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Heathrow Airport, one of the world's busiest international airports, canceled about three out of 10 flights Sunday as several inches of snow fell on London overnight.

Er hatte illustre Freunde und kaufte Kunst im großen Stil: In London wird nun die Sammlung des Mäzens Hubertus Wald versteigert. Sie war sein "Lebenselixier".

British businesses are being warned of possible Internet breakdowns, data caps and "unavoidable" mobile phone problems during the London 2012 Olympics, in official advice from the Games organisers.

Rekord-Olympionikin Birgit Fischer hat vor den Spielen in London nur ein Ziel vor Augen: Mit 50 Jahren will die Kanutin ihrer Sammlung weiteres Edelmetall hinzufügen.

Rekord-Olympionikin Birgit Fischer hat vor den Spielen in London nur ein Ziel vor Augen: Mit 50 Jahren will die Kanutin ihrer Sammlung weiteres Edelmetall hinzufügen.

Xie Jinbiao, a one-time teenage terror, is now a prominent post-1980s Chinese businessman who runs what is considered the only panda-themed toy and souvenir store in London.

Dramatic new pictures show building work on the Orbit tower, designed as the landmark monument of the London 2012 Olympic Games, is almost finished. But opinion over its artistic merit remains divided.

London, Tripolis, Sydney: Rund um den Globus entlädt sich die Wut auf Syriens Regime, dessen Truppen in der Stadt Homs Hunderte Aufständische getötet haben sollen. Nachdem eine Uno-Resolution am Veto Russlands und Chinas gescheitert war, stürmten Demonstranten mehrere syrische Botschaften.

Chris Huhne's ex-wife Vicky Pryce (pictured) welcomed guests to an annual party, which had been co-hosted by the couple at their home in Clapham, south London, until their split in 2010.

The pool will be shared between about 24,000 staff at Barclays Capital, of whom about 10,000 are in London. The group’s results for 2011 are expected to show a revenue slump at the investment banking division last year.

Jim Mallinder book an LV=Cup semi-final place with a devastating eight-try thrashing of London Wasps.

Activist found guilty of assaulting Jewish man at a London supermarket protest is plans to vigorously appeal the conviction.

In London, New York and other cities, demonstrators rallied after reports of mass killings in the city of Homs, Syria.

LONDON  - Robin van Persie scored a hat-trick as Arsenal silenced their critics with a 7-1 thrashing of Blackburn on Saturday to record their biggest Premier League win of the season. Disgruntled Arsenal fans had reportedly been planning protests at the Emirates after Arsene Wenger's side had slid to three consecutive league defeats and a disappointing draw at Bolton in midweek. But Wenger's .....

LEADERS West Ham beat Millwall in a fiery east London derby — despite playing the final 80 minutes with 10 men

James Roby inspired St Helens as the visitors began their Stobart Super League campaign with victory at The Stoop. Roby grabbed a late clinching try.

Fresh protests take place at the Syrian embassy in London over President Assad's regime.

She posed happily outside Little Italy in Soho, London, giving no hint that she was feeling the cold

Services between Milton Keynes and London Euston were cancelled during the morning rush hour after the locomotive (pictured) came off the tracks at Bletchley.

Six people were arrested after gaining entry to the Syrian embassy in London as a protest erupted outside the building following reports of a deadly attack on the city of Homs.

Syrian demonstrators ransacked their country’s embassy in Cairo and broke into the missions in London and Kuwait, part of protests around the world against the worst bloodshed of the 11 month uprising against President Bashar al-Assad.  

HUNDREDS storm the Syrian embassy in London over reports that government forces had killed up to 300 Syrian civilians.

Bei neuen, überaus blutigen Protesten gegen die syrische Führung sind in der Oppositionshochburg Homs in der Nacht auf Samstag Menschenrechtlern zufolge mindestens 337 Zivilisten getötet worden, etwa 1.300 wurden verletzt. Den Angaben zufolge waren auch Frauen und Kinder unter den Opfern. Nach dem Bekanntwerden der Gewalt stürmten in Kairo, London und Berlin aufgebrachte Syrer die Botschaften i...

2011 wurden sie Vizeweltmeister, die Teilnahme an den Olympischen Sommerspielen in London haben sie in der Tasche, doch im eigenen Land blicken die US-Profifußballerinnen in eine düstere Zukunft. Die kommende Saison wurde abgesagt, Zuschauer gibt es ohnehin kaum - die Liga steht vor dem Aus.

Ontario’s job figures starting to resemble those of Indiana

Ontario’s job figures starting to resemble those of Indiana

Several current British productions, including “Lovesong,” “Travelling Light” and “The Kreutzer Sonata,” feature characters who recall earlier times.

LONDON – Hackers from the group Anonymous have broadcast a private conference call between the FBI and Scotland Yard exposing details of an international cybercrime investigation, the FBI has confirmed.

TWO SUB-COMMITTEES of the British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly met in London on Monday for discussions – the Irish contingent staying overnight before returning to Dublin in time for Tuesday’s Dáil business.

Andrew Coyne: The closing of the London, Ont., Caterpillar plant is, needless to say, a terrible blow to the workers and the city. It can hardly come a surprise, however

Yesterday’s hour-long service a stone's throw from the heart of the financial district proved so popular that worshippers filled the streets around the tiny community mosque.

Caterpillar said it will close a plant in London, Ontario, that makes railroad locomotives following a wage dispute and lockout, eliminating about 450 manufacturing jobs that mostly paid twice the rate of a U.S. counterpart.

Journalist and broadcaster Baroness Bakewell, 78, has two grown-up children and six grandchildren. She is twice divorced and lives alone in north London.

Ich könnte mir zwar einige Tricks vorstellen, wie man das nachfolgende Video fälschen ode rmanipulieren kann, aber offenbar ist Stephen Wiltshire, ein junger Künstler aus London, der sich auf detaillierte Großstadt-Panoramen spezialisiert hat, nicht nur autistisch, sondern auch authentisch: Er zeichnet seine detailgenauen Großstadtbilder aus dem Gedächtnis, nachdem er die Städte ein einziges Ma...

Londres instalará unas 100 papeleras a prueba de bombas y con pantallas LCD en las que puedan mostrarse mensajes de emergencia de cara a los Juegos Olímpicos que se celebrarán en julio. Los nuevos cubos, idea de dos estudiantes de la London School of Economics, han sido desarrollados por la empresa Renew.

Internet activist group Anonymous published a recording on Friday of a confidential call between FBI agents and London detectives in which the law-enforcement agents discuss action they are taking against hacking.

LONDON/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Internet activist group Anonymous published a recording on Friday of a confidential call between FBI agents and London detectives in which the law-enforcement agents discuss action they are taking against hacking.

LONDON, Feb 3 (Reuters) - Kazakh miner ENRC appointed investment banker Mehmet Dalman as its chairman on Friday, replacing industry veteran Johannes Sittard, who has been expected to step down since...

JimKillock from the Open Rights Group sez, "Come to the London Stop ACTA Demo, one of many days across Europe protesting against the international attempt to impose SOPA and DEAct-style enforcement through anti-democratic treaty agreements. Make a donation and let us know you are coming! We are assembling outside UK Music's offices, as many of [...]

DrDevil writes "A member of the computer hacking group Anonymous has hacked into a telephone conference between the FBI and Scotland Yard (London Police) and posted it on the internet. The Daily Telegraph has a comprehensive article on the hack. The audio of the call can be heard here." Reader eldavojohn snips as well from the AP's story as carried by Google: "Those on the call talk about what ...

Belgraves offers comfy rooms and fine dining

LONDON (Reuters) - Malaria kills more than 1.2 million people worldwide a year, nearly twice as many as previously thought, according to new research published on Friday that questions years of assumptions about the mosquito-borne disease.

The actor is photographed in apparently very good spirits in London

Super model Gisele Bundchen seems to have started a prayer chain for husband Tom Brady. In an email to friends and family she reportedly asked that they pray that "he can feel confident, healthy and strong"  when he's quarterbacking for the New England Patriots in this Sunday's Super Bowl. [NY Post] Tim Tebow and his Denver Broncos didn't make it to the Super Bowl, but he is the new "face" o...

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To shut Electro-Motive Canada facility, where locked out employees have been off the job since Jan. 1

LONDON (Reuters) - John Terry has been stripped of the England captaincy by the FA but will continue to captain Chelsea, his club manager Andre Villas-Boas said on Friday.

The south east London hub is the first to receive the Royal Borough title in more than 80 years after the Queen made the announcement to mark her Diamond Jubilee this summer.

Andrew Lansley says some trusts can no longer afford to honour PFI deals that were 'badly negotiated' by Labour ministersSeven hospital trusts struggling with crippling private finance initiative debts are to receive £1.5bn in emergency funding from the government to help them avoid cutting patient services to pay their bills.The Department of Health is making the £1.5bn available – in grants, ...

In another diary entry for Goal.com, the U.S. international and Fulham midfielder talks about how his family life in London and explains why he decided to join Twitter.

Schlafkrankheit und Chagas zählen zu den "vernachlässigten Krankheiten": Da sie v.a. in den armen Ländern der Tropen vorkommen, ist das Interesse der Pharmaindustrie an neuen Medikamenten gering. Das könnte sich nun ändern, denn diese Woche wurde in London eine Initiative zur Bekämpfung der Krankheiten vorgestellt.

The London brewer spends £22.9m in attempt to expand brand outside capital, as Enterprise Inns continues refinancing efforts

The run-up to London 2012 has been remarkably smooth but there's one dark cloud -- the weather.

Will London 2012 fulfil its ‘Greenest Olympics’ pledge?

RACING:A MISERABLE DAY for Ruby Walsh was made even worse yesterday after the odds-on defeat of The Midnight Club in the Clonmel Festival Week Chase, won by Leanne. Walsh was in London at 9am appealing against a three-day ban he picked up at Cheltenham on Saturday following the demotion of Pearl Swan in the Triumph Hurdle Trial.

LONDON (AP) -- Malaria may be killing around twice as many people as experts previously thought, and it could also be hitting older children and adults - long considered the least susceptible - a new study suggests....

Britain appoints first ambassador to Somalia in 21 years as its foreign secretary pledges support for summit in London.

Somewhat lost in the shuffle and hubbub of National Signing Day was word that some schools across the country have decided to give the athletes in their respective 2012 recruiting classes guaranteed multiyear scholarships. In fact, nine of the Big Ten’s 12 schools confirmed to various media outlets Wednesday that their scholarships no longer had to be renewed annually. At least two SEC schools ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Drug addicts and their non-addicted siblings share certain features in the brain, suggesting a susceptibility to addiction is inherited but is also a flaw that can be overcome, scientists said on Thursday.

Here's a case of good looks not falling far from the proverbial tree. A particular lad from across the pond was spotted earlier this week with two of his children, both of whom...

FOOTBALL ace David braves the icy cold to jog along the Thames - for a new TV advert

New PlayBook operating system will bring Android apps; BB10 will bring much need revitalization of phone line

Think tank occupies Parliament with some timely ideas on how to be a happier, sustainable society without relying on economic growth.

Sind Tiere die besseren Maler? Was Affen und Elefanten zu Papier bringen, ist jedenfalls nicht eindeutig von menschlichen Werken zu unterscheiden. Das zeigt jetzt erstmals eine Ausstellung in London.

LONDON, Feb 2 (Reuters) - More than $1.2 billion of loans will be used to back private equity firm CVC's buyout of Sweden's largest supplier of tools and building materials Ahlsell, bankers said on...

BODIES of suicide victims on London Underground 'often stored in cupboards'

LONDON (AP) -- Markets took a breather on Thursday, following solid gains in the previous session, as investors positioned themselves for crucial U.S. jobs data that often set the tone for a week or two after their release....

Police in Britain are investigating allegations of email hacking at the London Times, an MP said today.

In London feierte Michael Fassbender so wild mit Kollegen und Fans, dass er von seiner eigenen Premierenparty rausgeworfen wurde. Das tat dem Spaß jedoch keinen Abbruch

London (ots/PRNewswire) - Canon Europe, world-leader in imaging solutions, has strengthened its offering in the Medical Imaging arena by acquiring Netherlands-based Medical solutions specialist Delft Diagnostic Imaging (Delft DI). Delft DI specialises in two business areas. The first ...

LONDON - Last-minute transfers were brokered across English soccer on Tuesday, but analysts reported a sharp fall in overall spending as a low-key January window drew to a close.

Samsung says that it will have some new stuff for Mobile World Congress, but that the successor to the Galaxy S II will be launched later in the first half of the year.

IRISH ARCHITECTS are on the floor here at home, mostly scratching around for small projects just to keep going, but some of the more talented among them are making waves by winning international design competitions for major schemes in Boston, Budapest, Lima, London and Ramallah.

Knaller-Auktion bei eBay: Ersteigern Sie zum Kinostart von „Dame, König, As, Spion“ am 2.2. ein Minitrip nach London.Foto: StudioCanalMehr zum ThemaGruselige Film-Looks - So gestylt können Sie garantiert einpackenAlzheimer - So trainieren Sie Ihr GehirnTeil 2 Männer - Das verrät SEIN Vorname über Ihren LiebhaberBedrohte Spezies - Stirbt die deutsche Hausfrau aus?Underworld Awakening - Signiert...

A BlackBerry enthusiast site claims to have an image of the Research In Motion‘s BlackBerry 10 smartphone, called the “London.…

Seit Jahren kämpfen Investmentbanker der ehemaligen Dresdner Kleinwort um ihre Millionen-Boni, die von der neuen Mutter Commerzbank drastisch gekürzt worden waren. Nun machte der erste von ihnen in London seine Aussage.

Footballer David Beckham made an appearance at a London H&M store to mark the launch of his collaboration with the Swedish retailer.

Er sucht Wildvögel per Steckbrief und erfindet den Protest-Hund: Der urkomische David Shrigley stellt seine Zeichnungen, Plastiken und Fotografien in London aus.

Attendu au deuxième semestre de l'année, ce smartphone sera le premier produit de Research In Motion à inclure le nouveau système BlackBerry 10.Articles en rapportPédophilie : les fournisseurs d'accès ont fait supprimer 324 fichiers en 2011

LONDON (Reuters) - Four radical Islamists admitted in court Wednesday plotting to bomb the London Stock Exchange as part of a campaign of al Qaeda-inspired attacks across the British capital in the run-up to Christmas 2010.

A newly released Transport for London site outlines where the capital's transport network is most likely to be affected by the Games.

Soccer:England captain John Terry denies racially abusing Anton Ferdinand and will stand trial for the alleged offence, a court heard today. The player did not attend the short hearing in London, but his barrister George Carter-Stephenson QC, entered a not guilty plea on his behalf.

Four British men have admitted involvement in a London bomb plot.

According to reports by Crackberry, these are leaked media shots of an upcoming RIM smartphone, potentially the rumored next-generation BlackBerry 10 "Superphone," code-named London. Details are of course very slim at this point but, all in all, it's a pretty sleek looking phone. It's also rumored to be testing both the the Texas Instruments OMAP5 and Qualc...

ECCENTRIC singer to be neighbours with director Ritchie after buying a gaff near him in West End of London

preparations for the London 2012 Olympic games are entering the final stretch.

Mitt Romney may have a Swiss bank account but Barack Obama has Charles Adams of Geneva, Switzerland. Romney has taken a lot of flak for his offshore bank accounts in Switzerland and the Cayman Islands. But Adams, an Akin Gump partner who hosted a 2008 fundraiser in Geneva featuring George Clooney as a headliner, has raised between $100,000 and $200,000 for the Obama campaign. It's all perfectly...

With just months to go before the Olympic Games get under way in the capital city of the brand's home country, Mini has introduced two new special-edition models to spread contemporary London style around the world.

David Hockney zeigt Landschaften in London und das ganze Land erstrahlt: Wie eine Austellung in der Royal Academy Großbritannien mit sich selbst versöhnt. Von FOCUS-Korrespondentin Imke Henkel, London

IIM-A [Indian Institute of Management- Ahmadabad] has been successful in retaining its 11th position in the Global MBA Rankings conducted by the London based Financial Times newspaper for the year 2012.

Berlin (ots) - Wer zur Fußball-EM nach Polen oder zu den Olympischen Spielen nach London reisen möchte, findet unter www.viadeutschland.de/sportevents2012.html Tipps für eine spannende und klimaschonende Anreise. Plätze im Stadion gibt es genug, aber keine Flugtickets mehr? Wer ...

As both the unrest and crackdown in Syria continue to get worse, Russia has steadfastly stood by the side of the Assad regime.  Matters are coming to a head in Turtle Bay, however, as James Blitz and Roula Khalaf in London, and Charles Clover report for the Financial Times:  Britain, France and the US will be making their most forceful push yet for a political transition in Syri...

The Olympic trials season is just getting started, but one group of American athletes can already forget about the London Games.

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London Fletcher knows about the task of facing the Super teams.

Querelen in London: Erstmals haben sich Spitzenangestellte einer Bank gezwungen gesehen, auf millionenschwere Bonuszahlungen zu verzichten. Die öffentliche Empörung war zu groß.

LONDON, United Kingdom Bill Gates, the world’s leading 13 pharmaceutical companies, governments and global organisations have announced unprecedented funding and support to eliminate and control 10 neglected tropical diseases (NTD) by 2020.More than US $785 million will be donated to control or eliminate these infections that affect around 1.4 billion people in 149 endemic countries. These in...

The UBS trader accused of making unauthorized transactions that cost the Swiss bank as much as $2.3 billion pleaded not guilty to two counts of fraud and two counts of false accounting in a London court.

Nach der verpassten Qualifikation für die Olympischen Spiele 2012 in London hat der deutsche Kapitän Pascal Hens seinen Rücktritt aus der Handball-Nationalmannschaft erklärt. Der Rückraumspieler wolle sich in Zukunft ganz auf seinen Verein HSV Hamburg konzentrieren. Bei der EM in Serbien kam der 32-Jährige trotz der Kapitänsbinde nicht über eine Ergänzungsrolle hinaus.

Shanghai's development from a manufacturing base into a services center is a natural move for the cosmopolitan city, which has always harbored ambitions to rival New York and London as a global financial hub.

Former Doctor Who star David Tennant is among the winners at the inaugural BBC Audio Drama Awards in London.

Will and Kate are putting off a baby until 2013 so they can concentrate on the Diamond Jubilee and the London Olympics this summer, media sa ...

The 50p top rate of tax "certainly looks" as if it is here to stay, the mayor of London said today.

TELSTRA is in talks on the internet and mobile phone coverage rights for the London Olympics in July/August.

The gold medalist Rulon Gardner is 40 years old and overweight, but he believes that he can qualify to wrestle at the Summer Games in London.

A presidential spokesman says Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh has arrived in London and will leave later Saturday for New York.

After a lackluster first half, the U.S. women's soccer team beat Costa Rica 3-0 to earn a spot in the London Olympics.

Lease requires the team to play all its home games at the Edward Jones Dome

Meredith Alexander, who first announced her resignation as ethics commissioner of the London authority to TOI, on Friday said Dow Chemicals, by buying Union Carbide, had also bought the toxic legacy of Bhopal.

El metal amarillo cerró en US$1.726,00/oz el viernes en el London Bullion Market, lo que implica un dólar menos que los US$1.727,00/oz alcanzados la jornada anterior. Los últimos dos precios de ci...

Gold closed Friday at US$1,726.00/oz on the London Bullion Market, one dollar off from the previous day's US$1,727.00/oz. The last two closing prices have amounted to a strong bounce back up for t...

Scientists from Birkbeck College, London, say the test could help identify infants most at risk of developing the disorder later in life.

Mary Kom will make her Olympics debut in London this summer, representing India in boxing.

Military experts gathered in London this week to discuss the growing threat of cyber-attacks to international security.

LONDON (AP) -- The Museum of London is displaying a coin found by the River Thames that may have been used nearly 2,000 years ago as a "brothel token" in Roman London....

LONDON (Reuters) - Receiving an honor from Britain's Queen Elizabeth marks the pinnacle of many careers. But for more than 250 people named in a once-secret official document, the idea was so unappealing that they turned down the monarch's offer.

LONDON (AP) -- Britain says coastlines, wildlife and even the nation's most famous dish are under threat from climate change in its first-ever national assessment of likely risks....

Headline Title:  Olympic commissioner on why she quit over Dow 26 January 2012 When sports fans and athletes arrive in London this summer to celebrate the Olympic Games, the victims of a gas leak disaster that happened on a winter night in central India almost 30 years ago are...

It was the promise of the legacy, it is commonly agreed, that won the Games for London, that and David Beckham.

Goldman Sachs (GS) and Morgan Stanley (MS) are trading lower today after a downgrade by analysts at JP Morgan Cazenove in London. JP Morgan analyst Kran Abouhossein writes that new regulations — in particular the Volcker rule — could force investment banks in the U.S. to reduce their risk profile. “US investment banks operate with [...]

Bundestrainer Heuberger stand vor dem Hauptrunden-Duell gegen Polen unter Druck. Nur ein Erfolg hätte die DHB-Auswahl ins Halbfinale katapultiert. Es hat nicht geklappt. Die Teilnahme an Olympia in London ist nun auch in Gefahr.Mehr zum Thema+++ Handball-Liveticker – Deutschland gegen Polen +++ - Letzte deutsche Chance auf EM-Halbfinale und Olympia+++ Handball-Liveticker – Deutschland gegen Pol...

Transport for London has announced that commuters will be able to access the internet in advance of the London 2012 Olympic Games.

Nach 15 Jahren Durststrecke steht die Musikindustrie nach eigener Einschätzung weltweit vor einer Kehrtwende zu neuem Wachstum. Der Jahresbericht über den digitalen Teil der Branche gebe Anlass zu "echtem Optimismus", sagte die Vorsitzende des Branchenverbandes IFPI, Frances Moore, am Montag in London. Führende Musikmanager gingen noch deutlich weiter. Laut Rob Wells, Digital-Chef von Branchenp...

ISLAMABAD  - Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz President Nawaz Sharif and Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif met here and discussed current political situation in the country.The two leaders also discussed their party strategy on the current situation against the backdrop of memo scandal and NRO case. Sharif was in London after attending the green week celebrations in Germany while Nawaz ...

ISLAMABAD  - Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz President Nawaz Sharif and Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif met here and discussed current political situation in the country.The two leaders also discussed their party strategy on the current situation against the backdrop of memo scandal and NRO case. Sharif was in London after attending the green week celebrations in Germany while Nawaz ...

Biarritz est désormais éliminé de la H Cup. Il sera reversé en Challenge Européen avec un quart de finale aux London Wasps. Les Basques ont loupé le coche cette année et vont devoir batailler jusqu’à la fin de la saison pour se maintenir. Au classement, ils flirtent toujours avec la zone rouge.

LONDON (Reuters) - Digital music revenues rose eight percent in 2011 to $5.2 billion, but it was not enough to prevent another annual decline in the overall market to $16.2 billion from $16.7 billion in 2010.

Auch im zweiten Top-Duell Manchester vs. London geht es nun um Revanche: Arsenal (36 Punkte) empfängt United (48), Hinspielergebnis: 2:8! Manchesters Trainer-Ikone Sir Alex Ferguson sagte dazu am Freitag in Richtung Arsène Wenger: "Revanche war nie Teil meiner Motivation. So etwas wurmt einen sicherlich, aber man muss es vergessen. Und ich bin sicher, Arsène hat es vergessen."

An Indian origin man, who pleaded guilty to being a drug dealer, has been jailed at the Manchester Crown Court for two years as part of the city's biggest crackdown on street-level drug dealing, the police said.

Bei David Hockney denkt man an kalifornische Sonne und Swimmingpools. Nun zeigt der britische Kunststar Heimatverbundenheit. In London zeigt er ebenso monumentale wie grelle Landschaftsbilder aus seiner Heimat Yorkshire - und eine Auswahl seiner farbenfrohen iPad-Bilder.

The Rams have been an itinerant bunch in their 75-season history. Now they have a three-year time-share in London.

And, since I've been cwuel to the septics, I suppose I ought to have a go at the greenies, for balance: A false balance is abomination to the Lord: but a just weight is his delight. -- Proverbs 11:1 So (h/t KZ) the Grauniad says: Open letter to Sir Mervyn King says overexposure to high-carbon assets by London-listed companies risks creating a 'carbon bubble'... The huge reserves of coal, oil...

French black-and-white silent movie "The Artist" scooped three big prizes at the London Film Critics' Circle Awards -- best film, best director and best actor.

London showcases undertaker's art from UK and Africa

London continues to attract a flow of well-heeled foreigners who remorselessly buy up its homes.

British police and military forces put on an elaborate display over the River Thames Thursday for the media to show their readiness for the 2012 London Olympics. But preparations for the game days are not limited to professionals. The Guardian reports London police will be looking toward an unlikely source for extra security: the food vendors. Read full article >>

Layla, you've got me on my knees and worshiping at your pristinely exquisite feet. You can pick up your cape from off of the floor, because I know that when you see such a refined lady like this your instinct is to throw some cloth down so her gentle feet won't sweep against the dirt of skanks. But Layla Flaherty of Desperate Scousewives (and the newest sparkly charm that h...

Die deutschen Handballer sind mit ihrer besten Turnierleistung in die EM-Hauptrunde gestürmt und dürfen weiter von der Teilnahme an den Olympischen Spielen in London träumen.

The London 2012 Anti-Doping Laboratory is unveiled outside London, with promises that all-clear results will be returned within 24 hours.

Fundamentally Freund: Before preaching to Israel, London would do well to put its own house in order

Le London 2012 Festival a un programme riche et varié qui défendra la culture, parallèlement aux épreuves sportives. Parcours arty en quelques rendez-vous plus ou moins excentriques.

British scientists are fundamentally failing to deal with research misconduct, which is widespread in the country, leading experts have warned. At a conference in London yesterday, participants were united in calling for more action on the issue...from Nature News

Colin Martin celebrates a London exhibition revealing the research legacy of Robert Scott's final journey.

The firm's performance is another reminder that emerging-market risks do not disappear when a company gets listed in London.

The London School of Economics said it was investigating allegations that a Nazi-themed drinking game led to a brawl during a student union ski trip in France last month.

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On the centenary of Robert Falcon Scott’s arrival at the South Pole, a London publisher is issuing copies of the 12-volume South Pole Times, which captured the substance and spirit of his expeditions.

London 2012 organisers confirm the Olympic ticket resale process will reopen this week - but cannot say exactly when.

Mass gatherings, such as the London 2012 Olympics, can be a hotbed of diseases from across the world, public health experts have warned.

STEPHANIE Rice opens up about her much publicised split with Quade Cooper, injury and her ambition for London gold.

FROM THE ARCHIVES:Phil Lynott collapsed at his home in London on Christmas Day in 1985 and died in hospital of pneumonia and other complications on January 4th. This is the report of his funeral which took place in Sutton, Dublin. –JOE JOYCE

Adele Coldplay and Florence and the Machine are among the top nominated artists for the 2012 BRIT Awards the British record industry's equivalent to the Grammys The 32nd annual awards show will be held in London on February 21st Adele who scored the top-selling album in her native UK in...

Eine Finanztransaktionssteuer vertreibe Anleger nach London, ist das wichtigste Argument ihrer Gegner. Dabei gibt es dort eine solche Abgabe – seit Thatchers Zeiten.

To help prepare for his role as Canada’s chef de mission for the 2012 Olympic Games in London, Mark Tewksbury shadowed the man who held the same job at the Pan American Games

Utl.: Junge ÖVP Wien erneuert Forderung nach gratis W-LAN = Wien (OTS) - Nach Graz und Budapest wird auch London gratis W-LAN bekommen. "Was in anderen Städten längst Realität ist, wird in Wien wieder einmal nur groß angekündigt", ärgert sich der geschäftsführende Landesobmann der ...

@Verena Weiß 9/11 war natürlich auch nur Ironie ebenso wie London, Madrid, Irakkrieg, Libyen und kommender Irankrieg. Alles nur Spaß. Deshalb erspare ich mir Weiterführendes. Gute Nacht, Schlafschafe.

Olympic officials say such tests are routine, and aimed at exposing vulnerable spots.

Sanford Bernstein’s Pierre Ferragu this morning started coverage of chip technology vendor ARM Holdings (ARMH) with an Underperform rating and a price target of 460 Great British pence on the ordinary shares traded in London, writing that the stock is expecting too much from the company’s addressable market, and that the potential of its technology [...]

In this mischievous novel, Lively traces the genealogy of randomness that messes up the lives of strangers. A mugging on a London street ripples out into an interconnected urban universe, shaking marriages and ruining businesses. A retired teacher moves in with her daughter to convalesce, the daughter’s employer . . . (Subscription required.)

Le Sud-Africain Thomas Aiken est en tête de l'Open d'Afrique, disputé à East London (Afrique du Sud) et comptant pour...

Colin Myler was previously the editor of News of the World in London before it folded amid a phone hacking scandal.

Shinan Govani: There is something rotten in the state of Michael Sheen. The Welsh thesp — busy of late playing Hamlet in London — recently revealed the literal pains of taking on such a pesky persona.

A DAZZLING fireworks display centered around the London Eye and Big Ben over the River Thames has ushered in 2012 in London, ending a year marked by natural disasters, economic turmoil, the death of Usama bin Laden and a fledgling democratic movement in the Middle East.

Overseas stock markets closed a difficult year on a slightly positive note Friday, as markets in London and most of Asia closed slightly higher for the day while other European markets were also holding gains ahead of their close.

London is reeling over a fatal stabbing that took place in the middle of a bustlling shopping district as shoppers looked on.

Kati London, named to the 2010 TR35, explains how she designs games that incorporate real-world data to educate players at Area/Code’s offices in New York.

The actress and her 'Iron Lady' director, Phyllida Lloyd, dish on the former British prime minister and women's roles in politics and filmmaking.Meryl Streep shuffles down a London street wearing a kerchief, a drab beige overcoat and enough prosthetic wrinkles to pass as an octogenarian in the opening scene of her new movie about former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, "The Iron Lady."...

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain, which closed its embassy in Tehran last month after it was ransacked by protesters, said on Thursday that Iranian authorities had blocked its website aimed at Iran. The move creates further tension between the two countries that regularly clash over Iran’s nuclear programme. Britain’s Foreign Office said Iranian authorities had barred access to a Foreign Office websi...

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have taken part in a festive cooking lesson at homeless charity Centrepoint, in London.

Experts are calling for the skeleton of Charles Byrne, the "Irish giant", to be removed from a London museum where it has been on display for almost 200 years and buried at sea, as he wanted.

OBITUARY: Dev Anand. Actor and director. Born British India, September 26, 1923. Died London, December 3, aged 88.

There is a long tradition of mistreatment of elephants and other exotic wild animals to get them to do circus tricks for our entertainment. A long-overdue bill in Congress would ban them from traveling circuses.In 1882, P.T. Barnum paid $10,000 to have Jumbo, the world's most famous elephant, shackled like Houdini, stuffed into a crate and sailed across the ocean to New York City. Barnum got Ju...

[[337754]] PARIS (AFP) : Clermont a préservé l'essentiel samedi avec le bonus défensif lors de sa défaite 23-19 à Leicester, tandis que le Racing Métro a sauvé l'honneur en signant sa première victoire de la saison en Coupe d'Europe, après trois défaites, sur le terrain des London Irish...

India's Olympic Chief has said that any decision to boycott the 2012 London Games over Dow Chemical's sponsorship of the Games rested with government.

Ein Logistikunternehmen setzt in London einen elektrifizierten Nissan NV200 ein. Das Versuchsprojekt ist zwar zeitlich begrenzt, die Technik ist aber ab April auch bei uns zu haben.

As American Airlines parent company works its way through bankruptcy reorganization, the company's assets are being scrutinized.

Wien (OTS/BMLVS) - Sportminister Norbert Darabos spricht den österreichischen BehindertensportlerInnen aus Anlass des kolportierten Veruntreuungsfalles im Verband seine volle Unterstützung aus. "Ich werde gemeinsam mit dem Österreichischen Paralympischen Comité dafür Sorge tragen, dass die ...

Honeymoon murder accused Shrien Dewani's extradition appeal begins in London today, amid new claims that police have failed to investigate properly.

ATHLETICS:FIONNUALA BRITTON, fresh from her truly exceptional performance in winning the European Cross Country title in Slovenia on Sunday, was yesterday presented with a new challenge, as outlined by her Welsh-born coach, Chris Jones, the man who masterminded her highly impressive victory that was achieved with true world-class running.

London Stock Exchange Group PLC informó el lunes que comprará el 50% restante de FTSE International Ltd. de Pearson PLC por 450 millones de libras esterlinas (US$705,2 millones) como parte de medidas más amplias para diversificarse.

LONDON (Agencies) – Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has declared that his government will approach the present assembly for creation of the Seraiki province.In an interview with BBC on Sunday, Gilani maintained that Seraiki province is desire of the people and it is an important matter which cannot be left for the next parliament. On Nato’s supply blockage, he said it may continue for several...

If one factor was key to the outcome, it was the common failure of Berlin and London to understand each other’s bottom lines

An American in England contrasts airport security in London and New York.

When London cab drivers successfully learn a mental atlas of London's spaghetti streets, the activity causes structural changes in the brain, affects memory and creates a greater volume of nerve cells in the brain's hippocampus.

Der EU-Gipfel hat sich auf einen neuen Fiskalpakt geeinigt. Soweit haben sich Deutschland und Frankreich durchgesetzt. Aber nicht alle 27 Staaten sind wie von ihnen gewünscht zu Vertragsänderungen bereit.

Un plan global con acciones a corto plazo, pero con una visión de futuro y en el que se coordinen todas las administraciones públicas. Esta máxima debería guiar la acción del nuevo Gobierno para salir de la actual crisis económica, según la fundación de estudios de economía Fedea. "Estamos en una situación crítica y compleja por lo que se requieren medidas que no se toman normalmente", ha expli...

Der Wikileaks-Gründer Assange bekommt eine letzte Chance, gegen seine Auslieferung an Schweden vorzugehen. Bis zur Entscheidung des Supreme Court bleibt er in England.

As described in New RIPE Atlas Features in the Making, each RIPE Atlas probe performs "anycast instance discovery" measurements. This means, for each DNS root name server, we determine which instance of a name server a probe uses. We compile the data from all probes and build maps showing these results for each Atlas probe. In other words, the map shows the "gravitational radius" for root DNS...

Poca gente sabe que la tesis doctoral de la London School of Economics (LSE), que lleva el nombre de Saif el Islam Gadafi, ofrece argumentos en favor de la intervención militar que culminó en su captura, detención y posible condena a muerte a manos de lo que quizá se considere justicia en Libia. Es posible que, en su cautividad actual, mientras aguarda comparecer ante el juez, el doctor Gadafi ...

WINE Australia is considering moving out of its upscale London and New York offices in a bid to cut costs.

Serena Williams said that she and Venus are eager to go for their third Olympic gold in doubles, after triumphing in Sydney and Beijing.

Crowds chant "Death to Britain" at Tehran University; follows UK evacuation of diplomats from Tehran, closing of Iranian embassy in London.

When Yale Medical School and and University College London Medical School co-sponsored a poetry contest for their medical students, more than 160 submitted poems. They ended up with over 160.

The London School of Economics is criticised for a "chapter of failures" in its links with the Gaddafi regime in Libya.

Fischer lud Elizabeth II. nach Österreich ein - Queen antwortete: "I will consider it"

LONDON (AP) -- The newspaper coverage was troubling: London's huge international showcase was beset by planning problems, local opposition and labor woes - and the transportation was a mess....

Der lange schwelende Konflikt zwischen Großbritannien und dem Iran hat einen neuen Höhepunkt erreicht: Die britische Botschaft in Teheran brennt. In der Reihe der Lieblingsfeinde Teherans stehen die Briten neben den USA und Israel ganz vorne.

LONDON (Reuters) - Deutsche Bank slashed its year-end price forecast for European Union carbon permits to 6 euros a tonne from 9 euros due to a worsening economic outlook and an oversupply of permits...

Wer kann, sollte am Mittwoch nicht nach London fliegen. Am Flughafen London-Heathrow wird gestreikt und das könnte auch Folgen für die anderen Airports der britischen Metropole haben.

La prefazione è di uno dei massimi esperti europei di calcio inglese e tifoso dell'Arsenal doc, il giornalista di Sky sport Massimo Marianella.

KARACHI (PPI) - Former Sindh Home Minister Dr Zulfiqar Mirza has said that the political conditions for the governments in Islamabad and Sindh are not good and he sees political turmoil in the country in coming weeks and months.Talking to PPI Friday on phone from London, he said, “I will play my role to remove confusion the nation is going in the wrong direction and put it in the right way and ...

Sven Bender hat sich beim 1:2 des BVB in London den Kiefer gebrochen. Auch Mario Götze musste gegen Arsenal verletzt raus.Foto: Arsenal FC via Getty Images

Nur ein Fußball-Wunder kann Meister Borussia Dortmund noch vor dem Vorrunden-Aus in der Champions League bewahren.Foto: Getty Images

Son of Rupert Murdoch has quit as director of firms that publish The Sun and The Times of London amid media empire's hacking scandal.

Für Borussia Dortmund war es ein bitterer Champions-League-Abend in London. Gegen den FC Arsenal unterlag der BVB mit 1:2 und hat nur noch geringe Chancen auf das Achtelfinale. Zu allem Überfluss erlitt Sven Bender einen Kieferbruch und musste direkt ins Krankenhaus, wo er operiert werden soll.

The inquiry into illegal phone-hacking heard from comedian Steve Coogan and a former business adviser to supermodel Elle Macpherson.

Laut „Daily Mail“ will Arsenals Vorstandschef in London mit Dortmunds Offiziellen über einen Götze-Deal sprechen.Foto: AFP

LONDON (AP) -- The U.K. will cut financial ties with Iranian banks over fears about its nuclear program, Britain's Treasury chief George Osborne said Monday....

Le trafic aérien était toujours perturbé par le brouillard lundi matin dans les aéroports de Heathrow et de London City à Londres, selon leurs services, qui tablaient toutefoi...lire la suite

Los 'indignados' británicos se han dado cita este sábado en Londres, donde simpatizantes del movimiento 'Occupy London' procedentes de más de diez ciudades se han congregado para emprender una campaña a nivel nacional.

London Rippers introduced their logo this week, which some are arguing references the notorious serial killer of women

Die deutschen Volleyballerinnen haben am Freitag den Olympia-Zug nach London verpasst - zumindest vorerst. Das DVV-Team verlor beim World Cup in Japan klar mit 0:3 gegen China und verspielte damit binnen 24 Stunden den zweiten "Matchball". Ein klarer Sieg über die Asiatinnen sowie die Mithilfe der USA wären nötig gewesen, um nach dem 2:3 gegen Japan am Vortag doch noch die direkte Qualifikation...

Protesters occupying land around St. Paul’s Cathedral defied a deadline from London authorities on Thursday to remove their sprawling encampment or face legal action.

It costs £40 for a flight from London to Malaga. Add a £15 administration fee, £15 for luggage and £5 for paying by debit card.

Berlin will sich als Modestadt etablieren. Die finanzielle Unterstützung von Jungdesignern soll dabei helfen. Doch im Vergleich zu London fließt immer noch zu wenig Geld.

Demonstrators are given a day to remove their tents or they’ll face legal action

Die Londoner Börse konnte im ersten Geschäftshalbjahr eine ordentliche Gewinnsteigerung verbuchen. Die Einnahmen legten um 20 Prozent im Vergleich zum Vorjahreszeitraum zu.

Die Vereinigten Staaten wollen ihre Olympia-Mannschaft im kommenden Jahr in London zusätzlich schützen. Sie schicken 1000 eigene Sicherheitsleute zu den Spielen, darunter 500 Agenten der Bundespolizei FBI.

PM: no better way to follow the Olympics than by welcoming the world's greatest athletes back to London for the 2017

A TRAIN driver on a journey from London to eastern England shocked a local soccer team when he ground the service to a halt to throw back their ball, which had landed on the tracks.

Es geht um den letzten Masters-Titel des Jahres und die letzten Tickets für die ATP World Tour Finals in London Ende November: In Paris brennt noch einmal der Court! Am Montag waren die ganz großen Namen noch nicht im Einsatz, dafür stiegen zwei deutsche Profis erfolgreich ein: Qualifikant Philipp Kohlschreiber bezwang Lieblingsgegner Mikhail Youzhny ebenso in zwei Sätzen wie Florian Mayer Rade...

Book discussion Annie Leibovitz Iconic photographer Annie Leibovitz will be presenting her new collection, “Pilgrimage,” at Barnes & Noble this Wednesday. Leibovitz made her name as a photographer for Rolling Stone, starting in 1970 and becoming the mag’s chief photog in 1973. “Pilgrimage” is a collection of shots of subjects meaningful for Leibovitz, including Emily Dickinson’s...

Sie ist 21 Jahre alt und ihr Name klingt wie eine Melodie: Ivian Lunasol Sarcos Colmenares ist "Miss World 2011". Sie nahm in London während einer Rekord-Zeremonie ihre Krone entgegen.

Samples from a London cemetery of the bacteria that caused the plague are almost genetically identical to strains circulating now.

Rupert Murdoch would like you to believe that the voicemail-hacking scandal at the News of the World "went against everything that I stand for" In his recent testimony before Parliament the 80-year-old billionaire insisted that the criminal wrongdoing at the London tabloid betrayed the 53000 "ethical and distinguished professionals" he...

From London to Washington, and as far as Tehran, the question is being asked: Will Egypt of 2011 become the Iran of 1979? Some leading figures in Tehran, as well as Iranian state-run media, are trying to cast Egypt as another country caught up, as is Lebanon, in the region's tilt  toward the Islamist orbit. "I herewith proclaim to those (Western leaders) who still do not want to see the realit...

LONDON -- The Greek government on Friday scrambled to put together an emergency plan to rein in its runaway finances amid fears that a debt crisis could reignite turmoil in world markets.