2011年7月23日星期六

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain


More papers dragged into hacking row (AFP)

Posted: 23 Jul 2011 02:54 PM PDT

A man watches a broadcast showing News Corporation executives Rupert Murdoch and James Murdoch giving evidence to a Parliamentary Select Committee on July 19. Allegations of phone-hacking spread beyond the felled News of the World to other tabloids as James Murdoch faced pressure over the extent of his knowledge of the scandal.(AFP/File/Andy Buchanan)AFP - Phone-hacking allegations spread beyond the felled News of the World to other British tabloids on Saturday, though the claims were strongly denounced by their proprietors.


Britain's "Rehab" singer Amy Winehouse dies aged 27 (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Jul 2011 02:43 PM PDT

Reuters - Amy Winehouse, one of the most talented singers of her generation whose hit song "Rehab" summed up her struggles with addiction, died in London on Saturday at the age of 27.

Singer Amy Winehouse found dead aged 27 (AFP)

Posted: 23 Jul 2011 01:37 PM PDT

Troubled singer Amy Winehouse, pictured in 2007, has been found dead at her flat in north London, police said. She was 27 years old.(AFP/File/Carl de Souza)AFP - Singer Amy Winehouse, whose drink and drug addictions overshadowed her sultry musical talents, was found dead at her London flat on Saturday. She was 27.


Dow Jones editor reminds reporters of ethics code (AFP)

Posted: 23 Jul 2011 11:05 AM PDT

Dow Jones editor-in-chief Robert Thomson, pictured in June 2011, has reminded journalists that they must follow a code of ethics in a memo to all staff.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Jemal Countess)AFP - Dow Jones editor-in-chief Robert Thomson, the American flagship of Rupert Murdoch's media empire, has reminded journalists that they must follow a code of ethics in a memo to all staff.


Memorial service planned for British artist Freud (AFP)

Posted: 23 Jul 2011 09:44 AM PDT

A memorial service will be held for realist painter Lucian Freud, pictured here in 2010, after a private family funeral, his lawyer said Saturday.(AFP/File/Stephan Agostini)AFP - A memorial service will be held for realist painter Lucian Freud after a private family funeral, his lawyer said Saturday.


25 whales die after mass stranding in Scotland (AP)

Posted: 23 Jul 2011 05:59 AM PDT

AP - Rescuers in Scotland say they have guided 44 pilot whales stranded in an estuary back to sea, but 25 other whales from the pod did not survive the incident and died.

Nurse remanded in custody over hospital deaths (AFP)

Posted: 23 Jul 2011 05:02 AM PDT

A general view of the Stepping Hill Hospital, in Stockport. A 27-year-old nurse has been remanded in custody on Saturday over the suspicious deaths of five patients at a Stockport hospital.(AFP/File/Andrew Yates)AFP - A 27-year-old nurse has been remanded in custody on Saturday over the suspicious deaths of five patients at a Stockport hospital.


Britain: who else hacked phones? (AP)

Posted: 23 Jul 2011 03:33 AM PDT

Signs showing the current News International newspaper titles are displayed where a sign for the News of the World newspaper used to sit alongside them, until its recent closure, outside offices of News International in London, Friday, July 22, 2011.  A British lawmaker said Friday he will ask police to investigate a claim contradicting James Murdoch's testimony he was not aware of evidence that the eavesdropping at one of his newspapers went beyond a jailed rogue reporter.  Murdoch's former legal adviser and an ex-editor say they told media mogul Rupert Murdoch's son years ago about an email that suggested the rot at the News of the World tabloid was more widespread than claimed.  (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)AP - The chief villain in Britain's phone hacking scandal, the News of the World tabloid, is history, shut by owner Rupert Murdoch. But was it the only shadowy practitioner in Britain's cutthroat media market? Some celebrities think not.


15 whales dead in northwest Scotland (AFP)

Posted: 22 Jul 2011 06:36 PM PDT

This file illustration photo, provided by Florida Keys News Bureau, shows two stranded pilot whales struggle in shallow waters. Fifteen pilot whales have died in a mass stranding near the northwestern tip of Scotland, according to a rescue charity.(AFP/HO/File/Mariela Care)AFP - Fifteen pilot whales have died in a mass stranding near the northwestern tip of Scotland, according to a rescue charity.


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