2011年8月16日星期二

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Shell's reputation hit by North Sea oil spill (AP)

Posted: 16 Aug 2011 11:49 AM PDT

In this image released by Scotland's government marine surveillance agency on Tuesday Aug 17 2011, a sheen of leaked oil can be seen off the east coast of the country. Royal Dutch Shell has shut down the main leak at one of its North Sea oil rigs but struggled Tuesday to repair a secondary spill in a hard to reach part of the ocean floor. The company estimated Monday that 54,600 gallons of oil had spilled into the North Sea, and the leak was continuing at 5 barrels a day. At its largest point the oil sheen, or oil on the surface of the water, covered an area 19 miles wide by 2.7 miles long (31 kilometers by 4.3 kilometers). Most of it has now been dispersed by strong waves. The Gannet Alpha oil rig, 112 miles (180 kilometers) east of the city of Aberdeen, is operated by Shell and co-owned by Shell and Esso, a subsidiary of the U.S. oil firm Exxon Mobil.The BP spill in the Gulf of Mexico last year dumped 206 million gallons of oil. (AP Photo/ Marine Scotland)AP - Royal Dutch Shell struggled to contain the worst North Sea oil spill in a decade as well as damage to its credibility Tuesday as a second leak was found in an oil line the company had said was "under control."

UK police: Cops protected Olympics sites in riots (AP)

Posted: 16 Aug 2011 11:05 AM PDT

Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron speaks at a youth center in Witney, his Parliamentary district in southern England, Monday, Aug. 15, 2011. Britain must confront its 'slow-motion moral collapse' Cameron declared Monday, following four days of riots that left five people dead, thousands facing criminal charges and at least 200 million pounds ($326 million) in property losses. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, Pool)AP - British police revealed Tuesday that they sent officers to protect major shopping centers and the 2012 Olympics sites after intercepting phone and social network messages saying they were targets for rioters.

Documents cast new doubt on James Murdoch's denial (AP)

Posted: 16 Aug 2011 11:01 AM PDT

FILE - In this July 19, 2011 file photo, chief executive of News Corporation Europe and Asia, James Murdoch, arrives at the News International headquarters in London. A letter from former News of the World reporter Clive Goodman obtained by the Guardian says that phone hacking was widely discussed and expressly endorsed by senior journalists at the now-defunct tabloid. The newspaper said Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2011 that the letter - written by Goodman four years ago after he was released from prison - claimed that the illegal eavesdropping was carried out with 'the full knowledge and support' of the paper's leadership. (AP Photo/Sang Tan, File)AP - Lawyers and former executives have cast fresh doubt on the denials made by Rupert and James Murdoch over Britain's phone hacking scandal, raising the prospect that the media tycoon's son could be recalled for a new grilling by U.K. legislators.

UK consumer price inflation rises to 4.4 percent (AP)

Posted: 16 Aug 2011 02:36 AM PDT

AP - Rising rents and banking fees pushed Britain's annual inflation rate up to 4.4 percent in July.

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