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How much drinking kids and teens had seen in recent movies was linked to the chances they overdid it on alcohol themselves in a new study from six European countries.

The European Commission moved one step closer on Monday to forcing companies to increase the number of women on their boards with a consultation on imposed quotas that could prove divisive among some member states and industry bodies.

Pakistani model and actress Veena Malik, who was recently in the news for a controversy over her nude image on FHM magazine cover, says she is uncomfortable in stripping for a film.

Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd (MRPL) has plan to cut its annual import deal with Iran by 44 percent according to the latest report.

Britain will avoid recession and Bank of England will not need to inject any more stimulus but the recovery will be weak, says British Chambers of Commerce.

U.S. bank Wells Fargo has drawn up plans to build up its overseas operations and wants to expand into 20 markets worldwide, the Financial Times reported on Monday.

India has enjoyed generally benevolent relations with the Jewish state.

The International Committee of the Red Cross delivered emergency aid to areas near the battered Baba Amro district of Homs Sunday, but, for the third day running, the Syrian goverment kept it out of the former rebel bastion amid reports of bloody reprisals by Assad regime forces.

Cardinal Keith O'Brien, the leader of the Catholic Church in Scotland, has criticized the government plans to legalize gay marriage. He termed it as madness and a grotesque subversion of a universally accepted human right.

Queen Elizabeth's diamond jubilee this year is on course to be marked by Britain's biggest national celebration for decades, according to local government officials.

China will boost military spending by 11.2 percent this year, the government said on Sunday, unveiling Beijing's first defense budget since President Barack Obama launched a pivot to reinforce U.S. influence across the Asia-Pacific.

China will increase its defense spending by 11.2 percent this year, a government representative said on Sunday when the country disclosed its military budget. It will spend 670 billion yuan ($106.4 billion) on defense in 2012, which represents an increase of $14.4 billion over the $92 billion spent on the military in 2011.

Thousands of people reported seeing a meteor or fireball in the sky across the UK from northern England to Scotland.

Davy Jones' funeral plans were announced on Friday, though no specific dates have yet been given. Davy Jones's wife, Jessica Pacheco, tweeted her sorrow over her husband's sudden passing.

The results from Iran's Parliamentary elections, which took place on Fri., March 2, trickled in on Saturday. The results so far indicate that the Broad Principalist Coalition, a political organization founded in 2008 by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamanei to oppose Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, will win in a landslide, signifying the end of Ahmadinejad's rule.

According to various media reports, the carnage continues in Homs.

Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad may be the biggest loser -- and the country's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei may be the biggest winner -- in the parliamentary elections conducted Friday, but the final results will not be known for two or three days.

BP PLC said early Saturday that it has agreed to a $7.8 billion deal with a committee representing plaintiffs to settle claims by fishermen and other private claimants who were adversely affected by the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico caused by the Deepwater Horizon disaster in 2010.

BP PLC and plaintiffs in the largest lawsuit filed in the wake of the Deepwater Horizon oil-spill disaster in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010 have agreed on the terms of a proposed class settlement, according to an order signed late Friday by the judge handling the case.

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