2011年6月18日星期六

Yahoo! News: World - Britain

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - Britain


Sega attacked, hacker group offers to take revenge (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Jun 2011 03:16 PM PDT

Reuters - Japan's Sega Corp joined the rapidly growing club of video game companies whose computer systems have been hacked by cyber criminals, the company said on Friday.

British soldier killed in Afghanistan attack (AFP)

Posted: 18 Jun 2011 12:19 PM PDT

A British soldier was shot dead in an insurgent attack in Afghanistan on Saturday, bringing to 374 the number killed in operations there since 2001, the defence ministry said.(AFP/File/Yuri Cortez)AFP - A British soldier was shot dead in an insurgent attack in Afghanistan on Saturday, bringing to 374 the number killed in operations there since 2001, the defence ministry said.


Government urges British citizens to leave Syria 'now' (AFP)

Posted: 18 Jun 2011 09:55 AM PDT

Men protesting against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad throw shoes at his portrait during a protest in Ankara, Turkey. Britain urged its nationals on Saturday to leave Syria AFP - Britain urged its nationals on Saturday to leave Syria "now" by commercial means, warning that its embassy in Damascus would unlikely be able to help them if the situation deteriorates further.


Unison threatens rolling strikes over pension reforms (AFP)

Posted: 18 Jun 2011 03:37 AM PDT

Dave Prentis, the leader of Britain's largest public sector union, Unison, addresses the annual Labour Party conference in Manchester last September. Government pension reforms will provoke the biggest wave of industrial action in 85 years, Prentis has warned.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)AFP - Government pension reforms will provoke the biggest wave of industrial action in 85 years, the leader of Britain's largest public sector union said on Saturday.


Australia to deport British rapist (AFP)

Posted: 18 Jun 2011 01:58 AM PDT

A police car is seen in Sydney, Australia. Australia is preparing to deport a British man who served 12 years in prison for the torture and rape of a woman in a case likened to the film AFP - Australia is on Saturday preparing to deport a British man who served 12 years in prison for the torture and rape of a woman in a case likened to the film "The Silence of the Lambs".


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