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HSBC Holdings Plc (NYSE: HBC) said it plans to save up to £2-billion (or $3.5-billion) over the next two years. by downsizing its wealth management and retail segments

The youngest son of Osama bin Laden may have escaped the U.S. commando raid on the compound in northern Pakistan where the al-Qaeda terror chief was killed, according to Pakistani security officials.

As the British National Gallery prepares to celebrate Leonardo Da Vinci and his art in November we look at the most famous Italian artists the world has ever known.

Anish Kapoor is renowned for his monumental idiosyncratic sculpture forms of grandiose proportions, which leave viewers in a state of astonishment, and his current exhibition should be no exception. From May 11 - June 23, Kapoor's 'Leviathan' will be shown in Paris, at Monumenta 2011.

Jefferies & Co. reiterated its hold rating on shares of CSR Plc (London: CSR) with a price target of 360 pence per share, ahead of the company's first quarter results on April 10.

The Portuguese will likely descend into a deep recession over the next two years, after Lisbon country signed terms of a bailout from the European Union, warned the country’s finance minister.

U.S. Secretary of State Hilary Clinton has warned that the battle against Al Qaeda did not end with the assassination of Osama Bin Laden.

Al-Qaeda, which means the Base in arabic is an international terrorist network founded by Osama bin Laden in the late 1980s. It's biggest and most well known attack are the September 11, 2011 attacks in the United States which launched a warn in Afghanistan to destroy its bases and overthrow the Taliban, the ruling government which harbored Bin Laden.

North Korean camps for political prisoners are expanding in size, according to a report from Amnesty International.

Once the Royal Wedding between Prince William and Kate Middleton was over with, much of the attention shifted to Kate's sister, Pippa Middleton.

Barcelona is headed to Wembley Stadium for the Champions League Final

Renaissance Hotels kicked off an early salute to Pride season benefiting True Colors Fund with an exclusive event featuring an appearance by Cyndi Lauper and a performance by the cast of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert.

Shortly after 9/11, al-Qaeda had warned to set off a “nuclear hellstorm” if Osama bin Laden is ever captured or killed, according to U.S. government documents that were leaked just last month by Wikileaks.

Crowds in the Libyan capital of Tripoli set fire to the empty British embassy and vandalized the Italian embassy on Sunday, a day after NATO bombed Libyan Leader Muammar Gaddafi's compound in a suburb of the city.

How the 1981 royal wedding was covered by the media

How the long-awaited Arsenal-Manchester United match may end up

There is a lot riding on the result of the two Premier League giants.

Britain's Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, walk together in Buckingham Palace, following their wedding on Friday, in central London April 30, 2011.

The following are the wedding vows taken by Prince William and Catherine 'Kate' Middleton at The Collegiate Church of St. Peter, Westminster, which is also known as Westminster Abbey, in London on April 29, 2011.

This is Clarence House, which will serve as a ‘starter home’ for the royal newlyweds Prince William and Kate.

A dissident IRA group, called “Oglaigh na hEireann” or “Real IRA” has warned that the Queen is not welcome on Irish soil and is branding her a “war criminal.”