2011年7月25日星期一

Yahoo! News: World - Britain

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - Britain


Kadhafi could stay in Libya: Hague (AFP)

Posted: 25 Jul 2011 03:33 PM PDT

Foreign Secretary William Hague addresses the media during a joint press conference with French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, in central London. Hague on Monday demanded that Moamer Kadhafi step down but said the Libyan leader may be allowed to remain in the North African country.(AFP/Ben Stansall)AFP - Foreign Secretary William Hague on Monday demanded that Moamer Kadhafi step down but said the Libyan leader may be allowed to remain in the North African country.


Private funeral to be held for Winehouse on Tuesday (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Jul 2011 02:50 PM PDT

Reuters - Amy Winehouse's funeral will take place on Tuesday and will be attended only by her family and close friends, her spokesman said on Monday.

Winehouse family visit growing shrine to singer (AFP)

Posted: 25 Jul 2011 02:00 PM PDT

Cigarettes, alcohol and photos are left with flowers and messages on July 24 near the north London home where the body of pop star Amy Winehouse was found the previous day. Winehouse's parentsvisited the growing shrine of tributes left outside her London home as a post-mortem on the 27-year-old's body failed to establish a formal cause of death.(AFP/Carl Court)AFP - Amy Winehouse's parents on Monday visited the growing shrine of tributes left outside her London home as a post-mortem on the 27-year-old's body failed to establish a formal cause of death.


Private funeral for Winehouse to be held Tuesday (AFP)

Posted: 25 Jul 2011 01:47 PM PDT

Cigarettes, alcohol and photos are left with flowers and messages on July 24 near the north London home where the body of pop star Amy Winehouse was found the previous day. Winehouse's parentsvisited the growing shrine of tributes left outside her London home as a post-mortem on the 27-year-old's body failed to establish a formal cause of death.(AFP/Carl Court)AFP - The funeral of pop diva Amy Winehouse, found dead at her London home on Saturday, will take place Tuesday and will be limited to family and close friends, a spokesman for her family said Monday.


Britain, India strike major trade deals (AFP)

Posted: 25 Jul 2011 12:42 PM PDT

Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne (L) greets Indian Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee outside 11 Downing Street in central London. Britain and India confirmed trade deals worth billions of dollars between the two countries at talks in London on Monday.(AFP/Carl Court)AFP - British and Indian businesses signed trade and investment deals worth more than $1.6 billion in London on Monday, in the latest round of annual talks on boosting economic ties.


Special committee defends Wall Street Journal (AFP)

Posted: 25 Jul 2011 10:31 AM PDT

The Wall Street Journal is viewed on July 18, in Washington, DC. A special committee set up to ensure the editorial integrity of The Wall Street Journal following its 2007 purchase by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. said Monday it found no evidence of wrongdoing at the newspaper.(AFP/File/Paul J. Richards)AFP - A special committee set up to ensure the editorial integrity of The Wall Street Journal following its 2007 purchase by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. said Monday it found no evidence of wrongdoing at the newspaper.


Yorkshire Building Society buys Egg assets (AFP)

Posted: 25 Jul 2011 06:32 AM PDT

Britain's Yorkshire Building Society announced on Monday that it had agreed to buy the mortgage and savings activities of Internet bank Egg from US financial services giant Citigroup for an undisclosed amount.(Yorkshire Building Society)AFP - Britain's Yorkshire Building Society announced on Monday that it had agreed to buy the mortgage and savings activities of Internet bank Egg from US financial services giant Citigroup for an undisclosed amount.


UK energy firms told to drop 'Del Boy' sales tactics (AFP)

Posted: 25 Jul 2011 06:02 AM PDT

British energy firms should stop using AFP - British energy firms should stop using "Del Boy"-style sales tricks and pay compensation to customers who were mis-sold gas and electricity contracts, a group of MPs has said.


STORY REMOVED: EU--Britain-Anglo-Irish Bank (AP)

Posted: 25 Jul 2011 02:07 AM PDT

AP - The Associated Press has withdrawn its story about earnings for Anglo-Irish Bank. A kill is mandatory. The earnings were for Allied Irish Banks, not Anglo-Irish Bank.
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