Embassies at London and Events about Sebastian Coe in UK

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Late Eva Rausing's husband charged over body
Hans Kristian Rausing, whose father made billions selling his stake in the Tetra Pak drinks-carton empire, has been charged in London with preventing ...
Olympics organizers insist early woes are minor
London Games officials dismissed concerns Tuesday over a lost bus driver, a scramble for more security guards and some rain-soaked venues — ...
UK officers in Libya to investigate 1984 shooting
British police say detectives from Scotland Yard's counterterrorism team are in Libya as part of the ongoing investigation into the 1984 killing of ...
UK: G4S guards won't be charged in deportee death
British prosecutors say there is insufficient evidence to charge three guards from the global security firm G4S over the 2010 death of an Angolan ...
Bank of England: no hint of LIBOR fraud in 2008
The governor of the Bank of England said Tuesday that U.S. authorities did not show him any evidence of manipulation of a key market rate when they ...
British soldiers swap Afghanistan for Olympic duty
More used to patrolling the battlefields of Afghanistan than checking Olympic accreditations, smiling British troops fanned out across London's ...
Man jailed for duping kids in Olympic dance scam
A fraudster has been jailed for a scam that offered young dance students fake places in the closing ceremony for the London Olympics. Judge Sylvia De ...
Steven Lopez hopes to reclaim gold at London Games
Team Lopez is out for more Olympic gold in London. With a record five world taekwondo championships and two Olympic gold medals, American fighter ...
G4S chief admits Olympic fiasco has embarrassed UK
The chief executive of the G4S security group acknowledged Tuesday that his company's failure to live up to its Olympic obligations has turned into ...
Coe downplays Olympic transport issue
The head of the London Olympics says, apart from a wrong turn, the final buildup for the London Olympics is going fine. With 10 days to go until the ...
Olympics satire: Watch out for the brand police
Here are some Olympic images that organizers have not approved: A hooded youth making off with an Olympic ring; the same multicolored hoops turned ...
UK inflation in June drops to 2.4 pct from 2.8 pct
Britain's inflation rate has taken an unexpectedly sharp drop to 2.4 percent in June, from 2.8 percent a month earlier. Market analysts had expected ...
Annual census of queen's swans in UK canceled
Thanks to a very wet English summer, the swans on the River Thames are being left in peace. The annual census of the swans, known as "Swan Upping," ...
Human Genome agrees to GlaxoSmithKline takeover
U.K. drug maker GlaxoSmithKline has secured its takeover of longtime partner Human Genome Sciences after agreeing to pay more, a move to expand GSK's ...
Deep Purple's Jon Lord dies at age 71
British rocker Jon Lord, the keyboardist whose powerful, driving tones helped turn Deep Purple and Whitesnake into two of the most popular hard rock ...
Olympians sail smoothly through Heathrow
The opening ceremony is still 11 days away, but for many in London, the Olympics really got started Monday. Heathrow Airport had its busiest day ever ...
Britain blames G4S for Olympic jobs fiasco
Britain's interior minister says security firm G4S repeatedly assured the government it would exceed its targets for recruiting Olympic staff, only ...
Evidence shows Syrian security got comms from West
As violence began racing through Syria last year, two European contractors were putting the finishing touches on an encrypted radio system that Syrian ...
Rogge praises London's 'flexibility' on security
IOC President Jacques Rogge praised British organizers Monday for acting quickly to bring in thousands of extra troops to guard the London Olympics ...
Where's my Windsurfer? Athletes bring tons of bags
Kenneth Andreasen, the head coach for the U.S. Olympic sailing team, is not a man who travels lightly. He's already sent 10 shipping containers full ...
Daredevil dancers perform at London landmarks
Daredevil dancers have sky-walked, bungee-jumped, and tumbled across some of the British capital's best-known landmarks ahead of the Olympic Games.
London's Olympic security under renewed scrutiny
Britain's Olympic security plans fell under fresh scrutiny Sunday, with a newspaper reporting that several people on a terror watch list have been ...
Springsteen, McCartney silenced by London curfew
Concert organizers pulled the plug on rock stars Bruce Springsteen and Paul McCartney after the pair defied the sound curfew at London's Hyde Park, ...
Much work to do before London is Olympic ready
With the opening ceremony less than two weeks away, there's a mad dash to the finish line at the Olympics and it has nothing to do with sprinters.