2011年9月12日星期一

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Dominatrix's story puts UK treasurer in spotlight (AP)

Posted: 12 Sep 2011 03:19 PM PDT

FILE - In this July 25, 2011 file photo, Britain's Treasury chief George Osborne stands outside his official residence in central London. A dominatrix's sensational story of sex, cocaine, and tabloid wrongdoing has revived questions over the relationship between Rupert Murdoch's scandal-hungry News of the World tabloid and Britain's Treasury chief. Natalie Rowe's lawyer Mark Lewis says Osborne's survival owes much to the News of the World's forgiving approach to the story. Lewis said Monday, Sept. 12, 2011, that Osborne later recommended News of the World editor Andy Coulson for a top job with his boss, Prime Minister David Cameron. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)AP - A dominatrix's sensational story of sex, cocaine, and tabloid wrongdoing has revived questions over the relationship between Rupert Murdoch's scandal-hungry News of the World and Britain's Treasury chief, George Osborne.

4 men charged with slavery offenses in Britain (AP)

Posted: 12 Sep 2011 01:22 PM PDT

AP - Authorities says four men have been charged with slavery offenses for holding a group of men in squalid conditions at a caravan site north of London.

UK's Cameron meets Medvedev, Putin in rare visit (AP)

Posted: 12 Sep 2011 10:27 AM PDT

Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron gestures as he addresses students of Moscow State University (MGU) in Moscow, Russia, Monday, Sept. 12, 2011. Cameron insisted Monday that Russia and Britain can overcome sharp differences in their relations - including the 2006 poisoning death of a Kremlin critic in London - to seal new trading ties and help promote world stability in the wake of the Arab Spring. (AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel)AP - British Prime Minister David Cameron declared Monday that Russia and Britain must set aside bitter disputes over the poisoning death of a Kremlin critic in London five years ago to nurture new trading ties and help promote world stability in the wake of the Arab uprisings.

UK announces new Metropolitan Police chief (AP)

Posted: 12 Sep 2011 10:09 AM PDT

New Metropolitan Police commissioner Bernard Hogan-Howe speaks to the media outside New Scotland Yard in London, Monday, Sept. 12, 2011. Hogan-Howe, had been the acting deputy commissioner for Britain's Metropolitan Police, and has been named the new head of the force. The Home Office says Hogan-Howe impressed officials with his commitment to cutting crime. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)AP - Bernard Hogan-Howe, the acting deputy commissioner for Britain's Metropolitan Police, has been named the new head of the force, the government said Monday.

Police question four after UK "slavery" raid (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Sep 2011 06:46 AM PDT

Reuters - British police who discovered a suspected slave labor operation on a caravan site north of London said they were questioning four people on Monday.

NATO's head says to keep up Libyan operation (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Sep 2011 04:27 AM PDT

Reuters - NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said on Monday that it will continue its military operations in Libya while the threat to civilians persists, but did not see the alliance playing a major role in post-conflict Libya.

UK proposal to split retail, investment banking (AP)

Posted: 12 Sep 2011 03:48 AM PDT

AP - Major British banks should ring fence investment banking operations from mainstream activities by 2019 to reduce the risks of taxpayers having to bear the cost of any future bailouts, a government-appointed commission recommended on Monday.

UK to push through bank reforms (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Sep 2011 01:38 AM PDT

A pedestrian is reflected in the window of a branch of the Royal Bank of Scotland in London August 4, 2011. REUTERS/Suzanne PlunkettReuters - Britain's banks face some of the world's toughest regulations under reforms outlined on Monday, which require them to insulate their retail lending activities and store up billions in extra capital at a cost of up to 7 billion pounds ($11 billion).

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