2011年9月15日星期四

Yahoo! News: World - Britain

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - Britain


UK tightens rules on arresting foreigners (AP)

Posted: 15 Sep 2011 01:44 PM PDT

AP - Britain amended a law Thursday to make it tougher for ordinary citizens or activist groups to get arrest warrants against suspected war criminals or torturers — a move that angered some human rights activists but pleased Israel, whose visiting officials had been under frequent threat of detention.

APNewsBreak: No advice to UK courts on riot cases (AP)

Posted: 15 Sep 2011 11:44 AM PDT

AP - Judges were not issued advice to get tough in the aftermath of England's riots, despite a wave of harsh punishments for offenders, the country's advisory body on sentencing insisted Thursday.

Rescue under way to free four trapped in Welsh mine (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Sep 2011 11:19 AM PDT

Emergency services are carrying out a major rescue operation after four miners became trapped following a flash flood in a coal mine in south Wales. REUTERS/GraphicReuters - Emergency services were carrying out a major rescue operation on Thursday after four miners became trapped following a flash flood in a coal mine in south Wales.


Britain stops activists from arresting foreigners (AP)

Posted: 15 Sep 2011 08:04 AM PDT

AP - A spokeswoman for the British Embassy in Israel says her government has approved legislation that overturns a provision allowing activists to obtain arrest warrants against visiting officials they accuse of war crimes.

New London police chief calls in phone hack help (AP)

Posted: 15 Sep 2011 07:53 AM PDT

AP - The London police's incoming boss has called on an outside police force for help handling Britain's politically sensitive phone hacking probe.

UK, French leaders take the stage in Libya (AP)

Posted: 15 Sep 2011 01:42 PM PDT

Anti-Gaddafi fighters advance south-west of Sirte, one of Muammar Gaddafi's last remaining strongholds September 15, 2011.    REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic (LIBYA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)AP - British Prime Minister David Cameron and French President Nicolas Sarkozy offered broad support for Libya's new rulers Thursday, promising to unfreeze billions in assets and give help in finding Moammar Gadhafi, even as revolutionary forces attempted their first significant assault on the ousted leader's hometown.


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