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LondonMercury.com Friday 3rd September 2010 Issue 8/356
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Michael Douglas says smoking and booze game him throat cancer
Michael Douglas has blamed smoking and drinking for his recently diagnosed...


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Hugh Jackman makes cameo appearance in cancer patient's moving video
Hugh Jackman has made an emotional cameo appearance in a video tribute for an Australian cancer patient's...
Bono's daughter in The Strips video
Bono's daughter's acting career has got a boost after landing a starring role in Irish pop stars The Strips' latest music video.ve Hewson, 18, is launching an acting career and has already featured in one of her dad's...
Pak envoy to UK launches diatribe against ICC suspension of 'tainted' players
Pakistan's Ambassador to UK, Wajid Shamsul Hasan, has slammed the International Cricket Council for suspending the three players accused of 'spot-fixing' in the Lord's Test against...
Richard Gere nursing dislocated shoulder after getting injured on film set
Richard Gere has dislocated his shoulder rehearsing a fight scene for his upcoming film 'The...
Dan Brown 'least wanted author', says Oxfam
When the time came to donate books to Oxfam, charity givers donated more Dan Brown books than any other author, the charity's annual survey revealed...
Pak rookie Shahzaib Hasan looking to establish himself in international cricket
Pakistan batsman Shahzaib Hasan, who scored a century in the tour match against Somerset, has expressed hope that he would be given an opportunity to establish himself as a regular opener in the national...
50 Cent takes a break from Twitter for new album
American rapper 50 Cent is taking a break from Twitter to concentrate on his new album 'The Return Of The Heartless...
Rod Steward urges Paris Hilton to put her party girl ways behind
Brit singer Rod Steward has urged troubled Paris Hilton to stop partying following news of her cocaine arrest in Las...
Miranda Kerr shows off baby bump in skincare ad
Hollywood actor Orlando Bloom's pregnant wife Miranda Kerr has revealed her baby bump in a new advertising campaign for her organic skincare...
Tony Blair 'worried for Princess Di' when she started dating Dodi Fayed
Tony Blair, the former British Prime Minister, has admitted that he was "worried for Princess Diana" when she started dating multi-millionaire playboy Dodi Fayed after splitting from Prince...
Jerry Lewis wants to punch LiLo in her mouth
Show business veteran Jerry Lewis wants to smack troubled actress Lindsay Lohan in her...
Manchester City has the money but 'no class', says former striker Benjani
Blackburn Rovers striker Benjani Mwaruwari has slammed his former club Manchester City, saying that people at Eastlands are not...
Californian angler becomes world's 1st to catch 1,000 different species of fish!
A Californian angler has become the first person in the world to catch 1,000 different species of...
Katy Perry brings London to a halt in skintight polka dot dress
Katy Perry recently brought London to a halt as she stepped out in figure hugging polka dot...
Becks celebrates son's b'day at laser shooting gallery
Footie superstar David Beckham celebrated his son Romeo's eighth birthday at the futuristic world of lasers and mazes in Los...
Brit-Asian parents re-arrested over teen daughter's murder
The parents of Shafilia Ahmed, a British-Asian teenager whose dismembered body was found on a riverbank nearly seven years ago, have been re-arrested on suspicion of their involvement in her...
Guns N' Roses bottled off stage at Dublin gig after late arrival
Guns N' Roses band walked off stage while performing in Dublin after being booed and having plastic bottles thrown at them by the...
Trapped Chilean miners' wives, mistresses in tug of war over compensation
Wives and mistresses of the 33 Chilean miners trapped in the San Jose mine are reportedly engaged in a tug of war over compensation announced by the...
Fabio Capello flummoxed by 'God and monster' conundrum following WC debacle
England manager Fabio Capello has admitted that before the World Cup in South Africa, he was seen as a God, but following his team's disastrous performance in the tournament, he is now being regarded a...
Your hair can give clue to how stressed your are
Experts can predict how stressed you are or if you are prone to a heart attack, just by looking at your hair, revealed a...
Roger Moore lands role in 'Benidorm'
'James Bond' legend Roger Moore has landed a role in the British television comedy-drama...
Edinburgh 'best place to visit in UK'
Edinburgh has been named Britain's best city in an annual poll compiled by a leading travel industry...
Double hand transplant patient shows he can move fingers
In a first appearance after the operation, the recipient of a rare double hand transplant has shown the world that he can curl his fingers and make half a...
USB speakers set to get 'more oomph' out of laptops
Soon, music aficionados can use plug-in USB speakers that produce high-quality sound from the laptop without the need for mains...
Ancient bacteria could pave way for new and improved sunscreens
Cyanobacteria - organisms that thrived on Earth before there was enough oxygen to block harmful ultraviolet light-could pave way for new and improved sunscreens, according to a new...
Dead pigeons, boa constrictor among top weird finds at UK airports
Dead pigeons, pet boa constrictor-these are some of the animals people have tried to smuggle into the UK, according to reports. he UK Border Agency (UKBA) has published a list of its strangest finds following the discovery of the birds at Gatwick Airport last...
Ultimo's ultimate bra test checks endurance on a roller coaster
In what could be called as the ultimate bra test, Ultimo launched a promotional stunt, which saw lingerie-clad ladies ride a roller...
Chubby chaps 'better in bed'
Chubby chaps can actually make love for longer, says a new...
England pacer Graham Onions out of Ashes series due to back surgery
England fast bowler Graham Onions has been ruled out of the forthcoming Ashes series against Australia after being told that he will have to undergo surgery to fix a back...
Spot fixing case: Strauss, Collingwood comfortable with Pak players out of tour party
England Players' Union chief Angus Porter has revealed that captain Andrew Strauss, Twenty20 skipper Paul Collingwood and the rest of the squad were desperate to see that the three Pakistan players Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Aamer did not to play for their side for the rest of the tour following the leveling of spot fixing charges against...
Chief rabbi slams Stephen Hawking for excluding God's role in universe creation
The chief rabbi, Lord Sacks, has lashed out at Stephen Hawking after the astrophysicist claimed in his new book that God had no role to play in the creation of the...
Prince Harry accused of animal cruelty over polo horse injury
Prince Harry has been accused of animal cruelty after pictures of him riding an injured horse during a polo match...
Wikileaks founder admits he had sexual relations with accuser
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has admitted that he had sexual relations with one of two Swedish women who accused him of sexual...
'Spot-fixing' cash trail leads to Salman Butt
Cash used in the 150,000-pound Lord's Test betting scandal has been reportedly found in the belongings of Pakistan skipper Salman...
'Islam's biggest rock star' donating music profits to help Pak flood victims
British singer-songwriter Sami Yusuf, dubbed 'Islam's biggest rock star' by Time magazine, has decided to donate profits from his latest single to help Pakistan flood...
Why older women are less likely to produce children
Scientists may soon discover why older women are more likely to produce abnormal...
Cheryl Cole 'to divorce love-rat Ashley today'
Cheryl Cole is set to divorce love-rat husband Ashley Cole in the High Court...
Cricket Australia gives go ahead to betting during Ashes
Cricket Australia has given the green signal to cricket betting during the Ashes this summer, despite the controversy of betting corruption scandals rocking the cricket...
PCB, Pak High Commission in UK preparing strong defence for 'tainted' players
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and the Pakistan High Commission (PHC) in UK is reportedly working with a team of legal experts to prepare a strong defence for the 'tainted' players embroiled in the 'spot-fixing'...
Zsa Zsa Gabor's hubby wants to plastinate her body when she dies
Zsa Zsa Gabor's husband Frederick Prinz von Anhalt has announced that he wants to plastinate his wife's body when she dies to preserve her...
Lady GaGa's dieting 'put her in hospital 6 times'
Pop star Lady GaGa was hospitalized six times last year because of her yo-yo dieting, claimed the star's ex-tour...
Churchill 'ordered assassination of Mussolini to protect secret letters'
A leading French historian has suggested that Winston Churchill ordered the assassination of Benito Mussolini as part of a plot to destroy potentially compromising secret letters he had sent the Italian...
ECB chief offers to help Pakistan, but ICC yet to give backing
The chairman of the England and Wales Cricket Board, Giles Clarke, has offered to help restructure Pakistan cricket in the wake of the illegal betting scandal after England successfully pressed for the three players under police investigation to be withdrawn from the one-day...
Brit-Indian Sikh shopkeeper was battered to death with wine bottle, court told
Indian-origin shopkeeper, Gurmail Singh, was battered to death in his own shop by a gang of robbers in Britain's Cowcliffe area of Huddersfield, after he denied giving away his 'hard-earned money' to them, West Yorkshire, prosecutor Adrian Waterman told Bradford Crown Court on...
Osteoporosis drug 'doubles cancer risk'
A new study has shown that people who take oral bisphosphonates for bone disease over five years may be doubling their risk of developing oesophageal cancer (cancer of the...
Tony Blair's memoirs 'smash sales records'
Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair's autobiography 'A Journey' has broken sales records, say...
Smoking boy, 2, kicks the butt
A two-year-old toddler has kicked the butt after three months of intensive treatment in a...
Katy Perry says she can't wait to become British
American singer Katy Perry says she will apply to become a citizen of the UK as soon as she weds Russell...
LiLo's a brilliant actress, says Jessica Alba
Actress Jessica Alba has defended her 'Machete' co-star Lindsay Lohan, insisting the 'Mean Girls' star is a brilliant actress.he mum-of-one appears in the new movie alongside the troubled actress, who recently completed a brief spell in...