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The Miss World beauty pageant has been around for 60 years.

Competition has been so high at Miss World 2011 that 36 contestants initially qualified in the 'beach beauty' competition at London's Earl's Court.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, whose activities have angered the U.S. government, should be sent to Sweden from Britain to face questioning over alleged sex crimes, the High Court ruled on Wednesday, rejecting his appeal against extradition.

Although the U.S. ranks fourth in overall human development, when the scale is adjusted to account for income, health and education inequality, it falls to 23.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, whose activities have angered the U.S. government, should be sent to Sweden from Britain to face questioning over alleged sex crimes, the High Court ruled on Wednesday, rejecting his appeal against extradition.

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange lost his extradition bid at the High Court in London. Assange will be extradited from the UK to Sweden to face charges in a sex case.

Here are 10 footballers who also should have been included in the coveted list.

A London court will rule on Wednesday whether WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange, who angered the government by publishing thousands of secret diplomatic memos, can be extradited from Britain to Sweden for questioning over alleged sexual crimes.

Singer Rihanna was forced to cancel a show in Malmo, Sweden, after being hospitalized with the flu on Monday night, the singer said in a statement.

In their battle to bolster state finances and avoid sovereign defaults, euro zone policymakers may do well to examine the efforts of tiny neighbor Lithuania to reform state-owned enterprises.

Rihanna canceled a show in Sweden after being hospitalized for severe exhaustion caused by a bad case of the flu.

Your daily commute may do more than just get you to work: it also may be bad for your health, according to research published Sunday.

Apple Inc. appears to be bolstering its mapping-technology arsenal to better compete with Google Inc. on that front by reportedly purchasing a Sweden-based 3-D mapping company called C3 Technologies.

Facebook is building a server farm in Sweden.

Social networking site Facebook is to build its first data center outside the United States in the northern Swedish town of Lulea, awarding an initial construction contract of $121 million, the companies said on Thursday.

European shares edged higher in thin, choppy trade Wednesday ahead of a meeting of regional leaders to try and resolve the two-year-old euro-zone debt crisis.

Investors stayed cautious ahead of a summit expected to deliver pledges to tackle the euro zone's debt crisis rather than firm commitments, keeping the euro above $1.39 as stocks markets traded little changed.

Investors stayed cautious ahead of a summit expected to deliver pledges to tackle the euro zone's debt crisis rather than firm commitments, keeping the euro above $1.39 as stocks markets traded little changed.

WikiLeaks will have to stop publishing secret cables and devote itself to fund-raising if it is unable to end a financial blockade by U.S. firms such as Visa and MasterCard by the end of the year, founder Julian Assange said on Monday.

There are 27 nations in the European Union (EU), but only 17 members in the Eurozone – Britain is not in the currency bloc.

Daylight Savings Time in 2011 is coming to its end on Nov. 6 in the U.S. and Canada, following Oct. 30 in the UK.