2011年7月30日星期六

Yahoo! News: World - Britain

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - Britain


HSBC to 'announce more than 10,000 job cuts next week' (AFP)

Posted: 30 Jul 2011 03:52 PM PDT

Global banking giant HSBC will announce next week plans to axe between 10,000 and 15,000 jobs in the coming year as part of a drastic cost-cutting drive, a report said Saturday.(AFP/File/Mike Clarke)AFP - Global banking giant HSBC will announce next week plans to axe between 10,000 and 15,000 jobs in the coming year as part of a drastic cost-cutting drive, a report said Saturday.


Zara and rugby star marry in Britain's second royal wedding (AFP)

Posted: 30 Jul 2011 01:04 PM PDT

England rugby player Mike Tindall (L) and his new bride Britain's Zara Phillips, granddaughter of Queen Elizabeth II, leave after their wedding ceremony at Canongate Kirk in Edinburgh.(AFP/Ben Stansall)AFP - Queen Elizabeth II's eldest granddaughter Zara Phillips married England rugby star Mike Tindall on Saturday, in a low-key event far removed from the spectacle of this year's other royal wedding.


NY Post told to save phone hack evidence (AFP)

Posted: 30 Jul 2011 09:39 AM PDT

News Corporation chief executive Rupert Murdoch attends the World Economic Forum in 2009. Employees at the New York Post have been instructed to preserve any traces of the kind of phone hacking uncovered at one of Murdoch's British newspapers.(AFP/File/Fabrice Coffrini)AFP - Employees at Rupert Murdoch's tabloid the New York Post have been instructed to preserve any traces of the kind of phone hacking uncovered at one of the media tycoon's British newspapers.


Xbox addict 'dies from blood clot' (AFP)

Posted: 30 Jul 2011 04:19 AM PDT

Indonesian children play online ganes at a cybercafe in Jakarta. The family of a budding computer programmer have launched a campaign to raise awareness about the health risks of playing online computer games after their son died following a marathon session on his Xbox.(AFP/File/Romeo Gacad)AFP - The family of a budding computer programmer have on Saturday launched a campaign to raise awareness about the health risks of playing online computer games after their son died following a marathon session on his Xbox.


Queen's granddaughter to marry in Britain (AP)

Posted: 30 Jul 2011 04:16 AM PDT

Zara Phillips and Mike Tindall arrive back at the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh  Scotland,  Friday July 29 2011.   A regal supporting cast is expected as the queen leads her extended brood to Edinburgh, Scotland for the wedding of the couple Saturday. Prince William and Kate Middleton, now the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, are expected, along with Prince Harry (still single) and bright lights from Britain's sports and show business worlds. (AP Photo/ Tim Ireland /PA)UNITED KINGDOM OUT - NO SALES - NO ARCHIVESAP - Queen Elizabeth II's granddaughter Zara Phillips is marrying England rugby star Mike Tindall in the country's second royal wedding of the year.


Prince William 'confronted' Murdoch execs on hacking (AFP)

Posted: 29 Jul 2011 10:29 PM PDT

Britain's Prince William looks at a clay turtle shell during a visit to a ceramics class at the Inner-City Arts campus in Los Angeles 10 July. Prince William expressed disappointment to two of Rupert Murdoch's top executives that no one from the media tycoon's empire apologised for hacking his aides' phones, a report said Saturday(AFP/Pool/File/Mike Nelson)AFP - Prince William expressed disappointment to two of Rupert Murdoch's top executives that no one from the media tycoon's empire apologised for hacking his aides' phones, a report said Saturday.


Police extend phone-hacking probe to computers (AFP)

Posted: 29 Jul 2011 10:29 PM PDT

Glenn Mulcaire arrives at the Old Bailey in 2007. Mulcaire, the investigator at the heart of Britain's phone-hacking scandal, said Friday he acted on orders from the News of the World, casting doubt on claims by Rupert Murdoch's empire that he was a rogue operator.(AFP/File)AFP - Police investigating phone hacking at the News of the World were set Saturday to extend their probe into claims that computers were hacked, in a fresh threat to Rupert Murdoch's embattled empire.


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