GROZNY, October 5 (RIA Novosti) - An avenue in the center of the Chechen capital was renamed Sunday in honor of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. Speaking at the opening ceremony, Chechnya's pro-Moscow leader Ramzan Kadyrov said he was sure

The leader of the Welsh Conservatives apologises for parts of a dossier which ridiculed First Minister Rhodri Morgan.

A website dedicated to murdered schoolboy Damilola Taylor has had pornographic links posted on it, it is revealed.

Jack McConnell is appointed to a diplomatic post, a move which gets Labour out of a potentially challenging by-election.

Four people are injured, two seriously, in a traffic accident on the Belfast Road in Newry, County Down.

The former deputy prime minister is caught on camera giving a two-fingered salute to SNP activists.

Russia dismantles a checkpoint near Georgia's breakaway South Ossetia region, the first step of a pullback plan.

The last remaining survivor of the sinking of the battle cruiser HMS Hood in WWII dies at the age of 85.

Britain's most senior black police officer, Mike Fuller, says ethnic minority police have to work "twice as hard" as white officers.

The organisers of the Euro Bash had once again decided to hold the event in Birmingham after two successful previous events in the second city of the UK and of course the last city to host Eurovision Song Contest in

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Ricky Ponting hit a half-century and Michael Clarke got in some valuable batting practice as Australia drew their warm-up game against the India Board President's XI.

Ireland fast bowler Boyd Rankin was told he could be out for the rest of the year as he prepared to go under the knife to remedy a serious shoulder injury, but he has just taken seven wickets.

The responsibility of leading the attack paid dividends for Tim Murtagh and Middlesex as the seamer ended the 2008 season with more wickets than anyone else in county cricket.

Pakistan captain Shoaib Malik has brushed off calls for him to be sacked, saying he is confident he has the support of his players.

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Woolworths has been singled out as one of the most vulnerable listed retailers in the run-up to a Christmas on the high street that could be the worst since the 1970s.