2011年5月30日星期一

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Commander warns over troop cuts in Afghanistan (AFP)

Posted: 30 May 2011 04:59 PM PDT

British army soldiers sit on their Jackal patrol vehicle in Trikh Nawar, Afghanistan, in 2010. The army general leading British soldiers in Afghanistan on Tuesday warned leading politicians that a significant reduction in troop levels could undo the gains made since last year's US surge.(AFP/File/Patrick Baz)AFP - The army general leading British soldiers in Afghanistan on Tuesday warned leading politicians that a significant reduction in troop levels could undo the gains made since last year's US surge.

UK general warns against Afghanistan pullout (AP)

Posted: 30 May 2011 03:07 PM PDT

Australian soldiers patrol in Tirin Kot, the capital of Uruzgan province, Afghanistan in 2007. Two Australian soldiers have been killed in separate incidents in Afghanistan, the Defence Department said Tuesday, with one of them being shot dead by a local trooper.(AFP/File/Shah Marai)AP - Britain's most senior general in Afghanistan says that there must be no significant pullout of troops from the country until late 2012.

William and Kate's Canada itinerary announced (AFP)

Posted: 30 May 2011 12:12 PM PDT

Prince William (R) and his wife Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge, walk hand in hand from Buckingham Palace in London on April 2011. The royal couple will visit eight cities during their July visit to Canada, their first overseas royal tour as a married couple, palace officials announced Monday.(AFP/POOL/File/John Stillwell)AFP - Prince William and his new wife Kate will visit eight cities during their July visit to Canada, their first overseas royal tour as a married couple, palace officials announced Monday.

William and Kate on multi-city Canada, US tour (AP)

Posted: 30 May 2011 09:00 AM PDT

AP - Royal officials say Prince William and his bride will travel thousands of miles (kilometers) from Canada's north to Southern California on their first official overseas trip.

Kuwait emir leaves British hospital: state media (AFP)

Posted: 30 May 2011 06:09 AM PDT

Kuwaiti youths hold up a portrait of the Gulf emirate's emir, Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah, at the annual festival in Kuwait City in January. The emir left a British hospital on Monday after undergoing routine medical tests which were AFP - The emir of Kuwait, Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah, left a British hospital on Monday after undergoing routine medical tests which were "successful," an official statement said.

UK warns of Portugal violence after tourist killing (AFP)

Posted: 30 May 2011 05:50 AM PDT

Tourists look at a map of Lisbon in Sao Jorge Castle in 2006. Britain has updated its travel advice to Portugal to warn against the risk of violent attacks after a tourist was killed in a suspected gang attack.(AFP/File/Francisco Leong)AFP - Britain updated its travel advice to Portugal on Monday to warn against the risk of violent attacks after a tourist was killed in a suspected gang attack.

Test-run for London marathon course (AFP)

Posted: 30 May 2011 04:32 AM PDT

Marathon runners pass the London Eye during the 2011 London Marathon,on April 17. Athletes have given the marathon route for the 2012 Olympics through the historic heart of London a thumbs-up after a dawn test-run.(AFP/File/Carl de Souza)AFP - Athletes gave the marathon route for the 2012 Olympics through the historic heart of London a thumbs-up on Monday after a dawn test-run.

Council 'gets Twitter data' after court battle (AFP)

Posted: 30 May 2011 03:44 AM PDT

Homepage of the microblogging website Twitter. An English local authority said it had forced Twitter to hand over users' details after it took the US microblogging site to court in California, in what is believed the first case of its kind in Britain.(AFP/File/Loic Venance)AFP - An English local authority said it had forced Twitter to hand over users' details after it took the US microblogging site to court in California, in what is believed the first case of its kind in Britain.

British Chambers of Commerce cut growth forecasts (AFP)

Posted: 30 May 2011 03:12 AM PDT

A motorist puts fuel in his car at a petrol station in Camberley in January 2011. A leading British business group has cut its growth forecasts for the country's economy over the next two years but insisted the government's austerity measures were correct.(AFP/File/Adrian Dennis)AFP - A leading British business group on Monday cut its growth forecasts for the country's economy over the next two years but insisted the government's austerity measures were correct.

Fraudsters' excuses to scam welfare system (AFP)

Posted: 30 May 2011 03:00 AM PDT

Britons have invented AFP - Britons have invented "ridiculous" excuses to swindle money out of the welfare system, from pretending their identity was stolen to saying an identical twin claimed the payments, officials said.

Murdered Red Cross worker's ex-boyfriend found dead (AFP)

Posted: 30 May 2011 02:34 AM PDT

A Hertfordshire Police handout photo of 35-year-old Martin Collett. Collett, the ex-boyfriend of a murdered Red Cross worker who was wanted in connection with her killing, has been found dead near a railway in Hertfordshire, police said.(Hertfordshire Police/File/null)AFP - The ex-boyfriend of a murdered Red Cross worker, who was wanted in connection with her killing, has been found dead near a railway in Hertfordshire, police said on Monday.

Global carbon emissions 'at record high': IEA (AFP)

Posted: 30 May 2011 02:12 AM PDT

A building in traditional style stands near the cooling towers and smokestack chimneys of a coal-fired power plant on the outskirts of Beijing, pictured last November. Carbon-dioxide emissions hit a record high last year, the International Energy Agency said on Monday, dimming the prospects of limiting the global temperature increase to two degrees Celsius.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - Worldwide carbon emissions are at their highest ever levels, stoking fears of a global temperature rise over the "dangerous" two degrees Celsius threshold, the International Energy Agency announced.

Carbon emissions at record high: report (AFP)

Posted: 30 May 2011 01:23 AM PDT

Pylons near cooling towers at the Golfech nuclear power plant, southwestern France. Carbon emissions are at their highest ever levels, stoking fears of a global temperature rise over the AFP - Carbon emissions are at their highest ever levels, stoking fears of a global temperature rise over the "dangerous" two degrees Celsius threshold, according to data cited by the Guardian newspaper.

Govt advised to 'consider sale' of Northern Rock (AFP)

Posted: 30 May 2011 01:20 AM PDT

The British government has been advised to consider selling nationalised lender Northern Rock, rather than float it on the stock market or return it to the mutual sector, a report said.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - The British government has been advised to consider selling nationalised lender Northern Rock, rather than float it on the stock market or return it to the mutual sector, a report has said.

Pakistani child sex offender deported from UK (AFP)

Posted: 30 May 2011 01:19 AM PDT

A British police officer and a community support Officer are seen in Birmingham, central England. A Pakistani man convicted of child sex offences in Britain has been deported after losing a fight to stay in the country, the interior ministry has said.(AFP/File/Paul Ellis)AFP - A Pakistani man convicted of child sex offences in Britain has been deported after losing a fight to stay in the country, the interior ministry said.

Tributes for British soldiers killed in Afghanistan (AFP)

Posted: 30 May 2011 01:15 AM PDT

A file picture of British soldier Lieutenant Ollie Augustin, who was one of the two killed by a homemade bomb while on patrol in southern Afghanistan on May 27.(MOD/AFP/HO)AFP - The families of two British soldiers killed by a homemade bomb while on patrol in southern Afghanistan have paid them tributes.

HSBC eyes Islamic services in Australia: report (AFP)

Posted: 29 May 2011 11:11 PM PDT

Banking giant HSBC has said that it was thinking of introducing Islamic financial services in Australia where the government is keen to use such offerings to grow as a regional finance hub.(AFP/File/Mike Clarke)AFP - Banking giant HSBC said Monday it was thinking of introducing Islamic financial services in Australia where the government is keen to use such offerings to grow as a regional finance hub.

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