2011年5月13日星期五

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Knifeman decapitates British woman in Spain (AFP)

Posted: 13 May 2011 01:34 PM PDT

Policemen secure the area where a man deposit the head of a British woman after decapitated her in a supermarket in Los Cristianos, on the Spanish resort island of Tenerife.(AFP/Desiree Martin)AFP - A deranged knifeman decapitated a British woman in a shop on the Spanish resort island of Tenerife on Friday and fled with her head, police said.

Actress Miller accepts £100,000 phone-hack damages (AFP)

Posted: 13 May 2011 11:26 AM PDT

US Actress Sienna Miller, shown in 2010, was set to accept £100,000 in damages from Britain's News of the World after the newspaper admitted hacking into her mobile phone messages.(AFP/DPA/File/Joerg Carstensen)AFP - Actress Sienna Miller was set Friday to accept £100,000 in damages from News of the World after the newspaper admitted hacking into her mobile phone messages.

London plans floating walkway on River Thames (AP)

Posted: 13 May 2011 10:20 AM PDT

In this computer generated photo issued by the office of the London Mayor, the ‘London River Park’ design, by global architects and planners Gensler, which won the Mayor’s Award for ‘Planning Excellence’ at the 2010 London Planning Awards. London's mayor says the city could have a floating, kilometer-long walkway on the River Thames in time for the 2012 Olympic summer games. Mayor Boris Johnson said Friday, May 13, 2011 the pontoon would enable river-lovers to stroll on the Thames from central London all the way to the Tower of London, where the capital's financial district meets the storied East End. (AP Photo/Office of the London Mayor) EDITORIAL USE ONLY NO SALESAP - A Singapore investment company will build a 60 million-pound ($97 million), kilometer-long (half-mile) walkway on the River Thames in time for the 2012 Olympic summer games, the city's mayor said Friday.

Man beheads British woman in Tenerife supermarket (Reuters)

Posted: 13 May 2011 10:13 AM PDT

A sheet with bloodstains is seen next to the pavement, where a man dropped the head of a woman he had decapitated, in Los Cristianos in the Spanish Canary Island of Tenerife May 13, 2011. REUTERS/StringerReuters - A British woman was decapitated in a supermarket on the Spanish resort island of Tenerife on Friday by a man who then fled into the street grasping her head, the local emergency services said.

Jaguar $1.6 bln bond issue oversubscribed (AFP)

Posted: 13 May 2011 09:11 AM PDT

Luxury carmaker Jaguar Land Rover's 1.0 billion pound ($1.6 billion) bond sale saw AFP - Luxury carmaker Jaguar Land Rover's 1.0 billion pound ($1.6 billion) bond sale saw "significant" oversubscription from investors, its Indian parent Tata Motors said Friday, as it priced the issue.

Sienna Miller reaches agreement in hacking case (AP)

Posted: 13 May 2011 08:58 AM PDT

AP - Actress Sienna Miller has reached an agreement in her case against a British tabloid that hacked into her mobile phone.

UK Catholics urged to shun meat on Fridays (Reuters)

Posted: 13 May 2011 08:43 AM PDT

Pilgrims pray during a vigil led by Pope Benedict XV at Hyde Park in London September 18, 2010. REUTERS/Suzanne PlunkettReuters - Britain's Catholics have been urged to make more effort to follow religious custom and abstain from eating meat on Fridays, potentially boosting sales of fish.

Floating path on London's Thames gets nod (Reuters)

Posted: 13 May 2011 08:36 AM PDT

Boats pass under Waterloo bridge during a foggy day in London December 29, 2010. REUTERS/Stefan WermuthReuters - Plans to erect a floating walkway on London's River Thames, affording spectacular views of forgotten parts of the city, got a major boost on Friday by securing up to 60 million pounds ($97.5 million) in funding.

LSE posts rise in full-year profits (AP)

Posted: 13 May 2011 07:11 AM PDT

AP - The London Stock Exchange, which owns markets in Britain and Italy and is planning a merger with the owner of the Toronto bourse, reported a 70 percent rise in full year profits on Friday after a rise in new issues on the market.

UK summons Syrian ambassador over violence (AP)

Posted: 13 May 2011 07:10 AM PDT

AP - Britain says it has summoned Syria's ambassador to warn new sanctions will target the regime's hierarchy if President Bashar Assad does not halt a violent crackdown on protests.

In the red: government to sell off fine wines (AFP)

Posted: 13 May 2011 06:57 AM PDT

The British government wine cellar is set to get less corking after a minister announced plans to sell the most expensive wines to help cut a record deficit.(AFP/Fred Tanneau)AFP - The government wine cellar is set to get less corking after a minister announced plans on Friday to sell the most expensive wines to help cut a record deficit.

UK to control its Afghanistan drones from England (AP)

Posted: 13 May 2011 06:29 AM PDT

AP - Britain's military says that it is bringing its drone controllers back from the western United States and setting them at an air base in northern England.

Cost-cutting UK government to sell its best wines (Reuters)

Posted: 13 May 2011 05:47 AM PDT

A waiter serves a glass of red wine from Spain during a tasting session at Vinexpo Asia-Pacific, the International Wine and Spirits Exhibition for the Asia-Pacific region, in Hong Kong May 28, 2008. REUTERS/Victor FraileReuters - Britain's cost-cutting government plans to sell off some of its stock of fine wines to pay for cheaper bottles that will be offered to visiting dignitaries.

LSE reports annual profits surge ahead of TMX merger (AFP)

Posted: 13 May 2011 05:25 AM PDT

The London Stock Exchange, which is seeking to merge with its Toronto counterpart, said that annual net profit soared by nearly 68 percent, helped by rising revenues and global economic recovery.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)AFP - The London Stock Exchange, which is seeking to merge with its Toronto counterpart, said on Friday that annual net profit soared by nearly 68 percent, helped by rising revenues and global economic recovery.

Network Rail fined £3 mln over Potters Bar crash (AFP)

Posted: 13 May 2011 04:59 AM PDT

Potters Bar station is pictured after the railcrash in 2002. Network Rail (NR) has been fined £3 million for safety failings over the Potters Bar train crash in which seven people died and more than 70 were injured.(AFP/File/Nicolas Asfouri)AFP - Network Rail (NR) was fined £3 million on Friday for safety failings over the Potters Bar train crash in which seven people died and more than 70 were injured.

Jewels from one of Britain's richest women on sale (AP)

Posted: 13 May 2011 04:41 AM PDT

This undated handout image released by auction house Christie's show a tiara, broach and bracelet that belonged to a 19th century woman Hannah Primrose once known as Britain's wealthiest, which is due to go for auction next month, Christie's auction house said Friday May 13, 2011. (AP Photo/Christie's Ho) EDITORIAL USE ONLY NO ARCHIVE NO SALESAP - Still can't get enough of Britain's aristocratic headgear? Following hot on the heels of the royal wedding hatwalk, the crowning jewels of the country's once wealthiest woman are being offered for sale — a Victorian pearl-and-diamond tiara, bracelet, and brooch which auction house Christie's hopes will fetch as much as 1.9 million pounds ($3.1 million).

Lloyd's sees earthquakes, floods claims at $3.8B (AP)

Posted: 13 May 2011 04:13 AM PDT

AP - Lloyd's of London, the world's largest insurance market, has estimated net claims of $3.8 billion before tax from this year's Japan and New Zealand earthquakes and Australian floods.

Household income 'could return to 2005 levels' (AFP)

Posted: 13 May 2011 03:32 AM PDT

Posters advertise the low price of all of the goods in the window of AFP - Households may be facing their biggest drop in income for 30 years, a leading economic think-tank warned on Friday.

Princess Beatrice puts wacky hat on eBay (AFP)

Posted: 13 May 2011 12:32 AM PDT

Princess Beatrice of York arrives at the West Door of Westminster Abbey in London for the wedding of Britain's Prince William and Kate Middleton, on April 29, 2011. Whether you think it was wonderful or wacky, the flamboyant hat worn by Princess Beatrice could now be yours after she put it up for sale on eBay.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)AFP - Whether you think it was wonderful or wacky, the flamboyant hat worn by Princess Beatrice at the British royal wedding last month could now be yours after she put it up for sale on eBay.

'Drought conditions' in UK amid Europe heatwave (AFP)

Posted: 13 May 2011 12:30 AM PDT

People sit by the sea in Blackpool, on April 19. Parts of southern Britain are suffering from drought conditions following the warmest April on record amid a heatwave sweeping across northern Europe, researchers have said.(AFP/File/Andrew Yates)AFP - Parts of southern Britain are suffering from drought conditions following the warmest April on record amid a heatwave sweeping across northern Europe, researchers have said.

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