Business Secretary Vince Cable was taped by Daily Telegraph journalists posing as constituents saying "I have declared war on Mr. Murdoch and I think we are going to win."
Murdoch's News Corp. owns several British newspapers and has a 40 percent stake in broadcaster BSkyB. Its bid to buy the remaining shares in BSkyB was cleared Tuesday by European regulators, but is still under investigation by regulators in Britain and is opposed by Murdoch's many rivals Prime Minister Dave Cameron called Cable's comments "totally unacceptable and inappropriate," his office said. The leader said Cable will play no further part in the decision over News Corp.'s takeover bid. Full Story
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, fighting extradition to Sweden over alleged sex crimes, walked free on bail from a British jail on Thursday protesting his innocence and pledging to continue exposing official secrets.
Assange spoke to a crowd of journalists and supporters waiting in outside the High Court in London five hours after a judge said he could be released on 200,000 pounds ($312,000) bail under stringent conditions."It's great to smell fresh air of London again," Assange, illuminated by a blizzard of photographers' flashes, said. WikiLeaks has angered U.S. authorities by publishing hundreds of a trove of 250,000 U.S. diplomatic cables including details of overseas installations that Washington regards as vital to its security. Full Story
