2011年9月30日星期五

Yahoo! News: World - Britain

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - Britain


4x4 left atop British mountain for second time (AP)

Posted: 30 Sep 2011 02:04 PM PDT

AP - Authorities say a four-wheel drive vehicle has been abandoned near the summit of one of Britain's highest mountains — for the second time this month.

Britain's Austere Stimulus: Raise the Speed Limit (The Atlantic Wire)

Posted: 30 Sep 2011 01:37 PM PDT

The Atlantic Wire -

Wife of UK lawmaker convicted of kitten theft (AP)

Posted: 30 Sep 2011 10:19 AM PDT

AP - The estranged wife of a British lawmaker was convicted on Friday of stealing a kitten from the house of her husband's lover.

UK court: Barred Islamic leader should get damages (AP)

Posted: 30 Sep 2011 09:25 AM PDT

AP - A judge says an Islamic activist who entered Britain despite being banned is entitled to damages for wrongful detention.

News of the World reporter slams ex-employer (AP)

Posted: 30 Sep 2011 09:16 AM 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 - A News of the World reporter implicated in Britain's phone hacking scandal has slammed Rupert Murdoch's News International for his sacking from the tabloid, insisting he was innocent and unfairly dismissed.


Tony Blair's multiple jobs in the spotlight (AP)

Posted: 30 Sep 2011 07:11 AM PDT

FILE -- In this Thursday, March 25, 2004 file photo, Libyan leader Col. Moammar Gadhafi, at right, talks with Britain's Prime Minister Tony Blair during a meeting outside Tripoli, Libya. As Tony Blair juggles his roles, as special envoy to the Middle East Quartet, consultant to investment bank JP Morgan, questions are being raised over the wisdom of trying to carry out so many different jobs at once. Emails seen by the Associated Press show that JP Morgan mentioned former British premier Tony Blair when doing business with Gadhafi's former regime. The revelation raises questions on how Blair combines his role as special envoy for the Quartet on the Middle East and JP Morgan consultant, and the collapse of Gadhafi's regime this year has raised uncomfortable questions over just how Blair and other senior politicians had been willing to work with Libya.(AP Photo/Alastair Grant, file)AP - Since stepping down as Britain's prime minister, Tony Blair has built up a formidable work portfolio: He's an international peacemaker, a consultant for investment bank JP Morgan, a pricey public speaker and a philanthropist.


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