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2010 starts with spectacular firework show down under
2010 started with a bang for thousands of people in Sydney. The Australian city put on a spectacular firework show to celebrate the New Year – lighting up the sky and the harbour bay area in a…
New Year celebrations
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JAL shares plummet
Japan Airlines’ shares have fallen to a record low – slumping 24 percent in one session – amid growing concerns it could be headed for bankruptcy. After a meeting of the cabinet to discuss how to…
Airlines
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Euro zone lending down
Despite the fact that the European Central Bank is lending billions of euros to commercial banks it seems that money is not getting into the real economy. The latest figures show the euro zone…
Eurozone
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Hi-tech tools help sniff out volcanic gas
Armero was once a prosperous place. Now it is an open-air graveyard and a place of bitter memories. The village in central Colombia was literally wiped out in one of the deadliest volcano…
technology
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Correa talks Obama, Honduras and Iran
“If the US had wanted to stop the putsch in Honduras it could have done so in 48 hours,” says Rafael Correa the President of Ecuador. Correa has allied his country to the Bolivarian group of…
Politics
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China meets Belgium at the Bozar in Brussels
An exhibition in Brussels is bringing together the works of Chinese and Belgian contemporary artists. ‘The State of Things’ at the Bozar museum has been put together by the man who created…
Contemporary art
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European cinema honours Huppert and Loach
The French actress Isabelle Huppert was honoured for her achievement in world cinema at the European Film Award Ceremony at Bochum in Germany. She has appeared in about 80 movies including several…












































