2011年4月15日星期五

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain


Gay couples stage mass kiss in London pub protest (AFP)

Posted: 15 Apr 2011 02:45 PM PDT

Jonathan Williams (L) and James Bull (R) demonstrate during a protest outside the John Snow pub in Soho. Dozens of gay couples staged a mass kiss in London on Friday night in protest against a pub accused of booting out two men for their public displays of affection.(AFP/Carl de Souza)AFP - Dozens of gay couples staged a mass kiss in London on Friday night in protest against a pub accused of booting out two men for their public displays of affection.


Kate and best man Harry rehearse for royal wedding (AFP)

Posted: 15 Apr 2011 01:48 PM PDT

Prince Harry(R) with his brother's fiancee Kate Middleton in February 2011. Keen to make sure her wedding to Prince William passes off smoothly, Kate Middleton took part in a rehearsal on Friday with her maid of honour and the best man, Prince Harry, at Westminster Abbey.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)AFP - Keen to make sure her wedding to Prince William passes off smoothly, Kate Middleton took part in a rehearsal on Friday with her maid of honour and the best man, Prince Harry, at Westminster Abbey.


Gay couple say kiss got them kicked out of pub (AP)

Posted: 15 Apr 2011 12:41 PM PDT

Members of the Lesbian and Gay community kiss outside the John Snow pub in the SoHo district of central London, Friday, April, 15, 2011.  Sometimes a kiss is just a kiss, or is it? A gay couple say they were thrown out of a pub in London's gay district for kissing on their first date, a move that has social networking sites abuzz with supporters of the men threatening a 'kiss-in' at the local watering hole.  (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)AP - Two gay men say their first-date kiss got them thrown out of a London pub — and turned them into a Twitter sensation.


Wedding planners: William's and Kate's inner circle (AFP)

Posted: 15 Apr 2011 09:27 AM PDT

Members of the Lifeguards Household Cavalry rehearse for the royal wedding of Britain's Prince William and Kate Middleton, at Hyde Park Barracks in central London. The wedding planners and advisers for the event are to be royal aides and assistants drawn largely from the ranks of the British military.(AFP/Ben Stansall)AFP - Every marriage needs a wedding planner, and every bride and groom needs their advisers.


Romanian jeweler prepares gifts for UK royals (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Apr 2011 09:09 AM PDT

Romanian jeweller Ovidiu Paraianu shows two special rings and an ornamental key he created, which he hopes to give to Britain's Prince William and Kate Middleton for their wedding, during an interview in Bucharest April 15, 2011. REUTERS/Radu SighetiReuters - Romanian jeweler Ovidiu Paraianu has created two special rings and an ornamental key which he hopes to give to Britain's Queen Elizabeth, her grandson Prince William and his fiancee Kate Middleton on the occasion of the prince's wedding.


Post unveils William and Kate stamp (AFP)

Posted: 15 Apr 2011 09:06 AM PDT

This Canada Post(CP) handout shows two international stamps commemorating the April 29, 2011 wedding of Britain's Prince William and Kate Middleton.(AFP/CP-HO)AFP - Canada Post on Friday unveiled stamps commemorating the upcoming nuptials of Britain's Prince William and Kate Middleton.


Big opening for down and out English seaside town (AP)

Posted: 15 Apr 2011 08:52 AM PDT

The new Turner Contemporary Gallery, centre, dominates the quayside during the press preview day in Margate,England, Friday April 15, 2011.(AP Photo/Gareth Fuller-pa)  UNITED KINGDOM OUT: NO SALES: NO ARCHIVE:AP - In a town that has seen better days, this is a red-letter day.


Wills-and-Kate movie: So bad it'll be cult classic (AP)

Posted: 15 Apr 2011 08:41 AM PDT

A woman looks into a shop window in London displaying souvenirs of the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton, Thursday, April 14, 2011. Prince William and Kate Middleton are to marry at Westminster Abbey in London on April 29. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)AP - Critics say a new made-for-TV, Wills-and-Kate movie is so bad it may end up being a cult classic.


Shortage of spare parts grounds RAF jets (AFP)

Posted: 15 Apr 2011 08:19 AM PDT

A RAF Typhoon takes off ahead of an air display at the Farnborough International Airshow in Hampshire, 2010. MPs warned that pilots of the RAF's most advanced fighter aircrafts are being forced to cut down on flying hours owing to an acute shortage of spare parts, MPs warned(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)AFP - Pilots of the RAF's most advanced fighter jets are being forced to cut down on flying hours owing to an acute shortage of spare parts, MPs warned on Friday.


Kate Middleton in luxury hotel ahead of wedding (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Apr 2011 07:13 AM PDT

Flags are seen flying outside the Goring Hotel in London in this April 13, 2011 file photograph. REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett/FilesReuters - Royal bride-to-be Kate Middleton joined her future husband's brother on Friday for a rehearsal ahead of her wedding to Prince William in two weeks time, officials confirmed.


Middleton, Prince Harry visit royal wedding venue (AP)

Posted: 15 Apr 2011 06:36 AM PDT

A horse drawn carriage drives pass a media stand, left, in readiness for the royal wedding, outside Westminster Abbey, right, in London, Thursday, April 14, 2011. Prince William and Kate Middleton are to marry at Westminster Abbey in London on April 29. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)AP - Practice makes perfect.


Work gives Prince William danger -- and normality (AFP)

Posted: 15 Apr 2011 05:55 AM PDT

Prince William, seen here at the controls of a Sea King helicopter during a training exercise at Holyhead Mountain, having flown from RAF Valley in Anglesey, north Wales. He may be a brave helicopter pilot who can keep his cool during a rescue mission -- but Prince William has admitted to being so nervous in a wedding rehearsal that his knees were knocking together.(AFP/Pool/File/John Stillwell)AFP - He might be Britain's future king, but Prince William's colleagues waste no opportunity to mock his clothes, his TV appearances and the countless souvenirs adorned with his face.


Two more arrested over shooting of five-year-old girl (AFP)

Posted: 15 Apr 2011 04:08 AM PDT

Five-year-old Thusha Kamaleswaran is seen in picture provided by the Metropolitan Police. Two more men have been arrested in connection with the shooting of the five-year-old girl in south London(Metropolitan Police)AFP - Two more men have been arrested in connection with the shooting of a five-year-old girl in south London, police said on Friday.


Fire shuts down M 1 in north London (AFP)

Posted: 15 Apr 2011 04:07 AM PDT

A fire in a scrapyard has led to the shut down of the M 1 in north London.(AFP/File/DAMIEN MEYER)AFP - A fire in a scrapyard has led to the shut down of the M 1 in north London on Friday.


FTSE 100 shares rise (AFP)

Posted: 15 Apr 2011 12:16 AM PDT

London shares rose at the start of trading, as the corporate sector came out with encouraging results.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)AFP - London shares rose at the start of trading on Friday, as the corporate sector came out with encouraging results.


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