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The Register, 11.03.10 15:37 UTC

BBC might pay for Tory broadband promises

Mandybill minister Stephen Timms has attacked Tory promises of "superfast broadband" as "hopeless" and lacking in funding. His comment, which was characteristically posted on Twitter, followed the ...

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Seattle Times, 11.03.10 15:35 UTC

Pa. suspect: Caretaker by day, 'Jihad Jane' online

Colleen LaRose spent long days caring for her boyfriend's father in a second-floor apartment in Pennsburg, a small town north of Philadelphia.

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Seattle Times, 11.03.10 15:35 UTC

Sarkozy, Merkel propose clampdown on speculators

French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel called Thursday for a clampdown on the type of speculative trading that exacerbated Greece's debt crisis and undermined the euro in recent weeks.

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BBC Business, 11.03.10 14:26 UTC

Volkswagen profits fall sharply

Europe's biggest carmaker, Volkswagen, saw net profits fall 80% last year to 960m euros ($1.3bn; £872m).

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BBC World News, 11.03.10 14:25 UTC

Real Madrid back coach Pellegrini

Under-fire Real Madrid coach Manuel Pellegrini has received the backing of director general Jorge Valdano after the club's Champions League exit.

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Seattle Times, 11.03.10 14:24 UTC

World stocks down after Chinese inflation jump

European stock markets fell modestly Thursday amid growing concerns of an overheating Chinese economy and as investors awaited further insight into the state of the U.S. economic recovery.

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Seattle Times, 11.03.10 14:23 UTC

Libya demands diplomatic concessions from Swiss

A senior official from Libya called on Switzerland to make concessions in the ongoing diplomatic dispute between the countries, saying Thursday that a travel ban on leader Moammar Gadhafi was a "big humiliation" to the African country.

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The Independent, 11.03.10 14:02 UTC

Hopes raised for battered airline industry

Hopes for the battered airline industry were raised today after the global aviation body predicted a strong recovery this year as passengers take to the skies again. The International Air Transport ...

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BBC Sciences, 11.03.10 14:02 UTC

Parched island

Water has been rapidly disappearing in Cyprus since the 1970s, but conflict between Turkish and Greek communities means fixing the problem is not high on the political agenda. The BBC's Alex Bell ...

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Huffington Post, 11.03.10 14:00 UTC

Daniel Grant: Decline of Euro, Pound Helps American Collectors

Six to 12 months ago, the Fine Art Fund - the London-based hedge fund that buys and sells artworks in eight different categories - had looked to acquire pieces in the United States and sell them in ...

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Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven [[continents. Comprising the westernmost [[peninsula of [[Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from [[Asia to its east by the [[water divide of the [[Ural Mountains, the [[Ural (river)|Ural River, the [[Caspian Sea, and by the [[Caucasus Mountains, the [[Kuma-Manych Depression, and the [[Black Sea to the southeast.

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