (AFP)

Posted: 13 Apr 2011 10:25 AM PDT

Gold bars are stacked at a plant of gold refiner and producer Argor-Heraeus in Mendrisio, in the southern Swiss canton of Ticino. Record-breaking gold will likely surge past $1,600 per ounce for the first time later this year, driven by fears over high inflation and low global interest rates, consultancy GFMS forecast Wednesday.(AFP/File/Sebastian Derungs)AFP - Record-breaking gold will likely surge past $1,600 per ounce for the first time later this year, driven by fears over high inflation and low global interest rates, consultancy GFMS forecast Wednesday.

Obama to address British parliament (AFP)

Posted: 13 Apr 2011 09:31 AM PDT

Britain's Houses of Parliament in London. US President Barack Obama is to have the rare honour of addressing both Houses of Parliament during his state visit to Britain in May, the speaker's office confirmed Wednesday.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)AFP - US President Barack Obama is to have the rare honour of addressing both Houses of Parliament during his state visit to Britain in May, the speaker's office confirmed Wednesday.

London shares close higher (AFP)

Posted: 13 Apr 2011 09:08 AM PDT

London shares closed higher on Wednesday after JPMorgan Chase announced positive earnings results and a five-fold boost to its dividend.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - London shares closed higher on Wednesday after JPMorgan Chase announced positive earnings results and a five-fold boost to its dividend.

Kate Middleton confirmed ahead of royal wedding (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Apr 2011 07:20 AM PDT

Reuters - Royal bride-to-be Kate Middleton has been confirmed into the Church of England ahead of her wedding to Britain's Prince William this month, his office said on Wednesday. The ceremony, carried out by the Bishop of London Richard Chartres who will give the address at the April 29th wedding, took place on March 10 with Middleton, 29, accompanied by her future husband, a spokeswoman for St James's Palace said.

MG roars back with first new car for 16 years (AFP)

Posted: 13 Apr 2011 07:01 AM PDT

A new MG6 vehicle is unveiled at the Chinese-owned MG factory in Longbridge, Birmingham. The MG6 is the carmaker's first new model in 16 years.(AFP/Paul Ellis)AFP - The first all-new car made by the historic MG brand for 16 years rolled off the production line in Birmingham on Wednesday under the eyes of its Chinese owners.

Health Secretary loses nurses' confidence vote (AFP)

Posted: 13 Apr 2011 06:39 AM PDT

The Health Secretary Andrew Lansley is seen in 2009. Nurses attending the Royal College of Nursing conference in Liverpool have voted overwhelmingly in favour of a motion saying they have AFP - Nurses attending the Royal College of Nursing conference on Wednesday voted overwhelmingly in favour of a motion saying they have "no confidence" in Health Secretary Andrew Lansley's steering of NHS reforms.

Brief stories on the royal wedding (AFP)

Posted: 13 Apr 2011 06:03 AM PDT

Britain's Prince William and his fiancee Kate Middleton smile following a naming ceremony for a new lifeboat in Anglesey, Wales, in February. Middleton has asked the official royal jewellers to fit two small beads inside her engagement ring, which used to belong to William's mother Princess Diana, The Sun newspaper has reported.(AFP/File/Phil Noble)AFP - A round-up of brief stories on Wednesday about the marriage of Prince William and Kate Middleton on April 29:

Irish police arrest 2 over killing of British spy (AP)

Posted: 13 Apr 2011 04:20 AM PDT

AP - Irish police interrogated two suspected IRA dissidents Wednesday over the killing of a top Sinn Fein official who was exposed as a British spy, a scandal that has inspired a legion of conspiracy theories.

Witness: Studying at St Andrews with Britain's royal couple (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Apr 2011 04:11 AM PDT

Britain's Prince William and his fiancee Kate Middleton watch a demonstration by students, during their visit to the Darwen Aldridge Community Academy (DACA), in Darwen, northern England April 11, 2011. REUTERS/Adrian Dennis/PoolReuters - It was a scene replicated across universities worldwide, when a proud father watches his son set out to make his mark, embarking on the studying as well as the partying that characterizes undergraduate life.

British MPs oppose BBC World Service cuts (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Apr 2011 03:53 AM PDT

Reuters - Britain should abandon its plan to cut funding for the BBC World Service or at least ring-fence some parts of it, including BBC Arabic, in the light of the upheaval in the region, parliamentarians said on Wednesday.

Former Brookside star charged with murder (AFP)

Posted: 13 Apr 2011 03:24 AM PDT

Houses in Brookside Close are seen in Liverpool. A former star of the now defunct Brookside soap has been charged with the murder of a nightclub doorman who was shot dead outside a Liverpool pub.(AFP/File/Paul Ellis)AFP - A former soap star was on Wednesday charged with the murder of a nightclub doorman who was shot dead outside a Liverpool pub.

Surprise fall in unemployment to 7.8% (AFP)

Posted: 13 Apr 2011 02:45 AM PDT

People stand outside a job centre in Chatham, Kent. The unemployment rate fell unexpectedly to 7.8 percent in the three months to February, official data shows.(AFP/File/Adrian Dennis)AFP - The unemployment rate fell unexpectedly to 7.8 percent in the three months to February, official data showed on Wednesday.

MPs warn against BBC World Service cuts (AFP)

Posted: 13 Apr 2011 12:38 AM PDT

Pedestrians walks past the headquarters of the BBC World Service at Bush House in London. Planned spending cuts to the BBC World Service would damage the country's global standing and should not go ahead, a parliamentary watchdog has warned.(AFP/File/Nicolas Asfouri)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.

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