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Australia broadband to pass parliament: Govt rival| Reuters
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Australia broadband to pass parliament: Govt rival. Technology, Media and Telecommunications. Thu Apr 9, 2009 1:34am BST. Australia broadband to pass parliament: Govt rival. CANBERRA, April 9. CANBERRA, April 9. Australia's government has been thrown a lifeline in its fight to win backing for an ambitious super-fast national broadband, with opponents split over the plan and one tipping it will pass an obstructive parliament. The Greens will you know dance around the edges and say yes, and the independent...
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Grave curse shows Shakespeare's fear for his bones| Reuters
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Grave curse shows Shakespeare's fear for his bones. Wed Apr 25, 2007 12:08am BST. Grave curse shows Shakespeare's fear for his bones. A curse engraved on the tomb of playwright William Shakespeare may have saved his remains from being exhumed, an academic says. Digging up the bones of the dead was common in Shakespeare's time, either for religious or research purposes. Often remains were removed to make way for more graves, and dumped in landfill sites or even used as fertiliser. Schwyzer, who explores t...
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Fighting reported near suspected chemical arms site in Syria| Reuters
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Fighting reported near suspected chemical arms site in Syria. Sun Apr 28, 2013 9:49pm BST. Fighting reported near suspected chemical arms site in Syria. By Khaled Yacoub Oweis. Fighting erupted in Damascus on Sunday near a complex linked to Syria's chemical weapons programme, on the third day of an offensive by President Bashar al-Assad's forces aimed at driving rebels from main sectors of the capital, activists said. Republican senators on Sunday pressed President Barack Obama to intervene, saying Ameri...
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Switch from coal to natural gas no boon to climate| Reuters
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Switch from coal to natural gas no boon to climate. Fri Sep 9, 2011 11:19pm BST. Switch from coal to natural gas no boon to climate. Coal emits more CO2, but also cooling particles - study. Natural gas process risks climate-warming methane leaks. By Deborah Zabarenko, Environment Correspondent. WASHINGTON, Sept 9 Relying more on natural gas than on coal would not significantly slow down the effects of climate change, even though direct carbon dioxide emissions would be less, a new study has found. A glob...
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Madonna and Ritchie not divorcing| Reuters
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Madonna and Ritchie not divorcing. Tue Jul 1, 2008 7:50pm BST. Madonna and Ritchie not divorcing. Madonna (L) and director Guy Ritchie arrive on the red carpet at the 61st Cannes Film Festival, May 21, 2008. REUTERS/Vincent Kessler. US pop star Madonna and her husband, film maker Guy Ritchie, are not planning to divorce, her spokeswoman said on Tuesday, denying media speculation that their marriage is ending. Madonna also has a daughter, Lourdes, from an earlier relationship. She was married once bef...
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Soros sees no bottom for world financial collapse| Reuters
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Soros sees no bottom for world financial "collapse". Sat Feb 21, 2009 1:22am GMT. Soros sees no bottom for world financial "collapse". George Soros, chairman of Soros Fund Management, listens to economists speaking at the ' Emerging from the Financial Crisis' annual conference at Columbia University in New York, February 20, 2009. REUTERS/Chip East. Soros said the turbulence is actually more severe than during the Great Depression, comparing the current situation to the demise of the Soviet Union. I don'...
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Hay for cheese? Barter booms in cash-squeezed rural Greece| Reuters
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Barter booms in cash-squeezed rural Greece. Wed Jul 29, 2015 4:43pm BST. Barter booms in cash-squeezed rural Greece. Kostas Zavlagas, who produces cotton, wheat, and clover, walks by his farm, near the village of Lianokladi, Greece July 27, 2015. REUTERS/Lefteris Karagiannopoulos. Dry clover is stored near the village of Lianokladi, Greece July 27, 2015. REUTERS/Lefteris Karagiannopoulos. When he rented a field this month, he agreed to pay with part of his clover production. It's a nightmare. I owe m...
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Smartphone theft drops in London, two U.S. cities as anti-theft 'kill switches' installed| Reuters
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Smartphone theft drops in London, two U.S. cities as anti-theft 'kill swit. Wed Feb 11, 2015 5:04am GMT. Smartphone theft drops in London, two U.S. cities as anti-theft 'kill switches' installed. A bus and pedestrian pass an advertisement for the Apple iPhone 6 in north London January 28, 2015. REUTERS/Neil Hall. We have made real progress in tackling the smartphone theft epidemic that was affecting many major cities just two years ago," said London Mayor Boris Johnson. In California, where a law mandati...
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Italy fashion industry back to growth in 2014 - trade bodies| Reuters
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Italy fashion industry back to growth in 2014 - trade bodies. Fri Jan 10, 2014 6:55pm GMT. Italy fashion industry back to growth in 2014 - trade bodies. Italian fashion exports should spur the industry back to growth in 2014 after two years in decline, the national chamber of fashion says, as Milan prepares to kick off the first of its biannual menswear shows on Saturday. Fellow industry body Sistema Moda Italia (SMI) also forecasts growth for 2014, by 2.1 percent in the first half. CNMI's forecast refle...
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China says Wen offers Europe journey of confidence| Reuters
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China says Wen offers Europe "journey of confidence". Thu Jan 22, 2009 10:30am GMT. China says Wen offers Europe "journey of confidence". Jan 22 Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao's visit to Europe from next week will be a "journey of confidence", a Chinese diplomat said, brushing aside discord with France to hold out hopes of deals that will brighten economic gloom. The trip spanning seven days will help boost confidence and coordinate policies to deal with the global slowdown, said Wu. French President Nicolas...
