2011年8月11日星期四

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Cameron: UK will seek anti-gang ideas from US (AP)

Posted: 11 Aug 2011 04:58 PM PDT

Metropolitan Police officers prepare to carry out a raid on a property on the Churchill Gardens estate in Pimlico, London during an operation where police hope to recover property stolen during the recent disturbances in the capital Thursday Aug. 11, 2011. British Prime Minister David Cameron says the government is 'acting decisively' to restore order after riots that shocked the country. Cameron told lawmakers that 'we will not allow a culture of fear to exist on our streets.' (AP Photo/Anthony Devlin/PA Wire) UNITED KINGDOM OUTAP - Prime Minister David Cameron said Thursday that Britain would look to the United States for solutions to gang violence after nights of riots and looting, and promised authorities would get strong powers to stop street mayhem from erupting again.

APNewsBreak: Facial recognition in use after riots (AP)

Posted: 11 Aug 2011 04:07 PM PDT

Chief Superintendent Simon Ovens, left, commander of the Westminster Burglary Squad, and another officer apprehend a suspect following a raid by police in an attempt to recover property stolen during the recent civil disturbances. Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron promised vigorous and wide-ranging measures to restore order and prevent riots erupting again on Britain's streets - including taking gang-fighting tips from American cities. Cameron told lawmakers there would be no 'culture of fear' on Britain's streets, as police raided houses to round up more suspects from four days of rioting and looting in London and other English cities.(AP Photo/Nigel Howard/Evening Standard, pool)AP - Facial recognition technology being considered for London's 2012 Games is getting a workout in the wake of Britain's riots, a senior police chief told The Associated Press on Thursday, with officers feeding photographs of suspects through Scotland Yard's newly updated face-matching program.

Leading U.S. police officer Bratton would help Britain if asked (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Aug 2011 01:42 PM PDT

Police officers prepare to carry out a raid in Pimlico, London August 11, 2011. REUTERS/Anthony Devlin/PoolReuters - Bill Bratton, a former police chief of Boston, New York and Los Angeles, said on Thursday he was willing to give advice to British police on combating gangs and gang violence in the wake of riots in several cities.

Cameron denies austerity drive caused UK riots (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Aug 2011 01:32 PM PDT

Reuters - Prime Minister David Cameron blamed the worst riots in Britain for decades on street gang members and opportunistic looters and denied government austerity measures or poverty caused the violence in London and other major English cities.

Student tells of videotaped riot attack (AP)

Posted: 11 Aug 2011 11:52 AM PDT

Malaysian student Mohammad Asyraf Haziq attends a news conference at the Malaysian High Comission in London, Thursday, Aug. 11, 2011. A Malaysian student attacked during London's riots offered an account of his assault, saying he was shocked as he watched the videotape of thugs rifling through his belongings while he bled on a sidewalk. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)AP - A Malaysian student attacked during London's riots offered an account of his assault Thursday, saying he was shocked as he watched the videotape of thugs rifling through his belongings while he bled on a sidewalk.

Cameron denies austerity drive caused UK riots (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Aug 2011 01:47 PM PDT

Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron is shown the West Midlands Police events control suite by Chief Constable Chris Sims (R) and Assistant Chief Constable Sharon Rowe, in Birmingham central England August 10, 2011. REUTERS/Jeff J Mitchell/poolReuters - Prime Minister David Cameron blamed the worst riots in Britain for decades on street gang members and opportunistic looters and denied government austerity measures or poverty caused the violence in London and other major English cities.

The truth is out there: UK X-Files put online (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Aug 2011 08:11 AM PDT

A close-up of an elliptical-shaped object taken in 2004 outside a town hall in central England. REUTERS/UK National ArchivesReuters - Men in black, Mork and Mindy, shining lights in the sky and more than 20 years of other alien visitations and bizarre sightings recorded in Britain's own "X-Files" were made available online to the public on Thursday.

UK Treasury chief seeks to calm slow growth fears (AP)

Posted: 11 Aug 2011 07:44 AM PDT

AP - Britain's Treasury chief warned Thursday that the global economy is facing its most dangerous time since the banking crisis of 2008, acknowledging that the recovery will be take longer — and be harder — than previously anticipated.

Father of slain Muslim pleads for UK racial peace (AP)

Posted: 11 Aug 2011 07:31 AM 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 - Tariq Jahan has yet to bury his son, one of three Pakistani men run down and killed this week as they tried to guard family shops from marauding carloads of looters.

UK may disrupt social networks during unrest (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Aug 2011 06:57 AM PDT

Reuters - Britain is considering disrupting online social networking such as Blackberry Messenger and Twitter during civil unrest, Prime Minister David Cameron said Thursday, a move widely condemned as repressive when used by other countries.

Church head says state action "urgent" after riots (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Aug 2011 05:30 AM PDT

Reuters - England's most senior cleric gave his first reaction on Thursday to riots across the country, saying the government's stated priority of building stronger communities was now a matter of urgency.

UK tells Iran happy to talk human rights after riot criticism (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Aug 2011 01:24 AM PDT

Reuters - Britain told Iran on Thursday it was happy to discuss its handling of street unrest after President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad accused its police of "savage" aggression against demonstrators.

Malaysia police: British riots vindicate crackdown (AP)

Posted: 10 Aug 2011 11:15 PM PDT

AP - A top Malaysian police official claimed Britain's riots vindicate the Southeast Asian nation's sharp crackdown on large-scale political demonstrations, saying street protests can turn into "nightmares."

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