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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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The Town

The Town

Like his directorial debut Gone Baby Gone (2007), there is a lot riding on Ben Afflecks crime drama The Town, or, more directly, on Affleck himself. Not only does he have to prove that Gone Baby Gone, one of the best films of that year, was not the cinematic equivalent of a on ... ...

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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 ...

  • Bank of England’s King to Carney It’s not a ‘one-man show’

    Bank of England Governor Mervyn King praised his successor but stressed his opposition to a change he is expected to make - signalling how long interest rates will remain low. (Yui ...

  • Destination Britain positively challenging preconceptions

    Destination Britain Asia-Pacific Middle East and Africa 2013 provides an export platform for British companies, through hard-nosed commercial negotiations. VisitBritain brought suppliers that suited the touring market and paired them with local buyers that can drive growth and properly on-sell the products to the region. "There’s a lot of countries involved in the APMEA region; ...

  • British man admits killing his children in France

    Police arrested the 48-year-old unemployed man on Saturday after the bodies of his daughter and son were found at his apartment in Saint-Priest, a suburb of ...

  • Man Killed In Suspected Gas Explosion At House

    Police have recovered a body of a man from the rubble of a terraced house in Nottinghamshire after a suspected gas explosion. Firefighters found the body during an ongoing search of the collapsed building. Another person is still missing, Nottinghamshire Police said. The explosion happened just before 5.15pm on Sunday, at an address in Wright Street in Newark. The home crumbled in ...

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