2011年8月15日星期一

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

6 dead in British island knife attack (AP)

Posted: 15 Aug 2011 05:11 PM PDT

A police officer searches through the grounds of Victoria Crescent in St Helier, Jersey, Monday Aug. 15, 2011. A man was arrested on suspicion of stabbing six people to death, including three children, on the British island of Jersey in what was the deadliest crime in the community's living memory, police said. (AP Photo/Steve Parsons, PA) UNITED KINGDOM OUTAP - A Polish man is suspected of killing his wife, their two children, his father-in-law and two family friends in a frenzied stabbing spree, the deadliest crime in memory on the Channel Island of Jersey, police and local residents said Monday.

Cameron: Riot-hit UK must reverse `moral collapse' (AP)

Posted: 15 Aug 2011 02:36 PM PDT

Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron speaks at a youth center in Witney, his Parliamentary district in southern England, Monday, Aug. 15, 2011. Britain must confront its 'slow-motion moral collapse' Cameron declared Monday, following four days of riots that left five people dead, thousands facing criminal charges and at least 200 million pounds ($326 million) in property losses. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, Pool)AP - Britain must confront a culture of laziness, irresponsibility and selfishness that fueled four days of riots which left five people dead, thousands facing criminal charges and hundreds of millions in damages, Prime Minister David Cameron acknowledged Monday.

Shell: 54,600 gallons of oil spilled in North Sea (AP)

Posted: 15 Aug 2011 09:39 AM PDT

AP - Royal Dutch Shell estimated Monday that 54,600 gallons of oil have spilled into the North Sea from an oil rig off Scotland's eastern coast.

UK's Cameron: will mend "broken society" after riots (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Aug 2011 06:33 AM PDT

Reuters - Prime Minister David Cameron Monday promised a law and order "fightback" and robust action to mend what he called Britain's broken society after riots and looting last week shocked Britons and tarnished its reputation abroad.

UK finance minister urges new global economic strategy: report (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Aug 2011 07:09 PM PDT

Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne leaves Downing Street in London August 11, 2011. REUTERS/Suzanne PlunkettReuters - British finance minister George Osborne is recruiting international support for his unyielding stance on deficit cutting, the Financial Times said on Monday.

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