2011年8月10日星期三

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

The London riot image: Malaysian student recovers (AP)

Posted: 10 Aug 2011 04:24 PM PDT

In this image from amateur video, a gang of youths in Barking, East London surround Malaysian accountancy student Mohammed Asyraf Haziq, 20, who had been attacked and mugged in the street by an earlier group during rioting Monday Aug. 8 2011. As one of this group appeared to help Haziq to his feet others took the opportunity to open his backpack and remove other valuables. The video of the attack on Haziq went viral Tuesday Aug 9 and has become one of the most memorable scenes from four days of unrest. So shocking was the robbing of an injured man that Prime Minister David Cameron felt moved to describe it as a sign of a deeper societal malaise in Britain. (AP Photo/Abdul Hamid via Sky/ APTN) UK OUT TV OUT NO SALESAP - The video has become synonymous with London's riots: A young man, bleeding and dazed, is helped from the ground by a group of youths — who promptly unzip his backpack and callously make off with its contents.

Cameron vows 'fightback' as Birmingham seethes (AP)

Posted: 10 Aug 2011 04:17 PM PDT

Merseyside Police officers help clean up a burnt out caravan in the Toxteth area of Liverpool, England Wednesday Aug. 10, 2011 following rioting in the area Tuesday night. Thousands of extra police officers flooded into London in a bid to end Britain's worst rioting in a generation. An eerie calm prevailed in the capital, but unrest spread across England on a fourth night of violence driven by diverse and brazen crowds of young people (AP Photo/Peter Byrne/PA) UNITED KINGDOM OUTAP - Thousands of extra police officers flooded the streets of London on Wednesday to deter rioters, and Prime Minister David Cameron warned that the government will take any necessary action to restore order and confidence to Britain's streets.

Britain's rioters: young, poor and disillusioned (AP)

Posted: 10 Aug 2011 03:14 PM PDT

FILE -Youths throw bricks at police in this Sunday, Aug. 7, 2011 photo during unrest in Enfield, north London. Nearly 1,200 people have been arrested since the riots erupted Saturday, mostly poor youths from a broad section of Britain's many races and ethnicities. Britain is bitterly divided on the reasons behind the riots — some blame the unrest on opportunistic criminality, while others say the country's economic policies and cuts have deepened inequalities in the most deprived areas.(AP Photo/Karel Prinsloo, File)AP - Each of the young rioters who clogged Britain's courthouses painted a bleak picture of a lost generation: a 15-year-old Ukrainian whose mother died, a 17-year-old who followed his cousin into the mayhem, an 11-year-old arrested for stealing a garbage can.

UK streets calmer after nights of riots and chaos (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Aug 2011 02:32 PM PDT

Hundreds of messages of support from the community of Peckham are seen posted on a looted storefront in south London August 10, 2011. REUTERS/Chris HelgrenReuters - Days of rioting and looting across Britain looked to be cooling Wednesday after Prime Minister David Cameron's promised a fightback and flooded city streets with police to try to restore order.

Slaying of 3 Muslims lays bare divisions (AP)

Posted: 10 Aug 2011 12:59 PM PDT

In this combo image of undated photographs provided by family on Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2011, from left, Haroon Jahan, Shazad Ali and Abdul Musavir who were killed when a car crashed into them on Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2011, as they protected their community from looters in Birmingham, England. British police launched a murder investigation into the deaths of three men hit by a car in Birmingham on Tuesday, Aug. 9 who residents said were members of Birmingham's South Asian communities who had been patrolling their neighborhood to keep it safe from looters. (AP Photo/PA) UNITED KINGDOM OUT, NO SALES, NO ARCHIVEAP - With police nowhere to be seen, the Muslims of Dudley Road armed themselves with bricks and stones, clubs and cricket bats to fend off carloads of marauding gangs.

Riots hit UK economy, from corner shops to tourism (AP)

Posted: 10 Aug 2011 10:09 AM PDT

A sign is seen outside a looted shop after a night of rioting in and around Manchester, England, Wednesday Aug. 10, 2011. In the northwestern city of Manchester, hundreds of youths rampaged through the city center Tuesday night, hurling bottles and stones at police and vandalizing stores. A women's clothing store on the city's main shopping street was set ablaze, along with a disused library in nearby Salford. (AP Photo/Jon Super).AP - Stores smashed and looted by rampaging mobs, buildings in flames — the damage was to London and other English cities, but the images were beamed around the world.

Police arrest man in British tabloid hacking probe (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Aug 2011 08:59 AM PDT

The last edition of News of the World newspaper goes on sale alongside other British Sunday newspapers in London July 9, 2011. REUTERS/Paul HackettReuters - British police said on Wednesday they had arrested a 61-year-old man in their investigation into the phone-hacking scandal at the now-defunct News of the World, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corp media empire.

Militants urge British rioters to topple system (AP)

Posted: 10 Aug 2011 08:09 AM PDT

A sign is seen outside a looted shop after a night of rioting in and around Manchester, England, Wednesday Aug. 10, 2011. In the northwestern city of Manchester, hundreds of youths rampaged through the city center Tuesday night, hurling bottles and stones at police and vandalizing stores. A women's clothing store on the city's main shopping street was set ablaze, along with a disused library in nearby Salford. (AP Photo/Jon Super).AP - Militant online forums are abuzz with calls to Muslims in Britain to launch Internet campaigns in support of the British rioters and to urge them to topple the government.

Metal taken from Conn. home once burned by British (AP)

Posted: 10 Aug 2011 07:39 AM PDT

AP - A historic mansion in Connecticut that was burned by the British in the Revolutionary War has suffered another injustice — the theft of all its copper downspouts.

UK police: 61-year-old arrested in phone hacking (AP)

Posted: 10 Aug 2011 06:44 AM PDT

AP - London police arrested a 61-year old man Wednesday in connection with the ongoing investigation into electronic eavesdropping of voice mail messages.

Bank of England cuts growth forecast (AP)

Posted: 10 Aug 2011 06:02 AM PDT

AP - The Bank of England has downgraded its growth forecast for 2011 on a combination of waning global growth and sluggish domestic demand, and indicated that interest rates will be staying low for a while to come, to the likely relief of homeowners and businesses.

Ahmadinejad urges UN to react on Britain riot (AP)

Posted: 10 Aug 2011 05:03 AM PDT

AP - Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Wednesday urged the U.N. Security Council to take action over the rioting in Britain, arguing it was hypocritical in its reaction to such events.

UK streets calmer after nights of riots and chaos (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Aug 2011 02:46 PM PDT

A Miss Selfridge clothing store is seen ablaze in Manchester city centre, northern England August 9, 2011. REUTERS/StringerReuters - Days of rioting and looting across Britain looked to be cooling on Wednesday after Prime Minister David Cameron's promised a fightback and flooded city streets with police to try to restore order.

Australia takes more Chinese migrants than British (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Aug 2011 10:40 PM PDT

Reuters - Australia welcomed more migrants from China than any other country in the year to June, passing the UK for the first time and underlining the increasing importance of the regional giant to its resource-rich economy.

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