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Berlusconi in Italy laughed it away, while Ahmadinejad in Tehran yet again blamed the United States. The Russians refused to comment and Indians breathed a sigh of relief. WikiLeaks, the whistle-blower website, revealed the vigor of US espionage, leaking out more than 250,000 U.S. diplomatic cables. The first batch of the documents leaked mentioned Saudi Arabia and other Arab states' desire to attack Iran, highly sensitive information on world leaders and US military strategy across the Worl...

The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), an independent economic forecasting entity of the British government, raised its UK GDP forecast for this year to 1.8 percent from the previous 1.2 percent estimate.

The Obama administration has been left red-faced by disclosures made by whistle-blower website WikiLeaks pertaining to French president Nicholas Sarkozy that describes him as an “emperor without clothes”, Iran president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as ‘Hitler’ and Russian prime minister Vladimir Putin as an “Alpha Dog”.

Wikileaks, the website that was responsible for leaking thousands of documents related to U.S. diplomacy, should be classified as a terrorist organization, according to U.S. Representative Peter King, CNet News reported.

More consumers in China will shop online on Cyber Monday than in the U.S., UK, Germany and Japan, according to a survey by eCoupons.com/Ipsos.

The documents leaked by WikiLeaks late on Sunday showed the state department ordered a surveillance of the activities of the United Nations personnel including the secretary general and asked its agencies to collect exhaustive information on the U.N staff, including personal details.

Some of the names making rounds in Wikileaks' revelations are former South African president Nelson Mandela, Afghanistan's Hamid Karzai and Libya's Colonel Gaddafi and former UK premier Gordon Brown.

According to the London-based daily al-Hayat, the WikiLeaks release includes documents showing Turkey has helped al-Qaeda in Iraq, So far, the countries making rounds in news and on Twitter which may figure in Wikileaks' release include the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Denmark, Norway, Israel, Iraq, India, China, Turkey, Russia and Iceland.

Tata Motors-owned British premium carmaker, Jaguar Land Rover on Friday launched the diesel version of its luxury sedan XF in India.

British Fashion Council Chairman, Harold Tillman, was honored with the Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) on Thursday at the Buckingham Palace.

Peter Andre rushed to hospital for stomach pain, his UK tour has been postponed

Advertisement of Beyonce's perfume 'Heat' has been banned in UK for being too provocative for children.

A British communications company is set to launch a satellite today that will provide broadband communications to rural residents and businesses in Europe.

The U.S. Department of State is working overtime sending messages to ally capitals warning the impending release of classified documents by WikiLeaks could harm relations in what is seen as a pre-emptive move of unprecedented scale to neutralize the impact of the unveiling of embarrassing and compromising details about the inner workings of the government apparatus.

It was a tightly contested second day at the Gabba, when Mike Hussey frustrated England with an unbeaten 81, in the first test of the 2010 Ashes.

Windows Phone 7 saw 80 per cent increase in the number of developers registering apps and games with the platform in two months since its launch, Todd Brix, Senior Director for Windows Marketplace at Microsoft, wrote in the official blog.

Peter Siddle's career best 6/54, including a 9th Ashes hat-trick, stunned England, restricting the visitors to 260 on the first day of the fist test of the 2010 Ashes series.

UK newspaper publisher Daily Mail and General Trust reported a 10 percent rise in its full-year underlying operating profit driven by cost-cutting in UK consumer media and continuing strength in its business-to-business operations.

The top pre-market NASDAQ stock market losers are: Telestone Technologies, Acergy SA, Vodafone Group, Randgold Resources, and ARM Holdings.

Commonly known as Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving in the U.S. is considered one of the biggest retail days of the year. Most shops in the country start as early as 5 AM and stay open till late, offering massive discounts. Gadgets still top the list among the most sought after category of goods.

UK economy grew in the third quarter, boosted mainly by a strong increase in exports of goods and services.