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8 Pak officials suspended after Olympic visa scam

Pakistan on Monday suspended eight officials of the National Database and Registration Authority after a British newspaper reported it had uncovered a visa scam that could allow potential terrorists t

London Olympics start in Wales

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The first event of London 2012 won't take place at Olympic Park but some 132 miles away in Wales, where women's football gets the Games underway on Wednesday - two days before the opening ceremony.

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Olympics: London ready despite nerves - Mayor

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London Mayor Boris Johnson insisted on Sunday the city was ready to host the 2012 Olympics despite a national plunge into nervous self-depression before the excitement begins.

Johnson said Britain wa

British newspaper demands it simply stop raining

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Just. Stop. Raining.

Flood alerts in UK as heavy rain sweeps in

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Torrential rain pelted a large swath of Britain on Friday, flooding roads, canceling concerts and turning practice for the British Grand Prix into a puddle-churning ordeal. Authorities issued 145 floo

UK terror raid near Olympic Stadium

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Armed British police carried out an early-morning raid on a residential address near London's Olympic Park on Thursday, using smoke grenades and a stun gun in what they called a pre-planned anti-terro

World's fastest skateboarding record set at 80.56mph

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Adrenaline junkie Mischo Erban set a new world record as the fastest skateboarder ever by racing at 80.56mph.

Erban, 28, hurtled down an 18-degree street in Quebec, Canada, to pick up enough pace and

People cash in as ATM in UK pays out double by mistake

Any time double money! An ATM here started paying twice the amount asked for, due to a human error, and hordes of people benefited from the unexpected windfall till it lasted.

There was a run on a c

Psychic gets women to strip to contact dead relatives

A psychic has been charged for persuading two women to strip naked at seances to enhance their spiritual powers.

The women in their 20s wanted to contact dead relatives and it was said that Karl Lang

Fetch 100 million pounds for trip to Moon

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Wish to visit moon, fetch out 100 million pounds. A British firm has unveiled plans to blast passengers into lunar orbit for a 100 million pounds fare.

The first voyages aboard Russian shuttles once

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I want to begin with a little story that was told to me by a leading executive at Aptech. He was exercising in a gym with a lot of younger people.

Shekhar Kapur’s Bandit Queen didn’t make the cut. Neither did Shaji Karun’s Piravi, which bagged 31 international awards.