2012年1月5日星期四

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

UK warns Iran over oil passageway threat (AP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2012 09:53 AM PST

FILE - In this July 29, 2004 file photo an anti-ballistic missile, under development by the United States and Israel, lifts off from Point Mugu Sea Range, off the California coast, as a test of an improved version of the Arrow missile.The Israeli military says it will soon hold a major missile defense exercise with U.S. forces. It follows a 10-day Iranian naval exercise near the strategic Strait of Hormuz. Israel's military says the drill with the U.S. was planned long ago and is not tied to recent events.(AP Photo/U.S. Navy, Files)AP - Britain's defense secretary warned Iran Thursday that any attempt to block the key global oil passageway the Strait of Hormuz would be illegal and unsuccessful — hinting at a robust international response.

Afghanistan arrests British contractors with guns (AP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2012 08:42 AM PST

The arms, which were confiscated from the Garda World private security company are shown to media in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2012. Two British nationals along with their Afghan colleagues from Garda World private security company operating in Kabul have been detained for alleged offences involving illegal weapons. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)AP - Afghan police arrested two British private security contractors and two Afghan colleagues and ordered their company closed down after finding a cache of weapons in their vehicle, an official said Thursday. They are being held for investigation into illegal arms transport.

UK government to review racist killers' sentences (AP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2012 07:23 AM PST

Undated family handout photo of murdered teenager Stephen Lawrence. Gary Dobson and David Norris have been found guilty of the murder of Stephen Lawrence at the Old Bailey in London Tuesday Jan. 3, 2012. Stephen Lawrence was killed in a racist attack by a gang of youths in Eltham, south east London in April 1993. (AP Photo/Family Handout/PA ) UNITED KINGDOM OUT NO SALES NO ARCHIVE EDITORIAL USE ONLYAP - Britain's top legal officer will review the sentences given to the killers of black British teenager Stephen Lawrence amid criticism they are too lenient.

British Red Cross worker kidnapped in Pakistan (AP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2012 06:48 AM PST

Visitors are standing outside the Red Cross office in Quetta, Pakistan on Thursday, Jan 5, 2012. Armed men seized a Red Cross worker from the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta on Thursday, police and the organization said. Local police officer Nazir Ahmed Kurd said his initial information was that the man was a British health worker. (AP Photo/Arshad Butt)AP - Armed men kidnapped a British Red Cross worker from the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta on Thursday, police and the Red Cross said, highlighting the fragile security situation in the country.

Women are a mystery to British physicist Hawking (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Jan 2012 06:07 AM PST

Reuters - The biggest mystery in the universe perplexing one of the world's best known scientists is -- women.

Britain's Duchess of Cambridge becomes a Scout (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Jan 2012 05:43 AM PST

Reuters - The Duchess of Cambridge cemented her place in Britain's royal family by taking on her first patronage roles since her marriage to Prince William...and became Scouting's newest volunteer.

UK court hears horror tale of witchcraft killing (AP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2012 05:11 AM PST

AP - A British court is hearing the dramatic case of a teenage boy who was tortured and drowned because a relative suspected him of being a witch.

UK lawmaker vows justice for slain Indian student (AP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2012 04:31 AM PST

The family of murdered Indian student Anuj Bidve, his father Subhash Bidve, second right and mother Yogini Bidve, left, meet British Member of Parliament (MP) Keith Vaz as they arrive for a meeting with him at the Houses of Parliament in London, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2012. Bidve was killed in a shooting on Monday, Dec. 26, 2011, in a seemingly unprovoked attack close to a hotel in the city of Salford a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)AP - A lawmaker has promised the family of a slain Indian student that Britain will bring his killer to justice.

British lawmaker accused of racism over tweet (AP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2012 04:15 AM PST

AP - A prominent British lawmaker said Thursday she was sorry if people were offended by a tweet criticizing "white people."

Former Kate Middleton chooses her charities (AP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2012 01:06 AM PST

AP - She's married into the royal family, and now the former Kate Middleton is moving to take on her new role by choosing the charities she will support.

UK's Hague arrives in Myanmar to urge reforms (AP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2012 12:33 AM PST

British Foreign Secretary William Hague, left, gestures while talking with his Myanmar counterpart Wunna Maung Lwin during their meeting Thursday, Jan. 5, 2012 in Naypyitaw, Myanmar. Hague began a two-day visit to Myanmar Thursday. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong)AP - Britain's foreign secretary urged Myanmar to push its democratic reforms and release all political prisoners as he began a historic trip Thursday to a country that has recently emerged from a pariah status in the West.

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