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For most people, the system of civil loss recovery has operated under the radar. The only clues are signs discreetly displayed in stores warning shoplifters they face a claim for compensation if caught. But in the last decade, more than 500,000 people have received demands for hundreds of pounds from retailers via middlemen debt collectors after being caught. No police caution or charge is needed and rarely do the small-time thieves end up in court. In fact, civil loss recovery is largely a re ...

From then on, the spiders successfully set up a new colony in the small dark building. The cave spiders Meta menardi and the related Meta bourneti are rarely seen beyond their natural habitat of caves and tunnels because of their aversion to light. They are active hunters and normally feed on small insects. Although harmless, they can occasionally bite if provoked. Homeward bound The spiders are collected using a contraption called a 'pooter' which sucks the spider up safely into a cont ...

By Abdi Guled and Ibrahim Mohamed MOGADISHU (Reuters) - A suicide bomber killed at least 19 people including three Somali government ministers on Thursday at a graduation ceremony in a Mogadishu hotel, witnesses and officials said. It was the worst attack in the lawless Horn of Africa nation since June, when hardline al Shabaab rebels killed the security minister and at least 30 othe ...

By Matt Falloon LONDON (Reuters) - Pakistan does not believe Osama bin Laden is sheltering within its borders, Pakistani Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani said on Thursday, staunchly defending his government's efforts to crack down on al Qaeda militants. Gilani also said Pakistan wanted more clarity from the United States on its plan to send 30,000 extra troops to Afghanistan and then ...

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's parliament will review the Islamic republic's relations with countries that voted against its nuclear activities at the International Atomic Energy Agency last week, the speaker said on Thursday. "Iran had proper cooperation with the agency's board of governors, but the recent resolution calls for careful studies on the vote in parliament's national security commit ...

TIKRIT, Iraq (Reuters) - A suicide bomber wearing a vest packed with explosives killed four police officers in Saddam Hussein's hometown on Thursday, including the head of the city's anti-riot squad, Iraqi police said. The attack in a crowded street appeared to target Lieutenant Colonel Ahmed Subhi al-Fahal, the commander of the riot police in Tikrit, 150 km (95 miles) north of Baghdad, pol ...

By Peter Graff KABUL (Reuters) - The commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan reassured top officials on Thursday that Washington was not planning an early exit, part of a charm offensive to sell President Barack Obama's new strategy on three continents. Obama announced on Tuesday that he is sending 30,000 extra troops to Afghanistan, but also said they would begin to come home by mid ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, making a case for a second term, told Congress on Thursday the U.S. central bank's forceful actions prevented a devastating financial crisis from being even worse. "The Federal Reserve's actions have contributed substantially to the significant improvement in financial conditions and to what now appear to be the beginnings of a t ...

By Paul Thomasch and Yinka Adegoke NEW YORK (Reuters) - Comcast Corp struck a deal to buy a majority stake in NBC Universal from General Electric Co, creating a media superpower that would control not just how television shows and movies are made, but how they are delivered to the home. The deal had been discussed for months and brought to light deep divisions over the future of the  ...

By Alister Bull WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama turns his attention on Thursday from Afghanistan to the battle against unemployment which has sapped his popularity and may shape his political future. Obama is hosting a forum with business leaders at the White House to discuss how to boost jobs after U.S. unemployment hit a 26-year peak of 10.2 percent in October. But th ...