2011年7月4日星期一

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

MPs slam football chiefs over 2018 bid (AFP)

Posted: 04 Jul 2011 04:13 PM PDT

Prince William (L) speaks with Prime Minister David Cameron during a meeting of England's 2018 World Cup bid team in Zurich in 2010. The Football Association (FA) and world football governing body FIFA were both severely criticised in a parliamentary report into England's failed 2018 World Cup bid published Tuesday.(AFP/POOL/File/Matthew Childs)AFP - The Football Association (FA) and world football governing body FIFA were both severely criticised in a parliamentary report into England's failed 2018 World Cup bid published Tuesday.

British soldier missing in Afghanistan found dead (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Jul 2011 01:49 PM PDT

Reuters - A British soldier who went missing in southern Afghanistan, prompting an extensive search, has been found dead, Britain's Ministry of Defense said on Monday.

UK sees "small" Afghan drawdown, finds soldier dead (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Jul 2011 12:19 PM PDT

Reuters - Afghan soldiers and police are improving enough to allow some British troops to return home, British Prime Minister David Cameron said Monday, but the withdrawal will be quite small and not affect the core force over the next year.

British PM's Afghan trip marred by soldier death (AFP)

Posted: 04 Jul 2011 12:10 PM PDT

Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron (R) arrives to give a July 4th address to British and American troops at the Camp Leatherneck military base in Helmand Province. A British soldier reported missing in Afghanistan on Monday has been found dead with gunshot wounds, the defence ministry in London said.(AFP/POOL/David Bebber)AFP - British Prime Minister David Cameron was forced Monday to scrap part of a visit to Afghanistan intended to hail improved security after a soldier went missing and was later found dead.

UK: Soldier missing in Afghanistan found shot dead (AP)

Posted: 04 Jul 2011 11:30 AM PDT

Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron, right, accompanied by General Sir David Richard, Chief of the Defence staff, arrives for a visit at Camp Bastion, outside Lashkar Gah, the provincial capital of Helmand province in south Afghanistan, Monday, July 4, 2011. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, pool)AP - A missing British soldier was confirmed dead Monday in an apparent insurgent attack in southern Afghanistan, hours after Prime Minister David Cameron arrived in the country to hail improved security and announce plans for the withdrawal of hundreds of his nation's troops.

UK tabloid 'tapped phone of murdered girl': report (AFP)

Posted: 04 Jul 2011 10:57 AM PDT

Journalists at a tabloid hacked the voicemail of a high-profile missing teenage girl, giving false hope to her family that she was alive when she had in fact been murdered, a report said. In a grim new twist to the phone-hacking row at News of the World weekly, The Guardian said police were investigating claims that Milly Dowler, who disappeared in 2002 aged 13, was among those targeted.(AFP/File)AFP - Journalists at a tabloid hacked the voicemail of a high-profile missing teenage girl, giving false hope to her family that she was alive when she had in fact been murdered, a report said Monday.

Job cuts at major banks intensify: IFR (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Jul 2011 10:46 AM PDT

Reuters - Hundreds of bankers will lose their jobs over coming weeks, victims of what senior bosses say is likely to be an industry-wide culling of staff in response to a sharp downturn in demand for trading and investment banking services.

Lawyer: UK paper hacked into abducted girl's phone (AP)

Posted: 04 Jul 2011 09:43 AM PDT

AP - A lawyer for the family of a murdered British girl has claimed that The News of The World tabloid hacked into her cell phone after she went missing.

CA-CANADA Summary (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Jul 2011 03:12 PM PDT

Reuters - Detroit-based automakers reported higher Canadian sales last month, led by Ford Motor Co of Canada, which said on Monday that demand for fuel-efficient cars helped it record its best June in 22 years. Across the board, sales of cars and light trucks were up 6.6 percent in June from a year earlier at 164,796 units, according to DesRosiers Automotive Consultants.

FTSE closes up 0.46% after strong gains in Asia (AFP)

Posted: 04 Jul 2011 09:14 AM PDT

London's benchmark FTSE 100 index of top shares has closed up 0.46 percent to 6,017.54 points.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)AFP - Stock markets closed up on Monday, after bumper gains in Asia, though banks were hit once again by concerns of exposure to the Greek debt crisis.

Harry Potter's Radcliffe: I became "so reliant" on alcohol (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Jul 2011 09:12 AM PDT

Reuters - Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe has revealed that he was so worried about his drinking that he vowed to give it up and has become teetotal.

Cost of funding Queen falls by £1.8 mn: accounts (AFP)

Posted: 04 Jul 2011 08:19 AM PDT

The cost to the taxpayer of funding Queen Elizabeth II, seen here in June 2011, fell by £1.8 million in the past year, her accounts showed.(AFP/File/Lewis Whyld)AFP - The cost to the taxpayer of funding Queen Elizabeth II fell by £1.8 million in the past year, her accounts showed Monday.

Thatcher hails Reagan as new London statue unveiled (AFP)

Posted: 04 Jul 2011 07:41 AM PDT

The statue of former US President Ronald Reagan is unveiled in the grounds of the US Embassy iin Grosvenor Square, central London, on July 4, 2011. Former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher paid tribute to Reagan on Monday as the statue of the late US president was unveiled, even though frailty prevented her from attending.(AFP/Ben Stansall)AFP - Former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher paid tribute to Ronald Reagan on Monday as a statue of the late US president was unveiled in London, even though frailty prevented her from attending.

Petraeus: Fight in Afghanistan to turn eastward (AP)

Posted: 04 Jul 2011 02:26 PM PDT

-- ADDS DAY AND DATE PHOTO WAS MADE -- In this photo provided by ISAF Regional Command (South), U.S. Army Gen. David H. Petraeus, commanding general of the NATO International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and U.S. Forces Afghanistan (USFOR-A), salutes before administering the oath of re-affirmation and re-enlistment to 235 U.S. service members during a ceremony called 'Operation Enduring Commitment - The Red, White and True,' held at Kandahar Airfield in Kandahar, Afghanistan, Monday July 4, 2011. (AP Photo/ U.S. Navy Lt. j.g. Haraz N. Ghanbari)AP - The outgoing commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan said Monday that the focus of the war will shift in coming months from Taliban strongholds in the south to the eastern border with Pakistan where insurgents closest to al-Qaida and other militants hold sway.

British soldier missing in south Afghanistan (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Jul 2011 06:55 AM PDT

Reuters - A British soldier has gone missing in southern Afghanistan and an extensive search is underway, the British Defense Ministry said Monday.

More than 3.5mn tickets sold for 2012 Olympics (AFP)

Posted: 04 Jul 2011 06:26 AM PDT

File photo of the Olympic Stadium in Stratford, east London. More than 3.5 million tickets have already been sold for next year's London Olympics, a figure that is unprecedented according to one Games insider.(AFP/File/Geoff Caddick)AFP - More than 3.5 million tickets have already been sold for next year's London Olympics, a figure that is unprecedented according to one Games insider.

Statue of Ronald Reagan unveiled in London (AP)

Posted: 04 Jul 2011 06:10 AM PDT

People take their turn to pose for photographs beside a statue of the late U.S. President Ronald Reagan after its unveiling outside the U.S. embassy in London, Monday, July 4, 2011. The 10 foot bronze was unveiled Monday to mark the centenary of Reagan's birth. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)AP - Ronald Reagan was hailed as "a great American hero" Monday as his admirers unveiled a 10-foot-tall (3-meter-tall) statue of the former U.S. president near the American embassy in London.

Amazon to acquire British Book Depository (AFP)

Posted: 04 Jul 2011 04:58 AM PDT

US online retailer Amazon.com announced Monday it will acquire British online bookstore The Book Depository. The company last year had an operating profit of 2.3 million pounds, TheBookseller.com said.(AFP/File/Karen Bleier)AFP - US online retailer Amazon.com announced Monday it will acquire British online bookstore The Book Depository.

Public safety 'jeopardised by police cuts' (AFP)

Posted: 04 Jul 2011 03:58 AM PDT

Sir Hugh Orde, then chief constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI), holds a press conference in Belfast in January 2005. Government plans for cuts and reform of the police service risk AFP - Government plans for cuts and reform of the police service risk "compromising the safety of citizens for reasons of expediency", one of Britain's most senior police officers will warn in a speech later Monday.

Queen cost British taxpayers less in the past year (AP)

Posted: 04 Jul 2011 02:56 AM PDT

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II talks to staff members as she officially opened the fourth session of the Scottish Parliament, in Edinburgh, Scotland, Friday July 1, 2011. Accompanied by her husband,Prince Philip, she addressed MSPs and other guests inside the Holyrood chamber. (AP Photo/David Cheskin-pa) UNITED KINGDOM OUT: NO SALES: NO ARCHIVE:AP - British taxpayers spent 32.1 million pounds ($51.7 million) supporting the monarchy in the past year, 5.3 percent less than the year before, as Queen Elizabeth II joined a national cost-cutting drive.

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