London, Apr 23 : The US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has compared the challenge of tackling climate change to her own fight to lose weight.

Speaking to State Department staff on Earth Day, Hillary said more must be done to reduce the department''s environmental footprint, reports The Telegraph.

"Often times when you face such an overwhelming challenge as global climate change, it can be somewhat daunting - it''s kind of like trying to lose weight, which I know something about," she said to laughter.

London - Manchester United returned to the top of the English Premier League table on Wednesday thanks to a 2-0 win over Portsmouth.

Goals from Wayne Rooney and Michael Carrick secured victory for the champions at Old Trafford and took them back above Liverpool at the top.

With six games to go to Liverpool's five, United are three points clear at the top.

United were ahead within nine minutes at Old Trafford when Ryan Giggs was sent clear down the left and he squared the ball to give Rooney the simplest of finishes.

London - The British economy is expected to shrink by 3.5 per cent this year as public debt levels rise to a record 175 billion pounds (255 billion dollars), the government forecast Wednesday.

Presenting the annual budget for 2009/10, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Alistair Darling, acknowledged in parliament that Britain was facing the "deepest recession since the Second World War."

London, Apr 22: A lawyer for the three Pakistani men facing deportation after being arrested in anti-terror raids earlier this month says his clients will fight to stay on in Britain.

Mohammed Ayub says the men are in Britain lawfully on student visas, are not extremists and have done nothing wrong.

The men were among a group of 12 swept up in a highly publicised counter-terrorism operation across northern England earlier this month, the Dawn reported.

London, Apr. 22: A former Royal cop has claimed that police officers stationed at Buckingham Palace spent their night shifts running gambling syndicates, selling hard-core pornography and posed for pictures on the Queen’s throne.

A jury has heard the extraordinary account of how Royal protection officers slept off hangovers in private palace rooms, smuggled “uninvited and unvetted” guests into Royal garden parties and allowed business associates to park their cars at Buckingham Palace.

London, Apr 22: Cyberbullying has become the biggest trauma for school kids, with almost 10,000 children each week seeking help to cope with online abuse.

Terrorised schoolkids are turning to a support website for advice after being subjected to abusive mobile phone texts and emails.

The shocking results from www. cybermentors. org. uk, set up six weeks ago, show the true scale of the problem for the first time.

The scheme has been launched by charity Beatbullying, and has the backing of British PM Gordon Brown.