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Women in highflying jobs drink twice as much than those in manual jobs, according to UK's official statistics, reflecting a startling "cocktail and business card culture" which is on the rise. - IBNLive - 6 Reads

While Sri Lanka's state media chose to ignore Sarath Fonseka's release from prison, pro-government newspapers said on Tuesday that the former Army Chief had become a "political pawn" in the hands of foreign countries against President Mahinda Rajapaksa. - IBNLive - 6 Reads

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin named seven former cabinet ministers as aides on Tuesday, in a move expected to weaken Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev's new government and shift power to the Kremlin. - Reuters - 6 Reads

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea intensified its war of words against the United States on Tuesday, vowing to strengthen its nuclear deterrent after Washington warned Pyongyang of further sanctions if it did not abandon its atomic programme. - Reuters - 5 Reads

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez reappeared on Tuesday in a live television broadcast, the first time he has been seen in public view since returning from cancer treatment in Cuba almost two weeks ago. - Reuters - 7 Reads

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A passenger who claimed to have a surgically implanted device prompted a US Airways jetliner to divert to Maine on Tuesday in a security scare that followed a recently foiled bomb plot targeting U.S.-bound aircraft, government officials said. - Reuters - 7 Reads

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas (Reuters) - Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney took commanding leads in early returns in the Arkansas and Kentucky primaries on Tuesday, official tallies showed. - Reuters - 7 Reads

Current and former Formula One drives explain why the Monaco Grand Prix is so special to win. - CNN - 7 Reads

A court convicted five Egyptian police officers of murder Tuesday for killing protesters in the February 2011 uprising that led to the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak. - CNN - 8 Reads

Two men accused of murdering an Irish teacher on her honeymoon last year pleaded not guilty when they appeared in court in Mauritius on Tuesday, police on the Indian Ocean island said. - CNN - 5 Reads