2011年11月4日星期五

Yahoo! News: World - Britain

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - Britain


Dozens injured in multi-car crash on UK highway (AP)

Posted: 04 Nov 2011 04:57 PM PDT

AP - A huge crash involving 26 vehicles on a highway in southwest England injured dozens and likely led to several deaths, British authorities said Friday.

Prince Charles told to reveal environmental info (AP)

Posted: 04 Nov 2011 12:00 PM PDT

Britain's Prince Charles, right, and his wife Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, left, greet onlookers as they arrive for a tour of Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa, Thursday, Nov. 3, 2011. Britain's Prince Charles and his wife Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, are due to visit Kwa Zulu Natal and Cape Town on a three day visit to South Africa before traveling to Tanzania. (AP Photo/Kim Ludbrook, pool)AP - Prince Charles must lift the veil of secrecy covering his lucrative 700-year-old royal estate and answer public requests for environmental information, a British tribunal has ruled.


Arrest at The Sun spreads Murdoch hacking scandal (AP)

Posted: 04 Nov 2011 10:01 AM PDT

AP - A journalist at Rupert Murdoch's The Sun tabloid has been arrested on suspicion of police corruption, British media reported Friday, a development that spreads the taint of scandal to the country's biggest-selling newspaper.

Olympic ring: Bells to launch UK 2012 arts festival (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Nov 2011 08:44 AM PDT

Reuters - Bells will ring out across Britain on the morning of July 27 to mark the opening of the 2012 Olympics in London, part of a 12-week program of cultural events celebrating the arts alongside sport.

Anglo American takes over diamond miner De Beers (AP)

Posted: 04 Nov 2011 08:35 AM PDT

AP - Mining company Anglo American is gaining a controlling interest in De Beers, paying $5.1 billion for the 40 percent of the company's shares held by the Oppenheimer family.

Royal Bank of Scotland 3Q profit is $2 billion (AP)

Posted: 04 Nov 2011 03:15 AM PDT

AP - Royal Bank of Scotland has reported a net profit of 1.2 billion pounds ($2 billion) in the third quarter as it booked a 2.4 billion pounds accounting gain on the value of its own debt.
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