2011年11月28日星期一

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

British Library puts 19th C newspapers online (AP)

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 04:01 PM PST

AP - The newspaper coverage was troubling: London's huge international showcase was beset by planning problems, local opposition and labor woes — and the transport was a mess.

UK fashion council honors Sarah Burton (AP)

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 02:14 PM PST

AP - The British Fashion Council on Monday honored Sarah Burton for Alexander McQueen as Designer of the Year for 2011.

Report: Police response fueled UK riots (AP)

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 02:05 PM PST

AP - A weak police response allowed rioting to spread across Britain last summer, an independent panel concluded Monday.

Singer Charlotte Church: Press destroyed my career (AP)

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 10:50 AM PST

FILE - Hillary Rodham Clinton, left, then the first lady, talks with 13-year-old Welsh soprano Charlotte Church at the taping of a television special in Washington in this Sunday, June 13, 1999 file photo. Church told Britain's media ethics inquiry Monday Nov. 28 2011that persistent press lies about her had blown her credibility 'to bits' and badly damaged her career. She also said Monday that press intrusion had a devastating impact on her family life and particularly on her mother, who she said had tried to kill herself in part because she knew a newspaper article would detail her husband's extramarital affair. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, file)AP - She was just 13 when Rupert Murdoch asked her to sing at his wedding.

Airlines cancel flights to UK over strike (AP)

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 10:36 AM PST

AP - Airlines said Monday they are canceling some flights in and out of London's Heathrow Airport ahead of a nationwide public sector strike this week that will include employees who check passports.

UK Treasury chief goes for economic stimulus (AP)

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 10:15 AM PST

Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne wears a hard hat and high-visibility vest as he is shown around during his visit to the Riverlight construction site in central London, Monday, Nov. 28, 2011. The development, which is being constructed on a regeneration area on the south bank of the River Thames near the Battersea Power Station, will become six residential apartment buildings. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham-Pool)AP - Britain's Treasury chief has announced plans to put more money directly into the economy to stimulate lagging growth, just as an international survey suggests the country will slip back into a recession.

Iran rushes through law expelling British ambassador (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 09:35 AM PST

Reuters - A bill to downgrade Iran's ties with Britain got final approval on Monday a day after parliament approved the measure compelling the government to expel the British ambassador in retaliation for sanctions imposed over Tehran's nuclear activity.

UK cuts military search and rescue teams (AP)

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 08:14 AM PST

FILE - In this July 4, 2011 file photo, Britain's Prince William heads toward a Sea King helicopter for a training exercise, in Dalvay-by-the-Sea, Prince Edward Island, Canada. Prince William joined a frantic rescue mission Sunday, Nov. 27, 2011, after a cargo ship sank in the Irish Sea, leaving several crew members still missing. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Paul Chiasson, file)AP - Britain's military will stop providing a helicopter search and rescue service, the government said Monday, meaning daring operations like the one by Prince William and his Royal Air Force colleagues that saved two sailors this weekend will in the future be carried out by civilians.

Britons worry profits to trump services in hospital deal (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 05:35 AM PST

Reuters - Maggie Blight has only praise for the local state-funded hospital where she got her hernia fixed last year.

Iran ratifies bill to pull ambassador from Britain (AP)

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 03:07 AM PST

A general view shows Iranian parliament in an open session in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Nov. 27, 2011. Iran's parliament has approved a bill to reduce Tehran's diplomatic relations with London and withdraw the country's ambassador to Britain. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)AP - Iran's constitutional watchdog has ratified a bill that reduces diplomatic relations with Britain following London's support of recently upgraded U.S. sanctions on Tehran.

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