2011年5月26日星期四

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

UK approves use of Apache helicopters for Libya (AP)

Posted: 26 May 2011 04:18 PM PDT

AP - The British government has given clearance for the use of its attack helicopters in Libya, putting the final decision on deployment in NATO's hands.

UK convicts ex-peer of expenses fraud (AP)

Posted: 26 May 2011 10:23 AM PDT

AP - A British jury has convicted a member of the House of Lords on six counts of expenses fraud.

UK makes donation to preserve Auschwitz memorial (AP)

Posted: 26 May 2011 10:04 AM PDT

AP - Britain says it is donating 2.1 million pounds ($3.4 million) to a fund that will help preserve the Auschwitz-Birkenau memorial site over the coming decades.

London shares close higher on strong mining sector (AFP)

Posted: 26 May 2011 09:27 AM PDT

Shares in engineering company Weir Group were the biggest riser on the London Stock Market on Thursday.(AFP/null)AFP - London shares closed higher on Thursday, supported by strength in the mining sector amid by rising commodity prices.

Man jailed for two double murders in 1980s (AFP)

Posted: 26 May 2011 07:26 AM PDT

The statue of Lady Justice on top of London's Old Bailey courthouse. A farm labourer has been given four life sentences for four shotgun murders in Pembrokeshire that had remained unsolved since the 1980s.(AFP/File/Adrian Dennis)AFP - A farm labourer was given four life sentences on Thursday for four shotgun murders in Pembrokeshire that had remained unsolved since the 1980s.

Blair: Obama anxious about Israel's fate (AP)

Posted: 26 May 2011 07:15 AM PDT

Former British Prime Minister and Middle East Envoy Tony Blair, in conversation with Sir Ronald Cohen, at a breakfast discussion in London jointly hosted by the UK Israel Business, the Office of the Quartet Representative, The Portland Trust and the Palestine Britain Business Council, Thursday May 26, 2011. Middle East envoy Tony Blair says Barack Obama launched his peace initiative because he's concerned about what might happen to Israel if Palestinians unilaterally declare statehood. Blair told an audience of business leaders gathered in central London on Thursday that Obama is 'frankly worried about the position that Israel is in.' The ex-prime minister says that Obama's initiative, rejected by Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu — is an 'an attempt to fill a vacuum which he sees as dangerous, particularly dangerous for Israel in the run-up to September.' (AP Photo/Matt Cardy/PA) UNITED KINGDOM OUT NO SALES NO ARCHIVEAP - Middle East envoy Tony Blair said Thursday that he believes President Barack Obama launched his peace initiative out of concern for what might happen to Israel if Palestinian statehood is endorsed by the U.N. General Assembly.

Cameron to visit Russia in September (AFP)

Posted: 26 May 2011 06:04 AM PDT

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (right) speaks with British Prime Minister David Cameron at the G20 Summit in Seoul, in November 2010. Cameron will visit Russia in September, invited by Medvedev, a senior diplomat at the Russian embassy in London said.(AFP/Dmitry Astakhov)AFP - British Prime Minister David Cameron will visit Russia in September at the invitation of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, a senior diplomat at the Russian embassy in London said.

Burberry full-year profits more than double (AP)

Posted: 26 May 2011 05:20 AM PDT

AP - British luxury goods company Burberry Group PLC is pushing ahead with new store openings after reporting Thursday that surging sales of leather bags and other accessories more than doubled its full-year profits.

Burberry profits surge on emerging markets demand (AFP)

Posted: 26 May 2011 04:56 AM PDT

Models present creations during the Burberry autumn/winter 2011 collection show, at London Fashion Week, in February. The luxury goods company's annual net profits have more than doubled to £208 million on soaring demand in emerging markets for its clothing and accessories.(AFP/Carl de Souza)AFP - British luxury goods company Burberry said on Thursday that annual net profits more than doubled to £208 million on soaring demand in emerging markets for its clothing and accessories.

Cheryl Cole 'dropped from US X Factor' (AFP)

Posted: 26 May 2011 04:34 AM PDT

Singer Cheryl Cole poses on the red carpet before the screening of AFP - Cheryl Cole has been kicked off the judging panel of the new US version of "The X Factor", a US report said on Thursday.

Paratroopers face danger payment cuts (AFP)

Posted: 26 May 2011 03:47 AM PDT

Prince William (right) talks to members of the Parachute Regiment in November 2010 at Camp Bastion in southern Afghanistan. Thousands of members of the Parachute Regiment could lose a bonus that recognises the additional dangers they face, under Ministry of Defence cost cutting plans.(AFP/File/John Stillwell)AFP - Thousands of members of the Parachute Regiment could lose a bonus that recognises the additional dangers they face, under Ministry of Defence cost cutting plans.

Britain warned over pace of spending cuts (AFP)

Posted: 26 May 2011 03:42 AM PDT

Signage is pictured on the offices of Her Majesty's Treasury in central London. The British government's drastic programme of spending cuts to slash a record deficit may have to be slowed, the OECD think-tank has warned, after earlier strongly backing the plans.(AFP/File/Alastair Grant)AFP - The British government's drastic programme of spending cuts to slash a record deficit may have to be slowed, the OECD think-tank has warned, after earlier strongly backing the plans.

US, European people lag Asians in pension savings: HSBC (AFP)

Posted: 26 May 2011 03:35 AM PDT

Global banking giant HSBC warned of a AFP - Global banking giant HSBC warned of a "major East-West divide" over pensions on Thursday, as workers in Europe and the US struggle to match their Asian counterparts in adequately saving for retirement.

Report: Banks held billions of Libya funds (AP)

Posted: 26 May 2011 03:24 AM PDT

AP - A British lobbying group has released a leaked document showing that several major investment banks, including HSBC, Goldman Sachs, Societe Generale and Nomura, held billions of dollars of Libyan state funds.

Hospitals failing in care of elderly, says watchdog (AFP)

Posted: 26 May 2011 02:33 AM PDT

Britain's care regulator has raised serious concerns about the treatment of the elderly after it found several hospitals failed to meet basic legal standards on nutrition and dignity.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Joe Raedle)AFP - Britain's care regulator raised serious concerns on Thursday about the treatment of the elderly after it found several hospitals failed to meet basic legal standards on nutrition and dignity.

British pilots sent home from Libya mission in disgrace (AFP)

Posted: 26 May 2011 12:08 AM PDT

A Royal Air Force Tornado aircraft taxis to it hanger after landing at RAF Marham, in Norfolk, on March 19. Two British pilots involved in bombing missions in Libya have been sent home from their forward base in Italy in disgrace after getting drunk, the defence ministry and media reports said.(AFP/Gavin Fogg)AFP - Two British pilots involved in bombing missions in Libya have been sent home from their forward base in Italy in disgrace after getting drunk, the defence ministry and media reports said.

Winter swine flu higher than in pandemic (AFP)

Posted: 26 May 2011 12:07 AM PDT

A girl receives a vaccine against the A (H1N1) flu in 2009. More people in Britain died after contracting swine flu last winter, with most deaths among young and middle-aged adults, than during the pandemic a year earlier, official figures have shown.(AFP/File/Fred Tanneau)AFP - More people in Britain died after contracting swine flu last winter, with most deaths among young and middle-aged adults, than during the pandemic a year earlier, official figures have shown.

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