LONDON, Dec 8 - Out-of-favour England strikerMichael Owen wound back the clock with a superb treble to leadManchester United to a 3-1 win over VfL Wolfsburg on Tuesday. Owen, who turns 30 next week, has been fighting to regainhis place in Fabio C
PARIS - An Iraqi reporter imprisoned for throwing his shoes at U.S. President George W. Bush found himself on the receiving end of a similar footwear attack in Paris on Tuesday. Muntazer al-Zaidi, whose flare-up against Bush last December turned in
Eurozone annual inflation has turned positive for the first time in seven months but is still undershooting the European Central Bank’s goal by a wide margin.Annual inflation in the 16-country region was 0.6 per cent in November, according to a prel
Mitchells & Butlers has approached the Takeover Panel regarding the influence recently wielded over the pubs group by Joe Lewis, the Bahamas-based billionaire, it said on Monday. The company made the announcement about the “increasingly difficul
CARACAS, Venezuela - Hugo Chavez says he is starting to bombard clouds now that Cuba has provided Venezuela with cloud-seeding help in an effort to produce rain and alleviate the effects of a severe drought. The Venezuelan president said Saturday
Cole is desperate to play from the start against the Gunners after being left on the bench against Porto in the Champions League in midweek.
The 28-year-old's recent return to fitness has coincided with the Blues building a five-point lead on Manche
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan's embattled president has relinquished command of the country's nuclear arsenal in a first step toward formally reversing the emergency rule enjoyed by his predecessor. The move came as President Asif Ali Zardari faces the expir
The UK government's claim that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) is to be probed later by the official inquiry into the war.On its second day of hearings in London, the Iraq inquiry will question former senior Foreign Office staff Ti
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