2011年10月10日星期一

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Lean times on the Thames: Big Ben slightly askew (AP)

Posted: 10 Oct 2011 12:44 PM PDT

A traffic light illuminates next to the Big Ben clock tower in London, Monday, Oct. 10, 2011. Big Ben has a little bend. Experts say the world-famous neogothic clock tower is listing gently, and documents recently published by Britain's Parliament show that the top of its gilded spire is about one-and-a-half feet (nearly half a meter) out of line. The tower, colloquially known as Big Ben after its massive bell - has been slightly off center since it was erected in the 19th century. Like many old buildings its position has been shifting imperceptibly for years as the ground beneath it subsides. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)AP - Big Ben has a little bend.

UK's defense minister apologizes over access row (AP)

Posted: 10 Oct 2011 11:26 AM PDT

British Defense Secretary Liam Fox speaks at a joint news conference with Libya's de facto leader Mustafa Abdul-Jalil, the head of the governing National Transitional Council, and Italian Defense Secretary Ignazio La Russa, not seen. in Tripoli, Libya, Saturday, Oct. 8, 2011. With NATO warplanes circling overhead, revolutionary fighters battled block by block Saturday as snipers rained fire from rooftops in fierce street fighting in Moammar Gadhafi's hometown - the most important remaining bastion of support for the fugitive leader. (AP Photo/Abdel Magid al-Fergany)AP - Britain's defense minister acknowledged Monday that he had met with a friend who worked as an industry consultant 40 times since taking his post, including on overseas visits.

Neighbors mad about noisy McCartney wedding party (AP)

Posted: 10 Oct 2011 10:45 AM PDT

Former Beatle Sir Paul McCartney and his wife American heiress Nancy Shevell leave Marylebone Registry Office, following their wedding in central London, Sunday Oct. 9, 2011. Shevell, 51, is McCartney's third wife.The couple met in the Hamptons in Long Island, New York, shortly after the singer's divorce from Heather Mills in 2008 and they were engaged earlier this year. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)AP - Once a rocker, always a rocker.

UK to consider criminalizing forced marriages (AP)

Posted: 10 Oct 2011 10:19 AM PDT

Britain's Prime Minster David Cameron delivers a speech on immigration at the Institute for Government in London, Monday Oct. 10, 2011. In addition to speaking on immigration, Cameron said he won't make any instant judgment on whether Britain's top defence minister broke rules in his dealings with a close friend who worked in the defence industry. Defence Secretary Liam Fox is alleged to have acted inappropriately in allowing his former housemate and best man Adam Werritty access to Britain's defense ministry buildings and to meetings.(AP Photo/Olli Scarff,pool)AP - Forcing someone into marriage could be made a criminal act under possible changes to British law, Prime Minister David Cameron said Monday.

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