2011年10月18日星期二

Yahoo! News: World - Britain

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - Britain


UK inquiry finds former minister broke rules (AP)

Posted: 18 Oct 2011 04:11 PM PDT

AP - Britain's departed defense minister Liam Fox breached rules by allowing a personal friend access to meetings and overseas visits — including discussions with a U.S. military commander and senior Israeli officials, a report by the country's top civil servant ruled Tuesday.

UK inflation hits highest rate in 3 years (AP)

Posted: 18 Oct 2011 12:10 PM PDT

AP - Britain's inflation rate jumped to a three-year high of 5.2 percent in September, a bigger than expected increase driven by rising costs for electricity and gas, official data showed Tuesday.

Museum to tell tales of forgotten war horses (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Oct 2011 10:43 AM PDT

Reuters - Joey the horse, Jimson the mule and other forgotten four-legged war heroes are to be remembered in the first exhibition to focus on war horses in British military history, the National Army Museum in London said on Tuesday.

Iran nuclear issue to grow more urgent: UK's Hague (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Oct 2011 09:29 AM PDT

Reuters - Tackling Iran's nuclear program will become more urgent over the next year and the world must not be distracted from it by the focus on the Arab Spring popular uprisings, British Foreign Secretary William Hague said on Tuesday.

Suspected Russian spy fights deportation from UK (AP)

Posted: 18 Oct 2011 09:00 AM PDT

Former parliamentary researcher accused of working as a Russian spy, Ekaterina Zatuliveter, arrives for  a hearing before a Special Immigration Appeals Commission, in central London Tuesday Oct. 18, 2011. British lawmaker'  Mike Hancock's   former assistant  Ekaterina Zatuliveter accused of spying for Moscow went to court Tuesday in a bid to prevent being deported — telling judges that she had an affair with her boss, but was not a Russian agent. Ekaterina Zatuliveter, also known as Katia, was arrested in December on suspicion of using her position in the office of legislator Mike Hancock to pass information to Russian intelligence. (AP Stefan Rousseau/PA) UNITED KINGDOM OUTAP - An accused Russian spy who worked as an assistant for a British lawmaker went to court Tuesday in a bid to block her deportation — telling judges that she had a four-year affair with her boss but was not a secret agent.


UK orders asset freeze over assassination plot (AP)

Posted: 18 Oct 2011 07:57 AM PDT

AP - Britain's Treasury said Tuesday it had ordered the assets of five men frozen in connection with the alleged Iranian plot to assassinate Saudi Arabia's ambassador to the United States.

Olympics tricky time to marry or die for some Londoners (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Oct 2011 07:44 AM PDT

Reuters - Londoners living anywhere near the Olympic Park next year will find that getting married, commuting to work, dining, drinking and even dying while the Games are on may be a little tricky.

Kenya police: 2 Britons 'trying to go to Somalia' (AP)

Posted: 18 Oct 2011 05:22 AM PDT

AP - Kenyan police said Tuesday that two British men arrested on suspicion of trying to join Somali militants will be deported.

Review: UK-US extradition treaty is fair (AP)

Posted: 18 Oct 2011 05:14 AM PDT

AP - A judge-led review said Tuesday that extradition agreements between the United States and Britain are fair and unbiased.

UK freezes assets of five for alleged Iranian plot (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Oct 2011 03:30 AM PDT

Reuters - Britain has frozen the assets of five men, including two key suspects in an alleged Iranian plot to kill the Saudi ambassador in the United States, a government spokesman said on Tuesday.

UK-U.S. extradition review deals blow to hacker (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Oct 2011 03:23 AM PDT

Computer expert Gary McKinnon is seen posing after arriving at the High Court, in London January 20, 2009.REUTERS/Andrew WinningReuters - An extradition treaty with the United States is not biased against British criminal suspects, a judge-led review said on Tuesday, dealing a blow to campaigners fighting to stop a computer hacker being sent to stand trial in America.


Kenya arrests two Britons at Somali border (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Oct 2011 01:18 AM PDT

Reuters - Kenya has arrested two British citizens suspected of ties to Somalia's al Qaeda-linked rebels as they crossed the border into the Horn of Africa country, Kenyan police said on Tuesday.
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