2011年11月29日星期二

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Border staff, teachers join major UK strike (AP)

Posted: 29 Nov 2011 04:14 PM PST

AP - Airline passengers face chaos at immigration halls and school closures may force parents to take children with them to work Wednesday as Britain's biggest strike in decades threatens to wreak havoc.

The Raid on the British Embassy in Iran Raid Was Merely an Occupy Protest (The Atlantic Wire)

Posted: 29 Nov 2011 03:49 PM PST

The Atlantic Wire - In today's tour of the Middle East, Iran finds its own Occupy movement, Israel sends a message about dating to American expats and a mystery explosion remains.... mysterious. Let's begin the Propaganda Parade.

Iranian protesters storm British diplomatic compounds (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Nov 2011 03:30 PM PST

Reuters - Iranian protesters stormed two British diplomatic compounds in Tehran on Tuesday, smashing windows, torching a car and burning the British flag in protest against new sanctions imposed by London.

Britain faces mass strike over pension reform (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Nov 2011 03:15 PM PST

Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) organiser Alan Brown staples a an official dispute placard together at their headquarters in Edinburgh, Scotland November 29, 2011. REUTERS/David MoirReuters - Teachers, hospital staff and border guards will be among workers taking part in Britain's first mass strike for more than 30 years on Wednesday, adding to pressure on a coalition facing a weakening economy.

Iranian protesters storm British Embassy in Tehran (AP)

Posted: 29 Nov 2011 12:48 PM PST

Iranian protesters enter the British Embassy, in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2011. Dozens of hard-line Iranian students stormed the British Embassy in Tehran on Tuesday, bringing down the Union Jack flag and throwing documents from windows in scenes reminiscent of the anger against Western powers after the 1979 Islamic Revolution. The mob moved into the diplomatic compound two days after Iran's parliament approved a bill that reduces diplomatic relations with Britain following London's support of recently upgraded Western sanctions on Tehran over its disputed nuclear program. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)AP - Hard-line Iranian protesters stormed British diplomatic compounds Tuesday, hauling down the Union Jack, torching an embassy vehicle and pelting buildings with petrol bombs in what began as an apparent state-approved show of anger over the latest Western sanctions to punish Tehran for defiance over its nuclear program.

Obama "disturbed" by storming of UK embassy in Iran (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Nov 2011 12:13 PM PST

Reuters - President Barack Obama strongly urged the Iranian government on Tuesday to take to task those responsible for storming the British embassy in Tehran.

Obama condemns storming of British embassy in Iran (AP)

Posted: 29 Nov 2011 12:01 PM PST

AP - Declaring himself "deeply disturbed" by the storming of the British Embassy in Tehran, President Barack Obama strongly urged the Iranian government to hold those responsible to account.

UK tabloid reporter: Phone hacking a regular tool (AP)

Posted: 29 Nov 2011 10:07 AM PST

Former News of the World journalist Paul McMullan arrives to give evidence to the Leveson inquiry, Britain's media ethics inquiry, in central London, Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2011. McMullan made a rare, robust defense of phone hacking, saying that eavesdropping on voicemails was a 'perfectly acceptable tool' to help journalists uncover stories. (AP Photo/PA, John Stillwell) UNITED KINGDOM OUT, NO SALES, NO ARCHIVEAP - A former reporter at Britain's News of the World made a rare, robust defense of phone hacking Tuesday, telling Britain's media ethics inquiry that eavesdropping on voicemails was a "perfectly acceptable tool" to help journalists uncover stories.

Britain blames euro crisis for lower growth (AP)

Posted: 29 Nov 2011 09:27 AM PST

In this video image British Treasury chief George Osborne George gives his Autumn Statement to the House of Commons in central London Tuesday Nov. 29, 2011 flanked by Prime Minister David Cameron, right, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, left, and Danny Alexander, the No. 2 Treasury official, second left. The British government has revealed a gloomier outlook about the economy, but says the pain will be much worse if eurozone countries do not solve their sovereign debt crisis. Osborne said Tuesday that the Office for Budget Responsibility expects Britain's GDP to grow by 0.9 percent this year, down from its March forecast of 1.7 percent. (AP Photo/PA Wire) UNITED KINGDOM OUTAP - The British government blamed the euro crisis for a big downgrade of the country's growth projections and warned that it will only achieve its deficit-reduction goals if European leaders deliver a big, bold solution soon.

Russian woman accused of spying can stay in UK (AP)

Posted: 29 Nov 2011 09:17 AM PST

Former lawmaker's aide Ekaterina Zatuliveter, 26, arrives at the Special Immigration Appeals Commission in London, Tuesday Nov. 29, 2011. A tribunal says Zatuliveter, who was accused of being a Russian spy, can stay in Britain. Zatuliveter was arrested in December on suspicion of using her job in the office of legislator Mike Hancock to pass information to Russian intelligence. (AP Photo/Gareth Fuller, PA) UNITED KINGDOM OUTAP - Immature, calculating, emotional and self-centered. But almost certainly not a Russian spy.

Iran regrets UK embassy attack in Tehran: report (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Nov 2011 09:04 AM PST

Reuters - Iran's foreign ministry said it regretted the storming of two British diplomatic compounds in Tehran on Tuesday, the students' news agency ISNA reported, quoting a government statement.

James Murdoch re-elected chair of BSkyB (AP)

Posted: 29 Nov 2011 07:57 AM PST

FILE - In this July 19, 2011 file photo, chief executive of News Corporation for Europe and Asia, James Murdoch, arrives at the News International headquarters in London. News International executive James Murdoch resigned as a director of the companies that publish The Sun and The Times of London newspapers, the company confirmed Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2011. (AP Photo/Sang Tan, file)AP - James Murdoch was re-elected as the chairman of British broadcaster BSkyB on Tuesday, but critics who had wanted him to resign over the phone hacking scandal that has rocked Britain said his position was weakened.

UK growth slows to crawl, austerity to persist (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Nov 2011 06:15 AM PST

Reuters - Britain's coalition government unveiled sharply lower economic growth forecasts on Tuesday and said it would take much longer than hoped to wipe out its deficit, meaning tough austerity measures would extend beyond the next election due in 2015.

Iran Students Storm British Embassy in Tehran (The Atlantic Wire)

Posted: 29 Nov 2011 06:11 AM PST

The Atlantic Wire - Related: British Foreign Secretary: Iran Testing Nuclear Capable Missiles

UK "outraged" by incursion into Tehran embassy (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Nov 2011 05:54 AM PST

Reuters - Britain said on Tuesday it was outraged at an incursion into its embassy compound in Tehran during which dozens of young Iranian men were reported to have entered buildings, thrown petrol bombs and burned documents.

UK borrowing forecasts revised sharply higher (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Nov 2011 05:12 AM PST

Reuters - British government borrowing will fall much less than expected because of slower economic growth, finance minister George Osborne said on Tuesday, erasing any room for error in the coalition government's deficit reduction plan.

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