2011年7月19日星期二

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Murdoch rejects blame for hack scandal at hearing (AP)

Posted: 19 Jul 2011 04:00 PM PDT

Rupert Murdoch, gives evidence to the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee on the News of the World phone-hacking scandal in this image taken from TV in Portcullis House in central London Tuesday July 19 2011. (AP Photo/ PA) UNITED KINGDOM OUTAP - Summoned by lawmakers to answer for a phone hacking and bribery scandal at one of his tabloids, Rupert Murdoch said he was humbled and ashamed Tuesday but accepted no responsibility for wrongdoing as a widening investigation threatened to ensnare Britain's prime minister.

Murdoch hit by foam pie at 'humbling' hearing (AFP)

Posted: 19 Jul 2011 03:02 PM PDT

Wendi Deng, (L) wife of News Corporation Chief Rupert Murdoch, (R) holds his hand as they arrive back at his London home. A protester attacked Murdoch with a foam pie Tuesday as the media mogul testified to British MPs on the phone-hacking scandal, in a bizarre twist to what he called the AFP - A protester attacked Rupert Murdoch with a foam pie Tuesday as the media mogul told MPs he was not to blame for the phone-hacking scandal, in a bizarre twist to what he called the "most humble day of my life".

Close ties between UK media, police scrutinized (AP)

Posted: 19 Jul 2011 02:55 PM PDT

CORRECTS THE LOCATION OF THE COMMITTEE MEETING Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Paul Stephenson gives evidence to the Home Affairs Select Committee in this image from TV in Portcullis House in central London on the News of the World phone-hacking scandal Tuesday July 19 2011. (AP Photo/PA ) UNITED KINGDOM OUTAP - One senior journalist worked as a media consultant to Scotland Yard, helping to shape its public message. A second worked as a police interpreter, privy to confidential information. A third allegedly served as a police informant, passing on sensitive material in return for tips.

Death of hacking whistleblower probed (AFP)

Posted: 19 Jul 2011 01:05 PM PDT

A photo taken on July 9 shows a rainbow above a News of the World flag from the window of the News International print works in Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire. The death of Sean Hoare, a former News of the World journalist and whistleblower on the escalating phone-hacking scandal, was AFP - The death of Sean Hoare, a former News of the World journalist and whistleblower on the escalating phone-hacking scandal, was "not suspicious" and involved no third party, police said a post-mortem showed Tuesday.

No evidence of third party in whistleblower's death: police (AFP)

Posted: 19 Jul 2011 12:21 PM PDT

A photo taken on July 9 shows a rainbow above a News of the World flag from the window of the News International print works in Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire. The death of Sean Hoare, a former News of the World journalist and whistleblower on the escalating phone-hacking scandal, was AFP - The death of Sean Hoare, a former News of the World journalist and whistleblower on the escalating phone-hacking scandal, was "not suspicious" and involved no third party, police said a post-mortem showed Tuesday.

No outside involvement in UK whistleblower's death (AP)

Posted: 19 Jul 2011 11:56 AM PDT

REMOVES NO ARCHIVE RESTRICTION -- In this undated handout photo issued by News International, former News of the World reporter Sean Hoare. Police say Sean Hoare, the whistleblower reporter who alleged widespread hacking at the News of the World, has been found dead on Monday, July 18, 2011. Police said Hoare's death at his home in England was not considered to be suspicious, according to Britain's Press Association news agency. Hoare was quoted by The New York Times as saying that phone-hacking was widely used and even encouraged at the News of the World tabloid under then-editor Andy Coulson. (AP Photo/ News International, ho) NO SALES:AP - Sean Hoare said he was told to stop at nothing to deliver celebrity scoops for the Sunday papers, and he delivered some of the most sensational as he knocked back whiskey and snorted cocaine with the stars. Then he helped break open the biggest scandal of all: a phone-hacking saga that has thrown Britain's establishment into disarray.

UK Tories uncover new links to hacking scandal (AP)

Posted: 19 Jul 2011 11:00 AM PDT

AP - Britain's Conservative Party said Tuesday a recently arrested phone-hacking suspect may have advised Prime Minister David Cameron's communications chief before the 2010 election.

British queen's "Swan Uppers" scour River Thames for birds (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Jul 2011 10:28 AM PDT

A swan is caught by the Queen's Swan Uppers during the annual Swan Upping ceremony on the River Thames between Shepperton and Windsor in southern England July 19, 2010. REUTERS/Luke MacGregorReuters - Scarlet-clad emissaries of Britain's Queen Elizabeth began paddling southern England's sprawling River Thames this week in search of swans for the ancient tradition of "swan upping."

Mesolithic "rest stop" found at UK supermarket site (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Jul 2011 09:55 AM PDT

Reuters - An early prehistoric hearth has been discovered on the planned construction site for a branch of major British supermarket chain Sainsbury's.

'Humble' Murdoch defends record, attacked by protester (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Jul 2011 03:39 PM PDT

News Corp chairman Rupert Murdoch is driven from his apartment in London, July 18, 2011 REUTERS/Paul HackettReuters - Rupert Murdoch, unfazed by a foam pie attack in the British parliament, made a "humble" apology on Tuesday for crimes that have rocked his media empire and the government but refused to resign, saying the fault lay with staff who "betrayed" him.

Phone hacking: live report (AFP)

Posted: 19 Jul 2011 09:34 AM PDT

Rupert Murdoch said he did not investigate Rebekah Brooks' admission that the News of the World had paid police officers for information because he was unaware of her statement.(AFP/File/Ki Price)AFP - 1630 GMT: End of testimony by Rupert and James Murdoch. This report is concluding. AFP will cover Rebekah Brooks testimony to the committee on its main news services.

Text of Rupert Murdoch statement to UK committee (AP)

Posted: 19 Jul 2011 09:32 AM PDT

Rupert Murdoch, gives evidence to the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee on the News of the World phone-hacking scandal in this image taken from TV in Portcullis House in central London Tuesday July 19 2011. (AP Photo/ PA) UNITED KINGDOM OUTAP - Text of a prepared statement by Rupert Murdoch, chairman and chief executive of News Corp., for the hearing Tuesday by the House of Commons Home Affairs Committee. He was permitted to read the statement toward the end of his appearance. The text was released by News Corp.

Rupert Murdoch hit with foam pie, man arrested: AFP (AFP)

Posted: 19 Jul 2011 09:27 AM PDT

News Corporation Chief Rupert Murdoch leaves the Houses of Parliament in London after giving evidence on the phone hacking scandal. Murdoch told lawmakers AFP - Media mogul Rupert Murdoch was hit with a foam pie while testifying to a British parliamentary committee and a man was arrested, an AFP correspondent reported.

Offshore oil and gas leaks fall (AFP)

Posted: 19 Jul 2011 08:38 AM PDT

A photo taken in 2009 shows a Total oil platform in the North Sea. The number of oil and gas leaks and injuries in Britain's offshore energy industry fell in 2010-2011, according to a key report from the nation's safety watchdog.(AFP/File/Antoine Agasse)AFP - The number of oil and gas leaks and injuries in Britain's offshore energy industry fell in 2010-2011, according to a key report from the nation's safety watchdog.

Queues form to witness Murdoch circus (AFP)

Posted: 19 Jul 2011 06:08 AM PDT

Members of the media gather on College green near Britain's Houses of Parliament, on July 19. It was the biggest show in town, and queues formed hours early outside the London parliamentary building where media tycoon Rupert Murdoch is set to be grilled by lawmakers.(AFP/Ben Stansall)AFP - It was the biggest show in town, and queues formed hours early outside the London parliamentary building where media tycoon Rupert Murdoch is set to be grilled by lawmakers.

"Humble" Murdoch defends record, attacked by protester (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Jul 2011 03:22 PM PDT

News Corp chairman Rupert Murdoch is driven from his apartment in London, July 18, 2011 REUTERS/Paul HackettReuters - Rupert Murdoch, unfazed by a foam pie attack in the British parliament, made a "humble" apology on Tuesday for crimes that have rocked his media empire and the government but refused to resign, saying the fault lay with staff who "betrayed" him.

Cameron pushes trade in Nigeria as scandal looms (AFP)

Posted: 19 Jul 2011 05:44 AM PDT

British Prime Minister David Cameron (L) and Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan take part in a meeting at the State House in Lagos. Cameron and Jonathan on Tuesday agreed to cooperate to fight terrorism, with the West African nation hit by a wave of recent bomb blasts.(AFP/POOL/Christopher Furlong)AFP - Prime Minister David Cameron visited Nigeria on Tuesday, pushing a message of trade, aid and democracy before making an early return home to deal with the spiralling phone hacking crisis.

Adele up against two past winners for Mercury Prize (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Jul 2011 05:35 AM PDT

Adele laughs while holding her awards for Best New Artist and Best Pop Vocal Album for Reuters - British singer Adele, who stormed to the top of the charts in Britain and the United States with her second album "21," was one of 12 artists shortlisted on Tuesday for the Barclaycard Mercury Prize for album of the year 2011.

'Criminal act' probed at contamination hospital (AFP)

Posted: 19 Jul 2011 04:24 AM PDT

A general view of the Stepping Hill Hospital is pictured in Stockport, Greater Manchester, on July 18. Health bosses at the hospital, where three patients died after contaminated saline solution was found, have said they were dealing with a AFP - Health bosses at a hospital where three patients died after contaminated saline solution was found said Tuesday they were dealing with a "criminal act" as a fourth person was revealed as being critically ill.

Britain phone hacking: Key figures testify (AP)

Posted: 19 Jul 2011 04:21 AM PDT

AP - Key figures in Britain's phone hacking scandal face questioning Tuesday from lawmakers seeking to uncover the extent of criminality at Rupert Murdoch's News of the World tabloid. Here is a list of those scheduled to testify:

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