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From shopkeepers and middle-class writers to Sikh communities and right-wing soccer "fans," Londoners are ready to take action to protect their homes and businesses from rioting.

Residents of a London housing estate laughed at a televised plea by police for parents to call their children and help rein in the youths who looted and burned swathes of the city.

Prime Minister David Cameron blamed the worst riots in Britain for decades on street gang members and opportunistic looters and denied government austerity measures or poverty caused the violence in London and other major English cities.

A Malaysian student whose videotaped mugging became one of the defining images of the London riots said Thursday he felt sorry for his attackers and would finish his studies in Britain.

Prime Minister David Cameron risks his government's austerity drive, particularly its plans to cut police funding, becoming the focus of Britons' fears about the future after the worst looting and rioting in decades hit English cities this week.

Prime Minister David Cameron risks his government's austerity drive, particularly its plans to cut police funding, becoming the focus of Britons' fears about the future after the worst looting and rioting in decades hit English cities this week.

Scientists have discovered a fossil of an embryonic marine reptile contained within the fossil of its mother.

David Cameron, prime minister of Britain, on Thursday said the law abiding citizens of London will be protected and that those who have had their livelihood and property destroyed in the riots will be compensated for the damages.

Most Britons under 30 have probably never heard of Powell, or perhaps he was someone their parents and grandparents have mentioned.

The annual Perseid meteor shower is round the corner, but conditions are sub-optimal this year: sky gazers will not be able to watch meteors falling through night sky in abundance as the celestial display is predicted to be hampered by the full moon.

Erika Schallert fled East Berlin on August 15, 1961, with nothing but the clothes she was wearing and her half-finished wedding dress, determined that nothing was going to stop her getting married -- not even the Berlin Wall.

Anonymous, the digital protesters who specialize in temporarily disabling targeted websites, posted a YouTube video July 16 threatening to destroy Internet giant Facebook. The video went viral the second week of August and now has over 1.4 million views. At the same time, the @anonops twitter feed, thought by many to be one of the official mouthpieces of the group, tweeted Operation Facebook was fake August 9. Anonymous has no central leadership or designated spokespeople, leaving analysts and F...

Oil is likely to remain weak in the short term due to the sluggish global economy, while gold reaches new peaks on its increasing safe haven appeal and an expected further easing of U.S. monetary policy, a London-based fund manager said.

The public have not laid eyes on the heavenly depiction of "The Seraph's Watch" for over a century and many people thought the painting was lost.

Christina Aguilera, Cee Lo Green and Motown veteran Smokey Robinson will perform at a Michael Jackson tribute concert in Britain in October, organizers announced on Thursday.

British Prime Minister David Cameron is working with London police, intelligence services and industry officials to see if they can stop potential rioters from communicating through the social media. On Thursday, Cameron told British lawmakers that the free flow of information can be used for good, but can also be used for ill.

German tourism and shipping group TUI AG abandoned its forecast for higher 2011 profit, as uprisings in North Africa put tourists off and in the face of a tough shipping environment.

Christopher Nolan and the crew of upcoming Batman flick "The Dark Knight Rises" turned a Pittsburgh street into a snow-covered wonderland.

Syrian forces killed at least five people in an assault on two northern towns on Thursday, activists said, pursuing a military campaign to crush protests against President Bashar al-Assad despite new U.S. sanctions and regional calls to end bloodshed.

Britain?s Prime Minister David Cameron ? facing a crisis that dwarfs the News of the World phone-hacking scandal ? has vowed that courts will remain open round-the-clock to handle the huge volume of rioting suspects.

Shares in Rupert Murdoch's News Corp rose as much as 15 percent in early trading on Thursday, a day after the company's management posted solid quarterly results, gave a healthy full-year outlook and promised a more aggressive buy back.