Margaret Thatcher transformed Britain and inspired conservatives around the world by radically rolling back the state during her 11 years in power.

A Russian businessman with a passion for Tsarist treasures said on Thursday he was behind the record purchase of a Fabergé egg in London for £9-million ($18,5-million), which he called inexpensive. Alexander Ivanov, who helped found Russia's first private museum, bid in person at the tense Christie's auction in London on Wednesday for the egg.

More than 20 people were killed and another 21 injured in an accident aboard a Russian nuclear submarine in the Pacific Ocean.

The biggest spy swap since the end of the Cold War was under way on Friday as Russia and the United States prepared to exchange 14 agents.

Europe must throw off the burden of the euro if they want their economies to thrive, the UK minister who forced Britain out of the currency has said.

Burma's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has announced in Britain that she is prepared to take the helm as the leader of her people.

Margaret Thatcher transformed Britain and inspired conservatives around the world by radically rolling back the state during her 11 years in power.

A Russian businessman with a passion for Tsarist treasures said on Thursday he was behind the record purchase of a Fabergé egg in London for £9-million ($18,5-million), which he called inexpensive. Alexander Ivanov, who helped found Russia's first private museum, bid in person at the tense Christie's auction in London on Wednesday for the egg.