London 2012 venues face toilet trouble
The organisers of the 2012 London Olympics are faced with toilet trouble ahead of the mega sporting event in July.
According to documents obtained from the Olympic Delivery Authority under the Freedo
Drop Dow as sponsor: MP
Labour MP Barry Gardiner on Tuesday urged the UK government to drop controversial American chemical giant, Dow Chemical Company, as the sponsor of the London Olympics over the Bhopal issue.
Oil prices rise as investors track Greece and Iran
Oil prices climbed on Tuesday after debt-laden Greece secured a huge bailout and as traders kept a close watch over Iran, analysts said.
Crude prices had reached their highest levels in nine months
UK court OKs legal claim to be served via Facebook
Status update: You're sued.
Legal authorities said on Tuesday that a High Court judge in England has approved the use of Facebook to serve legal claims.
Lawyers in a commercial dispute were last wee
Pakistani foreign minister to meet Clinton in London
Amid signs of widening rift, Pakistan's foreign minister Hina Rabbani Khar has said she is looking forward to meet US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday here to discuss the 'strained ties'
Bacon’s India-born muse
Indian-born muse of British contemporary artists, Henrietta Moraes, was in the news again as her portrait by Francis Bacon was auctioned by Sotheby’s for £21.3 million.
Three Britons to ride rickshaw from Kochi to Shillong
Three intrepid Britons are training to embark on a Kochi to Shillong ride in a rickshaw in April to raise funds for two charity organisations.
Richard Hudson, Max McLaren and Ed Rayfield – all aged
First Sun on Sunday to be printed next weekend: Murdoch's News International
The Sunday version of Rupert Murdoch's top-selling British tabloid ‘The Sun’ will hit the shelves for the first time on February 26, News International announced on Sunday.
"Rupert Murdoch said durin
BRICs no less vulnerable to global risks: Report
BRIC countries have not become less vulnerable to global shocks despite their strong economic growth over the past four years, a survey showed on Monday.
Risk consultancy Maplecroft said its Global R
3-year-old boy world’s first to survive being born with heart outside body
A boy in US, who was born with his heart outside his body, is world’s first child to survive under such circumstances.
It is an incredibly rare condition and usually babies born that way are stillbor