2011年8月24日星期三

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Lawmaker seeks new information over phone hacking (AP)

Posted: 24 Aug 2011 01:34 PM PDT

FILE - In this April 13, 2010 file photo, Andy Coulson, the Conservative Party's communications chief, speaks on the phone in Battersea Power Station following the launch of his party's manifesto in London, England. The former editor of the News of the World received payments and benefits from the newspaper while working as an aide to Conservative leader David Cameron, the BBC reported Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2011. Coulson resigned from the now-defunct tabloid early in 2007 after a reporter and a private investigator were jailed for hacking into the voicemails of royal staff. Six months later he was hired as communications chief to Cameron, then Britain's opposition leader. (AP Photo/Oli Scarff, Pool/file)AP - A leading lawmaker examining the country's phone hacking scandal called Wednesday on Rupert Murdoch's news empire to confirm whether it is paying the legal fees of the ex-editor of the News of The World.

Mr. Blair goes to Africa (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 24 Aug 2011 01:01 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Four years after stepping down as Britain's premier, Tony Blair is taking lessons learned in office and applying them in Africa.

Illuminated manuscripts light up medieval monarchs (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Aug 2011 08:39 AM PDT

An illuminated manuscript from the British Library is seen in a handout photo. REUTERS/British Library/HandoutReuters - Flecks of gold and vibrant swirls of royal blue grace the pages of illuminated royal manuscripts at the British Library in London, which will shortly go on show to the public.

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