Prada at Milan fashion week – in pictures
Adrien Brody, Willem Dafoe, Gary Oldman, Tim Roth, Emile Hirsch and Jamie Bell walked the runway as Prada showed off its latest menswear fashions.
View ArticlePrivate cosmetic clinics employing 'unqualified' surgeons
Experts voice concerns about level of training of private sector surgeons working on breast implants and nose jobsPrivate cosmetic clinics are employing surgeons to carry out breast implants, nose jobs...
View ArticleCosmetic industry offers promise of perfection for the young
Despite concerns about safety, teenagers have shown a growing willingness to embrace cosmetic surgeryThe buzzer sounds, the heavy door gives and you walk into a warm, light, carpeted environment with...
View ArticlePhobos-Grunt Mars probe falls into Pacific Ocean
Russian space agency had previously said that the stricken planetary rocket was most likely to fall into the AtlanticDebris from a failed Russian spacecraft fell into the Pacific Ocean far off Chile on...
View ArticleCosta Cruises statements on the Concordia ship disaster
Statements released by the Italian cruise company since the Concordia ran aground off the coast of TuscanySunday 15 JanuaryTime 8.15 pm (CET)We at Costa Cruises are deeply saddened by this tragedy, and...
View ArticleActors carry the show for Prada in Milan
Gary Oldman, Adrien Brody and Willem Defoe among the Hollywood talent enlisted to wear Prada's suits and coatsIn picturesThis weekend, during the autumn/winter 2012 menswear shows in Italy's fashion...
View ArticleCondemnation of Afghanistan video over the top, says Rick Perry
Republican presidential hopeful said that marines purportedly shown urinating on corpses should not be prosecutedThe Republican presidential hopeful Rick Perry has accused the Obama administration of...
View ArticleCruise ship scene marked by modern totem of disaster in medieval harbour
Rescue continues as anger rises at captain allegedly leaving ship and 'inexplicably' taking vessel so near rocks in first placeThe familiar accoutrements of a cruise holiday were all there: the sun...
View ArticleExit poll suggests landslide victory for ruling party in Kazakhstan elections
Opposition parties most likely to mount a challenge were disqualified from competing or rendered largely powerlessVoters headed to polling stations in large numbers on Sunday in Kazakhstan elections...
View ArticleCosta Concordia purser: 'I never lost hope of being saved'
Manrico Giampedroni was rescued from Italian cruise ship after breaking leg and getting trappedAn Italian officer dramatically rescued after being trapped on board the stricken cruise ship Costa...
View ArticleItalian cruise ship owners question captain's judgment
Francesco Schettino may have been guilty of 'significant human error', say owners of Costa ConcordiaOwners of the Costa Concordia cruise ship said on Sunday night that "preliminary indications"...
View ArticleCorruption in Iraq: 'Your son is being tortured. He will die if you don't pay'
Ghaith Abdul-Ahad reports from Baghdad where families of innocent detainees face extortion from corrupt officialsThe walls of Um Hussein's living room in Baghdad are hung with the portraits of her...
View ArticleIraq: what next for a corrupt and divided country?
The democratic nation state that was supposed to rise from the ruins of tyranny appears to be disintegratingPost-Saddam Iraq has rarely been more brittle. The democratic nation state that was supposed...
View ArticleScience Weekly podcast: Playing God with nature
Alok Jha meets Dr Adam Rutherford to discuss his BBC Horizon documentary Playing God, which explores the exciting industrial potential and worrying moral dilemmas posed by synthetic biology. This new...
View ArticleDelaware pardons board show clemency to death row prisoner
Panel of five swayed by Robert Gattis's claims that he had been viciously abused by family members as a childThe Delaware board of pardons has for the first time in the modern era shown clemency to a...
View ArticleFive missing as trawler sinks off western Ireland
One crewman rescued, but hopes fading for five men on board when boat went down in force 8 winds near county CorkHopes are fading for the safe return of five men missing at sea after a trawler sank off...
View ArticleNazi-themed drinking game 'sparked brawl on LSE union skiing trip'
London School of Economics launches inquiry into allegations Jewish student's nose was broken during incident in Val d'IsèreThe London School of Economics is investigating allegations that a...
View ArticleGolden Globes 2012 red carpet arrivals – in pictures
The Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California hosts the 69th annual Golden Globe Awards, presented by Ricky Gervais.
View ArticleCosta Concordia: British passengers tell of escape
Rescued Italian cruise ship holidaymakers and crew recount panic and chaos as vessel ran agroundBritish passengers on the Costa Concordia spoke of their ordeal as they returned home last night.Rose...
View ArticleHuntsman quits race for Republican presidential nomination
Former Utah governor to endorse Mitt Romney after New Hampshire defeat and poor polling ahead of South Carolina primaryJon Huntsman is planning to quit the Republican presidential race on Monday after...
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