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The Queen appeared to be less than amused in the original footage. Photo / Reuters

BBC apologises to Queen over photo shoot

The BBC apologised to Queen Elizabeth yesterday for wrongly implying that she had stormed out of a photo shoot with American photographer Annie Leibovitz.

The British broadcaster blamed a production company for sending it clips edited out of sequence which implied the monarch had lost her temper when asked to remove her crown.

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Russia urges Britain not to politicise Litvinenko spy case

MOSCOW - Russia has urged Britain not to politicise the row over its refusal to extradite the key suspect in Alexander Litvinenko's murder, saying it should be dealt with strictly as a legal case.

British officials have threatened unspecified steps against Russia for refusing to extradite Andrei Lugovoy, a former state security agent, to stand trial over the poisoning of Litvinenko in London last year.

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Sultan's ex-wife conned out of $5.2m

The former wife of the Sultan of Brunei was duped out of 2 million pounds ($5.2 million) after falling for a fortune teller's elaborate con.

The bizarre details unfolded when three judges at the Court of Appeal in London ruled against the Sultan's right to anonymity in the case.

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