News Headlines - 09 November 2010
David Cameron has warned unfounded accusations of child abuse against Conservative Party politicians could turn into a gay 'witch hunt' after being confronted with a list of alleged paedophiles by Phillip Schofield on ITV1's This Morning.
A BBC report which wrongly implicated the former Tory treasurer Lord McAlpine in child abuse should never have been broadcast, the corporation's director general said today. George Entwistle described the Newsnight report on the North Wales children's home scandal as "unacceptable".
▽Barclays probed by US over Saudi banking licence - Telegraph
Officials at the Department of Justice are examining how the UK bank got a licence to run investment banking and wealth management operations in the Gulf country in 2009, the Financial Times reported on Friday night.
▽Apple Slammed In Samsung High Court Case
Apple has been criticised for its conduct by senior judges at London's Court of Appeal. The iPhone and iPad maker published "false and misleading" material, Sir Robin Jacob said, adding that bosses showed a "lack of integrity". His written statement came after Apple was ordered to post a new statement on its website acknowledging it had lost an earlier legal fight with Samsung.
▽Japan’s Premier May Announce Plan to Join Free Trade Pact - NYTimes.com
In a possible gambit to reverse his governing party’s flagging fortunes, Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda may soon declare Japan’s intent to join an ambitious pan-Pacific free trade agreement, and then call a snap election in which the party would campaign on that move.
