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CNN.com.</description></image><item><title>'I am not a Nazi,' National Party leader says on BBC</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/10/22/griffin.bnp.bbc.question.time/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/10/22/griffin.bnp.bbc.question.time/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>British National Party leader Nicholas Griffin denied Thursday in a controversial appearance on a popular BBC television program that he is a Nazi.</description><pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 09:55:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Iran: BBC journalist expelled, news bureau shut</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/21/iran.bbc.journalist.expelled/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/21/iran.bbc.journalist.expelled/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Iran has expelled a BBC journalist who had been based in the capital of Tehran, the network said Sunday.</description><pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 00:39:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Brand's prank calls earn BBC $220,000 fine</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/04/03/russell.brand.bbc.fine/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/04/03/russell.brand.bbc.fine/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The BBC has been fined £150,000 ($220,000) after broadcasting two episodes of comedian Russell Brand's radio show in which he left abusive phone messages on an actor's phone.</description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2009 10:38:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>British Actor to Join New Moon Cast</title><link>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20268830,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn</link><guid>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20268830,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn</guid><description>You might recognize Jamie Campbell-Bower from RocknRolla or Sweeney Todd</description><pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 21:58:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Disabled kids show host draws criticism, 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remark row</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/02/04/carol.thatcher.bbc.sacked/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/02/04/carol.thatcher.bbc.sacked/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The daughter of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher has been axed by a BBC television show after she made an offensive "off-air" remark, the corporation has confirmed.</description><pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2009 21:05:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Sky, BBC condemned for Gaza aid appeal rejection</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/01/27/sky.bbc.gaza.advert/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/01/27/sky.bbc.gaza.advert/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>More than 100 British lawmakers have signed a motion criticizing the BBC and Sky News for refusing to show an emergency appeal for Gaza.</description><pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2009 11:11:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Sky joins BBC in refusing Gaza aid appeal</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/01/26/bbc.gaza.advert/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/01/26/bbc.gaza.advert/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Sky News, the British-based 24-hour news broadcaster, will not show a controversial appeal for aid for the people of Gaza, it announced Monday.</description><pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 19:36:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>BBC refuses to broadcast charity appeal for Gaza aid</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/01/25/bbc.gaza.advert/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/01/25/bbc.gaza.advert/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The BBC is refusing to broadcast a plea from leading British charities for aid to Gaza, saying the ad would compromise the public broadcaster's appearance of impartiality.</description><pubDate>Sun, 25 Jan 2009 21:58:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Iran declares BBC Persian TV illegal</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/21/iran.bbc.persian/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/21/iran.bbc.persian/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The activities of the week-old BBC Persian TV channel are illegal, a top Iranian official said Wednesday, the semi-official Fars news agency reported.</description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2009 15:48:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Crude prank calls broke BBC rules</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/11/21/radio.lewd/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/11/21/radio.lewd/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Lewd telephone calls by two British comedians to a well-known actor, which were aired in a BBC radio program, were "grossly offensive" and should never have taken place, the public broadcaster's watchdog group said Friday.</description><pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:26:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>BBC's top star loses $2.4 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</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1855660,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1855660,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>A furor over bad-taste pranks on Britain's public broadcaster ignites a national debate over standards of humor</description><pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 22:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ross suspended, while BBC executive quits over abuse calls</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/TV/10/30/bbc.stars.row.radio/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/TV/10/30/bbc.stars.row.radio/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The BBC's highest paid star has been suspended for 12 weeks without pay and a senior executive has resigned over a series of abusive telephone calls made by two of its stars, the broadcaster said Thursday.</description><pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 19:15:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Brand resigns as BBC takes action over abusive broadcast</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/TV/10/29/bbc.stars.row.radio/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/TV/10/29/bbc.stars.row.radio/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) suspended one of its best-known stars while another resigned Wednesday for broadcasting a series of "gross" and abusive telephone calls.</description><pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 15:29:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Women buy pills online for 'home abortions'</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/07/11/abortion.pills/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/07/11/abortion.pills/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Women living in countries where abortion is restricted are using the Internet to buy medication enabling them to perform an abortion at home, but one in 10 need surgery afterwards, according to new research.</description><pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 08:03:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Al Qaeda assessment left on UK train</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/06/11/documents.train/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/06/11/documents.train/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Scotland Yard and Downing Street both said Wednesday they have launched investigations into how top-secret British intelligence documents on al Qaeda and Iraq came to be left on a commuter train by a senior civil servant in the UK's Cabinet Office.</description><pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 23:56:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Journalist for BBC killed in Afghanistan</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/06/08/afghan.journalist/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/06/08/afghan.journalist/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>An Afghan journalist working for the British Broadcasting Corporation was found dead Sunday, a day after he was abducted in southern Afghanistan, officials said.</description><pubDate>Sun, 08 Jun 2008 21:51:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Arabic TV channels face BBC rival</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/TV/03/11/bbc.arabic/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/TV/03/11/bbc.arabic/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The BBC has launched an Arabic-language television news channel in a bid to challenge Al-Jazeera and other popular Middle East TV news outlets.</description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 11:51:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Amy Winehouse Visits U.S. Embassy for Visa</title><link>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20176000,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn</link><guid>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20176000,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn</guid><description>Amy Winehouse briefly left rehab &amp;amp;#8211; to go to the American Embassy in London.</description><pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2008 02:02:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Motorists face jail over phone use</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/12/20/uk.driving/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/12/20/uk.driving/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>British drivers caught using mobile phones could face jail under tough new guidelines to curb dangerous behaviour behind the wheel.</description><pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2007 11:31:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Breaking News at the BBC</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1675382,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1675382,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>The BBC is famous for its journalism. Now it's making headlines for all the wrong reasons  </description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2007 09:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bad News at the BBC</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1675379,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1675379,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>The venerable British broadcaster is famous for its journalism. Now it's making headlines for all the wrong reasons</description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2007 07:40:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Beleaguered BBC Slashes Jobs</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1672921,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1672921,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>The nation's most famous broadcasters confirm job losses and problems voting on interactive shows</description><pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2007 17:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Amy Winehouse Gets Standing Ovation at Awards Show</title><link>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20054734,00.html</link><guid>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20054734,00.html</guid><description>Amy Winehouse received a standing ovation after singing at a London awards show Tuesday night - her first performance since canceling her recent tour dates.</description><pubDate>Wed, 05 Sep 2007 20:22:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Second Outbreak of Foot-and-Mouth</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1650395,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1650395,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>A second outbreak of foot-and-mouth (FMD) disease emerged in Britain on Monday night, thwarting early hopes that the highly contagious animal disease could be contained.</description><pubDate>Tue, 07 Aug 2007 11:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>BBC Facing Scandal Over Contests
</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1646791,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1646791,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Faced with widening scandals over doctored footage and faked call-in competitions, Britain's public broadcaster finds its  reputation at risk
</description><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jul 2007 16:15:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Queen Elizabeth Snaps at Annie Leibovitz in New Doc</title><link>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20045871,00.html</link><guid>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20045871,00.html</guid><description>Queen Elizabeth II was not amused when celebrity photographer Annie Leibovitz suggested she remove her crown for a portrait, a clip from a new BBC documentary reveals.</description><pubDate>Thu, 12 Jul 2007 20:53:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Released journalist, Johnston, with BBC since 1991</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/07/03/johnston.profile/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/07/03/johnston.profile/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Alan Johnston, released early Wednesday by his Islamic militant captors, is the only Western journalist permanently based in Gaza. </description><pubDate>Wed, 04 Jul 2007 02:44:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Surprising things you can get for free</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/LIVING/wayoflife/07/02/things.for.free/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/LIVING/wayoflife/07/02/things.for.free/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Sometimes you get what you don't pay for. 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With large swaths of spectrum coming up for sale over the next two years, broadcasters, mobile-phone operators and providers backing new wireless technologies like WiMAX are jockeying to influence how regulators in Britain and across the continent will handle the allocation.</description><pubDate>Mon, 18 Jun 2007 10:13:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>BBC man 'proof of life' tape shown</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/06/01/bbc.journalist/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/06/01/bbc.journalist/index.html</guid><description>Saying he was being treated well, BBC reporter Alan Johnston appeared for the first time since his abduction in March in a video tape issued by his captors that was delivered to a Palestinian news agency in Gaza on Friday.</description><pubDate>Fri, 01 Jun 2007 08:28:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>BBC checks kidnapped reporter tape</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/05/09/gaza.johnston/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/05/09/gaza.johnston/index.html</guid><description>The BBC reported on its Web site Tuesday it was checking a tape purportedly from the kidnappers of the BBC's Gaza correspondent, Alan Johnston, sent to the al-Jazeera television network.</description><pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2007 09:42:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>'Desperate' fears on BBC reporter</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/04/16/gaza.journalist/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/04/16/gaza.journalist/index.html</guid><description>The parents of BBC reporter Alan Johnston, who was kidnapped last month in Gaza, have appealed for news of his condition after an unknown militant group said it had killed him.</description><pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2007 10:03:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>BBC concerned but calls claim of reporter's death 'rumor'</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/04/15/gaza.journalist/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/04/15/gaza.journalist/index.html</guid><description>The BBC said Sunday it is "deeply concerned" about an unknown militant group's claim that it has killed a BBC reporter kidnapped last month in Gaza, but is treating the statement as a "rumor with no independent verification."</description><pubDate>Sun, 15 Apr 2007 17:16:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>BBC appeal over kidnapped reporter</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/04/12/gaza.journalist/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/04/12/gaza.journalist/index.html</guid><description>BBC director general Mark Thompson appealed for the release of journalist Alan Johnston Thursday, a month after he was abducted at gunpoint in Gaza City, saying he was increasingly concerned about the reporter's welfare.</description><pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2007 14:40:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>BBC plea on missing Gaza reporter</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/03/19/gaza.journalist/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/03/19/gaza.journalist/index.html</guid><description>The BBC has appealed for any information about Alan Johnston, the network's correspondent in Gaza who is believed to have been kidnapped in the Palestinian territory a week ago.</description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2007 12:13:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>BBC fears its Gaza correspondent abducted</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/03/12/gaza.journalist/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/03/12/gaza.journalist/index.html</guid><description>The British Broadcasting Corporation said Monday it believes its correspondent in Gaza may have been kidnapped.</description><pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2007 17:09:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Blair, Musharraf meet amid anti-terror fallout</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/09/28/blair.leaders/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/09/28/blair.leaders/index.html</guid><description>British Prime Minister Tony Blair and his Pakistani counterpart have been meeting amid fallout from a leaked intelligence report that says the war on terror is acting like "a recruiting sergeant for extremists."</description><pubDate>Thu, 28 Sep 2006 10:10:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Today's Buzz stories</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/08/29/showbuzz/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/08/29/showbuzz/index.html</guid><description>Thieves in Hungary have stolen some tapes of the BBC's new prime-time series "Robin Hood," stalling completion of some of the 13 episodes, the broadcaster said.</description><pubDate>Tue, 29 Aug 2006 17:34:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Why the U.S. is in BBC World</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2006/08/18/magazines/fortune/BBC_qa.fortune/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2006/08/18/magazines/fortune/BBC_qa.fortune/index.htm</guid><description>News junkies, rejoice. Earlier this year, BBC World, the British Broadcasting Corporation's 24-hour news channel, launched in the U.S. on Cablevision's digital cable service, marking the news channel's first foray into the U.S. market. 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Guy.</description><pubDate>Tue, 16 May 2006 09:17:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>TV chef's double helping of awards</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/05/08/bafta.oliver/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/05/08/bafta.oliver/index.html</guid><description>TV chef Jamie Oliver's crusade to improve school meals brought him a double helping of honors at Britain's BAFTA television awards.</description><pubDate>Mon, 08 May 2006 09:53:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Queen's birthday celebrations begin</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/04/18/queen.anniversary/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/04/18/queen.anniversary/index.html</guid><description>A special set of commemorative stamps for Queen Elizabeth II's 80th birthday went on sale in Britain Tuesday, signaling the start of a week of events to mark the monarch's landmark anniversary.</description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Apr 2006 13:39:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>UK pays out for '50s LSD tests</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/02/24/britain.lsd/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/02/24/britain.lsd/index.html</guid><description>Britain has agreed to pay compensation to three servicemen given the mind-altering drug LSD during tests in the 1950s, the government said on Friday.</description><pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2006 16:04:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>BBC to launch Arabic TV channel</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/10/25/bbc.arabic/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/10/25/bbc.arabic/index.html</guid><description>The BBC World Service has announced it is to set up a new Arabic television channel, in what it describes as its "biggest transformation in 70 years."</description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2005 10:12:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>BBC strike hits TV, radio output</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/05/23/britain.bbc/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/05/23/britain.bbc/index.html</guid><description>A 24-hour strike in protest at job cuts by BBC journalists and other workers has brought disruption to TV and radio schedules and online services.</description><pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2005 09:54:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>BBC workers vote to strike</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/05/11/bbc.strike/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/05/11/bbc.strike/index.html</guid><description>Journalists and technical workers at the BBC have voted to go on strike to  protest against plans to cut thousands of jobs.</description><pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2005 11:57:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>BBC rejects 'Springer' complaints</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/03/30/britain.springer/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/03/30/britain.springer/index.html</guid><description>British Broadcasting Corp. governors have rejected 63,000 viewer complaints about "Jerry Springer - The Opera" and ruled the BBC was right to show it.</description><pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2005 12:39:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>BBC to cut nearly 3,000 jobs</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/12/07/uk.bbc/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/12/07/uk.bbc/index.html</guid><description>The British Broadcasting Corporation is cutting nearly 3,000 jobs in a drive to reduce costs.</description><pubDate>Tue, 07 Dec 2004 09:11:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Bhopal hoax sends Dow stock down</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/12/03/bhopal.hoax/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/12/03/bhopal.hoax/index.html</guid><description>An "elaborate deception" has led at least two news organizations to report that Dow Chemical had accepted responsibility for the Bhopal disaster, sending the company's stock down temporarily.</description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Dec 2004 14:10:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Broadcaster John Peel dead at 65</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/Music/10/26/john.peel.dead/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/Music/10/26/john.peel.dead/index.html</guid><description>Veteran British broadcaster John Peel has died while on holiday in Peru, the BBC and the British Embassy said Tuesday.</description><pubDate>Tue, 26 Oct 2004 13:07:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Saudis hunt BBC crew attackers</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/06/08/saudi.media/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/06/08/saudi.media/index.html</guid><description>Saudi forces are hunting gunmen who killed a British Broadcasting Corporation freelance cameraman and critically injured a journalist.</description><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2004 11:33:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Saudi attack BBC reporter critical</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/06/07/saudi.media/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/06/07/saudi.media/index.html</guid><description>A reporter working for the British Broadcasting Corporation remains in a critical condition, a day after he was injured and his Irish colleague killed in a drive-by shooting in Riyadh.</description><pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2004 17:36:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>BBC crew gunned down in Saudi</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/06/06/saudi.media.killed/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/06/06/saudi.media.killed/index.html</guid><description>A freelance cameraman working for the British Broadcasting Corporation has been killed and a correspondent for the network wounded in a drive-by shooting in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, the network says.</description><pubDate>Sun, 06 Jun 2004 22:44:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Broadcaster Alistair Cooke dies</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/03/30/obit.cooke/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/03/30/obit.cooke/index.html</guid><description>Veteran broadcaster Alistair Cooke has died at age 95, less than a month after recording his last "Letter from America."</description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2004 14:23:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>BBC's Alistair Cooke signs off</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/03/02/cooke.retires/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/03/02/cooke.retires/index.html</guid><description>Veteran BBC host Alistair Cooke is signing off after 58 years of his "Letters from America."</description><pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2004 13:46:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>WMD claim reporter quits BBC</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/01/30/britain.gilligan/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/01/30/britain.gilligan/index.html</guid><description>Reporter Andrew Gilligan who was criticized in the Hutton Report for saying the UK government exaggerated the threat posed by Saddam Hussein to justify war has resigned from the BBC.</description><pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2004 19:37:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Polls: Public backs BBC on Hutton</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/01/30/hutton.blair/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/01/30/hutton.blair/index.html</guid><description>With the BBC reeling from the resignations of its chairman and director general in two days, opinion polls suggest the public feel the corporation was hard done by in the Hutton Report.</description><pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2004 08:48:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Blair accepts BBC apology</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/01/29/hutton.blair/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/01/29/hutton.blair/index.html</guid><description>The BBC has apologized to the government of Prime Minister Tony Blair following a damning report into the suicide of a British expert on Iraqi weapons.</description><pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2004 08:37:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>UK press mauls Hutton 'whitewash'</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/01/29/hutton.press/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/01/29/hutton.press/index.html</guid><description>Much of Britain's press has lashed out at the judge who cleared the UK government of any wrongdoing over the suicide of an Iraqi weapons expert, accusing Lord Hutton of a "whitewash" and questioning whether justice was really served.</description><pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2004 05:35:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Hutton clears Blair, faults BBC</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/01/28/hutton.blair/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/01/28/hutton.blair/index.html</guid><description>A senior judge says UK Prime Minister Tony Blair's government did not act in a "dishonorable, underhand or duplicitous" way in its handling of an expert on Iraqi weapons who committed suicide.</description><pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2004 08:25:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Timeline: The David Kelly affair</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/01/25/kelly.timeline/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/01/25/kelly.timeline/index.html</guid><description>Here is a timetable of events surrounding the David Kelly affair:</description><pubDate>Sun, 25 Jan 2004 13:06:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>UK defense 'overspent billions'</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/01/23/uk.defense.spending/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/01/23/uk.defense.spending/index.html</guid><description>Britain's Ministry of Defence came under fire on a third front in a week Friday when a report highlighted cost overruns on heavy equipment to the tune of Â£3.1 billion (US$5.6 billion) in the year to last March.</description><pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2004 08:49:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Iraq did have WMD, said Kelly</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/01/21/britain.kelly/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/01/21/britain.kelly/index.html</guid><description>The late UK government scientist David Kelly believed Iraq did have banned weapons and posed an immediate threat, according to a previously unbroadcast interview.</description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2004 11:48:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Racism row TV host hits out at BBC</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/01/12/uk.kilroy/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/01/12/uk.kilroy/index.html</guid><description>British talkshow host Robert Kilroy-Silk has hit out at the BBC for not supporting him in a row over an article in which he called Arabs "suicide bombers, limb-amputators, women repressors."</description><pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2004 12:31:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Office Gossip</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2003/10/27/351658/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2003/10/27/351658/index.htm</guid><description>The Office, the BBC's hysterical yet cringe-inducing mockumentary about life at a drab paper-supply company, is now out on DVD and recently began its second season on BBC America. If you're punchin...</description><pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2003 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Playlist</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2000/10/30/290644/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2000/10/30/290644/index.htm</guid><description>David Bowie Bowie at the Beeb Virgin On this anthology of rare BBC sessions from 1968 to 1972, you hear Bowie learning how to rock. Early tracks are perilously twee ("London Bye Ta Ta" slides into ...</description><pubDate>Mon, 30 Oct 2000 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Roy Roberts </title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2000/05/29/280610/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2000/05/29/280610/index.htm</guid><description>The 61-year-old executive began his career at General Motors in 1977 and rose to become group vice president for GM's North American vehicle sales, service, and marketing. He retired in February an...</description><pubDate>Mon, 29 May 2000 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>TV IS EXPLODING ALL OVER ASIA Satellite broadcasters are dishing out more choices, and cable systems are sprouting everywhere as</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1994/01/24/78875/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1994/01/24/78875/index.htm</guid><description>THE RUSH IS ON to get a piece of Asia's rapidly expanding television market -- potentially the biggest in the world. The opportunity to capture three billion viewers, many increasingly affluent and...</description><pubDate>Mon, 24 Jan 1994 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>ON THE RISE</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1989/09/25/72497/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1989/09/25/72497/index.htm</guid><description>ILENE S. GORDON, 36 TENNECO INC. The vice president of Tenneco's Packaging Corp. of America subsidiary knows how to turn boxes into big business. Gordon runs PCA's specialty packaging unit, which m...</description><pubDate>Mon, 25 Sep 1989 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>