2011年10月30日星期日

Yahoo! News: World - Britain

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - Britain


Chavez orders more land taken from British firm (AP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2011 03:45 PM PDT

AP - Venezuela's president on Sunday ordered the expropriation of 716,590 acres belonging to a British-owned company amid a disagreement over compensation for earlier takeovers of ranchland from the firm.

NATO convoy bomb adds urgency to protecting Kabul (AP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2011 11:43 AM PDT

US soliders, right, carry a body from the site of a suicide car bomber in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Oct. 29, 2011. A suicide car bomber struck a NATO convoy on the outskirts of Kabul on Saturday, causing casualties among the NATO service members and Afghan civilians, the U.S.-led coalition said. Afghan officials said three civilians and one policeman were killed. (AP Photo/Ahmad Jamshid)AP - The weekend suicide bombing of a NATO convoy that killed 17 people in Kabul adds urgency to the U.S.-led coalition's work to expand a security bubble around the Afghan capital.


Billionaire battle: Russians take feud to UK court (AP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2011 12:46 AM PDT

FILE - In this Jan. 26, 2000 file photo Boris Berezovsky, left, a controversial business tycoon, and Roman Abramovich, Russian oil tycoon, with reported political connections, both parliament members, walk after the session of the State Duma, parliament's lower house, in Moscow, Russia. They were once said to be like father and son, vacationing, signing deals, and socializing at the Kremlin together. But these days two of Russia's richest men can't stand each other — and they're trading insults in a spectacularly expensive public feud. At more than $6.5 billion, the lawsuit brought by Russian tycoon Boris Berezovsky against fellow oligarch Roman Abramovich is a financial drama of giant proportions. (AP Photo/IvanSekretarev, File)AP - They were once said to be like father and son, vacationing, signing deals, and socializing at the Kremlin together. But these days two of Russia's richest men can't stand each other — and they're trading insults in a spectacularly expensive public feud.


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