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Queen goes to Wimbledon for first time in 33 years
Queen Elizabeth returned to Wimbledon on Thursday for the first time in 33 years with bookmakers offering odds of 12-1 that she would be confronted by a streaker on Centre Court.
Oz gets first woman PM as Rudd ousted
Australia appointed its first woman Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, who vowed on Thursday to end division over a controversial mining tax, resurrect a carbon trade scheme and call elections within mont
Iran: 17 kg of 20% enriched uranium ready
Iran has enriched 17 kg of uranium to 20 per cent purity, a top official said on Wednesday, underscoring Tehran’s determination to push ahead with its nuclear programme despite new international sanct
Obama seeks new drill ban as oil still spews
The White House was set on Wednesday to step up its legal battle to keep deepwater drilling on hold in the Gulf of Mexico following the worst oil spill in US history.
Downturn leaves no space for Italian youth
Once kept at home by love for mamma’s home-cooked pasta, a growing number of young Italians are now forced to live with their parents because they can’t get a steady job or afford a home of their own.
Rains 9% below normal so far
India’s monsoon rains, vital to the trillion-dollar economy’s farm output and economic growth, were 9.4 per cent below normal for June 1-22, the Met office said on Wednesday.
RBI may hike rates anytime
Inflation in India is spreading and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) could raise interest rates before its scheduled policy review late next month to tame high prices, a top government official said on Wednesday.
Pranab hints at double-digit growth
Indian economy is likely to clock double-digit growth by 2012 and is expected to grow over 8.5 per cent in the current fiscal, the finance minister, Mr Pranab Mukherjee, has said.
Obama, McChrystal in 30-min private meet
US President Barack Obama met his top Afghanistan commander on Wednesday to decide whether to fire him over inflammatory comments that angered the White House and threatened to undermine the war effor
In Rome, oldest images of Peter, Paul emerge
Archaeologists and art restorers using new laser technology have discovered what they believe are the oldest paintings of the faces of Jesus Christ’s apostles. The images in a branch of the catacombs of St Tecla near St Paul’s Basilica, just outside the walls of ancient Rome, were painted at the end of the 4th century or the start of the 5th century.
