2011年5月31日星期二

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

William and Kate announce first public engagement (AP)

Posted: 31 May 2011 02:50 PM PDT

AP - Prince William and his new wife have chosen to attend a charity gala dinner as their first public engagement together as a married couple.

Quebec lawmaker blasts 'parasitic' royals (AFP)

Posted: 31 May 2011 02:25 PM PDT

Britain's Prince William and his wife Kate, Duchess of Cambridge, look at each other as they come out of Westminster Abbey following their wedding ceremony, in London, on April 29, 2011. An outspoken Quebec lawmaker launched a verbal assault on Britain's Prince William and his new bride Catherine, deriding the AFP - An outspoken Quebec lawmaker launched a verbal assault Tuesday on Britain's Prince William and his new bride Catherine, deriding the "parasitic" royal system and equating their upcoming Canada visit with a circus show.

Quebec lawmaker calls visiting royals parasites (AP)

Posted: 31 May 2011 11:55 AM PDT

AP - The Quebec government is demanding an apology from a legislator who compared the British royal family to parasites and circus performers.

FTSE closes up 0.86% (AFP)

Posted: 31 May 2011 09:22 AM PDT

The FTSE 100 index of top shares has closed up 0.86 percent to finish at 5,989.99 points.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - Stocks closed higher on Tuesday, on hopes of a second international bailout for Greece.

Titanic launch 100 years ago marked in Belfast (AFP)

Posted: 31 May 2011 08:34 AM PDT

An artist impression shows the Apri 14,l 1912 shipwreck of the British luxury passenger liner Titanic off the Nova-Scotia coast, during its maiden voyage. Dignitaries have are marking the 100th anniversary of the launch of the Titanic from Belfast in Northern Ireland with a religious service and the firing of a flare.(AFP/OFF)AFP - Descendants of the men who built the Titanic marked the 100th anniversary Tuesday of its launch in Belfast in a moving ceremony aimed at restoring the city's maritime pride after years of shame.

UK delays release of anti-terror cartoon movie (AP)

Posted: 31 May 2011 08:14 AM PDT

AP - A British government-funded cartoon tackling the issue of Islamic extremism has been delayed after it was criticized in the country's tabloid press.

Lord Taylor jailed for expenses fraud (AFP)

Posted: 31 May 2011 07:00 AM PDT

Lord Taylor of Warwick arrives at Southwark Crown Court in London. The Conservative member of the House of Lords was jailed for a year for fiddling his parliamentary expenses.(AFP/Ben Stansall)AFP - A Conservative member of the House of Lords was jailed for a year on Tuesday for fiddling his parliamentary expenses.

UK House of Lords member jailed over expense fraud (AP)

Posted: 31 May 2011 04:59 AM PDT

AP - A British judge has sentenced a member of Britain's House of Lords to 12 months in prison for making fraudulent expenses claims.

Young opt to rent as house prices rise (AFP)

Posted: 31 May 2011 04:47 AM PDT

House prices are likely to rise by 16 percent by the end of 2015, an economics group predicted on Tuesday, while a separate report suggested young people are giving up on becoming home owners.(AFP/File/Gerry Penny)AFP - House prices are likely to rise by 16 percent by the end of 2015, an economics group predicted on Tuesday, while a separate report suggested young people are giving up on becoming homeowners.

Police detect record number of online paedophiles (AFP)

Posted: 31 May 2011 01:36 AM PDT

Photo illustration from a child predator cyber crime unit in Florida, USA. A record number of children in Britain have been rescued from paedophiles preying on them via the Internet in the last year, a specialist police unit said.(AFP/Getty Images/Joe Raedle)AFP - A record number of children in Britain have been rescued from paedophiles preying on them via the Internet in the last year, a specialist police unit said on Tuesday.

UK warns of Portugal violence after tourist killing (AFP)

Posted: 31 May 2011 12:06 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 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.

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

Posted: 31 May 2011 12:03 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.

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