2011年8月27日星期六

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Rhino horn thieves fooled by replicas in UK heist (AP)

Posted: 27 Aug 2011 10:16 AM PDT

This undated handout photo issued Saturday Aug. 27, 2011 by the Natural History Museum shows an Indian rhino model at the Natural History Museum at Tring, England where rhino horn thieves staging a museum break-in were foiled by staff who had replaced the 240,000 pounds ($391,000) rare specimens with replicas. The thieves were seeking valuable rhino horns that can be sold in illicit markets for their purported aphrodisiac and medicinal use, but they left with worthless replicas instead. Officials at the Natural History Museum at Tring had replaced the real horns with replicas because of a recent surge in rhino horn thefts at museums, galleries and auction houses throughout Britain and continental Europe. (AP Photo/Natural History Museum/PA Wire) UNITED KINGDOM OUTAP - Fake rhino horns, anyone? That's all thieves who broke into a British museum have to show after a misguided robbery early Saturday.

Britain to pursue Libyan suspects in 1984 killing (AP)

Posted: 27 Aug 2011 10:06 AM PDT

AP - The fall of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi may make it easier for U.K. police to pursue the murder case against Libyans responsible for the 1984 slaying of a British policewoman, officials said Saturday.

Two British military men injured skydiving in California (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Aug 2011 08:03 PM PDT

Reuters - Two members of the British military conducting skydiving training in southern California collided in mid-air on Friday and were hospitalized with serious injuries, authorities said.

2 security alerts in UK historic city (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2011 05:33 PM PDT

AP - British army bomb disposal experts were called into the historic cathedral city of Canterbury on Friday night to help investigate two incidents, including a fake bomb found on a railway line during rush hour, officials said.

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