India announced on Wednesday the purchase of 43 planes from European aircraft maker Airbus and the sealing of an "action plan" with the European Union to expand economic and political ties, while British Prime Minister Tony Blair railed against terrorism.

Alistair Cooke, a broadcasting legend in his native Britain and adopted United States, has died, less than a month after he recorded his final Letter from America, BBC radio said on Tuesday. Cooke passed away at about midnight local time on Monday at his home in New York.

The first thing you notice when you see Marilyn Monroe's gloves in the Smithsonian National Museum of American History is how small her hands were.

Terrorists are sizing up the City of London, Europe's premier financial centre, and an attack on the teeming district is only a matter of time, its chief of police warned on Wednesday. A debate continues to rage over how to deal with hard-line Islamists suspected of promoting terrorism among Britain's 1,6-million Muslims.

A tornado has swept through an Oklahoma City suburb, tearing down blocks of homes, two schools and killing 91 people, 20 of which were children

The first thing you notice when you see Marilyn Monroe's gloves in the Smithsonian National Museum of American History is how small her hands were.

India announced on Wednesday the purchase of 43 planes from European aircraft maker Airbus and the sealing of an "action plan" with the European Union to expand economic and political ties, while British Prime Minister Tony Blair railed against terrorism.

Alistair Cooke, a broadcasting legend in his native Britain and adopted United States, has died, less than a month after he recorded his final Letter from America, BBC radio said on Tuesday. Cooke passed away at about midnight local time on Monday at his home in New York.