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LONDON (AFP) - Retail sales sank in June to record the largest monthly drop for 22 years, official data showed on Thursday, as consumers slashed spending amid an economic slowdown across the country. More »
ANKARA (AFP) - Turkish warplanes bombed Kurdish rebel hideouts in northern Iraq overnight in the latest air raid in the region since mid-December, the military said Thursday. More »
Internet users who choose to download music could pay a £30 annual charge, under new plans being formulated by the government. More »
LONDON (Reuters) - Rio Tinto is seeking to secure power supplies for its primary aluminium smelter in Britain beyond the expiry of its present contract at the end of 2009, a company spokesman said on Thursday. More »
COLOMBO (AFP) - Mahela Jayawardene and Malinda Warnapura cracked centuries as Sri Lanka reached a healthy 305-3 in their first innings at tea on the second day of the opening Test against India here on Thursday. More »
LONDON (Reuters) - A businessman won a libel case and 22,000 pounds in damages at the High Court on Thursday after false claims about him were posted on the hugely popular social networking Web site Facebook. More »
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Eating a half serving a day of soy-based foods could be enough to significantly lower a man's sperm count, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday. More »
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Cyclist and testicular cancer survivor Lance Armstrong joined forces with four former U.S. surgeons general on Wednesday to urge Americans to do more to prevent cancer and get recommended screening tests. More »
X-Files actress Gillian Anderson has revealed that fans will probably be most shocked about the absence of any aliens in new movie The X-Files. More »
WELLINGTON (AFP) - A New Zealand judge has ordered a name change for an embarrassed nine-year-old girl called Talula Does The Hula From Hawaii, a local newspaper reported Thursday. More »
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