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Spanish champions Real Madrid post first team profile for Spurs' Croatian playmaker, Luka Modric, before official confirmation of transfer

Tottenham manager Andre Villas-Boas will finally have more options in attack after it was announced that Emmanuel Adebayor had joined on a permanent transfer.

Actress and model turns out in figure-hugging outfit and matching accessories.

Gang fight in overcrowded Yare I jail in Venezuelan capital of Caracas spirals into murderous riot.

Anonymous hactivists hit Ministry of Justice and David Cameron's websites in gesture of solidarity with WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange.

Lea Michelle, one of the stars of the popular television show Glee, made heads turns when she appeared on the blue carpet at the Do Something Awards ceremony in Santa Monica, California

The first Jolla OS mobile phone will run Android apps and have a 3.5in screen, CEO Jussi Hurmola has revealed.

Hollywood celebrities shocked by Scott's suicide pay tribute to the director.

Former Liverpool, Newcastle, Real Madrid and Manchester United striker Michael Owen has been linked with a free transfer to Stoke City

British diver Tom Daley and American swimmer Missy Franklin are the latest athletes to show off Olympic tattoos.

Miss World Philippines' entry for the talent completion at the Miss World 2012 pageant took quite a few people by surprise. The 23 year old Quenerich Rehman took to the stage to show off beatboxing skills

Former UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher is the latest prominent person incorrectly reported as dead on Twitter.

FA fines Man U defender for laughing at a tweet calling Chelsea defender Ashley Cole a 'choc ice' in John Terry Case.

RIP hitmaker relationship with Bruno Mars goes back to time before they were famous.

Changes to how Twitter interacts with third party applications has angered developers, who claim the updates will restrict what they can do.

Arsene Wenger on Alex Song's move to Barcelona, signing Real Madrid's Nuri Sahin as a replacement and moving on after selling Robin van Persie to Manchester United

AntiLeaks group which targeted WikiLeaks launches DDoS attack against Russia Today (RT) in support of Pussy Riot.

Emmanuel Eboue has declared war against Robin van Persie, with the former Arsenal star labelling his former captain a 'Dutch donkey'.

Yuaarab al-Sharaah jumps ship while atrocities rock region including government jet bombing homes in Azaz and killing 40.

Sweden says Ecuador decision to allow Assange asylum to avoid extradition on sex charges is outrageous.

MeeGo spinoff Jolla has not yet ruled out crowdfunding project to raise capital.

42-year-old TV presenter ready to walk down aisle for second time after 26-year-old fitness instructor proposed four months into relationship.

Bahraini court sentences human rights activist Nabeel Rajab to three years in prison for illegal protesting.

Former UK ambassador warns of dangers of removing diplomatic status from Ecaudorian embassy.

World number three Rafael Nadal has confirmed the knee injury that stopped him from participating in the London Olympics 2012 will keep him from playing in the US Open

Latest breach at Reuters news agency follows a series of infiltrations over recent weeks, which suggest pro-Assad sympathies.

Mitt Romney running mate mocked in attack ad that accuses him of ending guaranteed Medicare health insurance for pensioners.

The Spice Girls reunion was one of the most anticipated and talked about performance of the Closing Ceremony of the 2012 London Olympics. It was a boom in the social networking site too. On the Twitter official blog, it claims that Spice girls got more than 116,000 tweets per minute during the Olympic Games closing ceremony, more than any other performer or athlete.

Unions and passenger groups step up protest against rises that in some cases could reach almost four times the rate of inflation.

NFL star charged with domestic battery after new wife Evelyn Lozada accuses him of head-butting her during row.