Crouch seals £11m Portsmouth move

It'll be all long balls to Crouch from now on then."Crouch seals £11m Portsmouth move Crouch (right) scored 40 goals in 135 appearances for former club Liverpool...

Abu Dhabi fund buys NYC Chrysler building for $800m

Here's some good ol' fashioned wheeling and dealing for the Tech & Biz channel: earlier today, an investment fund controlled by the government of Abu Dhabi bought New York City's famous Chrysler Building for $800...

Doctor Who finale watched by 9.4m

If you have not seen the current Doctor Who series and you don't want to know the ending don't read the second section of this posting ... you have been warned.Doctor Who is a British science fiction television...

Scottish Labour Leader Quits; Scramble to Replace Her Begins

Wendy Alexander, the Scottish Labour leader who ran into some trouble over campaign contributions last week, has resigned. The Labour Party in the UK is now scrambling to find a successor for her, but it will be an...

Chinese Investor Pays $2.1M to Eat With Warren Buffett

A Chinese investment fund manager has won a bid on eBay to have lunch with Warren Buffet. He paid $2.1 million for it!It is the most expensive chariy auction ever held on the online auctioning website.Who would you...

£100m city hubs plan for cyclists to get Britain on two wheels

In an effort to get Britain on to two wheels instead of four, over 100 million pounds will now be devoted to what are being called cycle hubs in cities where people can bike to work but still arrive fresh and clean...

Bad reviews of Shyamlan's 'The Happening' due to racism?

"Can it be a kind of racism that the Indian-born, Philadelphia-raised auteur is hammered for his apparent character (or funny name) rather more than, say, Quentin Tarantino or Spike Lee, asks horror scholar Kim...

Karzai wins $20bn aid for Afghanistan

Even as Western countries are awarding Afghanistan with a huge package of aid, they are expressing concern over whether the Afghan government is combating corruption and making sure the money goes to rebuilding and...

Iowa Flooding Breaches Levee

UPDATE: 6:45PM ESTConditions are worsening in Iowa due to intense flooding." Conditions in weather-beaten Iowa took a turn for the worse Thursday as state crews prepared to shut down almost 30 miles of Interstate 80...

Fatal M1 Leeds smash: new appeal

"Fatal M1 Leeds smash: new appeal Police in re-appeal for...

To bring peace to the Afghans, talk to the Taleban

"Adam Holloway says that Britain’s strategy in Afghanistan is misconceived. Nato’s military presence should be reduced and the battle for hearts and minds fought more imaginatively They do not like the F-word in Whitehall, but failure stares us in the face in...

China says it's ready for dialogue with Dalai Lama over Tibet

For the first time, a Chinese official says the country is willing to engage in talks with the Dalai Lama. It looks like the protests may be having an effect after all."Visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi...

The Other Guantanamo

"On the small, remote island of Diego Garcia, in the Indian Ocean halfway between Africa and Indonesia, the United States has one of the most secretive military bases in the world. From its position almost 10,000...

Grunge is Back! Sub Pop Celebrates 20th Birthday

Time to break out the flannel, the beards, the long hair, the long sleeve waffle-weave shirt underneath the ratty t-shirt, the gunshot jeans, the Singles soundtrack, the work boots, and all that penty up anti-80s...

Wounded Iraqi is given £2m payout

There have been an increasing number of reports of payouts for civilian deaths and injuries in Iraq."An Iraqi teenager accidentally shot by a British soldier is to receive £2m, the Ministry of Defence has confirmed.The man - who cannot be named for legal reasons - will...

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