2011年11月9日星期三

Yahoo! News: World - Britain

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - Britain


British Consulates: Stop with the dumb questions (AP)

Posted: 09 Nov 2011 04:01 PM PST

AP - One British man rang his consulate after being dumped by a dominatrix abroad, while another caller asked what to do about ants in his Florida holiday villa.

Marc Jacobs perfume ad banned in UK (AP)

Posted: 09 Nov 2011 02:52 PM PST

AP - Britain's advertising standards watchdog on Wednesday banned a Marc Jacobs perfume ad starring actress Dakota Fanning, saying it seemed to sexualize a child and could cause serious offense.

Credibility fading, James Murdoch returns to UK (AP)

Posted: 09 Nov 2011 12:21 PM PST

File - Chairman of News Corporation Rupert Murdoch, right, and his son James Murdoch, chief executive of News Corporation Europe and Asia arrive at his residence in central London, in this Sunday, July 10, 2011 file photo. A private investigator working for Rupert Murdoch's News of the World conducted surveillance on Prince William as well of dozens of politicians and celebrities, the BBC reported Tuesday Nov. 8 2011. The broadcaster said private eye Derek Webb spied on the prince in 2006 while William was in Gloucestershire, western England, where his father Prince Charles has a country home.  (AP Photo / Sang Tan, file)AP - Contradicted by key former executives and challenged by his company's ex-lawyers, James Murdoch is expected back for a second grilling in Britain's Parliament Thursday over the phone hacking scandal that has shaken his father's media empire.


London student protest over fees draws thousands (AP)

Posted: 09 Nov 2011 10:02 AM PST

British police officers scuffle with students during a protest march in central London, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2011. Students marched through London Wednesday to protest cuts to public spending and a big increase in tuition fees. Police said more than 2,000 people were taking part as the march set off with chants of 'No ifs, no buts, no education cuts.' (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)AP - Amid a heavy police presence, thousands of students marched through central London on Wednesday to protest cuts to public spending and a big increase in university tuition fees.


Hague: UK to abstain on UN Palestinian vote (AP)

Posted: 09 Nov 2011 08:08 AM PST

AP - Britain will abstain from the United Nations vote on the Palestinian bid for statehood, Foreign Secretary William Hague told Parliament Wednesday.

Only 11% of Possible Phone-Hacking Victims Have Been Contacted by Police (The Atlantic Wire)

Posted: 09 Nov 2011 07:41 AM PST

The Atlantic Wire - Apparently we've only seen the tip of News Corp.'s phone-hacking iceberg. The Guardian is reporting that of "the possible 5,800 hacking victims identified so far, 638 have been contacted by officers working on the inquiry to confirm that their phones may have been hacked." That means that only 11 in 100 potential victims in the U.K. have even been told that their phones have potentially been hacked by journalists. "The relatively small number shows how far the investigation has to run before it completes its analysis of about 11,000 pages of notes," The Guardian says. Those possibly 5,800 phone-hacked is about 2,000 more than than previously estimated. The new number comes as we learned this week at that one of Rupert Murdoch's newspaper hired a private eye to spy on more than 100 people, including (gasp!) the royal family and the family of Daniel Radcliffe. All the more charcoal for MPs to grill James Murdoch with when he addresses Parliament again tomorrow.

Iran nuclear standoff enters more dangerous phase: UK (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Nov 2011 07:05 AM PST

Reuters - The standoff over Iran's nuclear program is entering a more dangerous phase and the risk of conflict will increase if Iran does not negotiate, British Foreign Secretary William Hague warned on Wednesday.

UK's Cameron backs Home Secretary Theresa May (AP)

Posted: 09 Nov 2011 05:34 AM PST

Britain's Home Secretary Theresa May arrives for a cabinet meeting at Downing Street in London,  Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2011. The Home Secretary will face questions after she admitted on Monday that she had authorised officials to relax security procedures on some European travellers coming into the country.(AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)AP - Prime Minister David Cameron offered fresh support Wednesday to an embattled government minister who is embroiled in a scandal over a summer relaxation of border controls.


London abbey to lose control of school after abuse (AP)

Posted: 09 Nov 2011 05:09 AM PST

AP - A monastery should no longer be allowed to run a London Roman Catholic school where pupils were physically and sexually abused over several decades, an independent report recommended Wednesday.

Kesa dumps money-losing UK Comet stores (AP)

Posted: 09 Nov 2011 01:58 AM PST

AP - Kesa Electricals says it has agreed to sell its money-losing Comet stores in Britain for a token payment of 2 pounds ($3.22).
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