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LONDON - FBI has reportedly launched new investigations that focus its attention on London after it emerged that three Qatari men linked to the 9/11 terror attacks had gone unnoticed.

LONDON - While the BBC was forced to apologise after Top Gear host Richard Hammond described Mexicans as 'lazy, feckless... and flatulent' in their show, co-host Jeremy Clarkson has again insulted them in his newspaper column.

LONDON - British officials described Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari as "highly corrupt" and a "numbskull" who would not last long in office, diplomatic cables unveiled by the whistle-blower website WikiLeaks has revealed.

LONDON - British people are now adopting the American-style pronunciation of certain words. Interim results of a study by the British Library suggested a third of Britons taking part now adopt the American-style 'skedule' over the traditional pronunciation, which has a softer 'sh' sound, reports the Telegraph.

LONDON - Secret documents have revealed that British ministers had arranged to meet their Libyan counterparts to give them advice on how the Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi's could be released from a Scottish prison.