2011年9月26日星期一

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain


U.S. firm finds British shipwreck full of silver (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 03:50 PM PDT

Reuters - U.S. salvage company Odyssey Marine Exploration Inc said on Monday it had found the sunken wreckage of a British cargo ship filled with silver in the Atlantic Ocean, where it was torpedoed by the Germans during the Second World War.

Libyan justice minister: Lockerbie case 'closed' (AP)

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 02:33 PM PDT

AP - Scotland has asked Libya's new authorities to help track down those responsible for the 1988 Lockerbie airplane bombing, but the country's transitional justice minister told reporters Monday "the case is closed."

UK trade minister begins business talks in Libya (AP)

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 11:36 AM PDT

British Trade Minister Stephen Green speaks during a visit to Tripoli, Libya, Monday, Sept. 26, 2011. The British trade minister said Monday that his country's businesses are eager to take part in the rebuilding of Libya, but that they do not expect preferential treatment in return for the U.K.'s support of rebels. Stephen Green said that a number of British businessmen took part in meetings with Libyan government representatives and businessmen in an attempt to begin discussing future deals and contracts. (AP Photo/Abdel Magid al-Fergany)AP - The British trade minister said Monday that his country's businesses are eager to take part in the rebuilding of Libya, but that he does not expect preferential treatment in return for the U.K.'s support of rebels.


EasyJet founder wants to launch new, rival airline (AP)

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 09:51 AM PDT

AP - The founder and biggest shareholder of easyJet is planning to launch a new, rival airline, the budget carrier said Monday.

6 men in UK court over alleged terror plot (AP)

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 08:23 AM PDT

AP - Six men appeared in a London court Monday on terrorism charges — three of them charged with plotting suicide bomb attacks in Britain.

Libya's NTC says Lockerbie case closed (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 03:01 PM PDT

A couple shelters from the rain under an umbrella as they look at the main headstone in the Lockerbie air disaster memorial garden in Lockerbie, Scotland, August 19, 2010. REUTERS/David MoirReuters - The investigation into the 1988 bombing of a U.S.-bound airliner over Lockerbie in Scotland is closed and Tripoli will not release more evidence that could lead to others being charged, Libya's interim leaders said on Monday.


Pakistan army chief Kayani cancels UK visit (AP)

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 03:44 AM PDT

Pakistani cameramen film a damaged bus at the site of an accident in Kalar Kahar, around 160 kilometers (100 miles) east of the capital Islamabad, Pakistan on Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2011. Police say at least two dozen school children and two teachers have been killed in the accident in Pakistan. The bus was returning from a school trip to a salt mine popular with tourists when it plunged into a ditch late Monday. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)AP - Pakistan's powerful army chief has canceled a Monday visit to Britain as U.S. outrage grows over allegations that Pakistani spies helped insurgents attack American targets in Afghanistan.


British police: 6 charged in terror plot (AP)

Posted: 25 Sep 2011 05:30 PM PDT

AP - Six men have been charged with involvement in a terror-bomb plot, police announced on Sunday.

British police charge six with terrorism offences (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Sep 2011 05:26 PM PDT

Reuters - Six men have been charged with terrorism offences a week after they were arrested in a police operation in Birmingham, Britain's second largest city, police said on Sunday.
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