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Authored by award-winning journalists David Leigh and Luke Harding, the book titled WIKILEAKS: Inside Julian Assange's War on Secrecy was published on Monday by Guardian Books.

Manufacturing activity grew in January at its fastest pace since records began in 1992, and factory costs also surged, in a further sign that price pressures are building in the economy, a survey showed.

A huge asteroid the size of the Titanic has struck Jupiter, leaving a hole as large as the Pacific Ocean and causing temperatures to rise up to 4 Kelvin, scientists have confirmed. The July 2009 crash, which released the equivalent of five gigatons of TNT, had perplexed astronomers. But with the new findings, published in the journal Icarus, the mystery behind the huge scar on Jupiter is resolved.

In a dramatic transfer deadline day, Chelsea finally secured the services of Fernando Torres and David Luiz, while Andy Carroll was the surprise holder of the most expensive English footballer tag after he moved to Liverpool for a whopping £35m.

Liverpool football club have confirmed the signing of Andy Carroll in a record fee of £35m from Newcastle in a five-and-a-half-year deal, which will keep the England International at Anfield till 2016.

Facebook expanded its shopping discount service to five European countries and Canada on Monday, part of its push to help brands communicate with its users.

The UK charity fundraising regulator, Fundraising Standards Board, has launched an investigation into the Salvation Army over complaints that they charity may have lied to donors about the use of profits generated from sales of second-hand clothes.

The violent protests in Egypt could deal a major blow to the country’s vital tourism industry, a development that could be economically crushing to the already riot-ravaged country.

Liverpool Football Club has submitted a record second offer of 35-million pound sterling bid for Newcastle’s 22-year-old striker Andy Carroll.

[Gold] buying continued on fears the unrest in Egypt will spread across the Middle East, says Richcomm Global Services in Dubai. But Asia's gold market is less sensitive to what happened in Middle East compared to New York, said a Hong Kong dealer in a note this morning.

European banks' total exposure to turmoil-ridden Egypt stands at around $40.3 billion, with banks in France and the United Kingdom being at greatest risk.

Pop superstar Sir Elton John is a resident of a small wealthy village on the grounds of Windsor Castle who are seeking to keep gypsies out of their quiet hamlet

A rally by British students against tuition hikes degenerated into an anti-Semitic affair when Jewish student leader Aaron Porter was verbally abused by a group of enraged student protesters.

National Geographic, the magazine from Washington-based National Geographic Society (NGS), in partnership with an adventure travel company, Mountain Travel Sobek, is offering adventure trips to more than 60 destinations in the world.

The death toll in Egypt rose by as much as over 100 by Saturday, as anti-government protests extended for the fifth day in an attempt to pressure President Hosni Mubarak to step down.

British Prime Minister David Cameron has expressed his “deep concern” over the increasingly dangerous situation in Egypt.

Saudi Arabia’s state news agency reported that King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz al-Saud criticized the protestors (claiming they are instigated by infiltrators) and strongly backed Mubarak

European policymakers and international bankers at the Davos forum said on Saturday the euro zone's debt crisis had turned a corner and any doubt about the survival of the single currency area had passed.

With the exception of popular tourist resorts by the Red Sea, Pyramids of Giza and the Great Sphinx, nations issue travel alerts to avoid visiting Cairo and other Egyptian cities.

The U.S. government secretly supported leading opposition figures in Egypt who have been preparing to topple President Hosni Mubarak for the past three years, according to cables released by Wikileaks.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange says he enjoys making banks squirm thinking they might be the next targets of his website which has published U.S. diplomatic and military secrets.