2011年6月19日星期日

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Amy Winehouse cancels shows after Serbian farce (AFP)

Posted: 19 Jun 2011 03:37 PM PDT

British singer Amy Winehouse uses her mobile phone as she arrives at Belgrade airport on June 18. Winehouse on Sunday cancelled her appearances at festivals in Turkey and Greece after she was jeered at a show in Serbia when it appeared that she was too drunk to perform.(AFP/File/Andrej Isakovic)AFP - Troubled British singer Amy Winehouse on Sunday cancelled her appearances at festivals in Turkey and Greece after she was jeered at a show in Serbia when it appeared that she was too drunk to perform.

British veteran peace campaigner Brian Haw dies (AP)

Posted: 19 Jun 2011 10:30 AM PDT

FILE - In this Dec. 11, 2006 file photo, British peace activist Brian Haw arrives at Marylebone Magistrates Court in London. Veteran anti-war campaigner Brian Haw died on Sunday, June 19, 2011, a message on his website said. From June 2001 onwards, Haw staged a continuous round-the-clock demonstration opposite the Houses of Parliament against the UK's policy in Iraq and elsewhere, fighting off a series of attempts by the authorities to have him removed from the square, and becoming a beacon for civil rights campaigners in the process. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)AP - To some, he was a crackpot, an eyesore camped out on prime London real estate. To others he was an inspiration, tirelessly fighting for civil rights.

Peace protester Brian Haw dies (AFP)

Posted: 19 Jun 2011 04:38 AM PDT

Veteran peace campaigner Brian Haw, seen here in 2007, has died after losing a long battle against lung cancer. Haw spent 10 years camped outside the Houses of Parliament.(AFP/File/Chris Young)AFP - Brian Haw, a peace campaigner who sat outside the Houses of Parliament for a decade in protest at the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, has died aged 62, his family said.

Somalia jails Britons, American over pirate ransom (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Jun 2011 03:54 AM PDT

Reuters - A Somali court has jailed three Britons and an American for illegally bringing in millions of dollars in ransom for pirates, but the judge suggested the convicts could buy their freedom.

Peace campaigner Brian Haw dies (AFP)

Posted: 19 Jun 2011 03:35 AM PDT

Veteran peace campaigner Brian Haw, seen here in 2007, has died after losing a long battle against lung cancer. Haw spent 10 years camped outside the Houses of Parliament.(AFP/File/Chris Young)AFP - Veteran anti-war campaigner Brian Haw -- who spent 10 years camped outside the Houses of Parliament -- has died after losing a long battle against lung cancer, his family said on Sunday.

Absent fathers should be shamed, says Cameron (AFP)

Posted: 19 Jun 2011 02:52 AM PDT

David Cameron carries his newborn baby daughter as he and his wife arrive for the funeral of his late father in September 2010. Fathers who run out on their children deserve to be shamed in the same way as drink-drivers, Cameron has said in an impassioned article to mark Father's Day.(AFP/File/Stefan Rousseau)AFP - Fathers who run out on their children deserve to be shamed in the same way as drink-drivers, Prime Minister David Cameron has said in an impassioned article to mark Father's Day.

Britons, US citizen handed long jail terms in Somalia (AFP)

Posted: 18 Jun 2011 06:08 PM PDT

Somali security forces members patrol the streets of Waberi district in Mogadishu. Six foreigners including three Britons and an American were on Saturday jailed for between 10 and 15 years in Somalia after the seizure of a small aircraft carrying $3.6 million allegedly destined to be paid as ransom to Somali pirates.(AFP/Abdurashid Abikar)AFP - Six foreigners including three Britons and an American were jailed for between 10 and 15 years in Somalia after the seizure of a small aircraft carrying $3.6 million allegedly destined to be paid as ransom to Somali pirates.

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