2011年9月29日星期四

Yahoo! News: World - Britain

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - Britain


UK hacking like Watergate scandal, Bernstein says (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Sep 2011 03:04 PM PDT

Carl Bernstein gestures during an interview in his apartment in New York June 1, 2007. REUTERS/Shannon StapletonReuters - The phone hacking scandal that engulfed Rupert Murdoch's media empire could turn out to be Britain's "Watergate" with fallout that lasts for decades, former Washington Post reporter Carl Bernstein said on Thursday.


British Virgin Islands cancels RI man's conviction (AP)

Posted: 29 Sep 2011 02:23 PM PDT

AP - A Rhode Island man convicted of killing his wife during a 1999 scuba diving trip was freed Thursday after the verdict was overturned.

Ex-spymaster to help judge Russian suspect's case (AP)

Posted: 29 Sep 2011 12:44 PM PDT

AP - A judge says that a former British spymaster will help rule on the case of a suspected Russian agent who is fighting her deportation from the U.K.

Leader of UK far right group convicted of assault (AP)

Posted: 29 Sep 2011 12:05 PM PDT

AP - The leader of the far right English Defense League has been convicted of assault after head butting a rival during a rally earlier this year.

Officials charge 7th man in alleged UK terror plot (AP)

Posted: 29 Sep 2011 11:13 AM PDT

AP - British prosecutors say they've authorized police to charge a seventh man over an alleged suicide bombing plot.

UK home secretary's planner left in concert hall (AP)

Posted: 29 Sep 2011 06:32 AM PDT

AP - British police insist security hasn't been compromised after the planner of the country's home secretary was left at a concert hall in Scotland.
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