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London - The funeral of a 23-year-old British soldier shot dead by terrorists in Northern Ireland earlier this month took place in his home city of Birmingham on Wednesday.

Sapper Mark Quinsey was one of two soldiers gunned down outside Massereene army barracks north of Belfast, Northern Ireland, on March 7.

He and his colleague, Patrick Azimkar, from London, were the first British soldiers to die in a terrorist attack in the British province since the signing of the 1998 peace agreement.

London - British police Wednesday agreed to pay 60,000 pounds (83,850 dollars) in compensation to a terrorism suspect after admitting that the man was subjected to violent assault and religious abuse during his arrest.

Babar Ahmad, a 34-year-old IT analyst of Pakistani origin, had alleged that he was punched and repeatedly choked to the point of unconsciousness during his arrest on a US extradition warrant in an anti-terrorism raid in London in December, 2003.

London - Glittering momentoes from the luxury villa of former Italian fashion designer Gianni Versace were snapped up by celebrity-loving auction-goers in London Wednesday.

Frenetic bidding for items from Versace's opulently-furnished villa meant that results in the first few hours surpassed all expectations, reaching more than 1.7 million pounds
(2.4 million dollars) against a total estimate of 2 million pounds.

London, Mar 18 : Kerry Katona has been urged by her pals to kick-start her life in the Costa sun without husband Mark Croft.

Katona had kicked Croft out of their house immediately after learning she had lost almost 3 million pounds in two years.

She vowed never to let Croft back in her life but he has returned to their 1.2 million pound home after pleading: "I've got nowhere left to go."

London, Mar 18 : In accordance with the Get Scotland Working campaign, where companies send in their ads for job vacancies, a hiring firm has sent in an ad looking for waiters who will serve butt n