London, Mar. 20 : The head of a British Muslim school, who was forced into early retirement by stress after being branded a racist, has won 407,781 pounds in damages.

Erica Connor boosted test results, had the backing of her staff and ran a happy school, the High Court in London heard, but her life became a nightmare after Paul Martin and Mumtaz Saleem, both Muslims, joined the board of governors and charged her with racism.

Under Martin and Saleem, Islamophobia began at the Monument Primary School in Woking, Surrey.

London, Mar 20 : A photograph has surfaced that reportedly shows Vladmir Putin and then US President Ronald Reagan together.

Official White House snapper Pete Souza took the Red Square picture in 1988.

The Sun quoted experts as saying that Soviet secret service agents often posed as bystanders when foreign leaders toured the USSR during the Cold War.

They claim Putin would have been briefed to ask a crafty question in an attempt to embarrass Ronnie during his visit to Mikhail Gorbachev.

Paris, March 20 : Mars Express has uncovered geolog

London, March 20 : An amateur treasure hunter has unearthed rare Iron Age artifacts buried as part of a religious offering in Newport, South Wales.

Two bronze bowls and a bronze wine strainer, described by an expert as of "great importance for the UK," were found by Craig Mills, a 35-year-old security guard.

According to a report by Wales News, Mills came across the items in the Langstone area in December 2007, only nine months after he took up metal detecting.

London, Mar 20 : Researchers at Stanford University School of Medicine have found that for the treatment of patients suffering from multi-vessel coronary artery disease, who have diabetes, and for patients older than 65, heart bypass surgery is a better option than angioplasty.

London, Mar. 20 : The British Government has not shut down any extremist website, despite promising a crackdown with the help of the Terrorism Act 2006.

According to The Sun, among sites still running is www. islam4uk. com - a front organisation for Anjem Choudary, a follower of hate preacher Omar Bakri.

Choudary praised demonstrators in Luton when they disrupted the Royal Anglian Regiment's homecoming parade.