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Britain's queen puzzled at delay in spotting credit crunch

Google gets royal seal of approval - for a day London - Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, who was Wednesday given an academic briefing on the origins of the credit crunch, wound up the "lesson" with the searching question of why nobody had seen the crisis coming.

The 82-year-old monarch had the complexities of the current global financial crisis explained to her during the inauguration of a new building at the renowned London School of Economics (LSE).

Northern Ireland's leaders welcome Obama victory

Barack ObamaLondon - The political leaders of Northern Ireland Wednesday hailed the election of Barack Obama as the next US president and said they wished to continue their "mutual beneficial relationship" with the United States.

Peter Robinson, the Protestant leader of Northern Ireland's power- sharing government, said he was looking forward to working with an Obama administration and to continuing the "mutually beneficial relationship that Northern Ireland has developed with the United States over the years."

Iraqi foreign ministers says Obama victory will promote partnership

Barack ObamaLondon - Barack Obama's "astonishing victory" in the US presidential elections wil

Brown looking forward to work with Obama as "full partner"

Gorden BrownLondon  - The British Labour government and opposition parties Wednesday hailed as "inspirational" the victory of Barack Obama in the American presidential election which they hope will open a new era in the much-vaunted "special relationship" between Britain and the US.

"This is a moment that will live in history as long as history books are written," Prime Minister Gordon Brown said. "I have talked to Senator Obama on many occasions and I know that he is a true friend of Britain," he added.

Arsenal's Adebayor out for three weeks

London  - Arsenal striker Emmanuel Adebayor is set to be out for three weeks with an ankle injury, his manager Arsene Wenger confirmed.

Kirsten Dunst to make documentary on US voting system

Kirsten DunstLondon, Nov 5 : Hollywood actress Kirsten Dunst has teamed up with filmmaker Jacob Soboroff to direct and produce a documentary on the American voting system.

The ''Spiderman 3'' actress, who will also narrate the documentary, has already launched an investigation of the U. S. voting system, as she is keen to shed light on the fact that American voter participation lags behind turnout in most other countries.

Dunst and Jacob are currently at work in North Dakota - the only state without voter registration - where they will interview government officials.

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