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• Fire breaks out at Olympic Park; No injuries

  - A fire that broke out at Olympic Park caused no major damage or injuries, London 2012 event organizers and the city's fire brigade said Tuesday.The brigade said the fire in containers holding 100 kilos (220 pounds) of dry wood ash at the renewable energy 2/14/12 Read more »

• Staff at The Sun tabloid arrested in bribe inquiry

  Rupert Murdoch 's News Corp. said in a statement that police had also searched the homes of the five staff and the group's London offices, potentially deepening the scandal over British tabloid wrongdoing.A 39-year-old female employee at Britain's ministry   Read more »

• Qantas grounds A380 after finding cracks in wings

  feet" -- the metal brackets that connect the wing's ribs to its skin -- after the aircraft hit severe turbulence on a flight from London to Singapore last month. The cracks were not related to the turbulence and were linked to an Airbus manufacturing issue,   Read more »

• Radcliffe not magical in 'Woman in Black'

  as a star vehicle for the onetime wizard, but Voldemort himself couldn't have done a better job of squashing his magic. PLOT A London lawyer visits a remote village where children die in mysterious ways. RATING PG-13 (some gruesome images) CAST Daniel Radcliffe   Read more »

• Northern Ireland referendum likely in 2016

  or join a united Ireland, Sinn Fein , the main pro-Irish nationalist party in the province, said yesterday. The British government in London, already facing calls for a referendum in 2014 on ending Scotland's 300-year union with England, has the final say   Read more »

Around the web

• Support vents fury as Whyte flies to London

  Members of the press were ushered by police officers through barriers blocking angry fans from the doors for a hastily arranged press conference, following the announcement the club was in administration. David Whitehouse and Paul Clark, of Duff and Phelps 52 m ago from Herald Scotland Read more »

• Teachers' union calls for end to Wi-Fi

  London District Catholic school board. It comes at a time when enrollments are falling at both Catholic and public schools in London, with the two boards putting money into advertising to try to fill vacant seats. In a position paper released by the Ontario 55 m ago from St. Thomas Times-Journal Read more »

• Shakira attacked by sea lion

  Feb 15 (IANS) Pop star Shakira was attempting to take a picture of a sea lion, which thought her mobile phone was a fish and attacked her. The singer suffered minor scratches. The 35-year-old “Hips Don’t Lie” singer was busy trying to capture a good photograph 58 m ago from TDNpost.com Read more »

• Shionogi to open London drug site

  Nikkei.com is the English-language online flagship of Japan’s leading business news publisher, Nikkei Inc. Harnessing the editorial power of Nikkei Inc., Nikkei.com offers unsurpassed access to the latest business intelligence and market data from Japan. N 2/14/12 from Nikkei News Read more »

• Reference/client Data Business Analyst: England, London, City of London

  Our client requires an experienced Distressed Debt Director, with strong expertise covering European financial markets such as UK, Germany and France. As the Distressed Debt Director, you will be expected to source non performing loans,… 2/14/12 from Clearing and Settlement Read more »