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Arab uprising could spark unrest in UK: general

Mohammed Abbas Reuters 12/14/2011
UK tabloid owner says hacking probe damaging newspapers

Daily Express owner Richard Desmond, one of Britain's most controversial media barons, condemned the official inquiry into media standards on Thursday as "the worst thing" to happen to newspapers.

Arab uprising could spark unrest in UK: general

Britain's top soldier warned on Wednesday that pro-democracy uprisings in the Middle East could spawn militant Islamist activity in Britain, but said the greatest threat was economic.

Apples fall from the sky over UK town

Donna Bowater Telegraph 12/14/2011

British Inquiry Is Told Hacking Is Worthy Tool

SARAH LYALL The New York Times 11/29/2011
Apples fall from the sky over UK town

Stunned motorists were forced to brake sharply to avoid the falling fruit, believed to be swept up by a vortex caused by freak weather conditions in Coventry.

British Inquiry Is Told Hacking Is Worthy Tool

He admitted that he and his colleagues hacked into people’s phones and paid police officers for tips. He confessed to lurking in unmarked vans outside people’s houses, stealing confidential documents, rifling through celebrity garbage cans and pretending that he was not a journalist pursuing a story but “Brad the teenage rent boy,” propositioning a priest.

J.K. Rowling chased from home by press, she says

Richard Allen Greene CNN 11/24/2011
Nothing will stop UK from striking: Two thirds of schools to shut, airports set for chaos, Army on standby - but unions won't discuss a last-minute peace deal

Union leaders have declared there is nothing the Government can do to avert the biggest strikes in a generation this week.

J.K. Rowling chased from home by press, she says

Paparazzi hounded "Harry Potter" author J.K. Rowling so constantly after her children were born that she felt like a hostage in her own house, she told a government-backed inquiry into British press ethics and practices Thursday.

London Olympic HQ built in secret for military

A TOP secret new SAS base is under construction — at the Olympics. It means the elite troops can combat any terrorists at next year's London Games in an instant, The Sun can reveal.

UK military steps up plans for Iran attack amid fresh nuclear fears

Britain's armed forces are stepping up their contingency planning for potential military action against Iran amid mounting concern about Tehran's nuclear enrichment programme, the Guardian has learned.

Lean times on the Thames: Big Ben slightly askew

SYLVIA HUI and RAPHAEL G. SATTER AP 10/10/2011
Lean times on the Thames: Big Ben slightly askew

Big Ben has a little bend. Experts say the neogothic clock tower - one of the world's most recognizable landmarks - is gently leaning to one side. Documents recently published by Britain's Parliament show that the top of its gilded spire is nearly 18 inches (nearly half a meter) out of line.

Desperate cross-dressing dad nearly dies trying to chop off his own penis with a Stanley knife

A cross-dressing dad nearly died after trying to chop off his penis in a DIY sex change op. Kirsty Cass got drunk and took a Stanley knife to his manhood after life as a male became unbearable.


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