Costa's 'costalot' as Spanish tourism hit by crisis

As widely forecast, the current economic crisis and the fall in the value of the Pound Sterling against the Euro has had a severe impact on one of Spain’s largest industries , tourism. The latest figures released by the country’s National Statistics Institute even call...

‘Expats’ resident on Spain’s Costa’s receive chilling warnings

Beleaguered British Expatriates resident along Spain’s Mediterranean Costa’s are digesting a series of thinly veiled threats and warnings recently issued by a variety of sources. Facing an increasingly bleak future, exasperated by the coldest winter in some forty years...

British pound nearing one pound for one euro

The pound has fell again to reach a new low price against the euro."Pound hits new low against euroWeak house price data and figures showing that homeowners are choosing to repay their mortgages rather than...

Pound rebounds despite Osborne's warning

Despite predictions that the British pound would take a sharp fall today because of comments by Tory shadow chancellor George Osborne on saturday, the pound opened trading slightly up against the dollar, causing many to breath a sigh of relief - for now. The pound remained...

160 Million Nelson Mandelas

" Newsweek called Pakistan “the most dangerous nation in the world.” Western media calls Pakistan “a power-keg waiting to explode,” while their military describes us as “being in a fight for our national existence.” The world that we all claw and...

scare story from the UK: There are more than £30m fake pound coins in circul...

LONDON (AFP) - The number of counterfeit one pound coins in circulation has doubled in the last five years, a report by the BBC revealed on Monday. (Advertisement) More than 30 million pound coins -- one in...

No rush to buy UK real estate for Arabian buyers « Peter J. Cooper’s Weblog

"Remarks last weekend by the British finance minister Alastair Darling that the economy was in its worst state for 60 years, sent the pound sterling into free fall this week. House prices are also down by more than 10 per cent over the past year, and open to offers lower than...

Traders Rue the Worst Week in Years in World Economy - "Set To Last Until 2010"

The chief of Halifax Bank of Scotland Group, HBOS, Andy Hornby, in a broadcasted interview, has today announced that the so-called "credit crunch" is set to last "until at least 2010" with continuing crashing...

'A few flourishes' in Obama's Detroit story?

Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama is touring a Chrysler plant in Sterling Heights, Mich., this morning. Our Gannett colleagues at the Detroit Free Press have used his visit as a peg to look at the way...

Cocaine Disguised as Candy

"The discovery of cocaine disguised as lollipops, chocolates and toffee led to the arrest of a New Jersey man.Loudoun County Sheriff's office found out about a large amount of cocaine was brought into the country...

Sterling Silver Open Hearts Toe Ring at YourFunJew

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Brett Sterling Named No. 1 in MLN FAB50 Hockey 2007 Rankings; Boston Bruins T...

Minor League News (MLN) has released its MLN FAB50 Hockey 2007 rankings of the top players in minor league hockey at its flagship magazine, MLN Sports Zone ( http://www.mlnsporstzone.com ). Left wing Brett...

Mummy offered for sale is part of 19th c anatomical collection

Lynn Sterling claimed to have been given the mummy by a friend, and tried to sell it at eBay.  The prospective sale was noted and the police confiscated the mummy (and eBay removed it: they do not traffic in mummified human remains, evidently).  It seems that it is...

Today in history - Oct. 23

"Today is Monday, Oct. 23, the 296th day of 2006. There are 69 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: Fifty years ago, on Oct. 23, 1956, a spontaneous, student-sparked revolt against Hungary's Communist rule began in Budapest; as the revolution spread, Soviet...

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