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Sam Raimi may direct Wizard of Oz prequel

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Spider-Man helmer Sam Raimi has been offered the chance to direct Oz, The Great and Powerful, the sequel to 1939 classic The Wizard of Oz.

BBC faces £1 million compensation claims

The BBC has paid compensation, totalling around £1 million, for bizarre incidents like microphone which fell in loo, in the last three years, a media report said.

Gaddafi will pay £2bn to IRA victims

In a goodwill gesture, Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi is to pay up to £2 billion to victims of Irish terrorism for his role in supplying shiploads of deadly plastic explosives to the IRA, a leading Bri

UK press pans ‘Hand of Clod’

Britain’s Sunday newspapers blasted Robert Green for the goalkeeping blunder that cost England a victory in the opening World Cup game against the United States.
The front pages of the News of the World and the Sunday Mirror both reading “Hand of Clod.”

UK vodka pips Poland, Russia as world’s best

A reveller gets muddy during the Isle of Wight Festival 2010 in Newport, England, on Saturday.

Russia and Poland are known for vodkas, but a British produce has now beaten the two countries and 113 other global rivals to be voted the world’s best at a spirits’ competition.

UK to get new top military officer

Britain’s top military officer is being replaced months before his term as chief of the defence staff was due to end, according to reports in the media.
Defence secretary Liam Fox told the Sunday Times in an interview that Air Chief Marshal Sir Jock Stirrup, the chief of the defence staff, and defence ministry’s top b

Girls reaching puberty before age of 10

Girls are now reaching puberty before the age of 10, according to new research in Europe.

Did Brown damage No. 10 furniture?

Former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is alleged to have caused permanent damage at 10 Downing Street. Mr Brown has been accused of more inadvertent vandalism.

Britain’s top military officer to be replaced

Britain’s top military officer is being replaced months before his term as chief of the defence staff was due to end, according to reports in the media.

Saudis may allow Israeli jets to overfly to strike Tehran

German Chancellor Angela Merkel (third from right) welcomes Norway’s Crown Princess Mette-Marit and Crown Prince Haakon

Saudi Arabia has carried out tests to stand down its air defences to allow Israeli fighters to make bombing runs on Iran’s nuclear sites.

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