2011年8月7日星期日

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

More violence in British capital after riots (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Aug 2011 05:39 PM PDT

Police officers wearing riot gear stand near a burning car in Tottenham, north London August 7, 2011. Crowds attacked riot police and set two squad cars alight in north London on Saturday following a protest at the fatal shooting of a man by armed officers earlier in the week. It is not known if the burning car in the picture is a police car. REUTERS/Stefan WermuthReuters - Groups of youths attacked shops and damaged a police car in north London on Sunday as police sent in reinforcements to prevent more rioting on the scale that laid waste to another area of the British capital 24 hours earlier.

Eurozone must unite and act swiftly: Osborne (AFP)

Posted: 07 Aug 2011 04:38 PM PDT

Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne, pictured in July 2011, Monday urged eurozone nations to move quickly to ease fears over the debt crisis as the world's top finance officials prepared for crisis talks.(AFP/File/Carl Court)AFP - Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne Monday urged eurozone nations to move quickly to ease fears over the debt crisis as the world's top finance officials prepared for crisis talks.

London police probe riots amid spreading tensions (AFP)

Posted: 07 Aug 2011 04:26 PM PDT

A police car shows severe damage caused by youths in Enfield, north London. London police launched a AFP - London police launched a "major investigation" into the capital's worst rioting in years as violence threatened to reignite over the death of a local man in a police shooting.

Germany, Britain urge resolution to Kosovo crisis (AP)

Posted: 07 Aug 2011 03:02 PM PDT

AP - The German and British foreign ministers are urging Serbia and Kosovo to resolve their differences through diplomacy and not risk wasting a "crucial opportunity for progress."

New unrest in north London a night after rioting (AP)

Posted: 07 Aug 2011 02:36 PM PDT

A burned bus is seen in Tottenham, north London, Sunday, Aug. 7, 2011 after a demonstration against the death of a local man turned violent and cars and shops were set ablaze. One police officer was hospitalized and seven others were injured during riots after a north London suburb exploded in anger Saturday night following a gathering to protest the Thursday shooting by police of the 29-year-old. (AP Photo/Akira Suemori)AP - New unrest erupted on north London's streets late Sunday, a day after rioting and looting in a deprived area amid community anger over a fatal police shooting.

UK banks must 'resume lending' to avoid fresh recession (AFP)

Posted: 07 Aug 2011 06:00 AM PDT

British Business Secretary Vince Cable has said the country risks falling back into recession unless its banks increase the amount they are lending to businesses and individuals.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)AFP - Britain risks falling back into recession unless its banks increase the amount they are lending to businesses and individuals, Business Secretary Vince Cable said in an interview with The Sunday Times.

British honeymooners die in Maldives road accident (AFP)

Posted: 07 Aug 2011 04:26 AM PDT

Two British honeymooners have died in the tourist paradise of the Maldives, after their vehicle crashed into a tree, police said.(AFP/File/Sanka Vidanagama)AFP - Two British honeymooners have died in the tourist paradise of the Maldives, after their vehicle crashed into a tree, police said on Sunday.

£1.3 mln spent monthly on pilot housing in Libya op (AFP)

Posted: 06 Aug 2011 10:34 PM PDT

A RAF Typhoon supporting the international air campaign against Moamer Kadhafi's forces takes off from Gioia del Colle airbase in Italy in March 2011. The government is spending £1.3 million ($2.1 million, 1.5 million euros) a month on accommodation for 1,000 service personnel in Italy while they conduct air strikes on Libya, official figures showed Sunday.(AFP/File/Giovanni Marino)AFP - The government is spending £1.3 million ($2.1 million, 1.5 million euros) a month on accommodation for 1,000 service personnel in Italy while they conduct air strikes on Libya, official figures showed Sunday.

Majority of Britons want death penalty restored: poll (AFP)

Posted: 06 Aug 2011 08:37 PM PDT

Photo illustration. A majority of Britons back the restoration of the death penalty, according to a survey out Sunday, as a petition looks likely to force lawmakers to debate the issue.(AFP/Illustration/YOAV LEMMER)AFP - A majority of Britons back the restoration of the death penalty, according to a survey out Sunday, as a petition looks likely to force lawmakers to debate the issue.

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