2012年1月23日星期一

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

UK trial of 9 on US Embassy terror plot begins (AP)

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 03:30 PM PST

AP - A jury was chosen Monday in the trial of nine terror suspects accused of plotting attacks on the U.S. Embassy and the London Stock Exchange.

Lawmakers ponder major repairs to UK's Parliament (AP)

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 02:41 PM PST

The Palace of Westminster including St Stephen's Tower housing the famous Big Ben clock in London, Monday, Jan. 23, 2012. British lawmakers are considering whether they will need to abandon the House of Commons for the first time since World War II. Legislators were meeting Monday to discuss if future maintenance work to the Palace of Westminster — home to the Commons and the House of Lords — would need the two chambers to briefly move out. Consideration of possible repairs follows the disclosure in October that Parliament's clock tower — often known as Big Ben — is nearly 18 inches (nearly half a meter) out of line. The palace, which was rebuilt in the mid-19th Century, is expected to need major repairs in the coming years. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)AP - British lawmakers are considering whether they will need to abandon the House of Commons for the first time since World War II.

UK police: Tabloid lied, hacked for scoops on girl (AP)

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 11:45 AM PST

FILE - This is a Monday, Nov. 21, 2011. file photo of Bob and Sally Dowler, parents of murdered schoolgirl Milly, as they arrive to give evidence at the Leveson inquiry into media ethics in London. Police Monday Jan. 23, 2012 have outlined the lengths to which News of the World journalists went to get information on missing British schoolgirl Milly Dowler. In a letter to lawmakers, Surrey police say that the paper openly admitted hacking the teen's phone after getting her number and voicemail password from schoolmates and wrongly claimed to be working with law enforcement when making calls to potential witnesses. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, File)AP - News of the World journalists used phone hacking, harassment and lies to secure scoops on missing British schoolgirl Milly Dowler, police reported Monday, detailing a litany of abusive press practices.

NATO official previews Chicago summit (AP)

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 11:12 AM PST

The U.S. Ambassador to NATO Ivo Daadler smiles after a press conference in London Monday Jan. 23. 2012. Daadler said America is committed to staying its course in Afghanistan until 2014. But whether cash-strapped European nations feel the same at an upcoming Chicago summit in May is another question. (AP Photo/Paisley Doods)AP - The U.S. Ambassador to NATO said Monday one of the key goals of an upcoming summit is to ensure the alliance is prepared for new threats — comments that came as Iran threatened to shut the Strait of Hormuz in response to an EU oil blockage.

UK shareholders to get vote on executive pay (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 10:32 AM PST

Reuters - Shareholders should be given a binding vote over how large British companies manage executive pay and more companies should be able to claw back cash from highly-paid staff who fail to deliver, Business Secretary Vince Cable said on Monday.

UK high court clears way for Basque extradition (AP)

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 09:56 AM PST

AP - Britain's High Court has cleared the way for the extradition of a suspected Basque separatist wanted in connection with a plot to assassinate Spain's king.

UK proposes binding shareholder vote on pay (AP)

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 09:08 AM PST

AP - The British government is proposing giving shareholders of major companies a binding vote on executive pay.

Tears, joy as woman sets Antarctic crossing record (AP)

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 12:22 PM PST

FILE - In this Nov. 19, 2011 file photo provided by the Kaspersky ONE Trans-antarctic Expedition, Felicity Aston takes a picture of herself at Union Glacier days before she traveled to her starting point on the Ross Ice Shelf for a solo trek across Antarctica. Aston, 34, crossed Antarctica in 59 days, pulling two sledges for more than 1,084 miles (1,744 kilometers) from the Leverett Glacier to the Hercules Inlet on the Ronne Ice Shelf. On Monday morning, Jan. 23, 2012, she tweeted that she has completed her journey. (AP Photo/Kaspersky ONE Trans-antarctic Expedition/Kaspersky Lab, File)AP - British adventurer Felicity Aston became the first woman to ski alone across Antarctica on Monday, hauling two sledges around crevasses and over mountains into endless headwinds, past the South Pole and onward to the coastal ice shelf, persevering for 59 days in near-total solitude.

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