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Fidel admits failure: The Cuban model doesn't work
Capitalism's favourite bogeyman Fidel Castro has admitted that the communist economic model doesn't work. Cuba's former long-time leader made his surprising comments to an American journalist in Havana. It seems he agrees with brother…
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Water
Growing global demand for scarce resource
For many Europeans it is a commodity that is part of everyday life but nearly one billion people worldwide have little or no access to water. Resources are set to come under increased pressure…
Latest News (Reuters)
- 08:22 CET Unexploded bombs found around Thai capital
- 07:55 CET Bomb blast kills 10 in Pakistan's Kurram region
- 06:57 CET Chinese media warns Japan over detention
- 05:22 CET Chinese pilots who faked resumes back in the air
- 05:14 CET Guatemalan ex-soldiers on trial in landmark war case
- 01:59 CET Florida pastor not backing down on Koran-burning
- 01:18 CET Seven Mexican gunmen arrested in migrant massacre
- 01:09 CET HIV spread "out of control" among French gay men
- 00:58 CET Honduras blames drug gangs for shoe shop killings
- 00:32 CET Clinton sees drug "insurgency" in Mexico and Central America
- 00:21 CET Ban asks Rwanda not to withdraw Sudan peacekeepers
Business News
Anglo-Irish Bank to be carved in two
Details of the demise of Anglo-Irish Bank have been announced. It is to be split into two parts: an asset recovery bank and a funding bank. The asset unit will concentrate on existing loans and will…
Banking
Sport (Reuters)
- 08:55 CET Capello to quit as England coach after Euro 2012 - report
- 08:51 CET Higgins cleared of match-fixing
- 07:22 CET Federer blows hot at windy U.S. Open
- 05:05 CET Chelsea ready to hammer nail into Grant's coffin
- 05:04 CET Barca, Real and Chelsea eye Inter's crown
- 05:02 CET Chelsea ready to hammer nail into Grant's coffin
- 04:02 CET Barca, Real and Chelsea eye Inter's crown
- 03:47 CET Relaxed All Blacks make five changes for Australia clash
- 23:36 CET Balotelli ruled out for up to six weeks with knee injury
- 23:18 CET Woods eager to carry momentum into BMW stomping ground
- 22:31 CET Aston Villa turn to experienced Houllier
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Exhibition
Amazons/POVO
A new exhibition in Speyer, Germany, looks at Amazons and asks are they legend or did they really exist? Alexander Koch, the director of the Historical…
cinema
Festival
Vallanzasca/Passione
Vallanzasca, from Italian director Michele Placido, is showing out of competition at the Venice Film Festival. It is a biopic about one of…
hi-tech
technology
3D on display at the IFA in Berlin
The old radio tower which stands in the middle of Berlin’s amusement park is decked out in ribbons to mark the 50th edition…
reporter
Environment
Ecuador: protecting nature from oil exploration
Leaving valuable oil-reserves underground for the sake of the environment is an expensive idea for any…
Turkey’s referendum on new constitutional future
September 12 is strongly symbolic for Turkey, the date on which, 30 years ago, its military launched a coup d‘état. This September, coinciding with the anniversary date, the people will vote in a…
Referendum
Breakthrough in Bluefin Tuna farming
Bluefin Tuna is disappearing from the sea. Demand keeps prices high - which means people will keep fishing Bluefin Tuna until there is none left. Obviously this is an unsustainable situation. …
Research
New theories about Pompeii
The site of Pompeii, near Naples in Italy has fascinated people for years. And now, research suggests that the inhabitants didn’t die of suffocation when Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD, but from sudden…
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