HUHNE IS CHARGED AND QUITS CABINET CHRIS HUHNE was today forced to quit the Cabinet after he and his ex-wife were sensationally charged with perverting the course of justice. The millionaire...

Clash after soccer riot in Egypt CAIRO — Anger over a deadly soccer riot erupted in fresh clashes that injured nearly 400 people on Thursday as security forces fired tear gas at fans and other...

TERRY AXED AS ENGLAND CAPTAIN OVER RACE CASE THERE will not be many more important phone calls in John Terry’s life. On the same morning he underwent a fitness test to face Manchester United, the Chelsea...

Cancer charity confronts backlash over grant cuts — Susan G. Komen for the Cure, the renowned breast-cancer charity, faced an escalating backlash Thursday about its decision to cut breast-screening grants to...

Princely protest LONDON — Britain’s Prince William has arrived in the Falkland Islands for a posting as a military searchand-rescue pilot, the defence ministry said, with...

Waiting game for seniors OTTAWA — The Conservative government is continuing to play coy over its plans to reform Old Age Security. And Canadians anxious about their retirement will...

Sunken cruiser to turn into treasure trove ROME: In the chaotic evacuation of the Costa Concordia, passengers and crew abandoned almost everything on board the cruise ship: jewels, cash, champagne,...

Bernanke defends Fed policies against GOP critics Ben Bernanke defended the Federal Reserve’s decision to hold interest rates at record-low levels for the next three years, during a contentious hearing before...

Facebook heads for the history books as Zuckerberg sets stage for US’S biggest IPO FACEBOOK has filed for an initial public offering that could value the social network between $US75 billion and $Us100bn ($93.8bn), putting the company on...

TERRY AXED Defender stripped of England captaincy >> LONDON: John Terry was stripped of the England captaincy for the second time in two years yesterday after mounting...

Break Brady: Giants NEW York Giants defenders know they must overpower New England blockers and disrupt Patriots quarterback Tom Brady with pressure to have the best chance of...

India finally finds winning formula AUSTRALIA suffered its first loss to India of the summer when beaten by eight wickets in the second T20 clash at the MCG. India made 2-135 in reply to...

PHILLIP ALDER BRIDGE Diane Johnson, whose satirical novels often feature American heroines living abroad in contemporary France, said, “A novel’s whole pattern is rarely...

Your horoscope Happy Birthday: Trust in your judgment and follow the path best suited to your needs. You instinctively know what needs to be done to reach your goals....

Soul Train creator Don Cornelius commits suicide in his Los Angeles home LOS ANGELES — Don Cornelius, creator of the iconic TV music and dance show that helped introduce Americans to black pop culture, died on Wednesday after...

Family unhappy with son’s partner OUR son, 27, has chosen a partner who doesn’t want anything to do with us. In the beginning, this girl seemed to get along well with us but shortly after she...

Raucous convention awaits GOP For political junkies, this is the midwinter of our discontent. With the Florida Republican primary over with, there is more than a month to go before Super...

Education’s slippery slope THE collapse in the Eastern Cape education department revolves around the South African Democratic Teachers’ Union (Sadtu). Over-expenditure in the department...