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Monaco
Monaco. Principality of Monaco, Principauté de Monaco. Last modified: 2008-09-13 by ivan sache Keywords: monaco | europe | rainier iii | albert iiii ...
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Velkommen to Norway Genealogy - Norwegian family history res..
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Hungary (02/08)
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Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Alexy II dies
(AP)
AP - The Russian Orthodox Church says its Patriarch Alexy II has died.
Mike Leigh in Cuba to receive cinematic tribute
(AFP)
AFP - Acclaimed filmmaker Mike Leigh was in Cuba to receive an award at a film festival that will screen 10 of his best productions, according to local reports.
EADS might have to recapitalise Airbus with 2.0 bln euros: r..
AFP - European aerospace group EADS might have to recapitalise its main arm, the Airbus aircraft maker, with more than 2.0 billion euros, possibly also simplifying the business, a newspaper reported on Friday.
De Menezes jurors to resume deliberations
(AFP)
AFP - Jurors at an inquest into the death of an innocent Brazilian mistakenly shot by police during an anti-terror operation will resume their deliberations on Friday after relatives of the deceased staged a courtroom protest.
Britons charged with sedition in Gambia
(AFP)
AFP - A British couple working as missionaries in Gambia in West Africa are beginning their seventh day in custody on Friday afterbeen charged with sedition.
Russian warships head to Atlantic, Mediterranean
(AP)
AP - The Russian navy says its sole aircraft carrier and several accompanying ships have left their base and are heading for the Atlantic and the Mediterranean.
Julius Baer CEO dies unexpectedly
Alex Widmer, the chief executive of the Swiss bank, died unexpectedly on Wednesday at the age of 52
Self-employed workers demand unemployment benefit clarificat..
During an interview on Cadena Ser radio yesterday, Employment minister, Celestino Corbacho, confirmed that self-employed workers will become entitled to unemployment benefit before the next general el...
Zardari in Turkey for talks with Karzai
ISTANBUL (APP): President Asif Ali Zardari arrived here Friday to attend the second trilateral summit, aimed at enhancing cooperation and forging closer ties between Afghanistan and Pakistan, and to d...
TYR Sport, Inc. and Danish Swimming Federation Sign Multi-Ye..
COPENHAGEN, Denmark, December 4. AT a joint press conference today in Copenhagen, Denmark, TYR Sport, Inc. and the Danish Swimming Federation announced a new multi-year partnership. The four-year rela...
Russia ready to cooperate with India in investigating Mumbai..
Moscow, Dec 4 : President Dmitry Medvedev has said Russia was ready for 'full-fledged' cooperation with India in fighting terrorism and investigating the recent terrorist attacks in Mumbai.
Putin rules out early presidential elections
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Thursday ruled out early presidential elections, saying the next presidential ballot in Russia would be held as scheduled in 2012. "The next presidential election...
Boys to be sentenced for gang rape
Dec 5 2008 Nine schoolboy rapists are due to be sentenced for carrying out an attack on a 14-year-old girl. The boys, some as young as 13 when they gang-raped their victim, snatched her from the s...
Menezes jurors resume deliberations
Dec 5 2008 The jury in the inquest of Jean Charles de Menezes is resuming its deliberations after relatives of the Brazilian staged a courtroom protest. Cousins of the 27-year-old, shot dead by po...
MoD to name Iraq gun death soldier
Dec 5 2008 A British soldier killed in southern Iraq after suffering a gunshot wound to the head is expected to be named by the Ministry of Defence. A spokesman revealed no enemy forces were invol...
Lib Dems snub Speaker
Dec 5 2008 Plans by Speaker Michael Martin to set up a committee to look into last week's police raid at the House of Commons are hanging in the balance after Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg ann...
Banks urged to pass on interest cut
Dec 5 2008 Pressure is mounting on banks to pass on the full benefits of the interest rate cut to struggling homeowners and businesses. The Government is urging all banks and building societies to...
Criticism over poverty chief
Dec 5 2008 A Government-owned business set up to help alleviate poverty in the developing world paid its chief executive almost £1 million last year, a report has revealed. The £970,00...
EU leaders tackle cash crisis
Dec 5 2008 Gordon Brown will host a crunch summit with European leaders to discuss the economic crisis next week, it has emerged. The Prime Minister, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and EU Commis...
Government uproar as Seanad vote lost
THE Government was left red-faced last night after losing a vote in the Seanad for the first time in over four years.The loss of the vote prompted furious debate and a suspension of the Seanad so that
Cowen will not rule out extension of public pay freeze
Brian Cowen appeared to leave the door open yesterday for a possible renegotiation of the national pay deal and a scrapping of wage rises next year.But Mr Cowen stressed that the issue of pay did not ...
Ganley warns he will sue RTE
Declan Ganley yesterday claimed the contents of an RTE programme broadcast last week were "actionable".In a statement yesterday, Mr Ganley said that following a detailed review of RTE's 'Prime Time' p...
Banks delay passing on latest mortgage rate cut
MOST banks and building societies last night stalled on immediately passing on yesterday's record 0.75pc interest rate cut to thousands of home owners.And there were fears that many of the institution...
Roy quits job with curt text to Quinn
Niall Quinn , it emerged last night. The club "reluctantly" accepted his decision to leave after several days of talks. Yesterday Niall Quinn said of the departed manager: "He lifted this place off it...
Shops count the cost as lucrative link is sundered
Sunderland FC hot seat -- with retailers already beginning to count the cost of his resignation.Sports shops and news-agents had stocked up on merchandise for the Christmas market, ranging from replic...
Two British missionaries face sedition charges in Gambia
Nairobi/Banjul, Gambia - A British missionary couple have been charged with distributing seditious reports in the tiny West African nation of Gambia, reports said Friday. David Fulton, 60, and his wif...
Philips issues 4Q profit warning, expects charges
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands -- Royal Philips Electronics NV issued a profit warning Thursday, saying its markets are deteriorating and that it expects additional charges and write downs of euro1.2 billion ...
Nomura says to cut up to 1,000 jobs in London
TOKYO -- Japan’s top broker Nomura Holdings said Thursday it would cut up to 1,000 jobs in London to cope with the financial crisis after buying parts of failed Wall Street giant Lehman Brothers. Th...
Russia may lease nuclear subs to India
Russia has a large fleet of nuclear powered but conventionally armed submarines besides its force of strategic nuclear-armed vessels. Medvedev appeared to be referring to the former in an interview wi...
Kung-fu bear ad voted
London, Dec 5 : An advert showing a Kung Fu fight sequence between a hungry bear and an adamant fisherman has been voted as the 'funniest television advert of all time'.
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