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Queen bestows honours on Stella McCartney and ‘God particle’ scientist
Queen Elizabeth II has bestowed the bi-annual British honours. Recipients included a fashion designer, an illustrator and a scientist.
London’s Olympic security under renewed scrutiny
The UK’s Olympic security plans have come under fresh scrutiny after several people on a terror watch list were waved through airport border controls.
Visa blocks WikiLeaks payments again
Visa has closed a donation channel to WikiLeaks again after a payment processor briefly accepted money transfers to the anti-secrecy site.
WikiLeaks posts huge encrypted file to the web
WikiLeaks has posted a huge encrypted file, sparking speculation that those behind the organisation may be prepared to release more information.
Medieval African possibly found buried in Britain
A 13th century skeleton unearthed on the grounds of a friary may be the earliest physical evidence that Africans lived in England in medieval times.
Scientists: 2007 could be hottest year on record
A resurgent El Nino and persistently high levels of greenhouse gases are likely to make 2007 the world’s hottest year ever recorded, climate scientists said on Thursday. The…