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2nd Scotland Yard Official Resigns

Another casualty of hacking scandal: Assistant Commissioner John Yates

(Newser) - Britain's spreading phone hacking and police bribery scandal forced another of London's top police officers to resign. Scotland Yard chief Paul Stephenson stepped down last night, followed out the door today by Assistant Commissioner John Yates—who decided two years ago not to reopen police inquiries into phone...

Tabloid Hacker Worked for Scotland Yard

Tabloid's former editor paid $1,500 a day as 'consultant'

(Newser) - The creepily cozy relationship between some Brit cops and News of the World reporters is emerging with word that Scotland Yard paid a suspected phone hacker $1,500 a day in consultant fees. "This stinks to high heaven," said one aghast politician. Neil Wallis, former executive editor of...

Cameron Calls for News of World Probes

But public suspects the closure is just a shell game

(Newser) - Facing a mounting public outcry over the News of the World scandal, David Cameron today announced a pair of investigations that will look into both the News of the World's activities (including allegations of police bribery) and the future of media regulation, the AP reports. Cameron said that politicians...

Former News of the World Editor Andy Coulson Faces Arrest in Phone Hacking Scandal
Ex-Editor Arrested in UK Phone Hacking Scandal
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Jul 8, 2011 5:29 AM CDT

Ex-Editor Arrested in UK Phone Hacking Scandal

Andy Coulson also worked for David Cameron

(Newser) - And the hits just keep on coming for Rupert Murdoch's News Corp: Former News of the World editor Andy Coulson has been arrested, one day after Murdoch announced he was shutting down the tabloid over the UK phone hacking scandal. Police suspect Coulson knew about the hacking that took...

Top Tory Found Dead at Glastonbury Music Fest

Christopher Shale's body found after press prints embarrassing memo

(Newser) - A close pal of British Prime Minister David Cameron has been found dead in a VIP portable toilet at the Glastonbury Music Festival in England. The corpse of Christopher Shale was discovered the same day the Sunday Mail printed an embarrassing memo by him saying that people saw little reason...

France Backs Obama's Afghan Drawdown, Plans Its Own

Sarkozy has 4,000 troops there

(Newser) - A mere 12 hours after President Obama spoke on his Afghanistan drawdown, France offered its support for the plan. It will also begin a pullout of its 4,000 troops next month, “in a proportional manner and in a timeframe similar to the pullback of the American reinforcements,”...

Space Weather: Solar Storms Can Be Disastrous, Scientists Write
 Beware of 'Space Weather' 
opinion
Jun 17, 2011 3:19 PM CDT

Beware of 'Space Weather'

Solar storms can be disastrous—but we can protect ourselves

(Newser) - It’s not just the weather on Earth we need to worry about—there are storms in space, too, and they can pose a serious threat if we’re not prepared. Recent years have been quiet around the sun, but it’s about to reach the height of its magnetic...

Cameron: My Wife Was Missing in NY on 9/11

Prime minister recounts frantic effort to contact wife

(Newser) - David Cameron says he knows all too well how millions of Americans felt on September 11, 2001. His wife, Samantha, then pregnant with their first child, had flown into New York the day before and he spent 5 frantic hours back in Britain trying to contact her, recalled the British...

Obama, Cameron: Gadhafi Must Step Down

But everyone needs to be patient

(Newser) - President Obama called for Moammar Gadhafi to step down in February . Now he and David Cameron are singing the tune in unison. Speaking at a joint news conference in London today, the two leaders restated their position: Military operations in Libya will continue until Gadhafi stops his attacks against civilians...

Brit PM Seeks Primetime Ban on Gay Kissing

David Cameron worried about kids 'losing their innocence'

(Newser) - British Prime Minister David Cameron appears close to proposing new TV regulations that would ban gay kissing on all TV programs until late at night, according to press reports. The move is the result of a government review of the effects of "sexually suggestive" TV scenes on youngsters, reports...

David Cameron Tells Female Official: Calm Down, Dear

(Newser) - Brits are in a snit after an admonition by Prime Minister David Cameron to a top female official to "calm down, dear" during a public parliamentary session. Cameron made the comment to Angela Eagle, the "shadow" chief secretary to the Treasury from the opposition Labor Party, as she...

Why Are France, UK Leading War in Libya?

Not national interest, the real reason is about credibility

(Newser) - How did Libya, a desert nation of 6.5 million people and less than 2% of the world's oil reserves, become a French and British war? Michael Elliot in Time checks off a bunch of wrong answers first: No, the outcome in Libya is not a vital national interest of...

'Heart of Egypt Beats Again'

  'Heart of Egypt Beats Again' 
reaction roundup
Feb 11, 2011 1:54 PM CST

'Heart of Egypt Beats Again'

Reactions pour in via Twitter, media

(Newser) - The sudden ouster of Hosni Mubarak has Egypt celebrating in the streets—and in interviews, and on Twitter. The Global Post rounds up some of the best reactions. From Egypt:
  • Mohamed ElBaradei: “This is the greatest day of my life. The country has been liberated,” he told the
...

UK Paying Millions in Compensation to Gitmo Brits

Men alleged that UK intelligence agencies colluded in torture

(Newser) - The British government plans to pay compensation amounting to millions of dollars to a dozen former Guantanamo Bay inmates. The men, all British citizens or residents, had launched court proceedings against the government and claimed that British intelligence services had colluded in their torture in secret prisons abroad, the Guardian...

Brits to Release Lockerbie Papers

But Cameron opposes inquiry into bomber's release

(Newser) - British Prime Minister David Cameron has promised to release new documents on Scotland's controversial decision to free the Lockerbie bomber—but he's opposed to a new inquiry into the matter. "I don't need an inquiry to tell me what I already know, which is that it was a bad...

BP Didn't Cause Lockerbie Bomber Release: Cameron

British PM denies connection between oil giant an al-Megrahi's release

(Newser) - British PM David Cameron said he has seen no evidence suggesting that BP—his nation's largest company—persuaded the Scottish government to release Lockerbie bomber Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, the AP reports. Cameron said he understood American "frustrations" with BP over the spill, but said no evidence supports the contention...

'Bloody Sunday' Report Blames British Soldiers

PM David Cameron apologizes to Irish victims of 1972

(Newser) - Relatives of 13 Irish demonstrators shot to death by British troops on Northern Ireland 's Bloody Sunday cried tears of joy today as an epic fact-finding probe ruled that their loved ones were innocent and the soldiers entirely to blame for the 1972 slaughter. The investigation took 12 years and...

Palin to Visit Margaret Thatcher

Former Alaska gov wants to meet 'political heroine'

(Newser) - Sarah Palin will visit Margaret Thatcher in England, the former Alaska governor announced in a Facebook post. Palin calls Thatcher "one of my political heroines" and says the former UK leader's "life and career serve as a blueprint for overcoming the odds and challenging the ‘status quo....

Brits Turns Skeptical on Global Warming

Only 26% believe in man-made climate change

(Newser) - Britain is suddenly a nation of climate skeptics. In a February poll, just 26% agreed that “climate change is happening now and is now established as largely manmade,” down from 41% as recently as November 2009, the New York Times reports. The sudden plunge is probably due in...

Mr. Prime Minister, About That Nick Clegg Joke...
 Mr. Prime Minister, 
 About That Nick Clegg Joke...  
bygones department
May 12, 2010 2:24 PM CDT

Mr. Prime Minister, About That Nick Clegg Joke...

Cameron reminded of old dig against new partner

(Newser) - In the heat of the British election campaign, a reporter asked David Cameron for his favorite joke. "Nick Clegg," he answered. A reporter helpfully reminded Britain's new prime minister of that during his press conference today with his new deputy prime minister, that same Nick Clegg. Cameron could...

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