Virgin/BBVA/Santander Bid on 320 Royal Bank of Scotland Branches

Santander look to acquire 320 Royal Bank of Scotland branches in England. The Spanish company already owns Alliance and Leicester and Abbey. The RBS is currently propped up with emergency funding from the Bank of...

Finland: Lynx Population Reaches 100-Year High

THE FINNISH Game and Fisheries Research has estimated that the native lynx population is thriving with between 1,350 to 1,500 of them.   The wolverine population has also grown at a more steady pace with...

Finnish Politicians Lack Body Language, says Swede

A SWEDISH expert in body language, Henrik Fexeus, has analysed footage of Finnish politicians and has noted that the Finns "have turned lack of expression into an art form".    "“How can Finns be analysed? They have turned lack of expression into an art...

B&B nationalisation is confirmed: Reverse trend begins

" Bradford & Bingley is to be nationalised, the government has confirmed. Under the arrangement, the government will take control of the bank's £50bn in mortgages and loans. Shares in the company have...

Elephant gets hit by a bus in Mexico

Traveling in Baja California Sur Mexico means you have to be extra careful with cattle by the highway or crossing it but this story from the south of Mexico is something really unexpected. An elephant...

Chavez offers Santander $1.2b for bank

Despite local private media adverse reactions to the announcement to nationalize Banco de Venezuela, Spanish Santander Groups has signalled its willingness to negotiate a deal. " Wed, 06 Aug 2008 22:29:41...

Infighting threatens Venezuela vote

Local elections on 23 November 2008 will certainly have a long lasting effect on Venezuelan politics. It would decide the fate of President Chavez after his current administration term is over. It would also prove...

Man spends ten years piecing together ripped up love letters

This man really loves his late wife... "A widower has spent more than 10 years piecing together thousands of fragments of love letters torn up by his late wife. Ted Howard, 82, of Ramsey, Cambridgeshire, wrote...

7 die in Colombian rainstorm

Storms in Colombia have caused the death of 7 people. " Seven people including three children died in Colombia due to heavy rainfalls, according to Colombian rescue team Friday.     In Colombia's southwestern city Cali, one person and a four-year-old boy...

Colombia clowns killed on stage

"Two circus clowns have been shot dead during a performance in the eastern Colombian city of Cucuta, police say. The attacker jumped into the arena and fired before fleeing, police chief Jose Humberto Henao told Efe news agency. Local reports say the audience of about 20...

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