2011年11月17日星期四

Yahoo! News: World - Britain

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Merkel and Cameron discuss clashing views on euro (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Nov 2011 04:02 PM PST

Reuters - Angela Merkel and David Cameron will try to resolve clashing views on the euro zone crisis Friday, after Berlin accused London of being selfish about Europe in comments that touched off British sensitivities about German bossiness.

London protesters defy deadline to remove tents (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Nov 2011 12:08 PM PST

Reuters - Anti-capitalist protesters defied a deadline to remove their tents from outside St Paul's Cathedral on Thursday, heralding a new phase in their legal stand-off with officials in London's financial district.

Branson's Virgin to buy bailed-out Northern Rock (AP)

Posted: 17 Nov 2011 07:59 AM PST

FILE - In this Aug. 3, 2011 file photo, a sign stands above the entrance of a branch of Northern Rock in London. The British Treasury said Thursday, Nov. 17, 2011 that Virgin Money is paying 747 million pounds ($1.2 billion) to buy mortgage lender Northern Rock, the nation's first victim of the credit crisis. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)AP - The British government is selling mortgage lender Northern Rock, the country's first victim of the credit crisis, to Richard Branson's Virgin Money.

Leapin' leprechauns, it's Guinness records day (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Nov 2011 06:33 AM PST

Reuters - Irish leprechauns, tea-sipping Britons, Australian ABBA impersonators and the oldest yoga teacher on the planet were just some of the people setting world records on Thursday.

Nigeria fines British Airways, Virgin Atlantic (AP)

Posted: 17 Nov 2011 06:20 AM PST

A road leading to Murtala Muhammed International Airport is seen in Lagos, Nigeria, Thursday, Nov. 17, 2011. Nigeria's government has fined air carriers British Airways $135 million and Virgin Atlantic $100 million over what it describes as unfair trade practices that hiked airfare prices in the oil-rich nation, an official told The Associated Press on Thursday. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)AP - Nigeria's government has fined air carriers British Airways $135 million and Virgin Atlantic Airways $100 million over what it describes as unfair trade practices that hiked up airfare prices in the oil-rich nation, an official told The Associated Press on Thursday.

SABMiller 6-month profit up 23 percent (AP)

Posted: 17 Nov 2011 06:09 AM PST

AP - SABMiller, the world's second-largest brewer, says its half-year net profit rose by 23 percent led by robust lager sales in Latin America, Africa and Asia.

UK's biggest union joins Nov. 30 'day of action' (AP)

Posted: 17 Nov 2011 05:42 AM PST

AP - Members of Britain's biggest union have voted to join a one-day strike on Nov. 30 to protest changes in public sector pensions.

Blair regrets passing freedom of information law (AP)

Posted: 16 Nov 2011 10:29 PM PST

In this Friday, Sept. 2, 2011 photo, former Prime Minister Tony Blair speaks during an interview in London. Blair was once a leading advocate for the people's right to know what their government is doing behind closed doors. But even before Britain's law passed, he had hurriedly watered down his original plans and stalled the bill's progress. The former prime minister, who stood down in 2007, accepts that rules on access to information can help democracy, but he argues that they can also undermine government. Critics suspect that, in truth, his change of mind reflects an unease at the public response to the Iraq war, and his realization - seemingly shortly after he took office - that the information law could expose activities by his party that voters may find unacceptable. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)AP - Poised on the brink of power, Tony Blair made an impassioned vow: Britain's jealously-held culture of official secrecy would be dramatically swept away.

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