2012年1月12日星期四

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Oxford professor killed; UK police arrest man (AP)

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 03:31 PM PST

AP - British detectives on Thursday were questioning a man on suspicion of killing an Oxford University professor.

UK's recently arrived panda falls ill at zoo (AP)

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 02:33 PM PST

FILE- Giant panda named Yang Guang explores his enclosure at Edinburgh Zoo in Edinburgh, Scotland, in this file photo dated Monday, Dec. 12, 2011. The 8-year old male panda Yang Guang is reported to have fallen ill, suffering from colic, and has been removed from display at the zoo while receiving treatment. Yang Guang arrived to Scotland along with female panda Tian Tian from China in early December 2011, the first to live in Britain in nearly two decades. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell, file)AP - One of two giant pandas on loan at a Scottish zoo has fallen ill and been removed from display.

What British Tabloid Editors Think About Their Laughable Headlines (The Atlantic Wire)

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 12:41 PM PST

The Atlantic Wire - Related: Watching Rupert Murdoch's Face as News of the World Closes

Summary Box: Weak holiday sales hurt Tesco shares (AP)

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 12:26 PM PST

AP - BAD CHRISTMAS: Tesco PLC, Britain's biggest retailer by sales, warned that a key sales figure fell 2.3 percent during the holiday shopping season, far worse than analysts had expected. The company said that will hurt profit growth.

UK spies will face criminal inquiry over Libya (AP)

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 11:09 AM PST

FILE - In this Jan. 11, 2002 file photo, released by the U.S. Department of Defense, detainees wearing orange jump suits sit in a holding area as military police patrol during in-processing at the temporary detention facility Camp X-Ray on Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base in Cuba. British spies escaped immediate criminal charges over torture complicity Thursday, but the country's top prosecutor ordered a new investigation into claims that intelligence shared with Moammar Gadhafi's regime led to the torture or rendition of Libyans. Prosecutors have been investigating claims of mistreatment by detainees who were eventually sent to the United States prison in Guantanamo, Cuba. Most of the torture allegations come from terror suspects who were either initially held in Pakistan and Afghanistan, or sent to other countries such as Morocco for interrogation. (AP Photo/U.S. Navy, Shane T.McCoy, File)AP - Britain's spy agencies will face a criminal investigation into claims that intelligence shared with Moammar Gadhafi's regime led to the torture or rendition of two Libyan men and their families, authorities announced Thursday.

UK tabloid editors describe lax standards (AP)

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 10:04 AM PST

AP - A former tabloid newspaper editor told Britain's media ethics inquiry Thursday that he published an inflammatory story about the parents of a missing girl because he thought there was a possibility the story could be true.

Summary Box: RBS to cut 3,500 investment bank jobs (AP)

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 07:54 AM PST

AP - JOB CUTS: Royal Bank of Scotland announced Thursday it would cut 3,500 jobs in a reorganization and rebranding of its investment banking arm as the lender reins in its ambitions to be a global financial player.

Bank of England keeps stimulus steady as UK economy slips (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 07:42 AM PST

Reuters - The Bank of England stopped short of announcing further stimulus for Britain's fragile economy on Thursday, but is widely expected to do so in February as the economy may have shrunk at the end of last year.

RBS to cut 3,500 jobs in investment banking (AP)

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 06:46 AM PST

A pedestrian walk past ATM's outside the Royal Bank of Scotland in central London, Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012. Taxpayer-backed Royal Bank of Scotland announced Thursday it would cut 3,500 jobs, part of a reorganization of its investment banking arm as it reins in its ambitions to be a global financial player. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)AP - Taxpayer-backed Royal Bank of Scotland announced Thursday it would cut 3,500 jobs in a reorganization and rebranding of its investment banking arm as the lender reins in its ambitions to be a global financial player.

Analysis: Is a breakaway Scotland brave or foolhardy? (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 06:16 AM PST

Reuters - An independent Scotland, the dream of generations of nationalists, would boast a cash-rich economy buoyed by North Sea oil and Edinburgh finance, but would create another small state on the edge of Europe vulnerable to global shocks.

Tesco shares slump as Christmas sales disappoint (AP)

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 04:49 AM PST

AP - Tesco, Britain's biggest retailer by sales, saw its share price tumble Thursday after warning that it will see minimal profit growth this year following one of its worst Christmas performances in years.

Bank of England keeps rate policy unchanged (AP)

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 04:30 AM PST

AP - The Bank of England kept its monetary policy unchanged Thursday despite mounting concerns over the state of the British economy.

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