The proposed takeover of online travel group lastminute.com marks another stage in a tumultuous roller-coaster ride for the company and its founders, Martha Lane Fox and Brent Hoberman.

Burma’s imprisoned pro-democracy leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, underwent major surgery today, her physician said.

Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma’s jailed Nobel Peace Prize winning pro-democracy leader, has undergone surgery, hospital officials said today.