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Graham Brown, a New York City born, who appeared on stage at London’s Globe Theatre has died at the age of 87 on Dec. 13 in New Jersey.

British-born journalist and atheist intellectual Christopher Hitchens, who made the United States his home and backed the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq, died on Thursday at the age of 62.

Beehived Rehab chanteuse Amy Winehouse, who died in July, will be honored with a special tribute on the upcoming VH1 Divas Celebrate Soul.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, one of the “Big Four” accounting firms, is being investigated by a U.K. regulator over possible accounting scheme in the firm’s auditing of investment bank Barclays Capital Securities Ltd. In January, the FSA fined Barclays Capital £1.1 million ($1.7 million) for putting client money at risk over an eight year period.

Cox Communications announced Friday it has entered into an agreement to sell its Advanced Wireless Service spectrum licenses to Verizon Wireless for $315 million. In addition, the two companies will also have the opportunity to sell each other's products and services through respective company sales channels.

Airbus will deliver at least 30 A380 superjumbos in 2012 after meeting its target for at least 25 in 2011, chief operating officer Fabrice Bregier said in remarks published on Friday.

Baroin told the French parliament that Britain is becoming “marginalized” in Europe.

Jyoti Amge, the world's smallest woman standing at just over two feet tall (24.7 inches), was named the new record holder for Guinness World Records on Friday, her 18th birthday. During the ceremony in Nagpur, in Maharashtra state, Amge revealed that she wants to one day become a Bollywood Star.

With the January transfer window ever so closer, reports have picked up regarding Arsenal's potential purchases.

Residents in the British city of Coventry were left puzzled when approximately 100 apples fell from the sky, over the Keresley area of the city, at 7 p.m. GMT, on Monday.

Christopher Hitchens, a British-born journalist and cultural critic, died on Thursday at the age of 62 from complications of cancer of the esophagus.

Christopher Hitchens, an Anglo-American author, journalist and pundit, died Thursday night at the age of 62, after fighting a long battle with esophageal cancer.

The conflict among the councils of fashion capitals New York, London and Milan has intenseified after Paris Fashion Week organizers rejected U.S. designers' new proposal for the 2012 fashion show dates.

Arsene Wenger is aware that his club need reinforcements.

Paula Patton jet-sets around the globe to promote her new film Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol wearing a slew of stunning red carpet outfits (hint: Dolce & Gabbana is her favorite).

Chief Executive Officer Tom Horton wrote in a letter to employees Thursday that company should expect less generous labor contracts and some pink slips, according to the Wall Street Journal. The Fort Worth, Tex.-based company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy last month. But earlier Thursday, Reuters revealed the company owned an exquisite town house in the wealthy Kensington district in London.

Hong Kong was named the best city in the world for financial market development, beating out perennial front runners New York and London.

Chilver was so thin it caused the death of parts of her stomach and bowel. She weighed 4.7 stones, or 66 pounds. She died in July.

A French museum paid 691,000 pounds ($1.1 million) on Thursday for a miniature manuscript written by Charlotte Bronte, ending hopes it would return to the British author's former home that is now a museum.

Bankrupt American Airlines' $30 million London townhouse was apparently overlooked in cost-cutting efforts.

New DNA tests looking for the virus responsible for most cases of cervical cancer make sense for all women aged 30 or over, since they can prevent more cases of cancer than smear tests alone, Dutch researchers said on Thursday.