When it comes to home decorating, Germans are slowly starting to throw out the old patterned furniture and wall-to-wall carpeting. Germans spend a lot of time consuming media, spending hours in front of the TV and forking out a significant

Vandals have desecrated graves at the historic Jewish cemetery in Berlin's Weissensee district for the second time in less than three days. The head of the Central Council of Jews has described the attack as an "intolerable insult" to Shoah

Austrian police are taking another look at an unsolved murder dating back 22 years in the light of the Amstetten incest case. Although there is no sign of a concrete link, they say Josef Fritzl could have been near the

Through online aps such as Sports Tracker and Nokia Beta Lab, the Finnish handset giant gathers customers' ideas from around the world -- virtually free.

LORD Sebastian Coe, the London 2012 chairman, yesterday said the organisers of the Commonwealth and Olympic Games should rise above squabbling over funding and work together

THE Ministry of Defence (MoD) wants to extend bombing exercises in north west Scotland â€" on a site where the Scottish Government hopes to extend environmental protec

ONE million immigrants have come to Britain from Eastern European countries since 2004 but almost half of them have now returned home, according to a report by the Institute o

THE political make-up of Reading Borough Council would usually have little bearing on those outside Berkshire.

Didier Drogba said he was never in any doubt that Chelsea's season would end in Moscow.

Sonia Gandhi, Dalai Lama and Ratan Tata are among the most influential on Time magazine's list in 2008.

The former Indian captain said 'Twenty20 fates are decided in an over or two. Luck, rub of the green are factors here'.

ExxonMobil chief executive Rex Tillerson also currently serves as the chairman of the company's board. The unusual public call from the Rockefellers, the oldest continuous shareholders in the leading U.S. oil and gas company, came a day before Exxon Mobil

This study provides evidence that flexibility is associated with health or well-being over time," said Joseph G. Grzywacz, Ph.D., senior author and an associate professor of family medicine. "For managers, the results suggest that implementing flexible work arrangements can contribute

In response to a request from Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd., we have decided to accept up to 10 billion yen worth of increased shares planned by Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp. through a third-party allocation," the company said. The new fuel-efficient jet,

Is it time to impose a windfall tax on oil companies' profits?

I WAS delighted to publish recently a three-year vision aimed at excellence in education and all other services for children and families.

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The only role little green men play in my life these days is helping me cross the road. News that Blake's 7 is coming back to TV reminded me it wasn't always so.

WE need to buy time to find alternative sources of energy as production continues to fall.

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