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Associated Press journalist wounded in Syria
A video journalist covering the Syrian uprising for The Associated Press was wounded while filming clashes between rebels and the Syrian army.
Suu Kyi to make bittersweet return to Oxford
Before Aung San Suu Kyi was a prisoner of conscience and a political icon, she inhabited a world of children's birthday parties, university libraries ...
Greek, Spanish savings flee eurozone crisis
In Europe's most economically stricken countries, people are taking their money out of banks as a way to protect their savings from the growing ...
Kate Winslet, Kenneth Branagh get royal honors
Kate Winslet has been honored by Queen Elizabeth II for her titanic contribution to the arts. The actress, who won a best actress Academy Award in ...
NBC to stream events in post-Ebersol Games
If you miss any of your favorite events during the upcoming Summer Olympics in London, don't blame NBC. Every sport, every single competition will be ...
Count me in: The London Olympics by the numbers
The London Olympics this summer is big, big, big by any measure. Here are a few numbers from Olympic organizers that put the July 27-Aug. 12 event ...
UK lending plan faces risk of low take-up
Emergency measures by the U.K. government and Bank of England to help banks and boost lending to businesses and families by offering up to 140 billion ...
UK PM Cameron defends ill-fated Andy Coulson hire
A confident and unruffled Prime Minister David Cameron on Thursday defended his ill-fated decision to make disgraced tabloid editor Andy Coulson his ...
Britain unveils electronic mass surveillance plan
British authorities on Thursday unveiled an ambitious plan to log details about every Web visit, email, phone call or text message in the U.K. — and ...
Olympic torch relay to stop by Buckingham Palace
The flame for the 2012 London Olympics will be making a house call. Olympic officials said Thursday the fire will visit Queen Elizabeth's home, ...
UK government to announce bank reforms
The British government announced its proposals for reform of the U.K. banking industry on Thursday, aiming to prevent a repeat of the crisis which ...