The shadow of Powell, who died in 1998, looms over the burning buildings, gangs of marauding youths and wounded police across the modern British landscape.
As the Perseid Meteor Shower approaches its peak time in the overnight hours of Friday and Saturday, the full moon is expected to thwart skywatchers from enjoying the best beauty of the beloved shooting stars.
Britain is considering disrupting online social networking such as Blackberry Messenger and Twitter during civil unrest, Prime Minister David Cameron said Thursday, a move widely condemned as repressive when used by other countries.
Prime Minister David Cameron said he is considering banning social media Web sites like Facebook and Twitter for those suspected of criminal conspiracies following the UK riots this week.
UK Prime Minister David Cameron delivered the following address to Parliament on Thursday, regarding the civil disturbances that have swept across urban Britain.
Women who smoke are more prone to heart attacks then men, according to a study.
The Dow Jones industrial average dropped 520 points on Wednesday wiping out Tuesday's rebound as investors continue to worry about the European debt crisis and the health of the global banking system. The Dow's 4.62 percent drop has placed the blue-chip index back below the 11,000 level, closing at the lowest level since last September.
Days of rioting and looting across Britain looked to be cooling Wednesday after Prime Minister David Cameron's promised a fightback and flooded city streets with police to try to restore order.
News Corp reported a lower quarterly profit on Wednesday as weaker box office and DVD sales offset a strong performance by its cable and television business.
In the eyes of the financial markets, Britain was supposed to be a model of successful, sustainable austerity and a safe haven in which the world's rich could buy houses and stash their savings.
A father described Wednesday how he rushed to aid a dying man hit by a car during riots in the English city of Birmingham only to find it was his 21-year-old son.
While the riots continue to rage in England, the author recounts his own riot experience and how it compares to this one.
All of Britain braces for nightfall
China released its first aircraft carrier, called the Varyag, on Wednesday morning local time for a sea trial.
The police of Northern Ireland reportedly have six water cannons available; such devices don?t exist in England, Wales or Scotland.
Scotland is secure in the thought that the 2011 England Riots will not move north. If they do, however, Scottish police will be ready.
Boy or Girl? New technology can tell pregnant women whether they're having a boy or girl as early as seven weeks into a pregnancy, according to a study in the Wednesday issue of Journal of the American Medical Association.
"The riots in Britain have not been caused by any sort of political or racial tension. That may exist, but that is not at the heart of these riots. These riots are the result of lawless thugs who have seen an opportunity." -- Victoria Honeyman
The narrow U.S. escape from default and its credit downgrade have added to a perception that the United States is in decline, a view that could weaken Washington's influence abroad.
"Cameron and his government must leave after the popular uprising against them and the violent repression of peaceful demonstrations by police," Libya's state news agency Jana quoted Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Kaaim as saying.
Authorities in Scotland are confident the rioting in a number of English cities will not move north, saying they have "a different society."
He confessed to being part of a gang that broke into and looted a Debenhams store on Monday night.
