2011年8月5日星期五

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Britain's 2011 Afghanistan toll hits 30 as marine killed (AFP)

Posted: 05 Aug 2011 02:29 PM PDT

Prime Minister David Cameron (R) addresses to British and American troops at Camp Leatherneck military base in Helmand Province, July 2011. A marine was killed Friday in an insurgent attack in southern Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence in London announced, the 30th British soldier involved in the campaign to die this year.(AFP/POOL/File/David Bebber)AFP - A marine was killed Friday in an insurgent attack in southern Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence in London announced, the 30th British soldier involved in the campaign to die this year.

British teen slain by polar bear in Norway Arctic (AP)

Posted: 05 Aug 2011 01:49 PM PDT

This image released by the District Governor of Spitsbergen's office shows the dead male polar bear which had attacked youths who were camping on a remote Arctic glacier as part of a high-end adventure holiday at Spitsbergen, Svalbard archipelago, in Norway, Friday, Aug. 5, 2011 . The polar bear was shot and killed by other members of the group. The attack took place on the Svalbard archipelago, which is home to about 2,400 people and 3,000 polar bears and one British youth was killed in the attack. (AP Photo / Arild Lyssand / District governor of Spitsbergens office / via Scanpix) NORWAY OUTAP - A polar bear attacked a group of British students camping on a remote Arctic glacier as part of a high-end adventure holiday, killing a 17-year-old boy and injuring four other young people Friday before a trip member fatally shot the bear.

Britons find getting to sleep is monkey business (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Aug 2011 11:41 AM PDT

Reuters - Forget counting sheep -- Britons now prefer listening to lions roaring and monkeys calling to help them nod off, according to a new survey.

Murdoch attacker has jail sentence cut (AFP)

Posted: 05 Aug 2011 10:35 AM PDT

Jonathan May-Bowles (L), also known as Jonnie Marbles, is surrounded by media as he arrives at Westminster Magistrates court in London, on August 2. May-Bowles had his sentence for throwing shaving foam at Rupert Murdoch cut to four weeks by a British court on Friday.(AFP/File/Carl de Souza)AFP - A stand-up comedian jailed for six weeks for throwing shaving foam at media mogul Rupert Murdoch had his sentence cut to four weeks by a British court on Friday.

Polar bear kills British boy in Norway, hurts four (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Aug 2011 08:27 AM PDT

Reuters - A polar bear attacked a group of British campers on Friday, killing a 17-year-old boy and seriously injuring four people camping in Norway's Svalbard archipelago in the Arctic, Norwegian officials said.

UK teen killed by polar bear in Arctic: official (AFP)

Posted: 05 Aug 2011 12:25 PM PDT

Authorities remove the carcass of a male polar bear at the Von Postbreen glacier in Tempelfjorden. The polar bear killed one person and left four other members of a British group seriously injured.(AFP/Sysselmannen/Arild Lyssand)AFP - A British teen who dreamed of becoming a doctor was mauled to death by a polar bear Friday, and four other members of his Norwegian Arctic expedition were injured, officials and organisers said.

RBS slips into red on Greek losses, cuts 2,000 jobs (AFP)

Posted: 05 Aug 2011 08:05 AM PDT

File photo shows a protester during a rally outside a Royal Bank of Scotland annual general meeting in London. State-rescued Royal Bank of Scotland said Friday that it fell into a net loss of £1.4 billion in the first half on exposure to the struggling Greek economy and said it would cut around another 2,000 jobs.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)AFP - State-rescued Royal Bank of Scotland said Friday that it fell into a net loss of £1.4 billion in the first half on exposure to the struggling Greek economy and said it would cut around another 2,000 jobs.

UK care home operator handed life-line (AFP)

Posted: 05 Aug 2011 08:00 AM PDT

British care home operator Choices Care is to be restructured after falling into financial difficulties, administrators Zolfo Cooper said Friday, one month after the closure of bigger rival Southern Cross.(AFP/File/Sebastien Bozon)AFP - British care home operator Choices Care is to be restructured after falling into financial difficulties, administrators Zolfo Cooper said Friday, one month after the closure of bigger rival Southern Cross.

TV's Mr Bean crashes his supercar in UK (AP)

Posted: 05 Aug 2011 06:36 AM PDT

AP - Actor Rowan Atkinson, famed for his hapless driving in the "Mr. Bean" television shows and films, was recovering in a hospital Friday after crashing his sports car in southern England.

Lawyer: 2nd newspaper group faces hacking lawsuits (AP)

Posted: 05 Aug 2011 04:00 AM PDT

File- Feb 11 2008 photo of Sir Paul McCartney on his mobile phone in London. Former Beatle McCartney has told the Television Critics Association in the United States that he plans to contact police over allegations that his voicemails were intercepted. He told the audience Thursday Aug 4 2011 that 'apparently I have been hacked'. (AP Photo/Dominic Lipinski/PA, file) UNITED KINGDOM OUT NO SALES NO ARCHIVEAP - A lawyer for several alleged victims of tabloid phone hacking says lawsuits will soon be filed against a second newspaper group, Trinity Mirror PLC.

Britain's RBS reports loss after Greek writedown (AP)

Posted: 05 Aug 2011 03:49 AM PDT

AP - Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC swung to a second-quarter loss Friday as it wrote down the value of its Greek bond holdings by a massive 733 million pounds ($842 million).

UK producer prices hit 3-year peak in July (AFP)

Posted: 05 Aug 2011 03:48 AM PDT

An employee of the Alexander Dennis Ltd factory in Guildford, Surrey, works on a vehicle component, July 2009. The prices of goods leaving Britain's factories hit three-year highs in July due to a record jump in clothing and textile costs, official data showed on Friday, adding to the country's inflationary pressures.(AFP/File/Carl de Souza)AFP - The prices of goods leaving Britain's factories hit three-year highs in July due to a record jump in clothing and textile costs, official data showed on Friday, adding to the country's inflationary pressures.

Piers Morgan must answer hack questions: MP (AFP)

Posted: 04 Aug 2011 06:57 PM PDT

A senior MP has called on CNN chat show host Piers Morgan to return home to answer questions about phone hacking, following new allegations involving the Daily Mirror.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Kevork Djansezian)AFP - A senior MP has called on CNN chat show host Piers Morgan to return home to answer questions about phone hacking, following new allegations involving the Daily Mirror.

Paul McCartney says press hacked his phone (AFP)

Posted: 04 Aug 2011 06:33 PM PDT

Former Beatle Paul McCartney, pictured in New York on August 4, has said he will contact authorities about the AFP - Ex-Beatle Paul McCartney said Thursday he will contact authorities about the "horrendous violation of privacy" over the British press's alleged hacking of his phone, the Los Angeles Times reported.

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