2011年12月2日星期五

Yahoo! News: World - Britain

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - Britain


Iranian diplomats expelled from London arrive home (AP)

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 05:16 PM PST

A female Iranian student holds a poster of supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, during a demonstration to welcome Iranian diplomats expelled from London in retaliation for attacks on British compounds in Tehran, at the Mehrabad airport in Tehran, Iran, early Saturday, Dec. 3, 2011. About 150 hard-liners gathered at Tehran's Mehrabad airport to give the diplomats a hero's welcome but the Iranian government has reportedly opposed any high-profile welcome. Iran's official IRNA news agency says the diplomats plane landed at early Saturday morning. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)AP - Iranian diplomats expelled from London in retaliation for attacks on British compounds in Tehran arrived home Saturday, the official IRNA news agency reported, sealing Iran's most serious diplomatic rift with the West in decades.


Expelled Iran diplomats leave Britain (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 12:44 PM PST

Reuters - All Iranian diplomats left Britain on Friday, expelled in response to protesters storming the British embassy in Tehran, hardening a confrontation between Tehran and the West over its nuclear program.

UK police arrest 22 in anti-drone demonstration (AP)

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 08:55 AM PST

AP - British police arrested 20 people Friday outside the U.S. Embassy in London on suspicion of belonging to a banned group.

9 men deny plot to mount London bomb attacks (AP)

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 08:38 AM PST

AP - Nine men have denied plotting to launch bomb attacks on landmarks including Britain's Parliament and busy shopping areas.

Summary Box: UK spies ask hackers to crack code (AP)

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 08:21 AM PST

AP - CLOAK: Britain's electronic listening agency, GCHQ, is trying to reach individuals with "a keen interest in code breaking and ethical hacking" for new career opportunities. Officials say they need people to counter "threats to information and computer technology." However, anyone who has hacked illegally need not apply, according to GCHQ.

Summary Box: Phone-hacking revelations (AP)

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 08:07 AM PST

AP - WINDOW ON SKULLDUGGERY: Britain's media ethics inquiry has shined light on the murky practices of the U.K.'s muckraking press, with phone hacking just the beginning.

Over 20 arrested at U.S. London embassy protest (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 07:40 AM PST

Reuters - Police said they had made more than 20 arrests at a demonstration outside the U.S. embassy in London on Friday.

Heineken buys 918 British pubs (AP)

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 03:53 AM PST

AP - Dutch brewer Heineken NV says it has purchased Galaxy Pub Estate, owner of 918 pubs in Britain, from Royal Bank of Scotland PLC for 412 million pounds ($646 million) in cash.

Chinese students get a taste of Europe work life (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 03:50 AM PST

Reuters - Shan Jie has been working at the Radisson hotel in central London since July, waitressing in one of the restaurants or setting up for conferences.

UK spy agency asks hackers to crack code (AP)

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 03:36 AM PST

AP - Can you crack the code?
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