Cliff Richard turns to jazz to mark 70th birthday China Daily | Veteran British singer Cliff Richard will mark his 70th birthday with the release of an album of jazz and swing music, he announced on Tuesday. | The evergreen performer, a chart topper before the Beatles arrived who has sold an estimated 250 million records over more than 50 years, will sing cove...
UK minister urges push for Afghan peace Khaleej Times LONDON - British Foreign Secretary David Miliband urged Afghans on Wednesday to push energetically for a peace settlement with Taleban insurgents and said Afghanistan's neighbours must support such an agreement. | Miliband's conciliatory comments, in a speech to be given in the United States later o...
Sequel to 'Phantom of the Opera' opens in London The Star | LONDON: Will the magic of the Phantom strike twice for Andrew Lloyd Webber? The professional critics' reviews haven't yet come in, but audiences at Tuesday's world premiere in London of "Love Never Dies" - the sequel to Lloyd Webber's global hit "P...
British trying to curb threat of dogs Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | LONDON -- A chip for Spot? In a country where guns are tightly controlled, and even carrying a kitchen knife can bring prison time, some thugs use dogs to menace their victims. Now, the British government is proposing that dog owners be forced to h...
Whittier Middle School honor roll The Oklahoman | Whittier Middle School NORMAN - These students from Whittier Middle School made the 4.0 honor roll for the second quarter of the 2009-10 school year: | Sixth grade: Hayden Allen, Haley Arnold, Jordyn Austin, John Barry, Ryan Base, Lauren Bauman, Ga...
Banking fraudsters 'switch to raiding online accounts' BBC News | Fraudsters are continuing their switch from traditional card fraud to raiding online bank accounts, according to new research. | Fraud losses on UK credit and debit cards totalle...
Ex-MI5 chief says US 'concealed suspect mistreatment' BBC News | The former head of MI5 has claimed US intelligence agencies "concealed" their mistreatment of terror suspects. | Baroness Eliza Manningham-Buller said she only discover...
Bali bombings suspect shot dead The Guardian | Indonesia's president said a top-ranked Southeast Asian militant wanted for planning the 2002 Bali bombings, in which 28 Britons died, has been identified as the man shot dead by police in a raid on the island of Java. | President Susilo Bambang Yu...
Men seized 'days before planned attack in Britain' The Daily Telegraph Australia | FIVER Pakistani men linked to a terror plot in Britain similar to the attacks on the London transport system in 2005 were arrested days before they planned to strike, a hearing was told overnight. | A British intelligence officer, identified only a...
Team US picks University of East London as Olympic base BBC News | The United States' Olympics team is to use University of East London (UEL) campuses as its 2012 Games base. | More than 1,000 competitors, coaches and medical staff will use UEL campuses in the Docklands and Stratford in east London, near the Olymp...
David Miliband to seek Afghanistan political drive BBC News | Foreign Secretary David Miliband is to call on the Afghan government to work harder to find a political solution to the conflict with the Taliban. | At a lecture in the US, he is expected to urge President Hamid Karzai to work harder to match international military and development effort in his country. | He is set to say a political settlement i...
Banking fraudsters 'switch to raiding online accounts' BBC News | Fraudsters are continuing their switch from traditional card fraud to raiding online bank accounts, according to new research. | Fraud losses on UK credit and debit cards totalled £440m in 2009 - a drop of 28% compared with the previous year - the UK Cards Association said. | But the number of "phishing" attacks rose by 16% in the...
