Britain faces sink or swim moment, Cameron says Britain faces a sink or swim moment and must take painful action to avoid falling behind its global competitors, Prime Minister David Cameron was set to warn on Wednesday.
11 October 2012
Time for a woman to win Nobel Literature Prize, say pundits Stockholm's literary circles are abuzz with speculation about this year's Nobel Literature Prize, and while it's notoriously difficult to predict the laureate, some experts are saying it's time for a woman.
10 October 2012
Cannabis eases sclerosis stiffness - study Use of cannabis extract helps ease painful muscle stiffness among patients with multiple sclerosis (MS), according to a large trial published on Tuesday in the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry.
10 October 2012
Man arrested over Rothko graffiti British police on Monday arrested a 26-year-old man suspected of defacing a mural by US artist Mark Rothko at London's Tate Modern gallery.
10 October 2012
Gaga and Assange meet in London US pop star Lady Gaga has visited WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange at London's Ecuadorian embassy, where he is currently seeking refuge.
10 October 2012
Merkel's Athens visit chance to ease tensionGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel's visit Tuesday to debt-strapped Greece may provide a chance to ease tensions born of the economic crisis.
10 October 2012
Pussy Riot, Panahi, Beliatsky on final Sakharov short list Russian punk band Pussy Riot, Iran's film-maker Jafar Panahi and rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh, and Belarus dissident Ales Beliatsky were put on a final shortlist for the European Parliament's Sakharov rights priz.
IMF cuts global forecast, says risks rising The IMF slashed its global growth forecast and warned things could get much worse if the eurozone crisis is not quelled and Washington fails to reverse the looming "fiscal cliff" austerity plan.
Bergey Ryskaliyev and his brother spotted in LondonKazakhstan's ex high profile official Bergey Ryskaliyev and his brother Amanzhan Ryskali, both on the wanted list in Kazakhstan, were recently spotted in Zuma restaurant in London.