2011年7月11日星期一

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Prince William, Catherine opt for quiet life (AFP)

Posted: 11 Jul 2011 04:05 PM PDT

Prince William and his wife Catherine will go AFP - Prince William and his wife Catherine will go "under the radar" for the rest of the year, keeping a low profile after their stellar tour of North America, royal officials said Tuesday.

New allegations besiege Murdoch media empire (AP)

Posted: 11 Jul 2011 03:40 PM PDT

Chief executive of News Corporation Europe and Asia, James Murdoch, right, Chief executive of News International, Rebekah Brooks, center, and her husband Charlie Brooks, left, leave a hotel in central London, Sunday, July 10, 2011. News International publication News of the World ceased publication with today's issue after the newspaper was accused of hacking into the mobile phones of various crime victims, celebrities and politicians. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)AP - Rupert Murdoch's media empire was besieged Monday by accusations that two more of his British newspapers engaged in privacy violations that included accessing former Prime Minister Gordon Brown's bank account information and stealing the medical records of his seriously ill baby son.

WikiLeaks' Assange in UK court extradition appeal (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Jul 2011 03:30 PM PDT

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange speaks during a news conference at the Frontline Club in London May 10, 2011. REUTERS/Stefan WermuthReuters - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will begin his appeal on Tuesday against his extradition from Britain to Sweden for questioning over allegations of sexual misconduct.

UK hacking scandal widens with Brown, royal claims (AFP)

Posted: 11 Jul 2011 02:09 PM PDT

News Corp chief Rupert Murdoch arrives at his home in Westminster. Britain's phone hacking scandal spiralled today amid reports that former premier Gordon Brown and the royals were targeted.(AFP/Andrew Cowie)AFP - Britain's phone hacking scandal spiralled Monday amid reports that former premier Gordon Brown and the royals were targeted, as the government dealt a blow to Rupert Murdoch's bid for pay-TV giant BSkyB.

News Corp bid for BSkyB referred to regulator (AP)

Posted: 11 Jul 2011 10:44 AM PDT

Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt, walks to the House of Commons, in Westminster, central London, Monday July 11, 2011. In a statement in the House of Commons Hunt said he was referring News Corporation's bid to buy the remainder of shares in BSkyB to the Competition Commission with immediate effect.(AP Photo/ Dominic Lipinski/PA)AP - A final decision on Rupert Murdoch's biggest takeover battle has been delayed for several months after the British government referred News Corp.'s bid for British Sky Broadcasting PLC to competition authorities, as a phone hacking scandal showed no sign of abating.

Analysis: Battered Lib Dems seek redemption in Murdoch scandal (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Jul 2011 10:01 AM PDT

Reuters - "You may wonder what is happening with the Murdoch press," Britain's then Business Secretary Vince Cable said late last year. "I have declared war on Mr Murdoch and I think we're going to win."

McIlroy tees off with Els and Fowler at British Open (AFP)

Posted: 11 Jul 2011 09:39 AM PDT

Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland poses with the trophy after his eight-stroke victory on the 18th green during the 111th US Open, in June 2011. McIlroy will begin his quest to add the British Open title to his US Open crown in the company of multiple major winner Ernie Els and rising American star Rickie Fowler.(AFP/Getty Images/File/David Cannon)AFP - Rory McIlroy will begin his quest to add the British Open title to his US Open crown in the company of multiple major winner Ernie Els and rising American star Rickie Fowler.

Britain refers BSkyB deal after concessions withdrawn (AFP)

Posted: 11 Jul 2011 09:38 AM PDT

News Corp chief Rupert Murdoch leaves his London home as Britain's government referred his bid for control of BSkyB to a competition watchdog amid the phone hacking scandal.(AFP/Leon Neal)AFP - The British government Monday referred a bid by Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation for BSkyB to competition authorities after the media giant withdrew concessions it had offered to push through the deal.

Experts: Murdoch's companies may face US actions (AP)

Posted: 11 Jul 2011 09:35 AM PDT

AP - Legal experts said Monday it is possible Rupert Murdoch's U.S. companies may face legal actions because of the shady practices at the News of the World, his now defunct British tabloid.

NOTW accused of targeting UK royals (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Jul 2011 09:16 AM PDT

Reuters - The News of the World newspaper bought contact details about Britain's royal family from a corrupt policeman and detectives have warned Prince Charles the tabloid might have hacked into his phone, media reported on Monday.

FTSE 100 stocks in the red (AFP)

Posted: 11 Jul 2011 09:16 AM PDT

Shares in London pushed lower as the banking sector took hits in reaction to the eurozone's deepening debt crisis.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)AFP - Shares in London pushed lower on Wednesday as the banking sector took hits in reaction to the eurozone's deepening debt crisis.

Second Murdoch paper hacked British ex-PM Brown: reports (AFP)

Posted: 11 Jul 2011 09:00 AM PDT

Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown addresses the media in 2010. Former prime minister Gordon Brown had his phone hacked and bank account breached by The Sunday Times, another British newspaper owned by Rupert Murdoch's media empire, reports said.(AFP/File/Stringer)AFP - Former prime minister Gordon Brown had his phone hacked and bank account breached by The Sunday Times, another British newspaper owned by Rupert Murdoch's media empire, reports said Monday.

Obese man in court fight for surgery (AFP)

Posted: 11 Jul 2011 08:59 AM PDT

A 22 stone former police officer who was denied the right to obesity surgery is taking his case to the Court of Appeals on Monday.(AFP/File/Paul Ellis)AFP - A man weighing 22 stone launched a court appeal Monday against a decision to refuse him state-funded obesity surgery because he is not fat enough.

Murdoch BSkyB bid referred to watchdog: British minister (AFP)

Posted: 11 Jul 2011 08:39 AM PDT

News Corp chief Rupert Murdoch leaves his London home as Britain's government referred his bid for control of BSkyB to a competition watchdog amid the phone hacking scandal.(AFP/Leon Neal)AFP - Britain's government is referring a bid by Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation for control of BSkyB to a competition watchdog amid the phone hacking scandal, culture minister Jeremy Hunt said Monday.

Murdoch delays BSkyB bid; Brown a hacking target (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Jul 2011 02:00 PM PDT

Reuters - Rupert Murdoch and the British government tried to draw the financial and political sting from a newspaper phone-hacking scandal by referring his $14-billion media takeover to regulators, even as police said former prime minister Gordon Brown appeared to have been a hacking target.

UK lowers terrorist threat level (AP)

Posted: 11 Jul 2011 07:47 AM PDT

AP - Britain has lowered its assessment of a terrorist attack from "severe" to "substantial," Home Secretary Theresa May said Monday.

Police 'sold royal details to News of World' (AFP)

Posted: 11 Jul 2011 07:46 AM PDT

The BBC alleges that one email from the News of the World suggests the newspaper's then-royal editor Clive Goodman asked for cash from the editor at the time, Andy Coulson, to buy a secret directory of royal landline numbers from police.(AFP/File/Carl de Souza)AFP - Rupert Murdoch's now defunct News of the World tabloid allegedly paid British royal protection officers for details about Queen Elizabeth II and other members of the royal family, reports said Monday.

Rover is over as Britons give their pets human names (AFP)

Posted: 11 Jul 2011 07:23 AM PDT

Rover is over and Tiddles is history as British people shun traditional pet names in favour of ones usually given to humans, a survey shows.(AFP/File/Tobias Rostlund)AFP - Rover is over and lassie is passé as British people shun traditional pet names in favour of ones usually given to humans, a survey shows.

Heathrow has record passenger numbers for 3rd month (AFP)

Posted: 11 Jul 2011 07:03 AM PDT

Airline passengers rest on the floor as they wait for flights in Heathrow airport's Terminal 3, west of London, in December.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)AFP - Passenger numbers at London's Heathrow airport broke new records in June for the third month in a row, owner BAA announced.

BSkyB shares dive as Murdoch looks to save bid (AFP)

Posted: 11 Jul 2011 06:10 AM PDT

A Sky sign is pictured at the British Sky Broadcasting headquarters in west London. Shares in satellite television group BSkyB fell on Monday on turmoil around the News Corp. bid to cement the TV jewel fully into the Murdoch empire.(AFP/Fiile/Warren Allott)AFP - Shares in BSkyB plunged on Monday amid a phone hacking scandal endangering a multi-billion-dollar bid by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. for control of the British pay-TV company.

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