UK news archive from 2011-12-31

News archive from 31 December 2011

China urges tighter Internet security after series of data leaks

A phishing attack occurs when the user is persuaded to part with his or her username and password via a fake webpage that closely resembles the original. Through the collaboration, the official websites of several Chinese banks, such as Agricultural...

Reuters, 22:08 in Science &Technology

Romney, Paul close in Iowa race - poll

But 41 percent of likely voters in the survey said they believed Paul, with his libertarian and isolationist messages, would be unacceptable as the Republican nominee. Former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum came in third with 15 percent, continuing...

Reuters, 22:16 in World News

MSF ponders Somali presence after attack - official

Meinie Nicolai, president of MSF's Belgian branch which runs the hospital in the Somali capital, said Thursday's attack did not appear to be politically driven. "For us to leave Somalia would be a last option," Nicolai told Reuters. "It...

Reuters, 22:23 in World News

The Mail's City reporters reveal their market tips for the coming year

Rather than taking the defeatist "little England" view about prospects, many of our biggest corporations are looking beyond these shores - and the broken eurozone - towards faster-growing regions of the world. I have long felt that the best...

Daily Mail, 23:05 in Business

Egypt assures U.S. no more raids on democracy groups

U.S. Defence Secretary Leon Panetta and the U.S. ambassador in Egypt, Anne Patterson, spoke with top Egyptian officials including the head of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces on Friday to press U.S. demands that the non-governmental...

Reuters, 23:29 in World News

Seventeen dead as Syrians stage mass protests

Five members of the security forces also were killed in a shooting in the city of Homs, the British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. Assad, 46, has signed up to an Arab League plan for a verifiable withdrawal of his heavy weaponry and...

Reuters, 23:44 in World News

ONGOING EURO CRISIS LEAVES FTSE LOWER

UK SHARES ended a turbulent year on a positive note yesterday but remained in the red for 2011 as the eurozone debt crisis and uncertain economic outlook continue to unnerve investors. The FTSE 100 Index see-sawed 53 points between positive and...

Daily Express, 00:07 in Business

MARTIN ONEILL FIRES WARNING TO HIS SCRAP MERCHANTS

SUNDERLAND boss Martin ONeill last night told his players: Were still in a scrap for Premier League survival. The resurgent Black Cats have picked up seven points from four games under new boss ONeill and were only denied a Boxing Day win over...