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Photo courtesy of thedailyreminders.com Spoon in underwear saving British youths from South Asia forced marriage Campaigning group says the trick of putting a spoon in their underwear has saved some youngsters from a forced union in their South Asian ancestral homelands.
15 August 2013
©REUTERS/Michael Studinger/NASA Bone-munching worms found on sea floor Scientists said Wednesday they had discovered two new species of a strange bone-devouring worm thriving in the mysterious waters that surround the Antarctic continent.
15 August 2013
Britain to protest as Gibraltar border queues return Britain on Tuesday said it would lodge a formal complaint with Spain after drivers were subjected to five-hour-long queues to cross into the tiny British outpost of Gibraltar, in a growing diplomatic row.
14 August 2013
©REUTERS/Rick Wilking Children of overweight women die younger: study Children born from obese women were 35 percent more likely to die prematurely in adulthood, according to a study Wednesday that warned of a growing epidemic.
14 August 2013
Big animals crucial for soil fertility: study The mass extinction of large animals in the Pleistocene era caused today's dearth of soil nutrients, scientists said Sunday, and warned of further damage if modern giants like the elephant disappear.
12 August 2013
Prince Harry visits Angola with landmine charity Britain's Prince Harry is in Angola to see landmine clearance work by a charity championed by his late mother Princess Diana.
12 August 2013
British MP chairs Kazakhstan company Sir Tony Baldry was elected new chairman of Kazakhstan paper producer Kagazy Plc.
09 August 2013
Women promote mosques 'for all' in Britain In the damp basement room of a Caribbean restaurant in London, Naima leads prayers for an audience of male and female worshippers.
09 August 2013
Airbus complaint against Boeing ad dismissed Boeing did not mislead readers of a trade magazine when touting the advantages of its 747-8 jumbo jet over rival Airbus' A380 model.
08 August 2013
World's first test-tube burger tasted in London Scientists unveiled the world's first lab-grown beef burger in London on Monday, frying it in a little oil and butter and serving it to volunteers in what they hope is the start of a food revolution.
07 August 2013
©REUTERS Senior Scottish Catholic sorry over sex claims A senior Scottish bishop on Sunday apologised on behalf of the Catholic church over claims of physical and sexual abuse at one of the country's best known boarding schools.
05 August 2013
Azamat Tenizbayev (L). Photo courtesy of the sportsman's personal page in VKontakte Details of Kazakhstan taekwondo champion's arrest in London unveiled 18-y.o. Kazakhstan taekwondo champion Azamat Tenizbayev is in pretrial detention pending a hearing on accusations of sexual harassment.
02 August 2013
Azamat Tenizbayev. Snapshot of KTK video Kazakhstan champion arrested for sexual harassment in London 18-y.o. Azamat Tenizbayev was arrested in London on charges of sexual harassment.
01 August 2013
Britain's Thatcher quashed Hague's early ambitions: archives An attempt to parachute British Foreign Secretary William Hague into an early political career was rejected as a "gimmick" by former prime minister Margaret Thatcher.
01 August 2013
Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair. ©REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun Blair to blame for Zimbabwe woes: Mugabe Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe on Tuesday said former British prime minister Tony Blair was to blame for his country's problems on the eve of a crucial general election.
31 July 2013
Mukhtar Ablyazov. Tengrinews.kz file photo Ablyazov retains right to borrow funds for defense London’s Court of Appeal has upheld Mukhtar Ablyazov’s right to borrow money for his legal expenses.
30 July 2013
©REUTERS/Jim Young Scottish Police probe claims of abuse at Catholic school Scottish police on Monday confirmed they were investigating claims of physical and sexual abuse at one of Scotland's best known Catholic boarding schools.
30 July 2013
©REUTERS/Bogdan Cristel Scientists delve into the evolution of monogamy Scientists are coming closer to understanding the evolutionary reason behind monogamy, with two new studies out Monday exploring different advantages of the practice that pairs mates for the long haul.
30 July 2013
©REUTERS Gibraltar accuses Spain of causing border delays Britain on Sunday said it had "serious concerns" after Gibraltar accused Madrid of deliberately creating delays to car traffic to and from the disputed British-held territory to Spain.
29 July 2013
Death of letters spells tough time for biographers, says royal writer The slow death of handwriting might be a boon for email-reading intelligence agencies but not for biographers, says the man entrusted by Queen Elizabeth II to write the biography of her mother.
28 July 2013
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