2009年7月9日星期四

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

British Tabloid Shocker: Celebrity Phones Hacked! (Time.com)

Posted: 09 Jul 2009 04:25 PM PDT

Time.com - Did Rupert Murdoch's British newspaper subsidiary pay $1.6 million to settle court cases that exposed the alleged fact that its journalists illegally hacked the phones of politicians and celebrities?

Report: UK tabloid hacked into voicemails (AP)

Posted: 09 Jul 2009 01:38 PM PDT

NewsCorp's Rupert Murdoch is seen at the annual Allen & Co.'s media summit in Sun Valley, Idaho on Wednesday, July 8, 2009. British lawmakers said Thursday July 9, 2009 that executives from Rupert Murdoch's media group must answer claims that journalists from a tabloid hacked into the phones of politician, celebrities and other public figures (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)AP - The tricks of the trade of Britain's rambunctious tabloid press came under scrutiny Thursday, after a newspaper reported that a tabloid owned by media mogul Rupert Murdoch had illegally hacked into the mobile phones of hundreds of celebrities and politicians.

British diplomat quits amid report of raunchy video (AFP)

Posted: 09 Jul 2009 01:18 PM PDT

The Foreign Office in London confirmed that a British diplomat posted to Russia has resigned, the Foreign Office said Thursday, as a newspaper alleged that a video appeared on the Internet of him apparently in bed with two prostitutes.(AFP/File)AFP - A British diplomat posted to Russia has resigned, the Foreign Office said Thursday, as a newspaper alleged that a video appeared on the Internet of him apparently in bed with two prostitutes.

British Columbia's budget deficit set to grow (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Jul 2009 12:25 PM PDT

Reuters - British Columbia's budget deficit will almost certainly be worse than the forecast C$495 million ($427 million) as the Canadian province's economy continues to sag, Finance Minister Colin Hansen said on Thursday

Obama expresses solidarity with Brown: governments (AFP)

Posted: 09 Jul 2009 12:16 PM PDT

US President Barack Obama(L) expressed solidarity with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown(R) over the AFP - US President Barack Obama expressed solidarity with Prime Minister Gordon Brown over the "unacceptable" jailing by Iran of a British embassy employee, their governments said Thursday.

Prosecutors to review tabloid phone-hacking evidence (AFP)

Posted: 09 Jul 2009 11:09 AM PDT

A man reads a copy of the Guardian newspaper as the News of the World paper is pictured in central London. British prosecutors said Thursday they would urgently re-examine the evidence they had over allegations that a top-selling newspaper had illegally phone-tapped a host of celebrities.(AFP/Leon Neal)AFP - Prosecutors said Thursday they would urgently re-examine the evidence they had over allegations that a top-selling newspaper had illegally phone-tapped a host of celebrities.

Parts of Britain "near an H1N1 epidemic"; 14 dead (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Jul 2009 09:30 AM PDT

Reuters - Fourteen Britons who had contracted H1N1 flu have died and the rapid spread of infection in two areas of the country is close to epidemic level, health officials said on Thursday.

London shares close higher (AFP)

Posted: 09 Jul 2009 09:26 AM PDT

Stocks in London ended firmer on some encouraging corporate figures from the US while the Bank of England kept its key interest rate at a record-low 0.5 percent.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)AFP - Stocks in London ended firmer Thursday on some encouraging corporate figures from the US while the Bank of England kept its key interest rate at a record-low 0.5 percent.

Bank of England slows pace of QE purchases, shocks market (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Jul 2009 09:15 AM PDT

Pedestrians walk past Britain's Bank of England in London April 9, 2009. REUTERS/Stefan WermuthReuters - The Bank of England cut the pace at which it pumps money into Britain's economy on Thursday after unexpectedly deciding not to expand its 125 billion pound ($204 billion) asset buying scheme, raising fears it may stop purchases completely.

British rock concert-goer has swine flu: Serbia (AFP)

Posted: 09 Jul 2009 06:51 AM PDT

DNA test kits by PrimerDesign Ltd are displayed at the company laboratory in Southampton in May 2009. A British woman who was intending to attend a Serbian rock music festival has the swine flu virus.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)AFP - A British woman who was intending to attend a Serbian rock music festival has the swine flu virus, health authorities said here Thursday.

Bank of England holds key rate at 0.5 percent (AP)

Posted: 09 Jul 2009 05:10 AM PDT

AP - The Bank of England kept its key interest rate on hold at a record low 0.5 percent Thursday and surprise markets by saying it would not for the moment seek to expand its 125 billion pound cash injection into the British economy.

Bank of England decides against pumping more money (AFP)

Posted: 09 Jul 2009 05:06 AM PDT

A city worker reads a newspaper opposite the Bank of England in London, 2008. The Bank of England was forecast to pump more money into markets in a bid to stimulate lending -- but will likely keep interest rates at a record-low 0.50 percent.(AFP/File/Adrian Dennis)AFP - The Bank of England surprisingly decided against pumping billions of extra pounds into money markets to boost lending on Thursday, as it kept its key interest rate at a record-low 0.5 percent.

Steelmaker Corus could cut 366 more jobs (AFP)

Posted: 09 Jul 2009 04:56 AM PDT

Indian-owned steelmaker Corus said Thursday that it could cut another 366 jobs at a plant in Scunthorpe, owing to weak steel demand in the global economic downturn.(AFP/File/Odd Andersen)AFP - Indian-owned steelmaker Corus said Thursday that it could cut another 366 jobs at a plant in Scunthorpe, owing to weak steel demand in the global economic downturn.

Jackson 'This Is It' waxwork on show in London (AFP)

Posted: 09 Jul 2009 04:38 AM PDT

A waxwork of Michael Jackson, seen here in March 2009, made to mark his planned AFP - A waxwork of Michael Jackson made to mark his planned "This Is It" London comeback concerts went on show in the capital on Thursday.

Bank of England keeps interest rate at 0.5% (AFP)

Posted: 09 Jul 2009 04:30 AM PDT

A city worker reads a newspaper opposite the Bank of England in London, 2008. The Bank of England was forecast to pump more money into markets in a bid to stimulate lending -- but will likely keep interest rates at a record-low 0.50 percent.(AFP/File/Adrian Dennis)AFP - The Bank of England on Thursday said it had decided to keep its key interest rate at a record-low 0.5 percent and maintain the amount of money it is pumping into markets to boost lending.

Trade deficit improves in May (AFP)

Posted: 09 Jul 2009 02:26 AM PDT

A crane loads containers on a cargo ship. Official data showed that Britain's trade-in-goods deficit narrowed to 6.3 billion pounds in May.(DDP/AFP/File/Roland Magunia)AFP - Britain's trade-in-goods deficit narrowed to 6.3 billion pounds in May, official data showed Thursday.

BNP leader says 'sink immigrant boats' (AFP)

Posted: 09 Jul 2009 02:01 AM PDT

British National Party (BNP) leader Nick Griffin poses for photographs in his home town of Welshpool, mid Wales, in June 2009. Griffin, recently elected to the European Parliament, said Wednesday that the EU should sink boats carrying African immigrants trying to reach the continent.(AFP/File/Andrew Yates)AFP - The leader of the far-right British National Party, recently elected to the European Parliament, said Wednesday that the EU should sink boats carrying African immigrants trying to reach the continent.

Govt may pay for new prison in Nigeria (AFP)

Posted: 09 Jul 2009 01:57 AM PDT

File photo shows a man looking through the window in a prison van in Nigeria. Britain could pay for a new prison in Nigeria to house hundreds of Nigerian criminals convicted on British soil, reports said.(AFP/File/Pius Utomi Ekpei)AFP - The government could pay for a new prison in Nigeria to house hundreds of Nigerian criminals convicted on British soil, reports said.

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