2011年12月20日星期二

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

MF Global U.S. trustee pursuing $700 million in UK (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Dec 2011 03:49 PM PST

Reuters - The U.S. trustee for bankrupt MF Global Holdings Inc is working to recover $700 million of client funds held by the broker's UK affiliate for U.S. customers that were trading in overseas markets, the trustee's spokesman said on Tuesday.

Report: UK police need clearer riot tactic rules (AP)

Posted: 20 Dec 2011 02:59 PM PST

AP - An official British police watchdog says officers should consider using more robust tactics — including shooting arsonists as a last resort — if faced with future riots.

Britain's Cameron visits troops in Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: 20 Dec 2011 09:09 AM PST

AP - British Prime Minister David Cameron held talks with U.K. troops in southern Afghanistan on Tuesday amid discussions over how international forces plan to meet their 2014 deadline to withdraw from combat.

UK police arrest Pakistani on terror suspicions (AP)

Posted: 20 Dec 2011 07:43 AM PST

AP - British police are questioning a Pakistani student arrested at Birmingham Airport on suspicion of a terrorism offense, the West Midlands force said Tuesday.

Murdoch media pays 7 more phone hacking victims (AP)

Posted: 20 Dec 2011 06:36 AM PST

AP - Rupert Murdoch's News International has paid out settlements to seven more prominent figures in the wake of the phone hacking scandal at its now-shuttered News of the World tabloid.

British boy's chimney designed with Santa in mind (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Dec 2011 05:05 AM PST

Reuters - A worried letter from six-year old Leo Park sparked a mammoth operation to test what is believed to be the world's first chimney specifically designed to accommodate Santa Claus.

Scott of the Antarctic's goodbye letter to be sold (AP)

Posted: 20 Dec 2011 04:13 AM PST

AP - A farewell letter written by British explorer Robert Falcon Scott when he realized he would not survive his ill-fated expedition to the South Pole is to be sold in London, Bonhams auction house said Tuesday.

UK mulls changes to terrorism threat scale (AP)

Posted: 20 Dec 2011 12:41 AM PST

FILE - In this March 31, 2009 file photo, employees are silhouetted by screens showing prominent areas of London under CCTV surveillance at a police control room in London. Britain has announced in advance it will raise its terrorism threat level during the London Olympics next summer, but that could be the last time the five-point scale is used amid mounting evidence such systems are often misunderstood and do little to generate crucial tips about terror plots. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)AP - Britain has announced in advance it will raise its terrorism threat level during the London Olympics next summer, but that could be the last time the five-point scale is used amid mounting evidence such systems are often misunderstood and do little to generate crucial tips about terror plots.

Britain Would Treat the Collapse of the Euro Like a Natural Disaster (The Atlantic Wire)

Posted: 19 Dec 2011 09:38 AM PST

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