2011年5月23日星期一

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

British Airways cancels flights due to ash cloud (AFP)

Posted: 23 May 2011 04:58 PM PDT

A cloud of smoke and ash is seen over the Grimsvoetn volcano on Iceland on May 21. Flagship carrier British Airways said Monday it was to temporarily suspend flights between London and Scotland as a cloud of ash from an Icelandic volcano drifted towards Britain.(AFP/File)AFP - Flagship carrier British Airways said Monday it was to temporarily suspend flights between London and Scotland as a cloud of ash from an Icelandic volcano drifted towards Britain.

Obama starts UK visit, security issues paramount (Reuters)

Posted: 23 May 2011 04:08 PM PDT

President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama walk through a military honor cordon after arriving at Stansted Airport aboard Air Force One May 23, 2011. REUTERS/Larry DowningReuters - President Barack Obama on Tuesday begins a visit to Britain where he and Prime Minister David Cameron will review NATO action to help end conflict in Libya and Western policy toward uprisings in the Arab world.

UK lawmakers green light shale gas drilling (AP)

Posted: 23 May 2011 02:39 PM PDT

AP - British lawmakers said Monday that shale gas resources in Britain should be developed to reduce the country's reliance on imported supplies.

MP defies court to name Giggs in injunction row (AFP)

Posted: 23 May 2011 01:38 PM PDT

A British lawmaker defied a court ruling Monday by naming Ryan Giggs, pictured on May 14, as the footballer who used an injunction keep details of an alleged affair secret, escalating a row over privacy laws and the Internet.(AFP/File/Glyn Kirk)AFP - A lawmaker defied a court ruling Monday by naming Ryan Giggs as the footballer who used an injunction to keep details of an alleged affair secret, escalating a row over privacy laws and the Internet.

Clinton: More NATO nations must join Libya mission (AP)

Posted: 23 May 2011 01:30 PM PDT

US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton attends a press conference with British Foreign Secretary William Hague, unseen, in London, on Monday, May 23, 2011. (AP Photo/Ian Nicholson/PA Pool)AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Monday urged more NATO nations to take an operational role in the air campaign in Libya, and defended her own country's contribution to the mission.

Volcanic cloud heads to Scotland, flights canceled (AP)

Posted: 23 May 2011 02:26 PM PDT

This satellite image provided by NASA and acquired Sunday May 22, 2011 shows the plume of dense ash from the Grimsvotn volcano in Iceland as it casts a shadow to the west. The plume from the volcano was bearing down on Scotland and set to disrupt flights there as early as Monday night, May 23, 2011, Britain's Met Office said. (AP Photo/NASA)AP - A dense ash cloud from an Icelandic volcano blew toward Scotland on Monday, causing airlines to cancel flights, forcing President Barack Obama to shorten a visit to Ireland, and raising fears of a repeat of last year's huge travel disruptions in Europe that stranded millions of passengers.

UK outlines plans for green bank (AP)

Posted: 23 May 2011 11:06 AM PDT

AP - The British government outlined plans for the world's first state-backed green investment bank on Monday — a key plank of its pledge to transition the country into a low-carbon economy.

Twitter 1, UK justice 0 as gag order collapses (AP)

Posted: 23 May 2011 11:04 AM PDT

AP - Britain's scandal-hungry news media, an outspoken parliamentarian and thousands of ordinary people using the Twitter micro-blogging site have dealt a body blow to an institution of British justice, flouting a gag order imposed by one of the country's top judges.

FTSE closes lower on signs of slower growth (AFP)

Posted: 23 May 2011 09:48 AM PDT

London shares closed sharply lower on Monday, hit by signs of slower growth - especially in global powerhouse China - and fears that Greek debt problems will spark a new eurozone crisis.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - London shares closed sharply lower on Monday, hit by signs of slower growth -- especially in global powerhouse China -- and fears that Greek debt problems will spark a new eurozone crisis.

UK lawmaker names soccer star Giggs in privacy row (Reuters)

Posted: 23 May 2011 11:24 AM PDT

A Manchester United supporter looks at his phone as he stands in front of a poster of Ryan Giggs outside the stadium before their English Premier League soccer match against Blackpool at Old Trafford in Manchester, northern England, May 22, 2011. REUTERS/Darren StaplesReuters - A British politician defied a court order on Monday by identifying Manchester United's Ryan Giggs as the soccer star fighting a legal battle to prevent newspapers from publishing allegations of an affair.

Chelsea flower show blossoms despite dry weather (AFP)

Posted: 23 May 2011 07:45 AM PDT

A man photographs flowers at the 2010 Chelsea Flower Show. Britain's dry spring has forced many exhibitors at Chelsea flower show to amend their planned displays but they believe that the horticultural extravaganza is as colourful following its opening on Monday.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)AFP - Britain's dry spring has forced many exhibitors at Chelsea flower show to amend their planned displays but they believe that the horticultural extravaganza will be as colourful as ever when it opens on Monday.

UK warns of likely flight disruption from ash cloud (Reuters)

Posted: 23 May 2011 06:48 AM PDT

Reuters - Britain's Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) said it was likely that flights from parts of the country would be disrupted Tuesday by an ash cloud billowing from a volcano in Iceland.

Cameron blasts 'unsustainable' gagging orders (AFP)

Posted: 23 May 2011 06:24 AM PDT

British Prime Minister David Cameron outside his 10 Downing Street office earlier this month. Cameron weighed in Monday on a row over Britain's privacy laws, saying it was AFP - Prime Minister David Cameron weighed in Monday on an escalating row over Britain's privacy laws, saying it was "unsustainable" to impose gagging orders on newspapers only for them to be breached online.

Britain's banks fail to meet lending target (AP)

Posted: 23 May 2011 06:19 AM PDT

AP - The British government has warned the country's major banks that it wants to see a "significant improvement" in lending to smaller businesses after figures released Monday fell well short of pledges.

Britain's battle over privacy law descends to farce (Reuters)

Posted: 23 May 2011 06:19 AM PDT

Reuters - An increasingly farcical game of cat-and-mouse between Britain's media and celebrities, Twitter users and the judiciary prompted Prime Minister David Cameron to promise a review of the country's privacy laws on Monday.

Former UK minister to take police to court (AP)

Posted: 23 May 2011 06:02 AM PDT

FILE - In this Thursday, Sept. 28, 2006 file photo Britain's then deputy Prime Minister John Prescott delivers his keynote speech at the Labour Party conference in Manchester, England. Britain's former deputy prime minister won the right Monday May 23, 2011 to a legal review of the way London's Metropolitan Police handled the wide-ranging phone hacking campaign mounted by a British tabloid newspaper. Prescott claimed police breached his human rights by not informing him that people working for the scandal-hungry News of The World may have listened to his voice mails. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)AP - Britain's former deputy prime minister won the right Monday to a legal review of the way London's Metropolitan Police handled the wide-ranging phone hacking campaign mounted by a British tabloid newspaper.

British electricity pylons to get a makeover (AFP)

Posted: 23 May 2011 05:59 AM PDT

Powerlines leading to the Kingsnorth power station, pictured in 2008. Eyesore electricity pylons are lined up for a makeover thanks to a government backed competition.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)AFP - Electricity pylons across the British countryside may soon cease to be eyesores thanks to a government backed competition for a new design.

US, Britain to start joint security council (AP)

Posted: 23 May 2011 05:37 AM PDT

AP - President Barack Obama will announce the formation of a new joint U.S.-British national security council when he visits London this week.

Alex Salmond urges cuts in North Sea oil taxes (AFP)

Posted: 23 May 2011 04:53 AM PDT

Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond autographs the Scottish national flag in Edinburgh on May 6 after his party secured a majority in the Scottish parliament.(AFP/Jonathan Mitchell)AFP - Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond on Monday urged the British government to ease a "smash and grab raid" on North Sea oil revenues, as he arrived in London for talks after his election success.

Toilet is centrepiece of Chelsea show garden (AFP)

Posted: 23 May 2011 04:26 AM PDT

A toilet is the centrepiece of a garden at the Chelsea Flower Show, based around the traditional Korean belief that emptying your body also means cleansing your mind.(AFP/null)AFP - A toilet is the centrepiece of a garden at the Chelsea Flower Show, based around the traditional Korean belief that emptying your body also means cleansing your mind.

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