http://www.firstpost.com Firstpost Sat, 18 May 2013 12:39:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://www.firstpost.com/fwire/first-edition-of-the-great-gatsby-auctioned-793263.html#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 18:15:19 +0000 fwire http://www.firstpost.com/politics/first-edition-of-the-great-gatsby-auctioned-793263.html http://www.firstpost.com/fwire/first-edition-of-the-great-gatsby-auctioned-793263.html/feed 0 http://www.firstpost.com/living/first-edition-of-the-great-gatsby-sold-for-a-whopping-1875-pounds-791155.html#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 05:33:52 +0000 hidden http://www.firstpost.com/?p=791155 A first edition of legendary American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby" sold for 1,875 pounds ($2,872), or nearly triple the opening price, at an auction in Edinburgh, Scotland.]]> http://www.firstpost.com/living/first-edition-of-the-great-gatsby-sold-for-a-whopping-1875-pounds-791155.html/feed 0 http://www.firstpost.com/world/disgraced-cardinal-to-leave-scotland-for-penance-vatican-786761.html#comments Wed, 15 May 2013 22:30:47 +0000 FP Staff http://www.firstpost.com/politics/disgraced-cardinal-to-leave-scotland-for-penance-vatican-786761.html VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Disgraced Cardinal Keith O'Brien, who resigned as head of the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland after admitting to sexual misconduct, will leave his country for months of "prayer and penance", the Vatican said on Wednesday. ]]> http://www.firstpost.com/world/disgraced-cardinal-to-leave-scotland-for-penance-vatican-786761.html/feed 0 http://www.firstpost.com/fwire/queen-elizabeth-ii-to-skip-cwealth-summit-in-colombo-759493.html#comments Tue, 07 May 2013 10:27:17 +0000 hidden http://www.firstpost.com/?p=759493 The decision not to travel to Sri Lanka is not one which will have been taken lightly and it is likely to cause concern about the state of the Queen's health.]]> http://www.firstpost.com/fwire/queen-elizabeth-ii-to-skip-cwealth-summit-in-colombo-759493.html/feed 0 http://www.firstpost.com/world/late-war-reporter-marie-colvin-listed-for-top-uk-writing-prize-711266.html#comments Thu, 18 Apr 2013 20:15:08 +0000 FP Staff http://www.firstpost.com/politics/late-war-reporter-marie-colvin-listed-for-top-uk-writing-prize-711266.html LONDON (Reuters) - Veteran American war correspondent Marie Colvin who was killed in Syria last year was nominated on Thursday for the Orwell Prize, a British literary award for political writing. Colvin, a U.S]]> http://www.firstpost.com/world/late-war-reporter-marie-colvin-listed-for-top-uk-writing-prize-711266.html/feed 0 http://www.firstpost.com/sports/britains-most-successful-olympian-chris-hoy-retires-710288.html#comments Thu, 18 Apr 2013 13:35:18 +0000 hidden http://www.firstpost.com/?p=710288 Britain's most successful Olympian won two golds at the 2012 London Games to add to three from Beijing four years earlier and his first in Athens in 2004.]]> http://www.firstpost.com/sports/britains-most-successful-olympian-chris-hoy-retires-710288.html/feed 0 http://www.firstpost.com/world/iron-lady-thatcher-mourned-but-opponents-celebrate-692879.html#comments Tue, 09 Apr 2013 21:45:32 +0000 FP Staff http://www.firstpost.com/politics/iron-lady-thatcher-mourned-but-opponents-celebrate-692879.html LONDON (Reuters) - Admirers of Margaret Thatcher on Tuesday mourned the "Iron Lady" who as Britain's longest serving prime minister in over a century pitched free-market capitalism as the only medicine for her country's crippled economy and the crumbling Soviet bloc. World leaders past and present, from former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to U.S. ]]> http://www.firstpost.com/world/iron-lady-thatcher-mourned-but-opponents-celebrate-692879.html/feed 0 http://www.firstpost.com/india/why-hardline-hindutva-is-a-national-security-issue-682339.html#comments Tue, 02 Apr 2013 04:42:20 +0000 Praveen Swami http://www.firstpost.com/?p=682339 The BJP has moved to shore up its right flank by inducting extremists into key party positions. It is playing with matches—a game for arsonists, not serious leaders committed to Indian democracy.]]> http://www.firstpost.com/india/why-hardline-hindutva-is-a-national-security-issue-682339.html/feed 0 http://www.firstpost.com/world/scotland-independence-referendum-set-for-september-18-2014-670865.html#comments Thu, 21 Mar 2013 20:00:09 +0000 FP Staff http://www.firstpost.com/politics/scotland-independence-referendum-set-for-september-18-2014-670865.html EDINBURGH (Reuters) - Scotland will hold an independence referendum on September 18, 2014, to decide if its five million people should end a 300-year-old union and leave the United Kingdom. First Minister Alex Salmond, announcing the date in the Scottish parliament on Thursday, said a break of ties with London would give Scots the chance "to build a better country"]]> http://www.firstpost.com/world/scotland-independence-referendum-set-for-september-18-2014-670865.html/feed 0 http://www.firstpost.com/fwire/global-shares-euro-fall-on-continued-cyprus-concerns-667827.html#comments Tue, 19 Mar 2013 18:45:30 +0000 FP Staff http://www.firstpost.com/politics/global-shares-euro-fall-on-continued-cyprus-concerns-667827.html NEW YORK (Reuters) - Global stock markets fell on Tuesday, extending the previous day's decline as investors continued to fret about a bail-out plan for Cyprus and the possible effect on the euro zone should it collapse. Markets have been volatile, with U.S. stocks opening lower and then briefly rebounding as investors used strong housing data as an opportunity to pick up beaten down shares. ]]> http://www.firstpost.com/fwire/global-shares-euro-fall-on-continued-cyprus-concerns-667827.html/feed 0