2011年11月14日星期一

Yahoo! News: World - Britain

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - Britain


UK ponders missile defense for London 2012 Olympics (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Nov 2011 11:57 AM PST

Reuters - Britain is ready to use missiles to protect next year's London Olympics from an airborne attack, Defense Minister Philip Hammond said on Monday, amid reports the United States was unhappy with security plans for the games.

Two on trial for high-profile British racist murder (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Nov 2011 11:15 AM PST

Reuters - Two men went on trial in London on Monday for the 1993 murder of black student Stephen Lawrence, a landmark case that led to police being branded racist and helped to end a doctrine that prevented a suspect being tried twice for the same crime.

UK media inquiry begins, could lead to shake up (AP)

Posted: 14 Nov 2011 10:11 AM PST

AP - The press likes to cast itself as society's guardian. On Monday, the judge leading the investigation into Britain's deepening phone hacking scandal vowed to find an answer to the question: Who guards the guardians?

Outrage at UK plan to put audio recorders in taxis (AP)

Posted: 14 Nov 2011 10:00 AM PST

AP - Civil liberties campaigners on Monday expressed outrage at an English city's plan to install audio recorders in licensed taxi cabs as a security measure.
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