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Just five percent of bright overseas students enroll in top ten UK universitiesSubscriber Only

September 24, 2012 15:37 IST

The study said the myth that non-EU students coming to the UK were the brightest and the best.

Yoko Ono to give Peace Prize to jailed Russian band Pussy RiotSubscriber Only

September 21, 2012 13:30 IST

The group will be awarded an unspecified grant during a ceremony in New York City.

Veiled French woman imprisoned for biting police officerSubscriber Only

September 21, 2012 10:44 IST

Suisse turned up for the hearing in a full-body black niqab but with her face uncovered.

Drunk father crushes infant’s head while babysittingSubscriber Only

September 13, 2012 16:46 IST

He filmed himself in his bathroom drinking two whiskeys at lunchtime.

UK college offers ‘how to get the WAG look’ courseSubscriber Only

September 13, 2012 13:03 IST

The course will also teach students how to apply 'perfect' and 'fashionable' make-up.

Church counts on prayer in France gay marriage debateSubscriber Only

August 16, 2012 11:34 IST

The text was produced against President Hollande's commitment to allow homosexual couples to marry and adopt children.

Batman movie killer met prostitutes before shooting spreeSubscriber Only

July 25, 2012 22:19 IST

A vice girl has told how she was visited twice by Batman madman James Holmes.

Hitler’s Mercedes vintage car discoveredSubscriber Only

July 10, 2012 18:37 IST

Mercedes confirmed that the car was genuine,and was one of just eight made specially cars for Nazi officials.

When police came in way of Prince Harry to impress blondeSubscriber Only

June 18, 2012 12:59 IST

Prince Harry was pulled over by London police much to his embarrassment.

Sarkozy closes on Hollande as France elects presidentSubscriber Only

May 6, 2012 14:42 IST

Francois Hollande began the day as firm favourite despite signs that Sarkozy was closing the gap.

FHM publisher announces magazine’s closureSubscriber Only

March 16, 2012 15:53 IST

FHM - For Him Magazine - shocked market observers when it shed half its circulation in last 6 months of last year.

WikiLeaks publishes security think tank emailsSubscriber Only

February 27, 2012 19:34 IST

Stratfor has been likened to a shadow CIA; company defiant,says it will not be cowed.

Russian Paris Hilton becoming Vladimir Putin”s greatest criticSubscriber Only

February 20, 2012 16:14 IST

Like Hilton,Ksenia Sobchak,30,likes to date millionaires,ranks among her countrys richest celebrities.

Berlusconi ‘to release his latest album of love songs’Subscriber Only

November 18, 2011 12:39 IST

Former Italian PM crooned on cruise ships in the Mediterranean when he was a student.

Mahatma Gandhi’s face etched on Mars!Subscriber Only

June 13, 2011 20:52 IST

Matteo Lanneo was surveying the amazing pictures sent from Europe's Mars Orbiter back to Earth.

Beyond bin Laden: Britain’s fight against jihadSubscriber Only

May 24, 2011 12:36 IST

The Osama operation struck terrorism,but it's largely irrelevant in the broader fight against terror.

Liverpool captain Gerrard ruled out for rest of seasonSubscriber Only

April 8, 2011 15:10 IST

Gerrard groin injury has dealt the team another blow to its chances of finishing in the European places in the Premier League.

13 Kate Middleton wannabes gather at palaceSubscriber Only

January 20, 2011 09:36 IST

Their "Kate look" included replicas of her diamond and sapphire engagement ring.

Hindu priest forced to work as a slave by temple owners wins $2.3mnSubscriber Only

December 18, 2010 23:43 IST

He was forced to do their bidding for a pittance after the temple owners confiscated his passport.

WikiLeaks Assange moved to segregation unit in London jailSubscriber Only

December 10, 2010 21:30 IST

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has 'for his own safety' been moved to a segregation unit of the London prison where he is being held pending extradition to Sweden.WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has for his own safety been moved to a segregation unit of the London prison where he is being held pending extradition to Sweden,one of his lawyers said today. The prison authorities are doing it for his own safety,presumably, lawyer Jennifer Robinson told AFP. She said the 39-year-old Australian was moved to the segregation unit of Wandsworth prison in southwest London yesterday,two days after he was taken to the jail. The lawyer complained that Assange does not get any recreation,he has difficulties getting phone calls out,he is on his own. Assange,a former computer hacker who has coordinated WikiLeaks release of tens of thousands of US diplomatic cables,is not allowed to have a laptop computer in the prison,but his lawyers have requested one. Obviously we are trying to prepare a legal appeal and he has difficulties hand writing,so it would be much easier in order to assist us in the preparation if he had a laptop, Robinson said. She declined to elaborate on why he had difficulties writing. Robinson said Assange was in very good spirits but he was frustrated that he could not answer the allegations that WikiLeaks was behind cyber attacks launched on credit card firms which have refused to do business with the website. He told me he is absolutely not involved and this is a deliberate attempt to conflate WikiLeaks,which is a publishing organisation,with hacking organisations which are not. Assange was refused bail by a judge in London on Tuesday after being arrested on a warrant issued by Sweden,where prosecutors want to speak to him about allegations of rape and sexual molestation made by two women. He is due to appear in a London court again next Tuesday,when his case will be argued by Geoffrey Robertson,a high-profile British-Australian human rights lawyer.