2011年7月18日星期一

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

LulzSec hacks scandal-hit News International websites (AFP)

Posted: 18 Jul 2011 04:23 PM PDT

Lulz Security hacker group on Monday attacked the website of the Rupert Murdoch owned Sun newspaper, replacing the online version with a fake story pronouncing the mogul's death.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)AFP - Lulz Security hacker group on Monday attacked the website of the Rupert Murdoch owned Sun newspaper, replacing the online version with a fake story pronouncing the mogul's death.

Top cops quit as PM pressed over hacking (AFP)

Posted: 18 Jul 2011 04:01 PM PDT

Senior Metropolitan Police officer John Yates is pictured in September 2010. Yates, who in 2009 refused to reopen an investigation into phone hacking at the News of the World, has resigned, Scotland Yard said, as Prime Minister David Cameron called an emergency parliament session over the scandal.(AFP/Carl Court)AFP - The phone-hacking scandal claimed the scalps of two top policemen as Prime Minister David Cameron on Monday cut short a trip to Africa to deal with a crisis that threatens his own position.

News Corp gets credit warning over hacking scandal (AFP)

Posted: 18 Jul 2011 02:48 PM PDT

Standard & Poor's on Monday placed News Corp.'s credit rating on a negative watch amid a widening phone hacking scandal.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Mario Tama)AFP - Standard & Poor's warned News Corp. Monday its credit rating could be cut as the snowballing British phone hacking scandal threatened to claim more victims.

UK plans to boost army reserves (AP)

Posted: 18 Jul 2011 02:33 PM PDT

AP - Britain's defense secretary said Monday the government will invest 1.5 billion pounds ($2.4 billion) to boost the army reserves over the next 10 years.

London police feel the heat in UK hacking scandal (AP)

Posted: 18 Jul 2011 02:32 PM PDT

London's Metropolitan Police Assistant Commissioner John Yates during a press conference, in London, announcing his resignation, Monday, July 18, 2011. Former London police deputy John Yates says he acted with complete integrity in Britain's phone hacking crisis. Yates was the second high-profile casualty from the Metropolitan Police to resign in the past 24 hours. His resignation earlier Monday followed the decision of his boss, Paul Stephenson, to leave his post Sunday night. Yates was the official who decided two years ago not to reopen police inquiries into phone hacking, saying he did not believe there was any new evidence. (AP Photo /Steve Parsons, Pool)AP - Britain's tabloid phone-hacking scandal enveloped the London police force Monday with the rapid-fire resignations of two top officers amid claims of possible illegal eavesdropping, bribery and collusion. U.K officials immediately vowed to investigate.

Hacking whistleblower dies, not suspicious: police (AFP)

Posted: 18 Jul 2011 01:08 PM PDT

Police officers stand outside the News International offices in east London on July 10. A whistleblower in the phone-hacking scandal, former News of the World reporter Sean Hoare, was found dead at his home Monday but there appeared to be no suspicious circumstances, police said.(AFP/File/Carl Court)AFP - A whistleblower in the phone-hacking scandal, former News of the World reporter Sean Hoare, was found dead at his home Monday but there appeared to be no suspicious circumstances, police said.

Soldier killed in Afghanistan (AFP)

Posted: 18 Jul 2011 12:53 PM PDT

1st Battalion Royal Gurkha Rifles soldiers are debriefed within a patrol base in a Nahr e Saraj village, in Helmand, in 2010. A British soldier died in an explosion in Afghanistan on Monday, bringing the number of servicemen killed there since operations began in 2001 to 377, the Ministry of Defence said.(AFP/File/Bay Ismoyo)AFP - A British soldier died in an explosion in Afghanistan on Monday, bringing the number of servicemen killed there since operations began in 2001 to 377, the Ministry of Defence said.

Britain: Murdoch dynasty in doubt (AP)

Posted: 18 Jul 2011 10:29 AM PDT

FILE - A Thursday, Jan. 29, 2009 photo from files showing media industry entrepreneur Elizabeth Murdoch taking part in a breakfast meeting about 'Digital Britain' at Downing Street in London. Some analysts believe Rupert Murdoch is positioning 42-year-old daughter Elisabeth as a successor in the event that 38-year-old James, chief executive of his father's European and Asian operations, is forced to step aside or faces arrest. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, Pool, File)AP - James Murdoch scaled the rungs of the global media empire that his father built. Now scandal taints the heir apparent, threatening to derail the expected succession and shaking the assumption that the Murdoch dynasty would preserve its tight grip over the multibillion-dollar business.

One in three UK workers admits they skip off work (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Jul 2011 10:17 AM PDT

Reuters - One in three British workers admits to skipping off work -- mainly because they are bored with their jobs, according to research by global consulting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC).

Wall Street Journal attacks News Corp. critics (AFP)

Posted: 18 Jul 2011 09:23 AM PDT

News Corporation Chief Rupert Murdoch is pictured with a copy of the Wall Street Journal newspaper beside him as he leaves his central London home in a car. The News Corp.-owned Wall Street Journal blasted critics Monday for double standards and insisted that the phone-tapping scandal in Britain should not tarnish all of Murdoch's media empire.(AFP/Leon Neal)AFP - The News Corp.-owned Wall Street Journal blasted critics Monday for double standards and insisted that the phone-tapping scandal in Britain should not tarnish all of Rupert Murdoch's media empire.

Phone-hacking overshadows Cameron's African tour (AFP)

Posted: 18 Jul 2011 08:37 AM PDT

South African President Jacob Zuma, right, listens to British Prime Minister David Cameron during a press conference in Pretoria. British Prime Minister David Cameron sought to bridge the gap with Zuma over the Libya conflict, on a visit overshadowed by the phone-hacking scandal back home.(AFP/Paballo Thekiso)AFP - David Cameron sought to bridge the gap with South African President Jacob Zuma over the Libya conflict on a visit Monday overshadowed by the phone-hacking scandal back home.

Clarke parties all night after British Open triumph (AFP)

Posted: 18 Jul 2011 07:22 AM PDT

Northern Irish golfer Darren Clarke arrives with a pint of Guinness for a press conference after winning the 140th British Open Golf championship at Royal St George's in Sandwich, Kent, south east England, on July 17, 2011. Clarke finished five under par. AFP PHOTO / ADRIAN DENNIS(AFP/Adrian Dennis)AFP - Darren Clarke promised to celebrate his British Open triumph long and hard, and the popular Northern Irishman proved as good as his word here Monday.

Yates resigns from Met over phone hacking (AFP)

Posted: 18 Jul 2011 07:07 AM PDT

Senior Metropolitan Police officer John Yates is pictured in September 2010. Yates, who in 2009 refused to reopen an investigation into phone hacking at the News of the World, has resigned, Scotland Yard said, as Prime Minister David Cameron called an emergency parliament session over the scandal.(AFP/Carl Court)AFP - Senior police officer John Yates, who in 2009 refused to reopen an investigation into phone hacking at the News of the World, resigned on Monday, Scotland Yard said.

Brooks' lawyer blasts police over her arrest (AFP)

Posted: 18 Jul 2011 06:21 AM PDT

Former News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks, seen here on July1, is to testify to MPs Tuesday over the phone-hacking scandal despite her arrest at the weekend, her spokesman said.(AFP/File)AFP - A lawyer for former News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks criticised British police on Monday for her arrest, saying she was not guilty and they had inflicted "serious reputational damage" on her.

Report slams hospital failings after abuse claims (AFP)

Posted: 18 Jul 2011 05:58 AM PDT

A report into allegations of abuse at a specialist hospital identified AFP - A report into allegations of abuse at a specialist hospital identified "systematic failures" by its owners on Monday after a damning media investigation led to its closure.

News Corp shares plummet in Australian trade (AFP)

Posted: 18 Jul 2011 04:50 AM PDT

The mastheads of News Corp-owned newspapers are displayed above a shop in Melbourne. A major plunge in the share value of the firm came as the scandal surrounding the media empire of Australia-born Rupert Murdoch intensifies with Rebekah Brooks, the former head of Murdoch's British newspaper wing, being arrested on Sunday.(AFP/William West)AFP - Shares in Rupert Murdoch's embattled News Corporation plummeted in Australian trade on Monday as the escalating phone hacking scandal continues to hurt the global company's image.

PM asks to address parliament on hacking (AFP)

Posted: 18 Jul 2011 03:41 AM PDT

A file picture of the Houses of Parliament. Prime Minister David Cameron has asked for parliament to sit for an extra day so that he can address the widening phone hacking scandal.(AFP/File/MAX NASH)AFP - Prime Minister David Cameron on Monday asked for parliament to sit for an extra day so that he can address the widening phone hacking scandal.

Inmates at large after prison van attack (AFP)

Posted: 18 Jul 2011 03:22 AM PDT

A prison van is pictured at the Old Bailey in London. Police are hunting for two prisoners who escaped after the van they were travelling in was ambushed by an armed gang.(AFP/File/Nicolas Asfouri)AFP - Police are hunting for two prisoners who escaped on Monday after the van they were travelling in was ambushed by an armed gang.

Reservists boosted as regular troops face cuts (AFP)

Posted: 18 Jul 2011 02:26 AM PDT

A handout photograph released by The Ministry of Defence in 2010 shows British soldiers serving in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. The regular army would be cut to its smallest size in a century while more money is invested in reservist troops, under government plans to be unveiled.(AFP/Corporal Barry Lloyd Rlc)AFP - The regular army would be cut to its smallest size in a century while more money is invested in reservist troops, under plans to be unveiled on Monday.

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