2012年1月16日星期一

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

UK police clear Parliament Square protesters (AP)

Posted: 16 Jan 2012 03:37 PM PST

AP - British police on Monday removed tents and protesters from Parliament Square in the latest twist in a decade-long battle to clear prime London real estate.

John Burnside wins TS Eliot poetry prize (AP)

Posted: 16 Jan 2012 02:34 PM PST

AP - Scottish poet John Burnside has won the TS Eliot Prize for poetry.

UK slams Israel settlement "vandalism" as Abbas visits (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Jan 2012 11:49 AM PST

Reuters - Britain condemned Israeli settlements on Monday as "deliberate vandalism" of efforts to establish a Palestinian state, and warned that time was running out for the peace process in the Middle East.

Editor: Hacking might have occurred at 2nd tabloid (AP)

Posted: 16 Jan 2012 11:42 AM PST

FILE - In this Dec. 20, 2011 file photo, Piers Morgan, host of CNN's 'Piers Morgan Tonight,' leaves the CNN building in Los Angeles. It's been an eventful year for Morgan, who revised the format of his prime-time show on the fly to emphasize more live interviews, quit 'America's Got Talent' and saw his reputation dragged into phone hacking scandal by journalists in his native Britain. But he hasn't failed. 'Piers Morgan Tonight' viewership was up 9 percent over Larry King's final year, even more among youthful viewers. He marks his first anniversary this week with appearances by Chelsea Handler, Rosie O'Donnell and former President Jimmy Carter.(AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, file)AP - The editor of Britain's Daily Mirror newspaper told a media ethics inquiry Monday it is possible illegal phone hacking took place at the tabloid, which was edited for almost a decade by CNN celebrity interviewer Piers Morgan.

UK's Clegg says Israeli settlements 'vandalism' (AP)

Posted: 16 Jan 2012 09:04 AM PST

Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron, left, greets Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at Downing Street in London, Monday, Jan. 16, 2012. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)AP - Britain's deputy prime minister accused Israel on Monday of carrying out "deliberate vandalism" by continuing to build settlements on land the Palestinians hope will form part of a future state.

Corrected: Factbox: Scotland gears up for breakaway vote (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Jan 2012 08:04 AM PST

Reuters - Here is some background about Scotland and its possible bid for independence.

UK: No public funding for new royal yacht (AP)

Posted: 16 Jan 2012 06:03 AM PST

FILE - A June 23, 1997 photo from files showing the Royal Yacht Britannia passing the new Hong Kong Convention Center in Hong Kong Harbor. What do you get for a monarch who has almost everything? Not, apparently, a new yacht, at least not one paid for with taxpayer funds. That was the message Monday, Jan. 16, 2012, as a brief boomlet of support for the idea of providing Queen Elizabeth II with a new royal yacht to mark her Diamond Jubilee was quickly deflated by Prime Minister David Cameron. It is estimated that a new yacht would cost at least 60 million pounds ($92 million/72,455,000 euro). Cameron's spokesman Steve Field said it would not be appropriate for public funds to be spent on a new yacht during times of economic hardship. (AP Photo/Pool, File)AP - What do you get for a monarch who has almost everything? Not, apparently, a new yacht, at least not one paid for with taxpayer funds.

UK government sinks royal yacht idea for queen (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Jan 2012 05:36 AM PST

Reuters - Britain's coalition government poured cold water on suggestions from a minister that taxpayers should fund a new royal yacht for Queen Elizabeth to mark her 60th year on the throne despite Britons dealing with severe austerity measures themselves.

Mirror editor says hacking could have gone on (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Jan 2012 04:29 AM PST

Reuters - Showbusiness reporters at Britain's Daily Mirror could have secretly engaged in phone-hacking in the past, the tabloid's editor and former showbiz editor Richard Wallace told a government-appointed inquiry on Monday.

Britain, HK to develop London as yuan trading hub (AP)

Posted: 15 Jan 2012 11:42 PM PST

British Treasury chief George Osborne speaks to media at the Asian Financial Forum in Hong Kong Monday, Jan. 16, 2012. British and Hong Kong leaders said Monday they will team up to develop London into an international trading center for China's currency. Osborne said in Hong Kong that his trip to Asia this week, which also includes stops in Beijing and Tokyo, furthers dialogue with Chinese authorities and Chinese and British banks 'on establishing London as a new hub for the renminbi market as a complement to Hong Kong.' (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)AP - British and Hong Kong leaders unveiled steps on Monday aimed at developing London into an international trading center for China's currency.

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