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- UN chief chides Myanmar over Suu Kyi issue
hrs BANGKOK - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon delivered a stern rebuke to Myanmar's military Saturday after the country's military ruler refused to let him meet detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi. Ban said the snub by top general Than Shwe
- US forces face ?endless war? in Afghanistan
The London-based newspaper Al Quds Al Arabic carried a leading editorial attacking the western media for the lack of coverage of the war raging against al Qa?eda and its Taliban allies in Afghanistan. The paper criticised ?western media hypocrisy?
- WITNESS-Battling to borrow money in sanctions-hit Sudan
By Andrew Heavens KHARTOUM, July 5 (Reuters) - The United States achieved at least three things when it stepped up economic sanctions on Sudan: it banned most trade between the two countries, froze Sudanese assets and closed the door on my British
- Airport etiquette, Britain vs. Israel
If I've ever known any moments of joy in my life, one was surely when the looming coastline became visible from the airplane window. The plane I returned on from London landed directly from west to east without having to do a U-turn over Modi'in like
- UK papers split on Owen's United move
The jury is out on Michael Owen's move to Manchester United, with some writing off the England star. Latest Football: Britain's newspapers could not decide if Michael Owen's surprise move to Manchester United represented another canny swoop by Sir Alex
- NICOLE AND PARIS
Nicole Ritchie is planning to eclipse arch rival Paris Hilton with a new reality TV show she starts filming in London later this month. Scroll down for more The friends fell out during the making of their joint reality TV venture The Simple Life and
- Potter actor gets H1N1 flu in Britain: publicist
LONDON: Actor Rupert Grint, who plays Ron Weasley in the Harry Potter films, has contracted H1N1, his publicist said Saturday, three days before the latest Potter blockbuster premieres in London. Actor Rupert Grint, who plays Ron Weasley in the Harry
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Great Britain, the dominant industrial and maritime power of the 19th century, played a leading role in developing parliamentary democracy and in advancing literature and science. At its zenith, the British Empire stretched over one-fourth of the earths surface. The first half of the 20th century saw the UKs strength seriously depleted in two World Wars. The second half witnessed the dismantling of the Empire and the UK rebuilding itself into a modern and prosperous European nation. The UK currently is weighing the degree of its integration with continental Europe. A member of the EU, it chose to remain outside of the EMU for the time being. Constitutional reform is also a significant issue in the UK. Regional assemblies with varying degrees of power opened in Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland in 1999.
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AFP - Tom Felton said he was relishing two violent dust-ups with Harry Potter when he resumes his role as the evil Draco Malfoy in the sixth film of the boy wizard's adventures.
AP - Police on Saturday identified five of the six people killed when fire swept through a London high-rise, as investigators try to find out what started the blaze and whether the building's design contributed to the tragedy.
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