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Gerrard assault charge dropped

Gerrard assault charge droppedLondon - The assa

Winger Lennon commits to Spurs

Winger Lennon commits to SpursLondon - Totten

Goering described as `Fat Boy’ in Scots prosecutor''s secret letters

Hermann GoeringLondon, Mar. 20 : An extraordinary archive of letters written by Britain''s chief prosecutor at the Nuremberg Trials, describes Hitler''s second-in-command, Hermann Goering, as a "fat boy".

Those letters will go on show for the first time today.

The notes were penned by Edinburgh-born law chief David Maxwell Fyfe to his wife, Sylvia, during the Nazi commander-in-chief''s trial for war crimes in 1946.

They describe how Goering, Hitler''s closest ally and the head of the Luftwaffe, was brought to justice and pour fresh light on the evidence against him, reports The Scotsman.

University head says history will see war on terror as a “huge mistake”

University head says history will see war on terror as a “huge mistake”London, Mar. 20 : A Scottish university head has severely criticized the US-led war on terror, branding it a "huge mistake" that has made the world a more dangerous place.

Professor Louise Richardson, head of St Andrews University and a global expert on terrorism, said she was "completely convinced when the history of this period is written, the declaration of the war on terror will be seen to have been a huge mistake."

Ronaldo now wants to launch his `boy band’

Ronaldo now wants to launch his `boy band’London, Mar. 20 : Manchester United star Cristiano Ronaldo hopes to hit the music scene big time when he hangs up his boots by teaming up with Brazil superstars Ronaldo and Ronaldinho to form an ex-footballers' super group.

Ronaldo says: "Somebody mentioned to me a few years ago that it would be a great idea if myself, the Brazilian Ronaldo and Ronaldinho made a band called The Three Rs."

"I loved the idea, it was so funny. I'll mention it to them when I retire, we might even have a No1," The Sun quoted him, as saying.

Allied forces face "stalemate" in Afghanistan, Miliband warns

Allied forces face "stalemate" in Afghanistan, Miliband warns London - The US and their allies face a "strategic stalemate" in parts of Afghanistan, British Foreign Secretary David Miliband warned Friday.

He said a "bigger and more effective" security force was needed to stop the Taliban controlling more territory and repeated the call for other European nations to increase troop levels in Afghanistan.

"In parts of the country there is a strategic stalemate," Miliband said in a BBC interview.

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