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London, May 16 (ANI): Cherie Blair should be sacked as a judge over her "disgraceful memoirs" that "demean the legal profession", a leading lawyer said on May 15.

London, May 16 (ANI): Ogling at 007's chest is perfectly fine but dare not leer at any of his girls, well that is not only the warning of James Bond but also the ruling on what constitutes voyeurism by a panel of leading judges at the Court of Appeal on May 15.

Obesity contributes to global warming, too.
Obese and overweight people require more fuel to transport them and the food they eat, and the problem will worsen as the population literally swells in size, a team at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine says.

Kuala Lumpur, May 16 (ANI): Having two wives at the same time is certainly not the best idea for any man, considering all the bickering and vying for hubby's attention - but with Mohamed Nor Awang, an odd-job worker, the case is 'bit' different.

London, May 16 (ANI): Austrian incest dad Josef Fritzl's threats to his cellar family that he would gas them to death if they tried to escape their underground dungeon were a mere bluff, cops have revealed.

London, May 16 (ANI): Austrian incest dad Josef Fritzl took his sick girl, Kerstin to hospital while his wife was on holiday, it has emerged.

Athens, May 16 (DPA) Strikes by union groups upset by Greek government privatisation plans and pension reforms disrupted air transport, bank and state services Thursday.

Moscow, May 15 (RIA Novosti) Russia has shut down its third reactor at the Leningrad nuclear power station, located in north-western region of the country, state-controlled nuclear power corporation Rosenergoatom said Thursday.

London, May 15 (IANS) Manjula Sood, an Indian-born councillor, Thursday made history by becoming the first Indian woman to be made a Lord Mayor in Britain - appropriately, in a city dubbed Little India.

London, May 15 (IANS) As Britain's first Indian woman Lord Mayor Manjula Sood began her historic job in the city of Leicester Thursday she was told to cultivate 'Indian grace.'

Fast food and sedentary lifestyle are fast turning Britons obese, with the British population becoming the fattest people in Europe, a survey has shown.

A shocking biography of Nobel laureate Sir V S Naipaul, exposing his cruelty towards his first wife, is tipped to win its author Britain's richest prize in non-fiction writing. 'The World is What it is.

London, May 15 (IANS) The authorised biography of Sir V.S. Naipaul that said his infidelity and mental cruelty may have contributed to his wife's death is tipped to win the richest prize in non-fiction writing.

London, May 15 (IANS) The likely absence of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh from a planned Commonwealth summit to discuss the reform of international institutions has disappointed supporters who want ever-more Indian participation in the affairs of the group.

Frankfurt, May 15 (DPA) The Dalai Lama, the Tibetan spiritual leader who arrived here Thursday on a five-day tour of Germany, called for 'genuine autonomy' in his native Tibet but stressed that he did not want the territory's complete independence from China.

The Dalai Lama lashed out at China over its crackdown on protests in Tibet in March as he arrived in Germany on Thursday at the start of a tour of Western powers in the run-up to the Beijing Olympics.

The United States topped world competitiveness rankings for the 15th straight year, but its economy is showing the same signs of weakness that sank booming Japan in the early 1990s, according to an annual survey released on Thursday, which puts India at 29th place.

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has said he understood the frustration of British teenaged girl Scarlett Kealing's mother Fiona Mackeown with police probe into her daughter's death and offered all possible help to her in her fight for justice.

Moscow, May 15 (IANS) Advocating zero tolerance to terrorism, External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee has called for adoption of a new comprehensive United Nations pact on terror.

London, May 15 (ANI): Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi has been caught passing a flirtatious note during a parliamentary session to two young female politicians.