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UK threat to storm embassy to take Assange
The UK has issued a "threat" to enter the Ecuadorian embassy in London to arrest Julian Assange, who has been taking refuge inside since June.
Seven terror arrests in UK
Seven men have been arrested on suspicion of terrorist offences in Britain after a routine vehicle search turned up firearms and weapons, police said.
Assange protest hits UK consulate
Nathan Partenza Four people have occupied the United Kingdom consulate in Melbourne's CBD this morning in support of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.
UK terror suspects lose extradition fight
Alan Travis and Owen Bowcott London The European Court of Human Rights has cleared the way for the extradition to the US of five terrorism suspects, including the Islamist preacher Abu Hamza al-Masri, after legal battles dating to 2004.
'Condemned to a life of torture': UK denies right-to-die legal challenge
Britain's High Court has rejected an attempt by a man who has locked-in syndrome to overturn the country's euthanasia law by refusing to legally allow doctors to end his life.
UK, Ecuador face prolonged standoff over Assange affair
New York Britain and Ecuador face prolonged showdown over asylum bid by WikiLeaks founder.
UK media scandal spreads to new tabloids
The police investigation spawned by the phone hacking scandal at the News of the World has spread to other UK tabloids, a senior Scotland Yard official says.
UK paedophile leader jailed for 22 years
The ringleader of a gang of men in Britain, who groomed girls for sex, has been jailed for 22 years for a "campaign of rape" against a young Asian girl.
Clouds are gathering in the US as Murdoch battles UK siege
Simon Mann America's mid-summer heat that is casting its annual soporific pall across the north-east is set to deliver a respite of sorts for Rupert Murdoch's besieged media empire.
James Murdoch accused of misleading UK MPs
Rupert Murdoch’s son James has been accused of misleading British MPs this week when he said he did not know when authorising a settlement that phone hacking at News of the World went beyond one...
Murdochs appear before UK parliamentary committee
Rupert Murdoch, his son James and Rebekah Brooks have given evidence on phone hacking to the British parliament.
UK police chief quits over phone hacking scandal
London’s police chief has quit over his links to a former News of the World editor caught up in the phone hacking scandal.
Murdochs in the dock as media baron agrees to front UK MPs
Embattled media mogul Rupert Murdoch and his son have caved in to pressure and finally agreed to be grilled by MPs over the tabloid phone hacking scandal.
Let's talk, Brooks tells UK detectives
Mark Hughes, London LONDON: The News International chief executive, Rebekah Brooks, has contacted Scotland Yard detectives and offered to be interviewed as a witness rather than a suspect in their phone hacking...
UK media feels heat after hacking scandal
Raphael G Satter As Britain's most powerful Sunday newspaper crashes and burns, newsrooms across London are feeling the heat.
Drought declared in four UK regions
London Four major regions of Britain will be officially declared drought-stricken this week.
UK urged to stop children being targets of marketing
Robert Hutton LONDON: The British Prime Minister, David Cameron, has urged businesses to reduce the amount of marketing they aim at children, as well as their exposure to sexual images on posters, TV and the...
Fury over UK move to allow secret services to spy on public
LONDON: British politicians and rights activists have joined a chorus of protest about plans by the government to give the intelligence and security services the ability to monitor the phone calls,...
UK's Sky News says it hacked emails
British broadcaster Sky News says it authorised the hacking of emails on two separate occasions, but insists the move was in the public interest.
UK plan to shut down social media
British Prime Minister David Cameron is considering banning Twitter and other online networking during civil unrest in the wake of his country's riots this week.
