2011年9月4日星期日

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

McDonald's begins showing calories on menus in UK (AP)

Posted: 04 Sep 2011 06:58 AM PDT

Youths gather outside a McDonald's restaurant in London, Sunday, Sept. 4, 2011. About 1,200 McDonald's restaurants in Britain will begin displaying the calorie count of each food and drink item on their wall-mounted menu boards this week, as part of a government-led program to fight obesity and promote healthier eating, the chain said Sunday. McDonald's already puts calorie information on its Web site and the back of its tray liners, but this is the first time the figures will be displayed prominently in its restaurants outside the U.S. The chain has similar calorie menu boards in New York City, which became the first in the U.S. to put a calorie posting law in place in 2008.The British program is voluntary, and relies on partnering companies to fulfill their health pledges. Other chains that have signed up to the British Department of Health calorie display program include Kentucky Fried Chicken, Pizza Hut and Starbucks. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)AP - You know it's fattening, but now the hard numbers — 490 calories — may force you to rethink buying that Big Mac in Britain.

Hope in UK: Libyan exiles expect better days (AP)

Posted: 04 Sep 2011 02:20 AM PDT

In this photo taken Sept. 1, 2011, Teacher Sondes Abdul-Malek speaks to The Associated Press in Manchester, England. Many in Manchester's community of about 5,000 exiles have sent aid, or seen their husbands and brothers go back to join the uprising, and now some are making plans to go back and help directly in what may be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to reverse decades of decay in their oil-rich, underdeveloped homeland. (AP Photo/Jon Super)AP - Clean new clinics staffed with top doctors and nurses. A properly equipped school system with teachers who care. A political model that works, where citizens' views are represented and compromise is seen as not only possible, but honorable.

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