LONDON (Reuters) - Home Retail, Britain’s largest household-goods retailer fighting a slump in sales at its Argos business, will not close stores, its chief executive said, dismissing analyst calls for a radical change in strategy.[Read more...]
LONDON (Reuters) - The FTSE 100 index is seen opening sharply higher on Tuesday, tracking strong gains on Wall Street and in Asia, as investors become increasingly hopeful that euro zone officials will find a way to stem Greece’s debt crisis and stop it wreaking havoc on the financial system.[Read more...]
LONDON (Reuters) - London’s Globe theatre on Tuesday said will host all of Shakespeare’s 37 plays performed in 37 languages by 37 companies in a stage festival with acting troupes from Afghanistan and newly independent South Sudan.[Read more...]
LONDON (Reuters) - Singer Elton John is in talks to make a film about his life, his spokesman said on Friday, in response to media reports about a planned biopic called “Rocketman.”[Read more...]
LONDON (Reuters) - Amateur boxing’s world governing body has dismissed as ‘preposterous and utterly untrue’ allegations that Azerbaijan was promised two gold medals at next year’s London Olympics in exchange for a loan of millions of dollars.[Read more...]
LONDON (Reuters) - Drug regulators have granted approval to Advanced Cell Technology to conduct the first trial in Europe of human embryonic stem cells — testing the cells in people with a progressive form of blindness, the firm said on Thursday.[Read more...]
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain should delay its fiscal consolidation if growth weakens further, the International Monetary Fund said on Tuesday, after cutting its growth forecast for the economy sharply.[Read more...]
LONDON (Reuters) - Arsenal are not in crisis and fully support Arsene Wenger’s efforts to turn around the club after a poor start to the season, chief executive Ivan Gazidis said on Tuesday.[Read more...]
LONDON (Reuters) - Police who discovered a suspected slave labour operation on a caravan site north of London said they had charged four people on Monday.[Read more...]
LONDON (Reuters) - Comedian David Walliams crossed the finish line on Monday after a marathon swim down the Thames, fighting illness and strong currents to raise more than a million pounds for charity.[Read more...]
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Fierce street fighting in Sirte
Snipers in last-ditch bid to defend Gaddafi hometown
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FBI searches for missing Mo. baby in Kan. landfill
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Libyans face heavy resistance in Gadhafi hometown
(AP)Snipers slow government attack on Gaddafi hometown
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Libyan government forces launch big assault on Sirte
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Libya troops renew Sirte assault
Doubtful social conservatives giving Romney chance
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Libya troops renew push for Sirte
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Tank fire hits Gaddafi stronghold
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Libya battle hits heart of Sirte
Nobel honors African, Arab women for peace
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Economy adds 103,000 jobs, but it’s not enough
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