2014年12月13日 星期六

2014-12-14 U.K. Spotlight


BBC News
   
CIA report: Who are the unlikely interrogators?   
BBC News
Two psychologists hired by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to develop enhanced interrogation procedures lacked the relevant experience, a new report finds. The contractors had no background in counterterrorism, yet were paid more than $80m (£51m) ...


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Bank of America sees $50 oil as Opec dies   
Telegraph.co.uk
The Opec oil cartel no longer exists in any meaningful sense and crude prices will slump to $50 a barrel over the coming months as market forces shake out the weakest producers, Bank of America has warned. Revolutionary changes sweeping the world's ...


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USA TODAY
   
Parents speak their mind in Pixar's 'Inside Out'   
USA TODAY
It's time to meet the parents of Pixar's new film, Inside Out. Diane Lane will voice the mother and Kyle MacLachlan the mustachioed father in the family-centered animated film due out in June (with a first trailer debuting Wednesday). Inside Out focuses on ...


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BBC News
   
CIA interrogation report: An expert guide   
BBC News
The release of the Senate Intelligence Committee's report into the CIA's detention and interrogation programme shines a light into the darkest corners of the Bush-era "war on terror". Although the programme's existence has been well-known for years now. the ...


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Herald Scotland
   
Unexpected row over Jim Murphy's Catholic faith   
Herald Scotland
The religious faith of Scottish Labour leadership candidate Jim Murphy, has become central to an extraordinary row between the Free Church of Scotland and the Scottish Secular Society (SSS). The religious faith of Scottish Labour leadership candidate Jim ...


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Daily Mail
   
New £500000 fines to end 'plague' of nuisance phone calls   
Daily Mail
Bosses of nuisance call companies could be hit with £500,000 fines in a Government crackdown on unwanted calls and texts. Up to one billion cold calls are received by British families each year leaving many elderly people 'too scared to answer the phone', ...


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BBC News
   
UK poor will need help with energy bills, says CCC   
BBC News
Poor families in the UK will need more help to pay for heating their homes as energy bills rise, government advisors have warned. A report by the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) said subsidies for clean energy will add an extra 36p per day onto ...


   


Financial Times
   
pundit's misplaced homage to Wigan Pier   
Financial Times
Talk of fiscal policy is fairly certain to make any radio listener want to switch off. Even an event as dramatic as George Osborne's Autumn Statement demands that the reporter somehow turns a dull list of numbers into something more vivid. The morning after ...


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The Pirate Bay goes offline after police raid server room   
The Verge
Infamous torrent site The Pirate Bay was taken offline on Tuesday after a raid by Swedish police. Officers investigating the decade-old file-sharing portal's alleged copyright infringements targeted a server room in Stockholm, seizing "several servers and ...


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The Guardian
   
Sony Pictures hack: how much damage can North Korea's cyber army do?   
The Guardian
Sony Pictures was the victim of a hack revealing confidential details about the company and its employees. Photograph: Frederic J Brown/AFP/Getty Images. Tom Fox-Brewster. Friday 5 December 2014 10.30 EST. Share on Facebook · Share on Twitter ...


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