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New dress codes released by the organisers of the Royal Ascot event have set some strict standards following allegations that visitors, particularly ladies, were too casually dressed for the occasion.

Cristiano Ronaldo scored the opener for Real with an early goal (on 11 minutes), in what appeared to be a fitting reply to his critics who slammed him for his poor form in recent weeks.

A new satellite image has been released showing the half-submerged cruise ship Costa Concordia from space.

The successful Melbourne outing on Wednesday marked Li's best show since her breakthrough win at the French Open.

If all goes well, Lohan could end almost five years of continuous monitoring by the court by the end of March of 2012 provided she completes her total of 60 days of mandatory community service.

The Scottish player looked a bit nervous in his first match at the Australian Open 2012.

The “Modern Family,” star, Sofia Vergara made a glittering and expensive style statement with her million dollar diamond jewellery at the Golden Globes.

Latest pictures from inside sunk cruise ship come as black box recordings reveal that Captain Francesco Schettino ignored repeated requests to return to the ship.

The Royal Academy of Art in London is featuring an exclusive exhibition dedicated to the spectacular landscape works of English painter-photographer, David Hockney.

As the London 2012 Olympic Games are drawing closer, luxury brands are competing with each other in order to bag the biggest athletes to feature in their campaigns.

The winner came from Edin Dezko who headed home David Silva's left-wing free-kick on 22 minutes.

Special star couples descended on the Golden Globe red carpet.

Danny Graham's impressive finish on 70 minutes sealed the victory in favour of Swansea who bagged all the three points.

George Clooney wins Best Actor Award for 'The Descendants' at 69th Golden Globe Awards and Meryl Streep takes best Actress for 'The Iron Lady'.

Besides winning the coveted crown, the stunning model has also received a $50,000 scholarship with which she plans to mentor children of incarcerated parents. Her close affinity to such children is reportedly due to the fact that she herself was once the child of an incarcerated parent.

Michelle, who came wearing a cherry red-one shoulder gown, was introduced to the stage by actress Cicely Tyson and received a standing ovation.

The pageant, which was held in Las Vegas, saw the winner vowing the judges singing opera and strutting in a white bikini and black beaded evening gown.

Chelsea had further chances later on but Lampard, Juan Mata and Torres failed to cash in on them.

Paul Scholes made his comeback a memorable affair by scoring the opener around half time.

Afghanistan National Institute of Music is believed to be the only music academy in the country.

Italian coast guard officials on Saturday morning confirmed three deaths in the Costa Concordia cruise-ship tragedy that occurred on Friday night. Earlier, Italian media had reported eight deaths. Passengers were having dinner when the 290-meter (950-foot) vessel ran aground.

Views of Facebook's Menlo Park headquarters at Menlo Park in California.

The Biswa Ijtema, also known as the World Muslim's Congregation, is one of the largest congregations of the followers of Islam.

Apple cancels scheduled sale of iPhone 4S in Beijing store as mass brawl breaks out.

Beyonce, Adele, Ed Sheeran and Jessy J have been nominated for BRIT Awards 2012.

The People’s Choice Awards ceremony was graced by both winners and hopefuls in the fields of television, music and film.

People’s Choice Awards are many actors' favourite as they are directly chosen by the people through online voting.

The movie is slated to hit UK cinemas on January 20.

The defeat was as another shock for Roberto Mancini's side as it came close on the heels of their FA Cup defeat by Manchester United.