Top British police chief resigns over phone hacking (Reuters) Posted: 17 Jul 2011 12:23 PM PDT Reuters - Britain's senior police chief Paul Stephenson, London's police commissioner, resigned on Sunday over allegations about the police's handling of phone hacking investigations. |
India beat Qatar in soccer friendly (Reuters) Posted: 17 Jul 2011 12:23 PM PDT Reuters - Lowly India, ranked 147 in the world, pulled off a 2-1 victory over 2022 World Cup hosts Qatar in a friendly at the Al Sadd Stadium on Sunday. |
Irish eyes smiling again as Darren Clarke wins British Open (Reuters) Posted: 17 Jul 2011 11:11 AM PDT Reuters - Darren Clarke repelled a dynamic charge from Phil Mickelson to complete a runaway three-shot win at the British Open on Sunday, claiming his first major title and becoming the first home winner of the championship for 12 years. |
Rebekah Brooks arrested in British hacking scandal (Reuters) Posted: 17 Jul 2011 09:01 AM PDT Reuters - Rebekah Brooks, the former head of Rupert Murdoch's UK newspaper business, was arrested on Sunday in the latest twist of a phone-hacking scandal that has tainted British police and politicians and shaken the tycoon's global media empire. |
Indian consumers still most bullish globally - Nielsen (Reuters) Posted: 17 Jul 2011 11:11 AM PDT Reuters - Global consumer confidence fell in the second quarter to its lowest level in a year and a half as an uncertain economic outlook, a deepening euro zone debt crisis and rising inflation made people more cautious, a survey showed on Sunday. |
'Harry Potter' rings up record $168 mln box office (Reuters) Posted: 17 Jul 2011 09:26 AM PDT Reuters - The final "Harry Potter" film shattered box office records with $168.6 million in ticket sales over its debut weekend, the best three-day opening ever in the United States and Canada, distributor Warner Bros. said on Sunday. |
MP, top Karzai aide feared killed - police official (Reuters) Posted: 17 Jul 2011 11:35 AM PDT Reuters - Gunmen killed a top advisor to Afghan President Hamid Karzai and a member of the country's parliament in a residential district of Kabul on Sunday, just days after the president's brother was gunned down at home, officials said. |
Afghan transition begins with a whimper amid attack fears (Reuters) Posted: 17 Jul 2011 10:20 AM PDT Reuters - Afghanistan on Sunday began a long-promised transition to control of its own security, but secrecy shrouding the ceremony was a reminder of how tense the country is as foreign troops start to head home and violence spreads. |
Bresnan, Broad picked ahead of Finn for Lord's test (Reuters) Posted: 17 Jul 2011 08:49 AM PDT Reuters - Stuart Broad and Tim Bresnan were given the nod ahead of fellow paceman Steve Finn in England's 12-man squad for Thursday's opening test of the four-match series against India at Lord's. |
China slams U.S. "interference" after Obama meets Dalai Lama (Reuters) Posted: 16 Jul 2011 09:10 PM PDT Reuters - China accused the United States on Sunday of "grossly" interfering in its internal affairs and seriously damaging relations after President Barack Obama met exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama at the White House. |
UK police under scrutiny as Murdoch tries to damp fire (Reuters) Posted: 16 Jul 2011 09:10 PM PDT Reuters - Rupert Murdoch's British newspaper business, mired in a widening scandal stemming from phone hacking, pledged on Sunday to fully cooperate with inquiries by police, who themselves are under mounting pressure for being too close to his media empire. |
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