2011年7月8日星期五

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

British royal couple arrive in US (AFP)

Posted: 08 Jul 2011 04:43 PM PDT

Prince William and his new bride Catherine board an Air Canada jet bound for a weekend of Hollywood glamour after a nine-day tour of Canada.(AFP/Pool/Todd Korol)AFP - Britain's Prince William and his new bride Catherine arrived in Los Angeles on Friday for a weekend of Hollywood glamour and Californian sun, after a nine-day tour of Canada.

Coulson arrested over tabloid scandal (AFP)

Posted: 08 Jul 2011 02:56 PM PDT

Andy Coulson, former editor of The News of the World, leaves Lewisham police station in London. Police arrested Coulson over Britain's tabloid phone hacking row Friday as the prime minister promised urgent inquiries into the spiralling scandal.(AFP/Adrian Dennis)AFP - Police arrested David Cameron's ex-media chief and a former royal reporter over Britain's tabloid phone hacking row Friday as the prime minister promised urgent inquiries into the spiralling scandal.

Ex-Cameron aide arrested in UK hacking scandal (AP)

Posted: 08 Jul 2011 12:01 PM PDT

Former Downing Street communication chief Andy Coulson surrounded by media as he leaves Lewisham police station in south London, after being arrested in a phone hacking and police corruption scandal, Friday July 8, 2011. Coulson, British Prime Minister David Cameron's former communications chief and Clive Goodman,an ex-royal reporter for the News of the World tabloid were arrested Friday, the latest to be swept up in a scandal over phone hacking and bribing police that has already toppled a newspaper and rattled the relationship between top politicians and the powerful Murdoch media empire. (AP Photo/PA, Dominic Lipinski) UNITED KINGDOM OUT NO SALES NO ARCHIVEAP - Prime Minister David Cameron's former communications chief and an ex-royal reporter were arrested Friday in a phone hacking and police corruption scandal that has already toppled a major tabloid and rattled the cozy relationship between British politicians and the powerful Murdoch media empire.

British aid agencies launch East Africa drought appeal (AFP)

Posted: 08 Jul 2011 11:20 AM PDT

Newly arrived Somali refugees watch from behind a fence outside a registration and food distribution center in Dadaab as a woman gets an emergency food ration on July 6. British aid agencies on Friday launched a joint fundraising appeal to help more than 10 million people in East Africa as parts of the region suffer their worst drought in 60 years.(AFP/File/Roberto Schmidt)AFP - British aid agencies on Friday launched a joint fundraising appeal to help more than 10 million people in East Africa as parts of the region suffer their worst drought in 60 years.

British sprinter Cavendish wins Tour's 7th stage (AFP)

Posted: 08 Jul 2011 10:55 AM PDT

Britain's Mark Cavendish celebrates on the finish line as he wins the 218 km and seventh stage of the 2011 Tour de France cycling race run between Le Mans and Chateauroux, France.(AFP/Lionel Bonaventure)AFP - British sprint king Mark Cavendish took his victory tally on the Tour de France to 17 when he powered to victory in the seventh stage ahead of Italian veteran Alessandro Petacchi Friday.

BSkyB shares plunge on News Corp bid doubts (AP)

Posted: 08 Jul 2011 09:46 AM PDT

James Murdoch Chairman and Chief Executive of News Corporation, Europe and Asia is driven away from the offices of News International in London, Thursday, July 7, 2011. News International announced Thursday it is shutting down the News of the World, the best-selling tabloid at the center of Britain's phone hacking scandal. James Murdoch, who heads European operations for the paper's parent company, said the 168-year-old weekly newspaper would publish its last edition Sunday. The scandal has cost the Sunday-only paper prestige and prompted dozens of companies to pull their ads. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)AP - Satellite broadcaster British Sky Broadcasting PLC saw its share price plunge by nearly 8 percent Friday after British Prime Minister David Cameron indicated that the government was not going to wave through News Corp.'s bid for the company any time soon.

UK, U.S. and Canada step up travel curbs on Iran government (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Jul 2011 09:43 AM PDT

Reuters - Britain, the United States and Canada are increasing travel curbs on members of the Iranian government over Tehran's disputed nuclear program and human rights record, British and U.S. officials said on Friday.

British cyclist Wiggins crashes out of Tour de France (AFP)

Posted: 08 Jul 2011 09:37 AM PDT

Britain's Mark Cavendish celebrates on the finish line as he wins the 218 km and seventh stage of the 2011 Tour de France cycling race run between Le Mans and Chateauroux, France.(AFP/Lionel Bonaventure)AFP - Yellow jersey contender Bradley Wiggins was forced out of the Tour de France after being caught up in a crash on the race's seventh stage Friday, suffering a broken collar bone in the process.

London shares close lower on weak US jobs data (AFP)

Posted: 08 Jul 2011 09:20 AM PDT

A London office worker reads the Daily Mirror in April 2006.(AFP/Odd Andersen)AFP - London shares closed lower on Friday after weaker-than-expected non-farm payrolls figures in the United States, dealers said..

EU hits back at British media over flag flap (AFP)

Posted: 08 Jul 2011 07:58 AM PDT

The European Commission has hit back at the AFP - The European Commission hit back Friday at the "lunacy" of British newspaper reports accusing Brussels of fining a university for failing to fly the European Union flag.

Police search Daily Star offices (AFP)

Posted: 08 Jul 2011 07:10 AM PDT

Police have raided the offices of Britain's Daily Star newspaper, the latest publication to be investigated after the phone-hacking scandal at the News of the World, a Scotland Yard spokesman said.(AFP/ALESSANDRO ABBONIZIO)AFP - Police on Friday raided the offices of the Daily Star newspaper, the latest publication to be investigated after the phone-hacking scandal at the News of the World, a Scotland Yard spokesman said.

BSkyB shares hit by News Corp. takeover turmoil (AFP)

Posted: 08 Jul 2011 06:29 AM PDT

A Sky sign is pictured at the British Sky Broadcasting headquarters in west London. Shares in satellite television group BSkyB fell on Friday on turmoil around the News Corp. bid to cement the TV jewel fully into the Murdoch empire.(AFP/Warren Allott)AFP - Shares in satellite television group BSkyB fell on Friday on turmoil around the News Corp. bid to cement the TV jewel fully into the Murdoch empire.

Santander's Indian call centres to return to UK (AFP)

Posted: 08 Jul 2011 06:21 AM PDT

Shoppers pass a branch of the Santander bank in Oxford Street, central London in 2010. Spanish-owned Santander UK has announced that it will return its call centres in India back to Britain, creating 500 jobs, and cited a high number of complaints from customers.(AFP/Leon Neal)AFP - Spanish-owned Santander UK is returning its Indian call centres to Britain following a high number of complaints from customers, the bank said on Friday.

British Gas hikes energy bills (AFP)

Posted: 08 Jul 2011 05:16 AM PDT

Millions of households will be hit by hikes in their energy bills as the summer fades after the UK's biggest energy supplier on Friday announced rises in its gas and electricity prices from August.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - Millions of households will be hit by hikes in their energy bills as the summer fades after the UK's biggest energy supplier on Friday announced rises in its gas and electricity prices from August.

News of the World ex-royal editor arrested (AFP)

Posted: 08 Jul 2011 05:07 AM PDT

Former News of the World royal editor Clive Goodman -- seen here in 2006 -- has been arrested over corruption allegations, Scotland Yard said. Goodman was jailed in 2007 for phone hacking at the tabloid.(AFP/File/Carl de Souza)AFP - Police on Friday re-arrested former News of the World royal editor Clive Goodman, who was jailed in 2007 for phone hacking at the tabloid, over corruption allegations, Scotland Yard said.

Murdoch Australia arm says 'no phone hacking here' (AFP)

Posted: 08 Jul 2011 04:07 AM PDT

Media magnate Rupert Murdoch's Australian arm Friday distanced itself from the News Of The World phone hacking scandal, warning AFP - Media magnate Rupert Murdoch's Australian arm Friday distanced itself from the News Of The World phone hacking scandal, warning "unethical and immoral" conduct would not be tolerated.

British PM's ex-aide arrested over tabloid scandal (AFP)

Posted: 08 Jul 2011 04:03 AM PDT

Police have arrested Andy Coulson, the British prime minister's former communications chief and ex-editor of the News of the World tabloid, seen here in 2010, over the phone hacking scandal.(AFP/Ben Stansall)AFP - British police on Friday arrested Andy Coulson, the prime minister's former communications chief and ex-editor of the News of the World tabloid, for alleged involvement in phone hacking, Scotland Yard said.

Andy Coulson 'due at police station' (AFP)

Posted: 08 Jul 2011 03:13 AM PDT

Police have arrested Andy Coulson, the prime minister's former communications chief and ex-editor of the News of the World tabloid, seen here in 2010, over the phone hacking scandal.(AFP/Ben Stansall)AFP - Andy Coulson, Prime Minister David Cameron's former police chief, is due to be questioned by police on Friday over the News of the World scandal, reports said.

Cameron announces News of the World inquiry (AFP)

Posted: 08 Jul 2011 02:29 AM PDT

Prime Minister David Cameron has announced a public inquiry led by a judge into the phone hacking scandal at the News of the World as his former communications chief, Andy Coulson, faces arrest over phone hacking.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)AFP - Prime Minister David Cameron on Friday announced a public inquiry led by a judge into the phone hacking scandal at the News of the World.

Three in court over Milton Keynes shootings (AFP)

Posted: 08 Jul 2011 02:20 AM PDT

Mohamed Abdi Farah, 19, seen here in a Thames Valley Police handout picture, was shot on the Fishermead estate, Milton Keynes, on May 26 and died at the scene. Three young men will appear in court on Friday charged with the murder of Farah and a second Somali teenager in an alleyway.(Thames Valley Police/null)AFP - Three young men will appear in court on Friday charged with the murder of two Somali teenagers shot in an alleyway in Milton Keynes.

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