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Corporate giants take a shine to cutting-edge art
Walk into any lobby in London's financial heart and the change is clear: the City's giants have dropped the Old Masters and are embracing contemporary art instead in the battle to impress clients and inspire employees.
Darwin's private papers get Internet launch
The first draft of Charles Darwin's "On The Origin Of Species" is among a wealth of papers belonging to the intensely private man who changed science being published on the Internet on Thursday for the first time.
Brown looking past Bush presidency
Prime Minister Gordon Brown will meet all three major U.S. presidential candidates on Thursday before seeing President George W. Bush, a reminder that world leaders are now looking beyond Bush to his successor.
Brown accused of treating Zimbabwe like colony
Zimbabwe's justice minister accused Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Thursday of treating Zimbabwe like a British colony and suggested London bribed election officials to oust President Robert Mugabe.
Mediterranean tsunami warning system set for 2011
Scientists are developing a tsunami warning system for the Mediterranean region which they said on Wednesday should be ready in 2011 and could save thousands of lives.
Shannon's mother faces November trial
Karen Matthews is to go on trial in November over the disappearance of her 9-year-old daughter Shannon, a court official said on Wednesday.
Israel kills 17 in Gaza after troops die in clash
Israeli forces killed 17 Palestinians, most of them civilians including a Reuters cameraman, in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip on Wednesday, medical officials and witnesses said.
Pope meets Bush, urges more just society
Pope Benedict, making only the second visit by a pontiff to the White House, on Wednesday urged Americans and their leaders to base social and political decisions on moral principles to create a more just society.
Full text of Pope Benedict's White House address
Following is the official text of Pope Benedict's address on Wednesday at the White House, where he was received by President George W. Bush on the first full day of his six-day visit to the United States.
Base decisions on moral principles, Pope says
Saying he had come as a friend of the United States, Pope Benedict urged Americans and their leaders on Wednesday to base their political and social decisions on moral principles and create a more just society.
UK's Brown finds US presidential race fascinating
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said on Wednesday he found the U.S. presidential campaign fascinating ahead of meetings with the three candidates.
Bush to urge halting CO2 emission growth by 2025
U.S. President George W. Bush plans on Wednesday to call for halting the growth of greenhouse gas emissions by 2025, an administration official said, but he will offer few ideas on how to do so before his term ends early next year.
Berlusconi's need for love means reforms unlikely
Silvio Berlusconi loves to be loved, a fact that makes it unlikely the prime minister-elect will push through the kind of unpopular reforms Italy needs.
Brown urges clear message on Zimbabwe from UN meet
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown called on a summit of U.N. Security Council and African leaders on Wednesday to send a "single clear message" that it stood for democracy and human rights in Zimbabwe.
Zuma widens gap with Mbeki over Zimbabwe
South African ruling party leader Jacob Zuma widened his disagreement with President Thabo Mbeki over Zimbabwe on Wednesday, saying anxiety was increasing by the day over a post-election deadlock there.