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Swine flu call centre worker sacked... after catching swine flu
" A swine flu call centre worker has been sacked from her job - after contracting swine flu. Emily Morgan of Plymouth, Devon, said she was angry at losing her job from a pandemic call centre - after being off... The Great Wall of China Longer Than Previously Believed
A new study commissioned by the State Administration of Cultural Heritage and the State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping has found that the Great Wall of China is longer than was previously believed. History text books cited the length of the Great Wall at 6,400 km (4,000... EUROPE to create Finance FBI, warning US to block surveillance
EUROPE to create GFR Global Finance RegulatorEuropean Leaders discuss Global Financial Regulator. Angela Merkel and Nicholas Sarkozy call for a new economic FBI similar to the U.N. Security Council—and warn the... Half of iPod users risk deafness
The use of personal audio devices since the original walkman has increased to a point that sometimes its difficult to find a young person on the high street not listening to one mp3 player or another. This...
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ING DIRECT Suspends Foreclosures
"Wilmington, Del.-based ING DIRECT, the nation’s largest direct bank, said Monday morning that effective immediately, it will suspend foreclosure sales on occupied single-family properties through the end of March 2009. The company also said it would suspend all evictions...This Is Not A Normal Recession: Moving on to Plan B
""The Winter of 2008-2009 will prove to be the winter of global economic discontent that marks the rejection of the flawed ideology that unregulated global financial markets promote financial innovation, market efficiency, unhampered growth and endless prosperity while...Obama repeats vow to move rapidly on climate issues
" Speaking to a bipartisan group of governors by video on Tuesday, the president-elect said that despite the weakening economy, he had no intention of softening or delaying his aggressive targets for reducing... Warning: Arsenic in our forests
We have seen it before, one environmental solution leads to another problem. A chemical used in British Columbia to try and end the pine-beetles wrath has been discontinued and now testing for arsenic (a known... British to disclose clampdown on hate-preachers
230 people who have been barred from entering the UK because they are suspected of preaching hate will be listed and named, and refused entry permanently unless they make public statement renouncing terror, the government revealed today."Preachers of hate who have been banned...Gloomy forecasts for UK economy
[Gloomy forecasts for UK economy T The Bank of England governor and an influential think tank have predicted that the UK economy is likely to sink...British troops 'should go home'
The prime minister of Iraq has said that British troops should withdraw from Southern Iraq because they are no longer needed there, according to reports today."British troops should leave Iraq because they are no longer needed to maintain security, Iraq's prime minister has... Chaos for London as bus strike looms
To overseas visitors the London Bus is as much a symbol of England itself as of just the capital city and perhaps this strike is indicative of things to come across Britain as belts tighten and public and private... Crash looms as McCain rejects bail
" All eyes will again be on the Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson for a statement to shore up market confidence at the opening today, but it is hard to know what he can say as his authority appears to have been undermined at the highest political level, and President Bush... Battery charge dropped in flatulence case
"CHARLESTON, West Virginia (AP) -- A West Virginia man accused of passing gas and fanning it toward a police officer no longer faces a battery charge. ... Why the Financial Meltdown Reflects the Fundamental Failure of the Bush-McCai...
"The financial meltdown on Wall Street is more than a cyclic correction brought on by a mismanaged business cycle. It is emblematic of a problem at the very foundation of the right wing economic philosophy that...
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