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Intel dilemma in Boston, London, Paris attacks
Intelligence agencies that have succeeded in thwarting many of al-Qaida's plans for spectacular attacks are struggling to combat the terror network's ...
Queen Elizabeth visits barracks of dead UK soldier
Queen Elizabeth II has paid her respects to slain British soldier Lee Rigby by meeting with personnel at the barracks where he served in southeast ...
Art owned by TS Eliot's widow on sale
It's the collection that "Cats" built. A multimillion-dollar trove of works by artists including J.M.W. Turner, Francis Bacon, Lucian Freud and ...
Man accused of killing UK soldier appears in court
A prime suspect in the vicious slaying of a British soldier sat handcuffed in court Thursday, given permission not to stand up before a judge because ...
Lawyer: UK envoys sought suspect release in Kenya
British diplomats recommended that a British man detained in Kenya 2 ½ years ago on suspicion of attempting to join Islamic fighters in Somalia be ...
Ugandan police end seizure of daily after 10 days
Ugandan police on Thursday ended their occupation of a newspaper after 10 days during which they looked for evidence against an army general accused ...
London Olympic organizers dish out surplus money
London Olympic organizers say a surplus of 30 million pounds ($45 million) from the 2012 Games will be handed out to the government, Britain's Olympic ...
Timberlake to headline iTunes festival
Justin Timberlake will be the headliner when the iTunes festival kicks off in September in London. The superstar is among the acts slated for the ...
UK police: Man charged in UK soldier's murder
Police have charged a man with murder in the killing of a British soldier in a suspected Islamic extremist attack in broad daylight on a London street
Reports: UK prisons alerted after hostage taking
British prison officers have been warned to be on the lookout after a hostage drama blamed on extremist Muslim inmates, British newspapers reported ...
Swimming, gymnastics get Olympic revenue boost
Swimming and gymnastics were the big winners Wednesday in a new revenue-sharing ranking of Olympic sports, signaling the start of the debate over how ...
1 suspect in UK soldier slaying out of hospital
One of two suspects shot by police following the slaying of a British soldier in London last week has been released from the hospital and taken to a ...
England, Ireland play again _ 18 years after riot
For the first time since hooligans rioted and forced their match to be abandoned 18 years ago, the England and Ireland football teams will take to the ...
Runaway dancer Sergei Polunin returning to London
Sergei Polunin, the ballet superstar as famous for his abrupt exits as his athletic leaps, is returning to the London stage in a production of ...
Uzbek gymnast gets 2-year ban for Olympics doping
The Court of Arbitration for Sport has imposed an increased two-year ban on an Uzbekistani gymnast who tested positive for doping at the London ...
UK police arrest 10th suspect in soldier's slaying
British police arrested a 10th suspect Monday in connection with the vicious street killing of a soldier in London, an apparent Islamic extremist ...
Kenya: UK soldier killing suspect arrested in 2010
A suspect in last week's savage killing of a British soldier on a London street was arrested in Kenya in 2010 while apparently preparing to train and ...