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Key Asian interest rates on hold
World news - Tue, 09/07/2010 - 07:12
The cost of borrowing in Australia stays at 4.5% and Japan at near zero amid continuing global economic uncertainty.
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Priest to meet dissident families
World news - Tue, 09/07/2010 - 07:05
A priest in Londonderry who challenged dissident republicans over their violence is to meet families who claim they are being harassed by the PSNI.
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Abengoa Solar and JGC form partnership for solar plants in Spain
News in Catalonia and Spain - Tue, 09/07/2010 - 07:04
The two 50MW CSP plants represent a total investment of more than E500 million, of which a total of around E350 million has been raised through a project finance loan|Abengoa Solar and JGC form partnership for solar plants in Spain Abengoa Solar, a Spain-based company, and JGC, a Japan-based company mainly engaged in the engineering business, have formed a partnership to own two 50MW concentrating solar power plants in El Carpio, Spain. Abengoa Solar, which will also operate both...Barcelona Reporter | news and views from the Catalan capital
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£90m village by-pass opens early
World news - Tue, 09/07/2010 - 07:02
A £90m bypass, first suggested in the 1980s, is being opened two months ahead of schedule.
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What the Basque Terrorists ETA Unilateral Ceasefire Reveals
News in Catalonia and Spain - Tue, 09/07/2010 - 06:57
The ETA ceasefire was announced by way of a video broadcast Sunday by the BBC|What the Basque Terrorists ETA Unilateral Ceasefire Reveals A unilateral ceasefire declared over the weekend by the Basque terrorist group ETA is getting the cold shoulder from the government of Spain, with officials noting that similar announcements in the past ended with more killings. Madrid said it will not relent in its 50-year struggle until the separatists, already severely weakened, dispose of their weapons...Barcelona Reporter | news and views from the Catalan capital
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Tax letters
World news - Tue, 09/07/2010 - 06:56
If a letter says you have paid the wrong amount of tax - what next?
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AV referendum bill passes MP vote
World news - Tue, 09/07/2010 - 06:55
Plans to change the way MPs are elected to Parliament survive their first Commons hurdle - despite criticism from Tory MPs.
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Mitsubishi, Peugeot to produce electric vehicles in Spain
News in Catalonia and Spain - Tue, 09/07/2010 - 06:40
Mitsubishi and Peugeot are to start producing electric vehicles in the French automaker's plant in Spain by 2012, and they are to be sold in Europe under the Peugeot brand, the Nikkei business daily reported. |Mitsubishi, Peugeot to produce electric vehicles in Spain Mitsubishi Motors Corp and PSA Peugeot Citroen are to develop electric commercial vehicles together, a news report said The two automakers are to first produce a few thousand units a year, and then plan to boost annual output to...Barcelona Reporter | news and views from the Catalan capital
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NHS in Wales faces £380m cutbacks
World news - Tue, 09/07/2010 - 06:39
The Welsh NHS faces making £380m worth of cutbacks by April, with managers saying it is the biggest challenge they have faced in 20 years.
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Newspaper review
World news - Tue, 09/07/2010 - 06:35
Speculation over Andy Coulson's future
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Argentina vs Spain friendly Match today 07/09/2010
News in Catalonia and Spain - Tue, 09/07/2010 - 06:29
Interim Argentina coach Sergio Batista could solidify his chances of landing the permanent job with a strong showing against Spain, which is expected to draw a sellout crowd of 65,000 to River Plate's Monumental stadium.|Argentina vs Spain friendly Match today 07/09/2010 It's labelled as a friendly, but there's plenty of prestige at stake in Tuesday's game between World Cup champion Spain and Argentina, a country some had picked to win the title in South Africa. Spain will play with much the...Barcelona Reporter | news and views from the Catalan capital
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Inside UK's first Sikh temple school
World news - Tue, 09/07/2010 - 06:24
Khalsa Primary school is the first Sikh school in the UK to be backed and partly funded by a Gurdwara, or Sikh temple.
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Spain needs 3 or 4 years to recover from the economic crisis say’s Minister
News in Catalonia and Spain - Tue, 09/07/2010 - 06:22
During 2010 unemployment has increased by 340 581 persons, bringing the total number of unemployed people to four million|Spain needs 3 or 4 years to recover from the economic crisis say's Minister Minister of Labour and Immigration Celestino Corbacho said the country still needs three or four years to recover from the economic crisis and return to unemployment rate of 10 percent. Corbacho said in a statement today that the Spanish government has taken on most part of economic adjustment to...Barcelona Reporter | news and views from the Catalan capital
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CYCLING News Tour of Spain 2010 (Vuelta de Espana) Spanish rider Igor Anton Euskaltel can control
News in Catalonia and Spain - Tue, 09/07/2010 - 06:16
Tuesday's 10th stage takes them 175.7 kilometres from Tarragona to Vilanova i la Geltru in eastern Spain|CYCLING News Tour of Spain 2010 (Vuelta de Espana) Spanish rider Igor Anton Euskaltel can control Spanish rider Igor Anton, the leader of the Tour of Spain after the first week of racing, said on Monday his Euskaltel team can control the race. "The team deserves kudos, we have proven that we can control the race," he told a news conference in Altafulla near the north-eastern city of...Barcelona Reporter | news and views from the Catalan capital
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'The Blitz brought everybody together'
World news - Tue, 09/07/2010 - 06:13
Alf Morris, who was 10 at the time of the Blitz, took BBC News back to the site of his former home in Bethnal Green to relive the events of the first night of Nazi Germany's assault on London.
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Spain’s jobless rate may stay high for four years
News in Catalonia and Spain - Tue, 09/07/2010 - 05:58
“We are emerging from two years when we experienced a destruction of jobs as a consequence of the crisis and now employment is starting to behave more in terms of seasonality,” he added. |Spain’s jobless rate may stay high for four years Spain may have to wait four years before its soaring jobless rate, the eurozone’s highest, drops to where it was before the economic crisis, the outgoing labour minister said on Monday. “To be able to halve the unemployment rate and bring it to pre-crisis...Barcelona Reporter | news and views from the Catalan capital
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Man gored to death in running of the bulls at San Fermin fiestas in Pamplona Spain
News in Catalonia and Spain - Tue, 09/07/2010 - 05:49
Mayor Jesus Hijosa of the town of Villaseca de la Sagra says a bull gored the man in the chest, damaging his lungs and rupturing vital blood vessels.|Man gored to death in running of the bulls at San Fermin fiestas in Pamplona Spain A 41-year-old carpenter has died after being gored in a running-of-the-bulls event in central Spain. Hijosa said the man -- who was not identified -- died Monday in an ambulance before it reached a hospital in the nearby city of Toledo. The bull-run event was part...Barcelona Reporter | news and views from the Catalan capital
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Train crashes into truck in Spain; 2 dead, 8 hurt
News in Catalonia and Spain - Tue, 09/07/2010 - 05:45
The collision occurred about 1 p.m. Monday near the town of Carmonita, 56 miles (90 kilometers) from the border with Portugal, a regional spokeswoman for Spain's Interior Ministry said.|Train crashes into truck in Spain; 2 dead, 8 hurt A passenger train crashed into a heavy-duty dump truck in southwestern Spain on Monday, killing two people and injuring eight others, a government official said. The large truck was supporting work on Spain's bullet train link to Portugal when the...Barcelona Reporter | news and views from the Catalan capital
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The blackmarket in cutting agents
World news - Tue, 09/07/2010 - 05:00
Street cocaine has long been diluted, but now the cutting agents themselves have spawned a black market.
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Christchurch hit by aftershocks
World news - Tue, 09/07/2010 - 04:48
Violent aftershocks rattle the New Zealand city of Christchurch following the weekend's powerful earthquake that caused widespread damage.
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