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Chelsea are closely monitoring Athletic Bilbao’s Fernando Llorente.

The 2011 Pan American games ended Sunday in a dazzling closing ceremony as the flag was passed to the 2015 host nation, Canada.

As the situation in Syria continues to deteriorate, President al-Assad warns the Middle East will burn with Western interference.

The Royal Canadian Mint will begin offering exchange-traded receipts, a way to let investors own and trade gold bullion, late next month in an initiative expected to raise about $250 Canadian.

Saif al-Islam Gaddafi will not escape justice and should be tried in Libya for murder, corruption and many things before an international court questions him, the country's interim justice minister said on Monday.

The operator of Canada's largest stock market has thrown its support behind a C$3.8 billion ($3.8 billion) takeover offer from a group of banks and pension funds, embracing the deal four months after a failed attempt to merge with the London Stock Exchange.

Canadian pop star Justin Bieber has been added to the line-up for the MTV Europe Music Awards in Belfast on Sunday, when he will join his girlfriend and host for the night, actress and singer Selena Gomez.

Investors were so concerned that euro zone leaders would not reach agreement on solving the debt crisis in October that they cut equity holdings to the second lowest level in 12 months, Reuters polls showed on Monday.

The late singer's third studio album will be released on Dec. 5.

On Monday, Island Records announced that a Amy Winehouse album is all set for a posthumous release in December. The world will finally get to hear Winehouse's voice again, in an album the 27-year-old singer was working on before her unexpected death. Winehouse's last studio recording, a cover of Body & Soul sung with Tony Bennett, will also be included in the album.

Canonical, known for its Ubuntu Linux distribution, will move into the mobile arena and develop smartphones, tablets and more.

English club football heavyweights Arsenal have their sights set on young German playmaker Mario Gotze and will make an attempt to land him when the transfer window re-opens in January. Gotze, who primarily plays as an attacking midfielder and a right winger for Borussia Dortmund, is considered to be an upcoming and potentially world-class player. His game is built around speed, technical skill and creativity on the ball.

The New York Fed suspended MF Global from conducting new business with the central bank on Monday and its shares were suspended, as the troubled brokerage nears a deal on its future.

Harry Redknapp is currently pursuing two of United’s most experienced players.

Swiss bank Credit Suisse will announce the loss of another 1,000 jobs when it presents third-quarter results on Tuesday, a Swiss newspaper reported without revealing its sources.

Kolo Toure coming back to Arsenal?

Elizabethan scholars may dispute the version of events recounted in Anonymous, Roland Emmerich's exploration of who really wrote the plays and poems history attributes to William Shakespeare, but those of us in the cheap seats (with suitable temperament) will have to admire how the director of 2012 and Independence Day took a topic appropriate for a doctoral thesis and turned it into a melodramatic potboiler.

Samsung could start selling bendable screen mobile devices next year.

Kirsten Dunst and Orlando Bloom will co-star in Roger Donaldson's Cities.

English Premier League heavyweight Arsenal is moving towards the January transfer window with a lot of intent. In addition to rumors about Ajax's defender Jan Vertonghen's link with the Gunners, new reports have suggested that the London-based club is targeting Fiorentina's Montenegrin target-man Stevan Jovetic.

With the January transfer window in sight, new rumors have started cropping up, and if the latest rumors are to be believed, London heavy weight Arsenal is trying to lure away Ajax's Belgian defender and captain Jan Vertonghen with an offer of £10 million cash plus player made to the reigning Dutch champions.