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  • Dipika Ghosal seek breakthrough at British Open

    Dipika Pallikal and Saurav Ghosal will lead India's challenge at the British Open Squash Championships beginning here Monday. The prestigious tournament is the world's oldest. World No.15 Pallikal plays her opening match against 22nd ranked Line Hansen of Denmark at the KC Stadium Tuesday. Provided the Indian overcomes the first hurdle, she is expected to meet local favourite and World No.2 ...

  • Woman flees to Britain refusing to join Swaziland kings harem

    A 22-year-old woman fled to Britain from the southern African nation of Swaziland and is seeking asylum after refusing to join the harem of 13 wives of Swazi king Mswati III. Tintswalo Ngobeni fled to Britain after she caught the attention of the millionaire monarch, known for his lavish lifestyle, the Daily Mail reported. As part of Swazi custom, 45-year-old King Mswati III is permitted to ...

  • Britains first astronaut to go on space mission in 2015

    Britain's first "official" astronaut, 41-year-old Major Tim Peake, has been selected to go on a five-month mission to the International Space Station in 2015, a media report said Sunday. Peake, a former army helicopter pilot, graduated as a European Space Agency astronaut more than two years ago and has been waiting for a space mission since then, the Guardian daily said. However, Peake has ...

  • England to tour West Indies in February

    England and the West Indies will play three Twenty20 matches and three One-Day Internationals in the Caribbean early next year, the West Indies Cricket Board announced. The three One-Day Internationals will be played at the Sir Vivian Richards Cricket Grounds in Antigua while Kensington Oval in Barbados will host the T20 games, the WICB said Saturday, reports CMC. The Twenty20 matches will be ...

  • Mel C daughters second choice Jessie J comes first

    Former Spice girl Singer Melanie Chisholm aka Mel C says her daughter Scarlet really adores singer Jessie J, who is a judge on the Britain's singing reality show "The Voice". Mel C feels she is the second favourite of her four-year-old daughter. "Saturday night telly with 'The Voice' is an absolute must as Jessie J is her favourite singer. Mummy's only her second favourite now," new! magazine ...

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Little Children

Little Children

Todd Fields Little Children tackles the suburban malaise of privileged New Englanders with a bold, if sometimes uneasy, mix of melodrama, black comedy, tragedy, and didacticism. The tired, yet infinitely mineable nature of the topic has already produced scores of Oscar-darl ... ...

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  • Britain funding surveys in Pakistan on US drone attacks

    Britain has been funding surveys in Pakistan's Tribal Areas which reveal that US drone strikes in the region are causing deep resentment among the local population. Foreign Minister, Alistair Burt, confirmed that the Foreign Office had "supported" surveys which showed the proportion of respondents in the tribal areas who believed drone strikes were "never justified" had risen from 59 percent in ...

  • Rihanna sues Topshop

    Pop star Rihanna has reportedly sued British retail brand Topshop for $5 million for using her image on their products without her permission. The brand has been selling women's T-shirts printed with an image of Rihanna in an oufit from her iconic "We Found Love" video. "Rihanna's management asked Topshop a number of times to stop selling her image and were told, 'We do what we want'. They buy ...

  • Climate change meltdown unlikely but human disaster looms claims new research

    Some of the most extreme predictions of global warming are unlikely to materialise, new scientific research has suggested, but the world is still likely to be in for a temperature rise of double that regarded as safe.The researchers said that warming was most likely to reach about 4C above pre-industrial levels if the past decade's readings were taken into account.That would still lead to ...

  • England v New Zealand 1st Test England win by 170 runs on dramatic fourth day

    In the end it took England less than an hour to wrap up proceedings on Day Four and secure victory by 170 runs in the first Test with New Zealand at ...

  • Suspected gas explosion in Nottinghamshire house injures five

    At least five people were injured in what is believed to have been a gas explosion at a house in Nottinghamshire.The house was severely damaged in the blast at around 5.10pm on Wright street, Newark, according to Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service.The five injured people are thought to have been injured in the explosion. Initial reports said that some had to be rescued ...

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