2011年6月27日星期一

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Famous Thatcher handbag auctioned for $40,000 (AP)

Posted: 27 Jun 2011 02:27 PM PDT

Britain's Lord Archer, left, accepts bids for a handbag that was once owned by former British Prime Minister, Baroness Margaret Thatcher, for more than thirty years at a charity auction at Christie's in central London, Monday June 27, 2011. The handbag fetched 25,000 pounds ($39,880/28,100 euro) when it went under the hammer. It was bought by an unnamed Cypriot who is understood to have been a student in Britain during Margaret Thatcher's tenure as prime minister. (AP Photo/PA, John Stillwell) UNITED KINGDOM OUT NO SALES NO ARCHIVEAP - One of Margaret Thatcher's famous handbags fetched 25,000 pounds ($39,953) at a London charity auction Monday.

Thatcher's famous handbag sells for £25,000 (AFP)

Posted: 27 Jun 2011 02:04 PM PDT

An employee poses with a handbag owned by former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher for over thirty years at Christie's auction house in central London on June 23. Thatcher's famous handbag which struck fear into the hearts of British ministers during the former premier's rule sold at a charity auction for £25,000 ($40,350, 28,000 euros).(AFP/File/Carl Court)AFP - Margaret Thatcher's famous handbag which struck fear into the hearts of British ministers during the former premier's rule sold at a charity auction for £25,000 ($40,350, 28,000 euros) Monday.

China, Britain boost trade ties (AFP)

Posted: 27 Jun 2011 01:21 PM PDT

British Prime Minister David Cameron (R) and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao shake hands before book signings at the Foreign Office in central London. Wen and Cameron unveiled trade deals worth £1.4 billion at a summit Monday, but their efforts to boost closer bilateral ties were undermined by differences on Libya and human rights.(AFP/POOL/Carl Court)AFP - China's Wen Jiabao and Britain's David Cameron unveiled trade deals worth £1.4 billion at a summit Monday, but their efforts to boost closer bilateral ties were undermined by differences on Libya and human rights.

State workers to strike after talks fail (AFP)

Posted: 27 Jun 2011 12:56 PM PDT

Union leaders said Monday a planned strike by public sector workers will go ahead on Thursday as there was AFP - Union leaders said Monday a planned strike by public sector workers will go ahead on Thursday as there was "a major gap" between the government and unions over proposed pension reforms.

Wire reporter held in phone hacking case (AFP)

Posted: 27 Jun 2011 11:43 AM PDT

A journalist of the Press Association wire agency was arrested Monday by police probing allegations of voicemail hacking at the Rupert Murdoch-owned News of the World tabloid.(AFP/File)AFP - A journalist of the Press Association wire agency was arrested Monday by police probing allegations of voicemail hacking at the Rupert Murdoch-owned News of the World tabloid.

Suu Kyi sees Myanmar parallels with Arab Spring (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Jun 2011 10:37 AM PDT

Reuters - Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi said there were "notable similarities" between December's revolution in Tunisia and the 1988 uprising in her own country that led to her original detention by military authorities.

China's Wen calls for greater democracy, reforms (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Jun 2011 10:33 AM PDT

Reuters - Premier Wen Jiabao called on Monday for freedom and real democracy in China, even though Beijing has clamped down on dissent this year following scattered online calls for a "Jasmine" revolution similar to uprisings in the Arab world.

New arrest in UK phone hacking scandal (AP)

Posted: 27 Jun 2011 10:15 AM PDT

AP - Britain's Press Association says one of its reporters has been arrested by detectives investigating a widening phone hacking scandal.

British teen bailed over hacking claims (AFP)

Posted: 27 Jun 2011 09:32 AM PDT

A man, believed to be carrying 19-year-old Ryan Cleary, is hidden by police officers, as he arrives at Westminster Magistrates Court in central London June 25. The British teenager charged with attacking websites as part of the international hacking group Lulz Security was released by on bail after being diagnosed with autism.(AFP/File/Warren Allott)AFP - A British teenager charged with attacking websites as part of the international hacking group Lulz Security was released by a court on bail Monday after being diagnosed with autism.

China: Military action won't solve Libyan crisis (AP)

Posted: 27 Jun 2011 08:53 AM PDT

Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron, left, shakes hands with China's Prime Minister Wen Jiabao, right, at his official residence, 10 Downing Street, in central London, prior to their meeting, Monday, June 27, 2011. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)AP - Military action alone won't resolve the Libyan crisis, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said Monday in a warning to nations conducting the NATO-led air campaign in Libya.

Hail a London black cab with new iPhone app (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Jun 2011 08:31 AM PDT

Reuters - Drivers of London's black cabs have launched a LDNtaxi iPhone application which allows customers to hail a taxi online using their mobile phones.

Bulger killer Venables denied parole (AFP)

Posted: 27 Jun 2011 08:22 AM PDT

Jon Venables after his arrest in 1993. Venables, one the killers of two-year-old toddler Ja mes Bulger, has lost his bid to be released on parole, the victim's mother said Monday.(Liverpool Echo/File)AFP - Jon Venables, one the killers of two-year-old toddler James Bulger, has lost his bid to be released on parole, the victim's mother said Monday.

London man in court on terror funding charges (AFP)

Posted: 27 Jun 2011 05:42 AM PDT

A file photo shows a man walking past Westminster Magistrates' Court. A suspected terrorist fundraiser appeared in the central London court on Monday charged with providing money or property for terrorism purposes.(AFP/File/Carl Court)AFP - A suspected terrorist fundraiser appeared in court on Monday charged with providing money or property for terrorism purposes.

Key witness tells trial Knox killed British student (AFP)

Posted: 27 Jun 2011 05:13 AM PDT

Former US student Amanda Knox waits for the start of her appeal trial in Perugia. A key witness in Knox's trial has told the court that the young American woman killed her British housemate Meredith Kercher.(AFP/Alberto Pizzoli)AFP - A key witness in the appeal trial of Amanda Knox told the court in Italy in a dramatic confrontation on Monday that the young American woman killed her British housemate Meredith Kercher.

Top British art consultancy targets Russian collectors (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Jun 2011 05:11 AM PDT

Reuters - Top British art consulting firm Art Market Research (AMR) said on Monday it plans to offer its services in Russia, where growing investment interest in art and antiques presents a huge growth opportunity.

Pakistan orders UK to withdraw military trainers (AP)

Posted: 27 Jun 2011 03:52 AM PDT

AP - Pakistan has ordered Britain to withdraw some of its military training teams from the country, the British Embassy said Monday. The demand is likely related to fallout from the covert U.S. raid that killed Osama bin Laden last month.

Ex-justice secretary Straw slams injury claims 'racket' (AFP)

Posted: 27 Jun 2011 03:26 AM PDT

Former justice secretary Jack Straw has called for tighter rules on car insurance companies who sell on customers' details to personal injury lawyers without their permission. The Labour MP for Blackburn said the practice was a 'racket' which pushed up insurance premiums as the costs of an increasing number of claims by no-win, no-fee firms were passed on to the motorist.(AFP/File)AFP - Former justice secretary Jack Straw has called for tighter rules on car insurance companies who sell on customers' details to personal injury lawyers without their permission.

Somalia frees three British ransom couriers (AFP)

Posted: 27 Jun 2011 12:39 AM PDT

File photo of the entrance of the Adan Aboulle International Airport in Somalia's capital Mogadishu. Somalia has freed six foreigners, including three Britons and an American, convicted of smuggling millions of dollars into the lawless Horn of Africa nation to pay off pirates, officials said.(AFP/File/Yasuyoshi Chiba)AFP - Somalia has freed six foreigners, including three Britons and an American, convicted of smuggling millions of dollars into the lawless Horn of Africa nation to pay off pirates, officials said.

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