2011年8月8日星期一

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

London burns: Riots spread through UK capital city (AP)

Posted: 08 Aug 2011 04:39 PM PDT

AP - Violence and looting flared across London on Tuesday — and spread to a second major city — as shops and cars were set ablaze and authorities struggled to contain a third night of unrest in Britain's capital, which will host next summer's Olympic Games.

London riots reveal social strains, say residents (AFP)

Posted: 08 Aug 2011 10:15 AM PDT

The burnt remains of a building in Tottenham are pictured after rioting on Saturday night in London. Police said Monday they had arrested 100 people in a second night of rioting.(AFP/Ki Price)AFP - Days of riots rocking London point to deeper social unease in poor areas of Britain's capital, community leaders and residents said Monday, rejecting moves by politicians and police to blame criminals alone.

Clegg visits London riot site (AFP)

Posted: 08 Aug 2011 10:07 AM PDT

A shopkeeper looks through a broken window of his shop in Brixton following a rioting in London.(AFP/Ben Stansall)AFP - British Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg Monday visited homes and businesses burned down during riots in London, as fresh skirmishes broke out between police and youths in the east of the capital.

UK police arrest 100 after riots in British capital (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Aug 2011 03:56 AM PDT

A man looks at a burned out police van set alight during riots in Tottenham in north London August 7, 2011. British police arrested more than 100 people overnight in London after shops were looted and officers attacked in a second night of violence that followed some of the worst disorder seen in the capital for years. REUTERS/Luke MacGregorReuters - British police arrested more than 100 people overnight in London after shops were looted and officers attacked in a second night of violence that followed some of the worst disorder seen in the capital for years.

MoD probes claims that soldier kept Taliban fingers (AFP)

Posted: 08 Aug 2011 03:40 AM PDT

The Ministry of Defence said it was investigating allegations that a soldier sliced off the fingers of dead Taliban fighters in Afghanistan and kept them as macabre souvenirs.(AFP/File/Shah Marai)AFP - The Ministry of Defence said Monday it was investigating allegations that a soldier sliced off the fingers of dead Taliban fighters in Afghanistan and kept them as macabre souvenirs.

Eurozone must unite and act swiftly: Osborne (AFP)

Posted: 08 Aug 2011 12:04 AM 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.

More violence in London after riots (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Aug 2011 11:48 PM PDT

Firemen continue to dowse down buildings set alight during riots in Tottenham in north London August 7, 2011. REUTERS/Luke MacGregorReuters - 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.

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