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$500,000 prize to make security checks quicker, simpler

London, Feb 21 : An airport security firm has announced a prize of 500,000 dollars for developing a technique that will make airport security checks quicker and simpler.

Indian origin shopkeeper in UK fights off armed thug, now faces murder charge

London, Feb 21: A shopkeeper of Indian origin in UK could be charged with murder after an armed robber who tried to steal the day's earnings was stabbed with his own knife during a struggle.

Coroner urged to call a halt to Diana inquest

London, Feb 21: Princess DianaThe coroner at the ongoing inquest into the death of Pri

Gordon Brown criticised for treating immigrants as ‘second class people'

British Prime Minister Gordon BrownLondon, Feb 21: British parliamenta

Ex MI-6 head dismisses Diana death plot theory

Dodi al Fayed and Princess DianaLondon, Feb 21: The former head of MI-6 dism

Indian brides who want to live in UK ‘must speak English fluently’

London, Feb 21: Indian BridesIndian brides who want to marry Brit blokes and then settle in the UK will now have to take an English language test, announced Gordon Brown, the Prime Minister of United Kingdom.

Brown said that the test would help to prevent foreign brides from being exploited, as they will be fluent in the language.

“We will introduce a new English language requirement for those applying for a marriage visa and planning to settle in the UK — both as part of our determination that everyone who comes here to live should be able to speak English and to make sure that they cannot be exploited,” the Telegraph quoted him, as saying.

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