As the value of the pound outside of the UK sinks, it appears that inflation within the country is falling as well. Inflation in th eUk fell at a record pace in October, data released today shows."Inflation tumbled at a record pace in October to 4.5 per cent, down from the...
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Dragged by global financial crises, Japanese economy shrinks in third quarter and enters in recession. "Japan fell into a recession in the third quarter for the first time since 2001, as the impact of the global...
Spanning the world to bring the stranger things of lifeIt's tough all over...I guess"Russian Orthodox church stolen _ brick by brick November 14, 2008 - 5:25pm ...
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"Interview with K. Guruparan, a well known Sri Lankan Youth Activist. Guru is a student at the Faculty of Law University of Colombo and the Founder of the Sri Lankan Youth Parliament based at the Bandaranaike Centre for International Studies. He is also associated with Beyond...
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" Fridges can be a nuisance to get rid of once they have broken down, especially if you are 200miles above the Earth. Astronaut Clay Anderson resorted to flinging a hefty 1400lb ammonia tank off the International...
I think that this may be the first semi-public statement of concern of Obama's foreign policy toward Iran from European circles. It is possible that the urgency and test by foreign powers of Obama's metal...
The British couple who were caught having sex outside of marriage, drunkenness and public indecency in Dubai are appealing their guilty verdict, which left them with three months in prison and deportation from Dubai....
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The trial of two Britons in Dubai for having sex on the beach and unmarried sex has finished with the pair being found guilty and jailed. This will hammer home the responsibility that travellers carry to make sure...
Thailand and Cambodia have been fighting centres on 1.8 square miles (4.6 sq km) of scrub near the 900-year-old Preah Vihear temple, which sits on a jungle-clad escarpment dividing the countries.The tension turned violent in October when one Cambodian and two Thai soldiers...
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"What is a Life Worth? October 9th, 2008 | Posted by Mike Kearney Share This http://youtube.com/watch?v=6Q0uQAL_YDA Video of Care To Live member Ted Girgus taken at our nationwide protest in Seattle....
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A flat allegedly used to plan the 7/7 terror attacks in London has been raided in the UK. It is unclear why the flat is being raided now, so long after the attacks, which occured in 2005."Officers began the search of the flat at 7am after receiving information from a member...
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I found this interesting enough to share with NP. Nothing more to add yet.""There's a persistent Web meme to the effect that Google obscures sensitive or top-secret locations in Google Maps and Google Earth at the insistence of national governments. A July IT Security article...
" The rice exports from Pakistan during July-August – the first two months of the new fiscal year – increased by 147.34 per compared to the corresponding period of the last financial year. A total of 403,935 metric tons of rice costing $ 366,582,000 was exported during...
"Democrats have decided to allow a quarter-century ban on drilling for oil off the Atlantic and Pacific coasts to expire next week, conceding defeat in a months-long battle with the White House and Republicans set...
"New polls by Quinnipiac/WaPo/WSJ find Obama with small leads in the battleground states of Colorado, Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. All surveys were conducted September 14-21 with margins of error of +/-2.6% - 2.7%: Colorado Obama 49 (+3 vs. last poll August 24) McCain...