2011年9月14日星期三

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain


Wife of Stockholm suicide bomber arrested in UK (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Sep 2011 01:38 PM PDT

Director of Operations at the Swedish Security Police Anders Thornberg (L) and Chief Prosecutor Thomas Linstrand (R) during a news conference in Stockholm, December 13, 2010. REUTERS/Pontus Lundahl/ScanpixReuters - The wife of a failed suicide bomber who police believe attempted to kill Christmas shoppers in Stockholm last December was arrested in Britain, British sources said on Wednesday.


UK academic wins compensation over terror arrest (AP)

Posted: 14 Sep 2011 01:37 PM PDT

AP - A British academic who was arrested and held in custody on suspicion of terrorism offenses says he has been paid thousands of pounds in compensation.

Official: Leaders of France, UK to visit Libya (AP)

Posted: 14 Sep 2011 01:26 PM PDT

French President Nicolas Sarkozy waits to welcome his Argentine counterpart Cristina Fernandez, unseen, prior to a meeting at the Elysee Palace, in Paris, Wednesday Sept. 14, 2011. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)AP - The leaders of France and Britain will make a quick visit to Libya on Thursday, an official with Libya's governing body said, becoming the first foreign heads of government to travel to the country in the post-Moammar Gadhafi era.


Wife of Stockholm suicide bomber arrested in UK (AP)

Posted: 14 Sep 2011 12:39 PM PDT

AP - The wife of a suicide bomber who targeted Christmas shoppers in Stockholm has been arrested by British police on suspicion of helping to prepare for the attack.

UK prisons inspector: Jailed rioters create gangs (AP)

Posted: 14 Sep 2011 07:42 AM PDT

AP - Britain's chief inspector of prisons says the decision to jail several hundreds of people over last months riots has led to the rise of a gang culture in prison.

Actors, crime victims participate in press inquiry (AP)

Posted: 14 Sep 2011 06:25 AM PDT

FILE - In this Monday, May 9, 2011 file photo of  British actor Hugh Grant, as he poses with fans as he arrives for the European premiere of the 'Fire in Babylon' film at a cinema in London. It was anounded Tuesday, Sept. 13,2011 that Hugh Grant is to join Halle Berry and Tom Hanks in screen adaptation of David Mitchell's 'Cloud Atlas'.  (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, File)AP - An electic mix of celebrities, crime victims and former police suspects will take part in a judge-led inquiry into the state of Britain's scandal-tarred press.


U.K. slavery raid rescues 24 men, some after 15 years of servitude (VIDEO) (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 13 Sep 2011 12:35 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Britons were reminded, Sunday, that slavery is still alive, even in 2011.
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