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British finance minister fighting for survival: press British finance minister George Osborne must urgently form a plan to rectify the country's recession-hit economy after it shrank alarmingly in the second quarter.

27 July 2012

Olympics: North Korea flag blunder mars day one London's Olympics got off to an embarrassing start Wednesday when North Korea's women footballers refused to play after a mix-up over their national flag, in one of a series of blunders.

26 July 2012

Olympics: London boasts most expensive medals The eight tons of gold, silver and copper unearthed from mines in Mongolia and Utah and now under guard at the Tower of London is the largest ever haul used to make Olympic medals.

26 July 2012

Olympics kick off but flag error sparks protest Britain's women footballers kicked off the 2012 Olympics on Wednesday, two days before the opening ceremony, but controversy erupted later over a mistake with the North Korean flag.

26 July 2012

Stars out in London to honour great Ali Stars of sport and screen gathered in London on Wednesday to honour legendary heavyweight boxer and Olympic champion Muhammad Ali as the countdown to the 2012 Games neared its finale.

26 July 2012

Sunbed tanning kills 800 in Europe every year: study Sunbed users run a 20 percent higher risk than non-users of developing skin cancer, according to a report that blamed some 800 melanoma deaths in Europe every year on indoor tanning.

25 July 2012

Olympics: London drafts in more soldiers for Games Britain has drafted in another 1,200 troops to plug a security gap at the London Olympics left by the failure of a private security firm to provide enough guards.

25 July 2012

Olympics: World leaders, VIPS flock to London for ceremony Thousands of VIPs including some 120 national leaders will jet into London for Friday's Olympic opening ceremony, with guests ranging from Angelina Jolie and Michelle Obama to the king of Swaziland.

25 July 2012

Olympics: London 2012 in numbers From the 10,490 athletes heading to London, to the flock of 70 sheep taking part in the opening ceremony on July 27, AFP takes a look at the 2012 Olympic Games in numbers.

24 July 2012

Olympics: London prostitutes 'cleaned from the streets' The London Olympics are not big business for everyone -- sex workers say they are being cleared from the streets around the stadium to make the area more presentable for the Games.

23 July 2012

Cycling: History-maker Wiggins wins Tour de France Bradley Wiggins has been crowned Britain's first Tour de France champion, becoming an instant sporting hero at home just ahead of the London Olympics -- in which he hopes to star again.

23 July 2012

Olympics: London cracks down on unofficial souvenirs The London Olympics pop up on teapots, bunting and a one-eyed mascot -- but strict branding laws are in place to ensure that official products are the only ones in the race.

20 July 2012

Physical inactivity kills 5 million a year: report A third of the world's adults are physically inactive, and the couch potato lifestyle kills about five million people every year.

18 July 2012

Kazakh community lives peacefully and luxuriously in London Journalists of Mir TV-channel found out how Kazakhstan businessmen and artists live in Great Britain.

16 July 2012

Olympics: 21,000 journalists swarm into London With less than two weeks to go before the Olympic Games, hordes of competitors are pouring into London from across the globe and limbering up -- but they're not athletes.

16 July 2012

Designer says future US uniforms to be made in USA It's too late for London, but US Olympians in 2014 will be clad in Ralph Lauren-designed uniforms made in the United States.

15 July 2012

Olympic security firm expects $77 million loss British security firm G4S said Friday it expects losses of up to $77 million after the government had to deploy extra troops for the Olympics because the company failed to provide enough guards.

15 July 2012

UK immigration laws spark Pakistan wedding boom New British immigration laws have unleashed a stampede to wed and a frenzy of English lessons for Pakistanis desperate to migrate as new restrictions come into effect.

14 July 2012

Arab Spring demands change in UK arms policy: report Britain must exercise more caution in granting licences for the export of arms to authoritarian regimes such as Bahrain in light of the Arab Spring uprisings, a parliamentary report has urged.

14 July 2012

The eyes have it for disabled gamers Engineers said Friday they had built a device using mass-produced video gaming equipment that lets disabled people control a computer with just their eyes -- with a price tag of under $30 (25 euros).

14 July 2012

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