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The Bank of England kept its key interest rate at a record low 0.5 percent on Thursday as worries about Britain's lackluster recovery outweighed any concern about above-target inflation.

Departing or burying the dead people in designer coverings or outfits and with proper make-up seem to be the latest trend driving the fashion industry.

Telephone numbers of relatives of dead military personnel have been found in files amassed by a detective employed by a Sunday tabloid newspaper, say reports.

The European Union has banned Egyptian fenugreek seeds.

Researches have found that Chantix, the popular Pfizer drug that helps people quit smoking, may instead give people heart attacks and other cardiovascular problems.

A century ago, it was the explorers and infantrymen of Europe's great powers slugging it out for slices of Africa. Now, it is the agents of Chinese and Brazilian capital, but the competition is just as fierce.

Goldman Sachs, Lehman Brothers, and European banks RBS and UBS were the biggest beneficiaries of very short-term Federal Reserve loans extended at the height of the financial crisis, according to data released on Wednesday.

Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. shares dropped Wednesday as investigations continue into one of its British newspapers alleged hacking into the voicemail belonging to a murdered teenager.

In yet another example of unexpected cross-cultural phenomena, it turns out that one of the biggest idols in Afghanistan is none other than ex-movie star and ex-California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.

As this global treasure hunt garners more and more recognition, will scares subside?

Anish Kapoor's 'Orbit' is being compared to London's Eiffel tower.

Revelations into the hacking of a dead girl's phone has given a British tabloid a scandal of its own.

On July 1, Jiang was absent at an important event in Beijing commemorating the 90th anniversary of China's Communist Party.A few days later, an important figure was urgently hospitalized into 301 Military Hospital located in Beijing, China. The figure is reportedly the former Chinese leader Jiang Zemin, who was rumored to be in sickness since his last public appearance in Jiangsu on May 14th.

Car maker Ford and billionaire Richard Branson's Virgin Holidays have suspended advertising in Britain's News of the World due to allegations of hacking by the newspaper while travel operators Thomson and First Choice are among a growing band of companies reviewing their policies.

Car maker Ford has suspended advertising in Britain's News of the World due to allegations of hacking by the newspaper, while lender Halifax joined a growing band of companies reviewing their policies.

Pfizer Inc may have won over shareholders with its recent decision to pare back research and development spending but could be shortchanging them in the long run, according to its former research chief.

The definitive reference work on science fiction is coming back for the first time in 18 years, the UK's Orion Publishing Group announced today.

Prince William and Kate Middleton have surfaced in Yellowknife, Canada today, leaving a lot of us asking, where the heck is Yellowknife?

British Prime Minister David Cameron condemned the alleged hacking of a murdered schoolgirl's voicemail by the News of the World, part of Rupert Murdoch's media empire, as the scandal closed in on a top News Corp executive and Murdoch protegee.

The world’s largest train manufacturer, Bombardier, said it will eliminate 1,400 jobs at its plant in Derby in the north of England.

European services growth slowed in June in the face of sluggish new orders and rising interest rates, giving firms less optimism about the year ahead, business surveys showed on Tuesday.