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• Stuntwoman sues News Corp. over alleged phone hack

  caused distress in her family life and caused her to miss calls from Jolie.The lawsuit cited numerous references to the United Kingdom phone hacking scandal involving News Corp. companies and claims numerous grounds for damages. A monetary figure was not specified,   Read more »

• The ins and outs of G-8 summit promises

  leaders couldn't agree.With that in mind, these are highlights of the summit's concluding statement Tuesday.___SYRIA'S WARThe G-8 united behind a U.S.-Russian proposal for a peace conference. But Russian President Vladimir Putin didn't budge from his support   Read more »

• Nigella Lawson choking photos investigated by British police

  British police say they are investigating after a newspaper published photos of Nigella Lawson's husband Charles Saatchi with his hands around the celebrity chef's throat.The Sunday People newspaper ran pictures of what it said was the couple's violent arg   Read more »

• UK, Ecuador fail to reach deal on Julian Assange

  (AP) -- Britain and Ecuador have failed to break the deadlock over the unresolved asylum case of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.Ecuador's Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino met with British Foreign Secretary William Hague on Monday to search for a diplomati   Read more »

• Report: UK spies hacked foreign diplomats

  summit Monday, a meeting of world's leading economies that include Russia, in Northern Ireland. The allegation that the United Kingdom has previously used its position as host to spy on its allies and other attendees could make for awkward conversation as   Read more »

Around the web

• Comedy Central wants to copy the States

  Britains Comedy Central is planning to make new sitcoms on the American model, with dozens of episodes. Although it has commissioned the traditional eight episodes of its latest show, Mummys Boys, the broadcaster hopes to have made 100 within two years. Ch 2 m ago from Chortle UK Read more »

• Stage set for first ever Konkani musical nite in UK

  Jun 20: The Konkani speaking community spread across the United Kingdom is eagerly awaiting the first-ever full-pledged Konkani musical nite to be staged on June 23 at Copeland School, Cecil Avenue, Wembly, Middlesex, HA9 & DU, 2 pm onwards. History will be 7 m ago from DaijiWorld.com Read more »

• Achtung! Publication of iconic war comic Commando switched from Britain to.. Germany

  DC THOMSON, who printed the war comic since it was first published in 1961, insisted the decision to switch to a plant in Germany was purely business based. Commando has been printed in the UK by Dundee firm DC Thomson since it was first published in July 15 m ago from The Sunday Mail Read more »

• Tennis: Murray poised to end Britain's 77 years of pain

  PARIS: The Spanish Civil War started, Gone with the Wind was a publishing sensation and Jesse Owens spectacularly defied Hitler and the Nazis at the Berlin Olympics. It was 1936, and it was also the year that Fred Perry won Britain's most recent Wimbledon 28 m ago from Channel News Asia Read more »

• Return of a sex predator, free to roam as he likes: One of Britain¿s most dangerous sex offenders back on the streets

  John Cronin, 41, has committed more than 50 offences in 25 yearsHe dressed as a priest to trick his way into a woman's home to rape her One of Britain’s most dangerous sex offenders, who once impersonated a priest to trick his way into a woman’s home and r 35 m ago from Daily Mail - UK Read more »