2011年6月26日星期日

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain


Cameron says 'devastated' by friend's death at Glastonbury (AFP)

Posted: 26 Jun 2011 02:40 PM PDT

A festival-goer is seen in her tent at Glastonbury festival near Glastonbury, Somerset on June 23. A man in his 50s has been found dead in a toilet at the festival, police said.(AFP/Adrian Dennis)AFP - Prime Minister David Cameron and his wife Samantha were "devastated" to hear of the death of his local constituency chairman at the Glastonbury festival earlier on Sunday.


China's Wen visits Britain amid release of rights activist (AFP)

Posted: 26 Jun 2011 02:17 PM PDT

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao delivers a speech during his visit to the MG motor plant in Birmingham. Wen toured Britain on Sunday and sought to strengthen trade links, as Bejing freed dissident activist Hu Jia in a move seen as defusing tensions over human rights.(AFP/POOL/Phil Noble)AFP - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao toured Britain on Sunday and sought to strengthen trade links, as Bejing freed dissident activist Hu Jia in a move seen as defusing tensions over human rights.


China to stimulate domestic demand: Wen (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Jun 2011 02:11 PM PDT

An MG employee holds Chinese and Union flags during a visit by Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao to the MG motor plant in Birmingham, central England June 26, 2011. REUTERS/Phil NobleReuters - China plans to stimulate domestic demand and reduce its foreign trade surplus to encourage balanced trade growth, premier Wen Jiabao said on Sunday during the British leg of a visit to Europe.


British climber finds six dead mountaineers in French Alps (AFP)

Posted: 26 Jun 2011 12:49 PM PDT

An emergency vehicle in the Villar-d'Arene village, in French Alps, eastern France, where an English climber found today the bodies of six mountaineers in the French Alps who appeared to have died after a fall caused by an avalanche of snow and stones.(AFP/Jean-Pierre Clatot)AFP - A British climber on Sunday found the bodies of six mountaineers in the French Alps who fell to their deaths in one of the worst accidents in the region in years.


Food watchdog advises against raw sprouted seeds (AFP)

Posted: 26 Jun 2011 11:52 AM PDT

Illustration taken on June 6 shows mung bean sprouts in Berlin. Britain's Food Standards Agency has recommended that sprouted seeds be cooked thoroughly before consumption, and advised against eating them raw, following an outbreak of E.coli poisoning in France.(AFP/File/Johannes Eisele)AFP - Britain's Food Standards Agency has recommended that sprouted seeds be cooked thoroughly before consumption, and advised against eating them raw, following an outbreak of E.coli poisoning in France.


Chinese premier visits Shakespeare's birthplace (AP)

Posted: 26 Jun 2011 08:17 AM PDT

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao pauses during a visit to Shakespeare's birthplace in Stratford-upon-Avon, England, Sunday, June 26, 2011. Chinese premier Wen Jiabao is visiting Britain, to meet with Prime Minister David Cameron and visit a Chinese-owned car plant in Birmingham. (AP Photo/Simon Dawson, pool)AP - Chinese premier Wen Jiabao, reportedly a big Shakespeare fan, made a pilgrimage to the Bard's birthplace of Stratford-upon-Avon on Sunday.


Man found dead in portable toilet at UK music fest (AP)

Posted: 26 Jun 2011 04:44 AM PDT

AP - Local police say a man in his 50s has been found dead in a portable toilet at the Glastonbury Festival, Britain's most prestigious summer music event.
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