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LONDON — Britain's tabloid phone-hacking scandal enveloped the London police force Monday with the rapid-fire resignations of two top officers amid claims of possible illegal eavesdropping, bribery and collusion. U.K officials immediately vowed to investigate. Prime Minister David Cameron, feeling the political heat from his own close ties to individuals within Rupert Murdoch's media empire, cut short his trip to Africa and called an emergency session of Parliament for Wednesday so he could address lawmakers on the s... Full story
LONDON — U.S.-based shipping firm UPS has been ordered to stop moving air cargo through some of its U.K. facilities because of security flaws, the British government said Friday. The order is the result of a planned security check rather than a new threat to aviation — and a sign of heightened concerns about the vulnerability of cargo in the wake of an al-Qaida plot that saw bombs disguised in toner cartridges shipped on freight flights from Yemen. AP Photo/Sang Tan A UPS sign is seen at the company's depot in north Lon...
JILL LAWLESS, RAPHAEL G. SATTER,Associated Press LONDON — WikiLeaks supporters struck back Wednesday at perceived enemies of the site and its jailed founder Julian Assange, launching hack attacks against MasterCard, Swedish prosecutors, a Swedish lawyer and a Swiss group that froze Assange's bank account. So-called hacktivists operating under the label "Operation Payback" claimed responsibility in a Twitter message for causing technological problems at MasterCard, which pulled the plug on its relationship with WikiLeaks on T...
An enormous ash cloud from a remot e Icelandic volcano caused the biggest flight disruption since the 2001 terrorist attacks as it drifted over northern Europe and stranded travelers on six continents. Officials said it could take days for the skies to become safe again in one of av i a t i o n ' s mo s t c o n ge s t e d areas. The cloud, floating miles above Earth and capable of knocking out jet engines, wrecked travel plans for tens o f t h o u s a n d s o f p e o p l e Thursday, from tourists and business travelers to pol...
A taxi driver described as quiet but friendly went on a shooting spree across a picturesque rural area of northwestern England today, killing at least five people and wounding 25 others before apparently turning the gun on himself, officials said. The rampage, in a region famed for its tranquil beauty, shocked a country where handguns are banned and multiple shoot ings rare — i t was Britain's deadliest mass shooting since 1996. Officers found a body believed to be that of 52-year-old suspect Derrick Bird in woods near the L... Full story
