Britain wants to boost the number of its personnel among the ranks of staff in the European Union, Foreign Secretary William Hague said on Thursday.In a keynote speech launching the foreign policy vision of Britain's new coalition government, Hague added it was no longer sensible or indeed possible within the EU to focus its diplomatic efforts on the largest countries, like France and Germany,
The world's most valuable Internet domain name, sex.com, went up for grabs on Thursday having fetched 12 million dollars in 2006, a German firm handling the sale said Thursday. It happens very rarely that an Internet address of this calibre goes on sale, Cologne-based Sedo said. (The) sale of sex.com offers the new owner a unique opportunity to became market leader. Sedo, which said it is the
Russian 21st seed Vera Zvonareva reached the women's singles final at Wimbledon on Thursday with a 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 win over unseeded Bulgarian Tsvetana Pironkova.Zvonareva fought back from a set down to subdue Pironkova in a hard-fought semi-final on Centre Court and will face defending champion Serena Williams or unseeded Czech Petra Kvitova in the first grand slam final of her career. I haven't q
Madame Tussauds unveiled a waxwork of David Cameron on Thursday -- and the life-like model won immediate praise from the Prime Minister's pregnant wife Samantha. They've done the most incredible job, it's amazing.He looks so real.He just looks identical to him really, she said at the London museum, adding that her husband would also be impressed. I'm sure he'll love it, added the PM's wife, who
British foreign policy under the coalition government will aim to inspire others with our values of political freedom and economic liberalism , Foreign Secretary William Hague said on Thursday.Hague also stressed the government's desire to build stronger ties with emerging nations in southeast Asia, Latin America, the Gulf and Africa, while insisting the US would remain our most important relat
Parents of nine-month-old twin girls who were mauled by a fox as they lay in their cots have spoken in detail about the traumatic occurrence.Pauline Koupparis, speaking to BBC's Panorama with her husband Nick, describes how one child's arm looked like it had been through a cheese grater after the east London attack.The couple learned this week that their daughters, Isabella and Lola, are likely
Roy Hodgson has been handed an instant boost as the new Liverpool manager after being told he will not have to sell prize assets Steven Gerrard and Fernando Torres, despite the club's financial difficulties.Supporters had feared the ex-Fulham boss would have to sell the duo this summer to help service debts of almost 400 million pounds.But chairman Martin Broughton assured Hodgson he will not hav
DAMASCUS, Syria – A senior Iranian official says new U.N sanctions would not prevent Russia from delivering sophisticated air defense missiles to Iran as agreed under a 2007 contract.Iran's Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani says the contract for delivery of the powerful S-300 air defense missiles to Iran was concluded before the U.N Security Council approved new sanctions earlier this month a