2011年7月20日星期三

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Al-Qaida plans cartoon recruiting film for kids (AP)

Posted: 20 Jul 2011 06:01 PM PDT

This image taken from the the Arabic-language al-Shamouk jihadist website shows promotional material for an animated cartoon an al-Qaida affiliate says it plans to roll out aimed at recruiting children into the terror network. Scenes from the proposed short film show young boys dressed in battle fatigues and participating in raids, killings and terror plots. Arabic text at top reads 'Cartoon films for supporters of Qaida Jihad in the Arabia Peninsula' and in orange at top left 'Coming soon.' Smaller text is indistinct. (AP Photo)AP - An al-Qaida affiliate says it plans to roll out what some have called a Disney-like animated cartoon aimed at recruiting children to the terror network.

Murdoch spoke honestly: Saudi Prince Alwaleed (AFP)

Posted: 20 Jul 2011 04:47 PM PDT

Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, pictured in April 2011, praised News Corp chief Rupert Murdoch and his son James Wednesday for AFP - Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal praised News Corp chief Rupert Murdoch and his son James Wednesday for "honest" answers on the British press scandal that has rocked the company.

British PM regrets hiring ex-Murdoch editor (AFP)

Posted: 20 Jul 2011 04:31 PM PDT

Prime Minister David Camero, seen here leaving Downing Street, has made a public admission of regret over the phone-hacking scandal, saying with hindsight he would not have hired Andy Coulson as his media chief(AFP/Ben Stansall)AFP - Prime Minister David Cameron made a public admission of regret over Britain's phone-hacking scandal Wednesday, saying with hindsight he would not have hired a former tabloid editor as his media chief.

With Brooks arrested, tabloid insiders open up (AP)

Posted: 20 Jul 2011 02:35 PM PDT

Michael Taggart, former journalist at News International news paper, The Sun by a news stand in London, Friday, July 15, 2011. With their former boss Rebekah Brooks who has been arrested and questioned by police, tabloid reporters are beginning to reveal secrets of what it was like to work in the newsrooms. Taggart, who worked at The Sun in 2003, said the paper under Brooks was marked by 'ruthlessness and misogyny.' (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)AP - With their former boss under arrest, tabloid reporters are beginning to reveal secrets of what it was like to work in Rebekah Brooks' newsrooms.

Reporters in trouble for covering Murdoch attack (AP)

Posted: 20 Jul 2011 01:25 PM PDT

A man, named on Twitter as Jonnie Marbles, is led from Portcullis House in London, Tuesday July 19, 2011, following an incident as Rupert Murdoch and James Murdoch gave evidence before a House of Commons Committee on the News of the World phone hacking scandal.(AP Photo/Steve Parsons-pa) UNITED KINGDOM OUT: NO SALES: NO ARCHIVE:AP - It was a splat heard around the world.

British People Are Sick of Americans Messing Up English (The Atlantic Wire)

Posted: 20 Jul 2011 01:00 PM PDT

The Atlantic Wire - Related: British Political Leaders Are Just Like Us

British PM drags opponents into hacking scandal (AP)

Posted: 20 Jul 2011 12:39 PM PDT

In this image taken from TV, showing Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron as he makes a statement on phone hacking inside the House of Commons, in London, Wednesday July 20, 2011. Cameron defended his former aide Andy Coulson, saying he believes people are innocent until proven guilty and that the phone hacking affair raised questions over the ethics and values of the police force. (AP Photo / TV via PA) UNITED KINGDOM OUT - NO SALES - NO ARCHIVEAP - Prime Minister David Cameron dragged his political foes into Britain's phone-hacking scandal Wednesday, as he sought to distance himself from his former aide at the heart of the allegations and denied that his staff had tried to thwart police investigations.

Obama’s motorcade fined for London congestion fees (The Ticket)

Posted: 20 Jul 2011 10:33 AM PDT

The Ticket - London Mayor Boris Johnson is raising a stink over minor congestion charges he says President Obama's motorcade incurred while visiting his city, the London Evening Standard reports. Johnson has fined the United States 120 pounds (nearly $200 U.S. dollars) in congestion levies--10 pounds per vehicle--for the presidential motorcade used during Obama's state visit in May. [...]

Britain-style hacking could happen in US: senator (AFP)

Posted: 20 Jul 2011 10:30 AM PDT

US Senator Dianne Feinstein is seen in June 2011 in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. A phone hacking scandal like the one rocking Britain could happen in the United States, but it would be AFP - A phone hacking scandal like the one rocking Britain could happen in the United States, but it would be "quickly exposed," a top US Senator said Wednesday.

Lawmakers want more detail on bank ring-fence plan (AFP)

Posted: 20 Jul 2011 10:07 AM PDT

A Lloyds Banking Group sign is pictured at a branch of the bank in central London. The Independent Commission on Banking needs to publish more detailed proposals on plans for banks to ring-fence retail operations from investment banking activities, lawmakers said on Wednesday.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)AFP - The Independent Commission on Banking needs to publish more detailed proposals on plans for banks to ring-fence retail operations from investment banking activities, lawmakers said on Wednesday.

Nurse arrested over saline hospital deaths (AFP)

Posted: 20 Jul 2011 10:01 AM PDT

A general view of the Stepping Hill Hospital is pictured in Stockport on July 18. Detectives arrested a 26-year-old nurse on suspicion of murder Wednesday over the deaths of three hospital patients given insulin-contaminated saline solution, police said.(AFP/File/Andrew Yates)AFP - Detectives arrested a 26-year-old nurse on suspicion of murder Wednesday over the deaths of three hospital patients given insulin-contaminated saline solution, police said.

Nurse held on murder charge in hospital tampering (AP)

Posted: 20 Jul 2011 09:56 AM PDT

AP - British police arrested a nurse on murder charges Wednesday after three patients at the hospital where she works received saline contaminated with insulin and died.

Car bomb kills British man in Yemen (AP)

Posted: 20 Jul 2011 09:44 AM PDT

Yemeni people, who live in a neighborhood near the site of anti-government demonstrations, hold a counter-demonstration demanding that the protestors leave the area, in Sanaa, Yemen, Tuesday, July 19, 2011. The banners behind them, in Arabic, read, 'Ramadan is arriving, the tent siege is still on.'(AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)AP - A bomb placed under the driver's seat of a British man's car blew up in southern Yemen on Wednesday, killing the man, security officials said, while opposition parties accused the government of trying to assassinate the leader of a key Islamist opposition group in an attack in the capital.

Hugh Grant, Jemima Khan win right to see hacking info (AFP)

Posted: 20 Jul 2011 09:42 AM PDT

Actor Hugh Grant (L) and his former girlfriend, socialite Jemima Khan, pictured here in 2006, obtained a court order Wednesday requiring police to hand over evidence indicating their phones may have been hacked.(AFP/File/Bertrand Guay)AFP - Actor Hugh Grant and his former girlfriend, socialite Jemima Khan, obtained a court order Wednesday requiring police to hand over evidence indicating their phones may have been hacked.

'Hard questions' for News Corp in Australia: PM (AFP)

Posted: 20 Jul 2011 09:29 AM PDT

A man checks his phone nearby the headquarters of News Corp in New York. Prime Minister Julia Gillard on Wednesday warned Rupert Murdoch's Australian arm it faced some AFP - Prime Minister Julia Gillard on Wednesday warned Rupert Murdoch's Australian arm it faced some "hard questions" as calls intensified for a media inquiry following the British hacking scandal.

British man killed in Yemen's south (AFP)

Posted: 20 Jul 2011 08:52 AM PDT

Map locating the southern Yemeni city of Aden where a British man has been killed in a car bombing.(AFP/Graphics/null)AFP - A British businessman was killed when his booby-trapped car exploded in Yemen's main southern city of Aden on Wednesday, in an attack bearing Al-Qaeda's hallmarks, security officials said.

China lauds 'Tiger mother' Wendi Deng (AFP)

Posted: 20 Jul 2011 08:06 AM PDT

AFP - "Tiger mother" Wendi Deng was the toast of China's huge online community Wednesday as images of her leaping to the defence of her 80-year-old husband Rupert Murdoch were splashed across the Internet.

Humble pie! Murdoch hearing a splash in US (AFP)

Posted: 20 Jul 2011 08:04 AM PDT

A family in Stockport, northern England, on July 19, watch a television showing News Corporation Chief Rupert Murdoch and his son James after a man allegedly threw a pie at Rupert Murdoch during their evidence to a Parliamentary Select Committee on the phone hacking scandal. Murdoch and his son James found themselves splashed on the front pages of US newspapers Wednesday.(AFP/File/Andrew Yates)AFP - Rupert Murdoch and his son James found themselves splashed on the front pages of US newspapers Wednesday as the American media offered unusually detailed coverage of the scandal rocking Britain.

Murdoch-owned media rate their boss (AP)

Posted: 20 Jul 2011 07:54 AM PDT

A pedestrian passes newspapers for sale with headlines relating to the phone hacking scandal, near Westminster in London, Wednesday, July 20, 2011. Prime Minister David Cameron on Wednesday emphatically denied claims that his staff tried to stop an inquiry into phone hacking at the News of the World newspaper and defended his decision to hire one of the tabloid's editors as his communications chief. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)AP - Rupert Murdoch's performance before parliamentary grilling got mixed reviews in the national press Wednesday — with perhaps predictable raves in his papers and a more sober assessment in the publication that reignited the phone hacking scandal.

Cameron names hacking inquiry panel (AFP)

Posted: 20 Jul 2011 07:49 AM PDT

British Prime Minister David Cameron, seen here leaving Downing Street, has unveiled the members of the judge-led panel probing the phone-hacking scandal and said its scope had been widened in response to the spiralling crisis.(AFP/Ben Stansall)AFP - Prime Minister David Cameron unveiled on Wednesday the members of the judge-led panel probing the phone-hacking scandal and said its scope had been widened in response to the spiralling crisis.

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