2011年8月6日星期六

Yahoo! News: World - Britain

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - Britain


Riot hits north London after police shooting death (AP)

Posted: 06 Aug 2011 04:55 PM PDT

In this image from video, a bus and shop burn in  Tottenham, north London late Saturday Aug 6 2011 after two police cars were attacked by members of a community where a young man was shot dead by police on Thursday, took to the streets to demand 'justice'.  Officers had been attempting to carry out an arrest under the Trident operational command unit, which deals with gun crime in the black community, according to the Independent Police Complaints Commission . (AP Photo/Sky tv via APTN ) UNITED KINGDOM OUT  NO SALES   TV OUTAP - The gritty north London neighborhood of Tottenham exploded in anger Saturday night after a young man was shot to death by police.


Blazes, looting in London riot (AFP)

Posted: 06 Aug 2011 04:30 PM PDT

A shop burns on a main road in Tottenham. Rioters went on the rampage in north London on Saturday, torching police cars, a bus and a shop amid widespread looting following a protest over the fatal shooting of a man by armed officers.(AFP/Leon Neal)AFP - Rioters went on the rampage in north London on Saturday, torching police cars, a bus and a shop amid widespread looting following a protest over the fatal shooting of a man by armed officers.


Murdoch daughter will not join board: News Corp (AFP)

Posted: 06 Aug 2011 09:42 AM PDT

Media mogul Rupert Murdoch (R) is pictured with his daughter Elisabeth Murdoch (L) in 2010. Elisabeth will not join the board of directors at her father's scandal-hit media empire as planned, News Corporation has said.(AFP/File/Adrian Dennis)AFP - Rupert Murdoch's daughter Elisabeth will not join the board of directors at her father's scandal-hit media empire as planned, News Corporation has said.


Polar bear attack Britons can head home: medics (AFP)

Posted: 06 Aug 2011 09:35 AM PDT

Ramez Bahar (L), the leader of the trauma-team at the University hospital in Tromsoe, Norway speaks to journalists. Four Britons injured in a polar bear attack that killed one of their expedition's members are stable enough to return to Britain, Norwegian medical officials said.(AFP/SCANPIX/File/Jan-Morten Bjoernbakk)AFP - Four Britons injured in a polar bear attack that killed one of their expedition's members are stable enough to return to Britain, Norwegian medical officials said on Saturday.


Injured victims of polar bear attack recuperating (AP)

Posted: 06 Aug 2011 07:20 AM 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 - The four British survivors of a deadly polar bear attack in Norway's Arctic Svalbard archipelago have been operated on and will be transferred home as soon as possible, officials said Saturday.


London Scouts to camp out in Downing Street garden (AFP)

Posted: 06 Aug 2011 01:21 AM PDT

A boy scout tackles a climbing wall outside the door to number 10 Downing Street in London in June 2007 during a centenary celebration of the Scout Movement. A group of Scouts are set to camp out overnight in the back garden of 10 Downing Street, the British prime minister's office and residence.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)AFP - A group of Scouts were set to camp out overnight Saturday in the back garden of 10 Downing Street, the British prime minister's office and residence.


Downing St denies chasing US 'supercop' (AFP)

Posted: 05 Aug 2011 11:44 PM PDT

File photo shows police chief William Bratton in Los Angeles, California. Prime Minister David Cameron's Downing Street office insisted Saturday it had not approached anyone, including Bratton, to become the country's next police chief, following a report that the US AFP - Prime Minister David Cameron's Downing Street office insisted Saturday it had not approached anyone to become the country's next police chief, following a report that a US "supercop" had been targeted.


Rogue trader Nick Leeson finally tells boss 'sorry' (AFP)

Posted: 05 Aug 2011 09:26 PM PDT

Former rogue trader Nick Leeson, seen here speaking during a business seminar in Hong Kong, 2008. Leeson for the first time told his old boss AFP - Rogue trader Nick Leeson for the first time told his old boss "sorry" for single-handedly bringing down Barings Bank, in a face-to-face meeting to be broadcast Sunday.


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