2011年7月21日星期四

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Prince Andrew step down as trade envoy (AFP)

Posted: 21 Jul 2011 04:50 PM PDT

Prince Andrew, seen here in March 2011, is to step down from his role as Britain's trade ambassador, Buckingham Palace said Thursday, four months after his links to a sex offender prompted calls for him to quit.(AFP/File/Andrew Cowie)AFP - Prince Andrew is to step down as Britain's roving trade ambassador, Buckingham Palace said, four months after his links to a sex offender prompted calls for him to quit.

Catherine's wedding dress goes on display in London (AFP)

Posted: 21 Jul 2011 04:05 PM PDT

Caroline de Guitaut, curator of the exhibition display adjusts the wedding dress of Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge, at Buckingham Palace, in central London. It was the best kept secret of the royal wedding, but now the Alexander McQueen dress worn by the Duchess of Cambridge when she married Prince William is being put on public display for all to admire.(AFP/POOL/Lewis Whyld)AFP - It was the best kept secret of the royal wedding, but now the Alexander McQueen dress worn by the former Kate Middleton when she married Prince William is being put on public display for all to admire.

British artist Lucian Freud dies aged 88 (AFP)

Posted: 21 Jul 2011 03:45 PM PDT

Lucian Freud, pictured in 2010, who died in London on Wednesday aged 88, was widely recognised as the greatest contemporary British artist in a career spanning seven decades.(AFP/File/Stephan Agostini)AFP - Realist painter Lucian Freud, grandson of the inventor of modern psychoanalysis Sigmund Freud and widely seen as Britain's top contemporary artist, has died in London aged 88, his lawyer said Thursday.

James Murdoch contradicted by his legal manager (AP)

Posted: 21 Jul 2011 02:26 PM PDT

AP - James Murdoch has been contradicted over testimony in which he claimed to have been unaware of a critical piece of evidence in Britain's phone hacking scandal.

Prince Andrew, sacked as UK business envoy, victim of WikiLeaks? (The Envoy)

Posted: 21 Jul 2011 01:46 PM PDT

The Envoy - Tough times for the Empire. Britain's Prince Andrew will step down from his role as the United Kingdom's trade ambassador, Buckingham Palace announced today. "The prince is expected to announce that he will concentrate on boosting skills training and apprenticeships in Britain in future, in what is bound to be seen as a significant downgrading [...]

UK reports 1st death related to Libya campaign (AP)

Posted: 21 Jul 2011 01:35 PM PDT

AP - Britain's military has reported its first death related to the campaign over Libya after an airman died in a traffic accident in southern Italy.

Two more patients die at Stepping Hill hospital (AFP)

Posted: 21 Jul 2011 01:23 PM PDT

A general view of the Stepping Hill Hospital, in Stockport, Cheshire. Two more patients have died at the hospital where detectives fear saline solution was deliberately contaminated with insulin, taking the death toll to five.(AFP/File/Andrew Yates)AFP - Two more patients have died at a British hospital where detectives fear saline solution was deliberately contaminated with insulin, taking the death toll so far to five, police said Thursday.

Hacking probe extends beyond Murdoch papers (AFP)

Posted: 21 Jul 2011 01:22 PM PDT

Newspapers in Melbourne with coverage dominated by Rupert Murdoch's appearance before a British parliamentary committee. More newspapers became embroiled in the phone-hacking scandal Thursday as the deputy prime minister said the crisis was a chance to clean up AFP - More newspapers became embroiled in the phone-hacking scandal Thursday as the deputy prime minister said the crisis was a chance to clean up "murky" ties between politicians, police and the media.

Prince Andrew to step down as UK trade envoy (AP)

Posted: 21 Jul 2011 11:32 AM PDT

FILE - This Wednesday, April 6, 2011 photo from files shows Britain's Prince Andrew, left, being greeted by Indonesian Economic Minister Hatta Rajasa prior to their meeting in Jakarta, Indonesia. Buckingham Palace said Thursday July 21, 2011 that Prince Andrew has decided to relinquish his post as U.K. trade envoy. Andrew, the queen's second son, has faced heaploads of pressure to step down as a British trade envoy because of a string of unfortunate relationships. He hosted the son of Tunisia's dictator shortly before a popular uprising overthrew the leader, has ties to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's regime and is friends with billionaire U.S. sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. (AP Photo/Irwin Fedriansyah, File)AP - Buckingham Palace says Prince Andrew has decided to relinquish his post as U.K. trade envoy.

British man, woman detained in Afghanistan: ministry (AFP)

Posted: 21 Jul 2011 10:27 AM PDT

British soldiers in Lashkar Gah, Helmand province in 2006. Two British nationals, a man and a woman, have been detained in Afghanistan, officials in London said Thursday, reportedly as part of a counter-terrorism operation to stop a possible attack back home.(AFP/File/John D McHugh)AFP - Two British nationals, a man and a woman, have been detained in Afghanistan, officials in London said Thursday, reportedly as part of a counter-terrorism operation to stop a possible attack back home.

Cameron faces fresh fire over News Corp meetings (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Jul 2011 10:23 AM PDT

Reuters - Prime Minister David Cameron came under renewed pressure to detail his relations with scandal-hit News Corp on Thursday and the spotlight fell on other newspaper groups when an official said police were reviewing their reporting methods.

British forces detain 2 UK citizens in Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: 21 Jul 2011 10:21 AM PDT

In this Wednesday, July 20, 2011 photo, the deputy chief justice Abdul Hanif Manan holds his beard, as he listens to a question during an interview with The Associated Press at his office in Mehterlam, Laghman province, east of Kabul, Afghanistan. In this city of 100,000, people are scared to wander out at night, the chief judge was recently fired for allegedly collaborating with insurgents, officials accuse each other of corruption and the police force is barely large enough to patrol the streets. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)AP - British forces in Afghanistan have detained two U.K. citizens for questioning, officials said Thursday.

Prince Andrew to Step Down as Britain's Trade Envoy (The Atlantic Wire)

Posted: 21 Jul 2011 09:47 AM PDT

The Atlantic Wire - It appears that Prince Andrew's associations have cost him his role as Britain's trade envoy. Multiple outlets are reporting that Buckingham Palace will release a statement confirming that, as BBC News wrote, he'll "give up his title as Britain's 'special representative' for Trade and Investment later." A source tells The Wall Street Journal that he'll still "continue to promote the U.K. abroad as a senior member of the royal family," just not in that specific role.

Man gets life for killing British teacher in Japan (AP)

Posted: 21 Jul 2011 09:12 AM PDT

Bill Hawker, father of slain British teacher Lindsay Ann Hawker, speaks in front of the building of Chiba public prosecutors office after the trial of Tatsuya Ichihashi who was accused of raping and murdering his daughter, in Chiba, east of Tokyo, Japan, Thursday, July 21, 2011. A Japanese court sentenced Ichihashi to life in prison Thursday for the 2007 death of 22-year-old Hawker, bringing to a close one of the country's highest-profile criminal cases in recent years. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)AP - A man was sentenced to life in prison Thursday for raping and killing a young British teacher in Japan four years ago, closing one of the country's highest-profile criminal cases after he evaded arrest for years and even cut his face to avoid being identified.

FSA hits Willis insurance broker with record fine (AFP)

Posted: 21 Jul 2011 06:43 AM PDT

Visitors walk past the Willis Tower in Chicago, Illinois. The Financial Services Authority has fined insurance broker Willis Limited nearly £7.0 million for failing to ensure payments to overseas third parties were not used for corrupt purposes.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Scott Olson)AFP - The Financial Services Authority said on Thursday it has fined insurance broker Willis Limited nearly £7 million for failing to ensure payments to overseas third parties were not used for corrupt purposes.

Phone Hacking Charges Spread to Other British Tabloids (The Atlantic Wire)

Posted: 21 Jul 2011 06:05 AM PDT

The Atlantic Wire - Related: Listen to News of the World Staff Scolding Their CEO

Kenyans allowed to sue Britain over Mau Mau abuses (AFP)

Posted: 21 Jul 2011 05:46 AM PDT

Kenyan nationals Wambugu wa Nyingi, (R) Ndiku Mutua, (2nd R) Paulo Nzili (2nd L) and Jane Muthoni Mara pose for photographers outside the High Court in central London, on April 7, 2011. The four elderly Kenyans have won court approval to sue the British government over the brutality they claim they suffered at the hands of the British army during the 1950s Mau Mau uprising.(AFP/Carl Court)AFP - Four elderly Kenyans won court approval Thursday to sue the British government over the brutality they claim they suffered at the hands of the British army during the 1950s Mau Mau uprising.

Kenyans get go-ahead to sue Britain over torture (AP)

Posted: 21 Jul 2011 05:02 AM PDT

AP - Four elderly Kenyans who claim they were tortured during an anti-colonial rebellion in the 1950s can sue the British government, a judge ruled Thursday.

Public sector borrowing climbs in June (AFP)

Posted: 21 Jul 2011 04:14 AM PDT

Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne leaves the Treasury building in central London, on June 6. British state borrowing rose in June, but Osborne remains on course to meet his annual target after downward revisions to previous months, official data has shown.(AFP/File/Carl Court)AFP - Britain's state borrowing rose in June, but Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne remains on course to meet his annual target after downward revisions to previous months, official data showed on Thursday.

FTSE falls before eurozone summit (AFP)

Posted: 21 Jul 2011 03:46 AM PDT

The European Union, French and German flag are seen in the courtyard of the Chancellory in Berlin. London shares fell on Thursday as investors awaited an emergency eurozone summit set to discuss a new bailout deal for Greece amid a spreading eurozone debt crisis.(AFP/Odd Andersen)AFP - London shares fell on Thursday as investors awaited an emergency eurozone summit set to discuss a new bailout deal for Greece amid a spreading eurozone debt crisis.

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