2011年9月28日星期三

Yahoo! News: World - Britain

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - Britain


News of the World reporter claims unfair dismissal (AP)

Posted: 28 Sep 2011 12:43 PM PDT

FILE - This is a April 6, 2011 file photo of former News of the World chief reporter Neville Thurlbeck.  A British employment tribunal filing shows that  Thurlbeck is claiming unfair dismissal from his former publisher, Rupert Murdoch's News International. News International said Wednesday Sept. 28, 2011 it 'will vigorously contest the case,' filed on Sept. 13. Thurlbeck is expected to claim he was sacked for whistleblowing in the phone-hacking scandal that brought down his tabloid.  (AP Photo/Yui Mok/PA, File) UNITED KINGDOM OUTAP - Two reporters who were fired from the British newspaper News of the World have filed unfair dismissal claims against Rupert Murdoch's News International, officials said Wednesday.


UK gov't orders extradition over honeymoon death (AP)

Posted: 28 Sep 2011 09:24 AM PDT

AP - Britain's government said Wednesday that a suspect accused of hiring a hit man to kill his wife on their honeymoon in South Africa should be extradited there to face trial.

UK charges 77-year-old with 16 sex attacks (AP)

Posted: 28 Sep 2011 04:59 AM PDT

AP - British police say a 77-year-old man has been charged with a string of 16 sex attacks targeting children dating back to 1949.

AP Enterprise: UK tabloid paid spies for scoops (AP)

Posted: 28 Sep 2011 12:17 AM PDT

FILE - In this July 9, 2011 file photo, Piers Morgan arrives at the inaugural BAFTA Brits to Watch 2011 event at the Belasco Theater in Los Angeles. No one suspected the secretary. Efficient, well-dressed and well-liked, Sue Harris was at the heart of the Sunday People, the smallest of Britain's weekly tabloids. In 1995 Harris was dismissed over an allegation that she'd been feeding her paper's juiciest scoops to Piers Morgan's News of the World, betraying her co-workers for a weekly payoff of 250 pounds - then worth about $375. Although People journalists had long believed there was a traitor in their midst, they were shocked when Harris was exposed. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)AP - No one suspected the secretary.


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