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Libya : Gaddafi can stay in Libya if he retires
Muammar Gaddafi is welcome to live out his retirement inside Libya as long as he gives up all power, Libya's rebel chief told Reuters...
Europe : taxation trends in the European Union
The overall tax-to-GDP ratio1 in the EU272 declined to 38.4% in 2009, compared with 39.3% in 2008. Data indicate that this decrease was essentially...
AIR Worldwide : Arlene is the first named storm of the 2011 Atlantic hurricane season
According to catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide, Tropical Storm Arlene became the first named storm of the 2011 Atlantic hurricane season early this morning...
OECD : Globalisation increases risk
Increasing globalisation increases the risk that a major event such as a disease outbreak of financial collapse will prove more disruptive to the world...
Google pulling plug on PowerMeter, Health services
Google on Friday announced that it is pulling the plugs on free Health and PowerMeter services that haven't won legions of users.
"We're going to...
Germany ‘dismisses Greek debt compromise plan’
A German compromise plan to resolve a dispute with the European Central Bank over the Greek rescue that was reported by Der Spiegel magazine...
Hurricane : Beatriz makes landfall, bringing heavy rains to Mexico’s Pacific coast
Beatriz, the second storm of the Eastern Pacific Hurricane Season, has strengthened to hurricane status after it has formed off the coast of South-western...
U.S. : healthcare law should stabilize employer coverage
Recent study shows that most Americans will continue to get health insurance through their employers after the healthcare law takes full effect, even if...
Cyber crime : Sega says 1.29 mln customers’ data stolen by hackers
Hackers have stolen the personal data of some 1.29 million customers of the Japanese game maker Sega, the company said on Sunday, in a...
Vietnam : Agent Orange cleanup starts
The first step of a US-funded operation to clean up Agent Orange contamination at a wartime American base in Vietnam began Friday,...
Riots in Vancouver, Canada after their team lost the game
The Canucks lost against the Boston Bruins in the NHL’s Stanley Cup. Results : devastation in the city.
Riot police fired tear gas to...
Aviva Canada : warns on summer burglaries
During the warmer season of the year Canadians spend more time outdoors. Aviva Canada wishes to communicate on the risks of thieves seizing the...
France : seven French children hospitalised by E. coli outbreak
Seven children were hospitalised in France with E. coli infections after eating meat that manufacturers said could come from Germany, where an outbreak of...
Egypt : Islamic Development Bank to loan Egypt $2.5 billion
The Islamic Development Bank said on Wednesday it will grant Egypt a $2.5 billion loan to finance infrastructure projects and as insurance for imports...
XL Group : announces preliminary loss estimates from severe weather in the US
XL Insurance announced preliminary net loss estimates related to the severe weather occurrences, including devastating tornado activity, which affected the Midwest and Southeast United...
AIR Worldwide : 6.0 Earthquake Strikes the Quake-Weary New Zealand City of Christchurch
Monday 13 June 2011, Christchurch New Zealand was shaken by a series of strong tremors. The city is still recovering from two previous earthquakes...
Japan city to give radiation counters to children
Japan's Fukushima city said Tuesday it would hand radiation measuring devices to 34,000 children to gauge their exposure from the crippled nuclear power plant...
Killer bacteria toll rises to 36
The death toll from a killer bacteria outbreak rose to 36 Monday as Germany said a warning to avoid eating cucumbers, lettuce and tomatoes,...
U.N. : curb soot, smog to help keep Earth cool
Sharply reducing emissions of soot and smog could play a critical role in preventing Earth from overheating, according to a UN report released Tuesday....
Europe : bug outbreak ‘most serious’ ever recorded
Germany's killer E.coli outbreak is the most serious of its kind recorded in the world to date, authorities said on Sunday.
The death toll...
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