2011年6月13日星期一

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain


Public gets glimpse of masterpieces before London auctions (AFP)

Posted: 13 Jun 2011 11:32 AM PDT

A handout picture released in April 2011 shows a Picasso painting titled 'Jeune Fille Endormie'. Rarely-seen masterpieces by artists from Michelangelo to Mueck were put on display at Christie's auction house in London, in a brief public show before they are sold off.(AFP/HO/UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY/University Of Sydney)AFP - Rarely-seen masterpieces by artists from Michelangelo to Mueck were put on display at Christie's auction house in London on Monday, in a brief public show before they are sold off.


APNewsBreak: Gadhafi insider defects (AP)

Posted: 13 Jun 2011 11:11 AM PDT

AP - Another member of Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi's regime has defected and fled the country, two Libyan analysts in London said Monday, as fighting continued between government troops and rebel forces.

Health service reforms to undergo changes (AFP)

Posted: 13 Jun 2011 09:43 AM PDT

Prime Minister David Cameron makes a speech about NHS reforms, at University College Hospital in London. Medical experts are to back sweeping changes to planned reforms of the NHS, an issue that has inflamed tensions in the coalition government.(AFP/POOL/Alastair Grant)AFP - Medical experts in Britain called Monday for sweeping changes to planned reforms of the state-run National Health Service, an issue that has inflamed tensions in the coalition government.


Activists slam Syria "Gay Girl" blog hoax (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Jun 2011 07:55 AM PDT

Reuters - Gay and political activists reacted angrily Monday after discovering a blog purportedly written by a gay woman detained by Syrian authorities was the work of an American university student living in Scotland.

Kate McCann urges support for families of missing (AFP)

Posted: 13 Jun 2011 05:41 AM PDT

Kate McCann, the mother of missing Madeleine McCann, reads a statement outside the Houses of Parliament, in London. She was joining other mothers of missing people to urge the government to give families in their position more support.(AFP/Ben Stansall)AFP - Kate McCann will join other mothers of missing people on Monday to urge the government to give families in their position more support.


FTSE rebounds slightly after slide (AFP)

Posted: 13 Jun 2011 04:44 AM PDT

London shares recovered slightly on Monday as investors sought out bargains and reacted to takeover and jobs speculation after sharp losses before the weekend.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)AFP - London shares recovered slightly on Monday as investors sought out bargains and reacted to takeover and jobs speculation after sharp losses before the weekend.


Lloyds bank shares climb on jobs axe reports (AFP)

Posted: 13 Jun 2011 02:36 AM PDT

Lloyds Banking Group's share price rose nearly 2.0 percent in early deals here on Monday after weekend reports said that the state-rescued lender plans to axe 15,000 more jobs to save £1.0 billion.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)AFP - Lloyds Banking Group's share price rose nearly 2.0 percent in early deals here on Monday after weekend reports said that the state-rescued lender plans to axe 15,000 more jobs to save £1.0 billion.


Miliband struggling to win over voters: poll (AFP)

Posted: 13 Jun 2011 02:33 AM PDT

Labour leader Ed Miliband is struggling to maintain support just nine months into the job, a poll found, amid a wave of damaging revelations about his party.(AFP/File/Andrew Yates)AFP - Opposition Labour leader Ed Miliband is struggling for support within his party after eight months in the job, a poll found, as his elder brother denied readying to replace him.


Review to back U-turn on NHS plans (AFP)

Posted: 13 Jun 2011 02:30 AM PDT

Prime Minister David Cameron makes a speech about NHS reforms, at University College Hospital in London. Medical experts are to back sweeping changes to planned reforms of the NHS, an issue that has inflamed tensions in the coalition government.(AFP/POOL/Alastair Grant)AFP - A report into the government's NHS reform plans is to recommend major changes on Monday after the proposals sparked anger from medical experts and division in the coalition.


UK, Australia give vaccine fund a head start (AP)

Posted: 13 Jun 2011 02:24 AM PDT

AP - Australia and Britain have given the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization a head start at its London pledging conference by committing more funds to support the campaign to prevent childhood disease.
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