Yahoo! News: World - Britain

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• Wall Street Journal Europe publisher resigns (AP)
• British, U.S. forces free hijacked ship (Reuters)
• UK auctioneer to sell piece of Saddam statue (AP)
• British and U.S. forces free hijacked ship (Reuters)
• English couple become UK's third largest jackpot winners (Reuters)
• U.S. "supercop" rejects closing social media in riots (Reuters)
• Former News Corp executive recalled to hacking hearing (Reuters)
• Pirate's hostages freed after message in bottle (AP)
• Ex-WSJ publisher to give phone hacking testimony (AP)
• UK lawmakers used public money to create websites (AP)
• Lean times on the Thames: Big Ben slightly askew (AP)

Wall Street Journal Europe publisher resigns (AP) Posted: 11 Oct 2011 03:42 PM PDT AP - Dow Jones & Co. said Tuesday its top Europe executive has resigned, after a commercial deal between The Wall Street Journal Europe and another company raised questions about the paper's editorial standards.

British, U.S. forces free hijacked ship (Reuters) Posted: 11 Oct 2011 10:19 AM PDT Reuters - U.S. and British naval forces freed the crew of a hijacked Italian cargo ship in the Indian Ocean on Tuesday and captured 11 pirates in a notable success against Somali gangs who cost the world economy billions of dollars each year.

UK auctioneer to sell piece of Saddam statue (AP) Posted: 11 Oct 2011 10:18 AM PDT AP - An English auction house is selling a chunk of metal that it says came from the buttock of a bronze Saddam Hussein statue that was toppled in Iraq in 2003.

British and U.S. forces free hijacked ship (Reuters) Posted: 11 Oct 2011 09:54 AM PDT Reuters - U.S. and British naval forces freed the crew of a hijacked Italian cargo ship in the Indian Ocean on Tuesday and captured 11 pirates in a notable success against Somali gangs who cost the world economy billions of dollars each year.

English couple become UK's third largest jackpot winners (Reuters) Posted: 11 Oct 2011 09:35 AM PDT Reuters - A couple from eastern England have become Britain's third largest jackpot winners after winning more than 100 million pounds ($156 million) in Friday's Euromillions lottery draw.

U.S. "supercop" rejects closing social media in riots (Reuters) Posted: 11 Oct 2011 08:24 AM PDT Reuters - U.S. "supercop" Bill Bratton, visiting Britain to advise the government in the aftermath of riots earlier this year, said on Tuesday he was against the idea of shutting down social media services during times of civil unrest.

Former News Corp executive recalled to hacking hearing (Reuters) Posted: 11 Oct 2011 08:10 AM PDT Reuters - Rupert Murdoch's former lieutenant, Les Hinton, is set to appear for a second time before a powerful British parliamentary committee to answer questions about the phone hacking scandal that forced his resignation.

Pirate's hostages freed after message in bottle (AP) Posted: 11 Oct 2011 12:01 PM PDT AP - British and U.S. forces freed an Italian cargo ship hijacked by Somali pirates in a dramatic rescue Tuesday after retrieving a message in a bottle tossed by hostages from a porthole alerting ships nearby the crew was safely sealed inside an armored area.

Ex-WSJ publisher to give phone hacking testimony (AP) Posted: 11 Oct 2011 06:00 AM PDT AP - Rupert Murdoch's former right-hand man will be grilled by British lawmakers on how much he knew about the phone hacking scandal, lawmakers said Tuesday.

UK lawmakers used public money to create websites (AP) Posted: 11 Oct 2011 05:46 AM PDT AP - An expenses watchdog says British legislators investigated after they used taxpayer funds to create websites won't need to return any money because rules weren't properly enforced.

Lean times on the Thames: Big Ben slightly askew (AP) Posted: 10 Oct 2011 06:08 PM PDT AP - Big Ben has a little bend.

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