2009年5月25日星期一

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Opposition promise reform after expenses row (AFP)

Posted: 25 May 2009 02:53 PM PDT

Opposition leader David Cameron, pictured on May 12, 2009, who opinion polls suggest could be prime minister within a year, called Monday for a AFP - Opposition leader David Cameron, who opinion polls suggest could be prime minister within a year, called Monday for a "radical redistribution of power" in response to the expenses scandal.

British expenses scandal heads to EU parliament (AP)

Posted: 25 May 2009 08:05 AM PDT

Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown is seen at his monthly press conference at 10 Downing Street in London, Tuesday, May 19, 2009. The Prime Minister faced questions about the resignation of Michael Martin the speaker of the House of Commons, a casualty of a scandal into the abuse of MP's expenses claims. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, Pool)AP - The British lawmakers' expenses scandal spread to Europe on Monday, as Prime Minister Gordon Brown ordered his European legislators to meet stricter accountability rules amid fears that similar abuses could be taking place at the European Parliament.

Britons absolved after nun antics on Crete (AFP)

Posted: 25 May 2009 07:30 AM PDT

An Greek Orthodox Church bell tower overlooks the port town of Fyra on the island of Santorini in 2007. Seventeen British men arrested after they dressed up as nuns and in lingerie on the Greek island of Crete were acquitted on Monday, a judicial source said.(AFP/File/Sakis Mitrolidis)AFP - Seventeen British men arrested after they dressed up as nuns and in lingerie on the Greek island of Crete were acquitted on Monday, a judicial source said.

Lost UK military disks had sensitive personal data (AP)

Posted: 25 May 2009 06:28 AM PDT

AP - An internal military memo published Monday confirmed that computer disks lost at a British Royal Air Force base contained sensitive files on the private lives of senior officers, including answers to vetting questions about drug abuse, extramarital affairs and the use of prostitutes.

Details of 'vice of RAF staff' stolen (AFP)

Posted: 25 May 2009 05:23 AM PDT

A squadron of Red Arrows (above) and Typhoon Eurofighter jets (Below) fly over central London to mark the 90th anniversary of the creation of the Royal Air Force in 2008. Secret files containing personal details about RAF staff including their extra-marital affairs and use of prostitutes has been stolen, the Guardian newspaper said on Monday.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - Secret files containing personal details about Royal Air Force staff including their extra-marital affairs and use of prostitutes has been stolen, the Guardian newspaper said on Monday.

Darling claimed for help with tax return (AFP)

Posted: 25 May 2009 04:49 AM PDT

Chancellor Alistair Darling leaves 11 Downing Street in London on April 22. Several Cabinet ministers claimed public money for accountants to help them fill in personal tax returns, a newspaper reported Monday, stepping up its expenses scandal revelations.(AFP/File/Carl de Souza)AFP - Several Cabinet members claimed public money for accountants to fill in tax returns, a newspaper revealed Monday, as the opposition leader said the expenses row has rocked politics "to the core".

Royal chauffeur suspended over security gaffe (AFP)

Posted: 25 May 2009 12:33 AM PDT

Police motorcyclsits line up in front of Buckingham Palace in London. A royal chauffeur was suspended after reportedly giving two undercover journalists a tour of Queen Elizabeth II's official cars in the grounds of Buckingham Palace(AFP/File/Carl de Souza)AFP - A royal chauffeur has been suspended after reportedly giving two undercover journalists a tour of Queen Elizabeth II's official cars in the grounds of Buckingham Palace, a spokeswoman said.

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