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Britain's Cove Energy PLC, which owns part of a massive natural gas field off the coast of Mozambique, said Tuesday it accepted a sweetened takeover offer of £1.12 billion ($1.8 billion) from a unit of Anglo-Dutch energy giant Royal Dutch Shell PLC.

Florence Colgate is the girl with the perfect face, according to the scientific formula for beauty. Colgate, 18, has been chosen from more than 8,000 entrants in a competition organized by ITV's Lorraine program and has been named Britain's most beautiful face.

Manchester United has been linked with a surprise big money for Real Madrid's Pepe, while Leighton Baines and Jordi Alba are also involved in the latest rumors.

James Murdoch, the son of media magnate Rupert Murdoch, testified on Tuesday in a London courtroom that he had no idea of the illegal practices at the News of the World newspaper - but would have ended them if he had.

The former United defender had fallen out with coach Pep Guardiola and had been dropped for games against Real Madrid and Chelsea in the past week.

Close on the heels of India testing Agni-V, its first long-range, nuclear-capable ballistic missile, Pakistan has alerted India of its plans to conduct a similar launch very soon.

JPMorgan Chase on Tuesday named Jeff Urwin as its new chief executive Asia Pacific, taking over from Gaby Abdelnour who announced in March that he will be leaving the firm.

The Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Ltd said Tuesday that Chung-Kong Chow, who is the former chief executive of subway operator MTR, is appointed as its new chairman.

SmartGrid GB includes British Telecom, General Electric, IBM and Scottish Power, Siemens and Toshiba.

It looks like Rihanna may have finally had enough when it comes to Chris Brown and the drama surrounding their much criticized on-again-off-again relationship. Now it turns out that the R&B star will be retreating to London for the summer where she's lined up a few concerts and is overseeing a new reality show, far away from Chris Brown and his current girlfriend Karrueche Tran.

A steep drop in European equities market dominated momentum across continents and asset classes Monday, prompting investors to unload all manner of stocks and commodities for cash.

On Friday, more than 1,300 employees of Aviva Investors, an investment firm based in London, walked into their offices, strolled over to their desks, booted up their computers and checked their emails, only to learn the shocking news: They would be leaving the company.

What really happened on the day 6-year-old Etan Patz went missing in 1979 is still a mystery, as authorities have ended their search of a SoHo basement with no obvious finding of human remains, New York Police Deputy Commissioner Paul Browne said Monday.

The judge presiding over an inquiry into British press standards on Monday rebuked the head of Sky News, the influential news channel of Rupert Murdoch-controlled BSkyB, for breaking the law by hacking into emails to generate a story.

Introducing Brand USA, the United States' first-ever unified tourism campaign.

Hollande is predicted to win the second round of voting against Sarkozy, which will take place on May 6.

British mobile operator Vodafone's deal to buy Cable & Wireless Worldwide for an agreed 1.04 billion pounds ($1.7 billion) hit a hurdle on Monday when CWW's top shareholder declined to back a bid it considered too low.

European and U.S. equities fell hard Monday on concerns about the possibility that a Socialist could become France's head of state and reverse current austerity initiatives as well as downbeat European fiscal and economic data.

The wedding was conducted by Mumford's father, a vicar.

The 17-member eurozone managed to reduce deficits to 4.1 percent of the gross domestic product in 2011, down from 6.2 percent in the previous year, according to official European Union figures released Monday. Overall debt increased to 87.2 percent of GDP from 85.3 percent.

The committee also recommended placing such a measure on a referendum.