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Reaction to Beckham announcing his retirement
Reaction to David Beckham's decision to retire from football at the end of the season, which he announced Thursday: ___ "David Beckham, one of the ...
Beckham: A sports icon of our times
David Beckham's retirement will bring an end to a footballing career that went far beyond his sport, and turned a gangly teenager from east London ...
Beckham to retire from football at end of season
David Beckham is retiring from soccer, ending a career in which he transcended the sport with forays into fashion and a marriage to a pop star that ...
Lawmakers accuse Google of dishonesty over taxes
U.K. lawmakers subjected search giant Google to blistering criticism Thursday, accusing the U.S. Internet company of playing games with Britain's tax ...
UK casino accuses US poker star Ivey of cheating
A major casino operator is accusing Phil Ivey, an American who is one of the world's top professional poker players, of amassing millions of dollars ...
UK: 7 men convicted of sex crimes against girls
Seven men were convicted in London on Tuesday for sexually abusing underage girls, including one who was just 11, by plying them with alcohol and ...
US, Russia and Iran to wrestle in New York
The governments of the United States and Russia can sometimes be at odds. Americans and Iranians rarely see eye to eye on anything. But the ...
Royal infant on the way, but housing unclear
Is it a boy? A girl? Prince William and the former Kate Middleton aren't telling, and palace officials are not revealing where the royal baby will ...
Israeli PM criticized for installing bed on plane
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will seek alternate sleeping arrangements when traveling after receiving a sky-high bill for installing a customized ...
New Zealand beats Australia to win London Sevens
New Zealand completed another triumphant world series campaign by winning the season-ending London Sevens, outclassing Australia 47-12 in the final ...
Banksy graffiti will go back up for sale in London
An artwork by secretive graffiti artist Banksy that sparked controversy when it disappeared from the side of a north London store has been put up for ...
NZ sole team to end London Sevens day 1 unbeaten
World series champion New Zealand was the only team to finish the first day unbeaten in the rugby London Sevens at Twickenham on Saturday. The Kiwis, ...
1969 Hendrix telegram: Can Paul come to play?
Miles and Jimi. Jimi and Miles. Fans of the late trumpet and guitar masters have long known that Miles Davis and Jimi Hendrix had been making plans ...
London Zoo seeks female mate for near-extinct fish
The London Zoo is urgently seeking a female mate for the last-known males of a critically endangered fish species. Zoo officials say the Mangarahara ...
Handwritten poem by Larkin sells for $11,650
A handwritten poem by Philip Larkin has sold for 7,500 pounds (US$11,650) in London. Titled "Love," it was written in 1962 on a sheet of paper ...
Special effects master Ray Harryhausen dies at 92
When Ray Harryhausen was 13, he was so overwhelmed by "King Kong" that he vowed he would create otherworldly creatures on film. He fulfilled his ...
Int'l donors pledge $300 million-plus for Somalia
International donors heeded warnings about the need for increased support for Somalia by pledging more than $300 million Tuesday toward bolstering ...
Queen Elizabeth II to miss Commonwealth meeting
The 87-year-old Queen Elizabeth II will skip the Commonwealth heads of government meeting in Sri Lanka this fall — the first time she's missed the ...
US poker star Phil Ivey sues in UK over winnings
U.S. professional poker star Phil Ivey has filed suit in a London court over what he claims are 7.8 million pounds ($12.1 million) in winnings that ...
Beyonce reigns as forest queen in animated 'Epic'
Beyonce loved voicing Queen Tara in the new children's movie "Epic" — at least once she stopped crying. Queen B has gone from pop royalty to screen ...
London hosts Somalia meeting to aid post-war gains
Somalia's president over the weekend received the country's first pieces of mail in more than two decades. It's the kind of small but hopeful ...
Helen Mirren gives noisy drummers a royal rebuke
Silence for the queen, please. A troupe of street drummers got a shock when Helen Mirren, dressed as Queen Elizabeth II, emerged from a London theater ...