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  • London police round up more men over murder of soldier London police round up more men over murder of soldier

    Three men have been arrested in London over the murder of the British soldier, Lee Rigby, 25, who was allegedly hacked to death by Islamist extremists. Two men aged 28 and 24 were arrested at their home in southeast London, while a 21-year-old man was arrested in a London street. Police are considering laying conspiracy to murder charges against the trio. They are being held by Counter ...

  • UK defends security services over Woolwich murder UK defends security services over Woolwich murder

    LONDON - The British government has defended its spy agencies for failing to prevent murder of a soldier in London despite signs and revelations that the two suspects were well known to MI5. Communities Secretary Eric Pickles said it was impossible to control everyone all the time. "Peers and MPs will do a thorough investigation in terms of what the security forces knew but I've seen ...

  • Three more arrests made as Woolwich killing investigation continues

    Amid a suspicion of conspiracy in the Woolwich attack case, detectives have fired tasers and made three further arrests as part of the probe into the brutal murder of British soldier Drummer Lee Rigby. Two men aged 24 and 28 have been arrested from a residential area in southeast London while a third man aged 21 had been held in the street in Charlton, the Mirror reports. According to the ...

  • Michelle Keegan not keen on motherhood

    Actress Michelle Keegan says she is in no hurry to be a mother, especially after playing a surrogate mother on Britain television soap "Coronation Street". The 25-year-old wore prosthetics in the show while playing the character of five-month-pregnant Tina McIntyre. In the soap, she gives birth to twin sons. "I love babies, but working with a newborn has changed my outlook. I'm now thinking ...

  • Brit school offers bra lessons for girls aged 11

    A high School in Derby, England is teaching girls as young as 11 how to fit their first bra and about breast health. These bra lessons are being given to help them negotiate the difficulties of growing up, the Daily Express reported. The programme was developed by Primary teacher Karan Hopkinson to make bra fitting less scary and embarrassing. Karan, who is school primary curriculum leader at ...

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Zatoichi 2: The Tale of Zatoichi Continues (Zoku Zatoichi Monogatari) [DVD]

In Zatoichi 2: The Tale of Zatoichi Continues (Zoku Zatoichi Monogatari), the titular blind masseur/swordsman, one of the most famous recurring characters in all of Japanese cinema, once again finds himself caught in a series of battles not of his own making. Although essentially peaceful, Zatoichi tends to find himself constantly enmeshed in violence--trouble follows him everywhere ... ...

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  • Abbas greatest hits collection UKs 2nd biggest selling album ever

    Abba's greatest hits collection has overtaken sales of The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band to become the UK's second biggest selling album of all time. According to the Official Charts Company, both albums have sold over 5.1 million copies in the UK, but the Swedish band's 1992 greatest hits collection has now inched ahead of The Beatles' iconic 1967 album with 15,000 more sales, ...

  • UK running low on Poppadoms

    Britain's curry lovers are facing a poppadom shortage due to problems in sourcing ingredients. Big brands like 'Sharwood's' and 'Patak's' have struggled to supply the snacks to major stores including Waitrose and Tesco, the Daily Star reported. Waitrose admitted to the publication that they have lower stocks than usual. ...

  • Old museum in Britain displays master drawings

    The Ashmolean Museum, one of the world's oldest public museums, has launched an exhibition of master drawings to mark its founding in 1683. The exhibition will run from Saturday to Aug 18, bringing together 70 pieces of works on paper, including those from Michelangelo, Da Vinci, Raphael, Durer, Rubens, Titian and Rembrandt among others, Xinhua reported. "Looking closely at drawings is an ...

  • Report MI5 Tried to Recruit Woolwich Murder Suspect

    British police have arrested a man on suspicion of terrorism who was reportedly a friend of one of two suspects in Wednesday's brutal murder of a British soldier on a London street. The friend, identified as Abu Nusaybah, was arrested Friday night, immediately after giving a television interview to the BBC about suspect Michael Adebolajo. In the interview, Nusaybah claimed ...

  • China EU to hold talks on trade disputes

    The Ministry of Commerce (MOC) said Sunday that it will start negotiating with its EU counterparts in Brussels next week regarding recent trade frictions.Vice Minister of Commerce Zhong Shan and Jean-Luc Demarty, the European Commission's director-general for trade, will co-chair talks on China-EU trade and investment on May 27, according to a statement from the MOC.Zhong will also discuss ...

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