IMF ex-chief hired prostitutes, claims madame
A madame in the US has claimed that she supplied young women to embattled International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn, who is now accused of trying to rape a New York hotel maid, it was r
A one-pound bet that won over 350,000 pounds
A man in Britain placed a one-pound bet and won a mind-boggling 353,000 pounds, a media report said.
Bookies William Hill said the man bagged 353,000 pounds after winning a seven-horse accumulator be
Heart disease may be an ancient Egyptian thing
An Egyptian princess who lived more than 3,500 years ago is the oldest known person to have had clogged arteries, dispelling the myth that heart disease is a product of modern society, a new study says.
‘Men spend more on impulse buying’
Women are often stereotyped as materialistic shopaholics, but the truth is that it’s the men who spend more on impulse buys, a new research has found.
Milk voted best gay movie of the decade
Hollywood veteran Sean Penn’s Oscar-winning movie Milk has been voted the best gay film of the decade in a poll conducted by charity Stonewall.
Rare emerald and diamond tiara fetches world record £7.8m
A glittering tiara with 11 Colombian pear-shaped emeralds and weighing over 500 carats has become the world’s most expensive tiara after it was sold for a record of 7.8 million pounds to an anonymous
Two British women gang raped in the Caribbean
Two British women - university students working on a wildlife conservation project - have been gang raped by six masked men on a remote beach in the Caribbean island of St Lucia, officials said.
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Two British women gang raped in the Caribbean
Two British women — university students working on a wildlife conservation project — have been gang raped by six masked men on a remote beach in the Caribbean island of St Lucia, officials said.
Variations in genes leads to depression?
Scientists say they have discovered the first solid evidence that variations in some peoples’ genes may cause depression — one of the world’s most common and costly mental illnesses.
Gaga swaps music for media, edits Metro paper
Flamboyant popstar Lady Gaga ditched the music and switched to the media on Monday with a stint as a guest editor at the London headquarters of the global free newspaper network Metro.