2011年9月5日星期一

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain


UK: Inquiry to examine intelligence ties to Libya (AP)

Posted: 05 Sep 2011 01:39 PM PDT

Libyan rebels' Tripoli military commander Abdel Hakim Belhaj gestures during an interview with the Associated Press in Tripoli, Libya, in this Wednesday Aug. 31, 2011 file photo. Abdel Hakim Belhaj, a former leader of an Islamic militant group that sent fighters to Iraq and Afghanistan, insisted Friday that the new Libya will shun extremism and won't become a breeding ground for terrorism. Belhaj, said he was detained in 2004 in Malaysia and sent to a secret prison in Thailand where he claimed he was tortured by CIA agents. Then he was sent to Libya and jailed for seven years by Moammar Gadhafi's regime. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)AP - A British inquiry into the country's pursuit of terrorism suspects will examine new allegations about cozy ties between U.K. intelligence officials and Moammar Gadhafi's regime, Prime Minister David Cameron said Monday.


Britain to probe Libya torture reports (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Sep 2011 10:51 AM PDT

Reuters - An independent inquiry will investigate allegations that British security services were involved in illegally sending terror suspects to Libya where they risked being tortured by Muammar Gaddafi's government, officials said Monday.

Murdoch firm to sell its London site (AP)

Posted: 05 Sep 2011 08:21 AM PDT

FILE - In this Friday, July 15, 2011 file photo a security guard walks outside the building that houses the headquarters of News International in Wapping  London. Rupert Murdoch's News International said Monday Sept. 5, 2011 it will sell its complex in the east London area of Wapping.The company says it will relocate to another area in east London.The company says in a statement that 'current market conditions' led to a decision 'not to proceed with remodeling the Wapping site.'  (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)AP - Rupert Murdoch's News International says it will sell its complex in the east London area of Wapping.


How US, British intelligence worked to bring Qaddafi's Libya in from the cold (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 05 Sep 2011 06:51 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - The toppling of Col. Muammar Qaddafi is yielding a trove of Libyan intelligence documents that provide rare insight into American and British spy agencies â€" and the rendition of terror suspects to a regime known for human rights abuses.
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