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Don't Buy Chinese Makeup, Says Big-Time Banker's Eco Wife
She has already expressed sympathy for the anti-banking Occupy movement and suggested that global financial institutions are “rotten or inadequate”.Now Diana Carney, the British wife of the new...
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British School Kids Trash Luxury Home In End-Of-Finals Party
Public school students trashed a £2 million home in Hampstead they had hired for an end-of-term party when the event turned into a 'riot’ that ended with clashes with police.The sixth form pupils at a...
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GOOGLE MAPS THE WORLD: An In-Depth Look At Google's Massive Global Mapping...
Since 2005, Google has mapped 28 million miles of road in 194 countries. And it won't rest until the whole planet is on its servers. Tom Chivers reports on the mammoth operation and asks: is it ruining...
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UBS Is Trying To Bring A Grand Prix Race To New York
Swiss investment bank UBS has been appointed by the organisers of the planned New York Grand Prix in a bid to secure $100m (£65.7m) of funding to enable the race to go ahead in 2014.The 3.2-mile track...
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Android Is Utterly Dominant In Europe, With 70% Of The Market Versus Apple's...
Android's 70.4 per cent share of the European market is far higher than than Apple iOS' 17.8 per cent share and the 6.8 per cent share for Windows, according to the latest OS barometer figures from...
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The US Has Issued A Travel Warning For Egypt
US holidaymakers have been warned to avoid all non-essential travel to Egypt after five people – including an American student – were killed at the weekend during violent clashes.Andrew Pochter, 21,...
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The BBC Has A Strange Job Listing For An Editor Who Can 'Say Sorry'
The BBC is seeking a new editor for long-running radio drama The Archers, after Vanessa Whitburn stepped down after 22 years.It has now advertised the position, specifying the ideal candidate must be...
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Facebook, Google, and Microsoft Have A Secret Plan For A Massive Database Of...
Major companies, including Facebook, Microsoft, Google and Twitter, are in secret discussions to create a system that could banish child abuse images from the web.The plan would be the first...
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FINALLY! There Is Now 4G Mobile Coverage On The Summit Of Mount Everest
Mount Everest now has 4G coverage at 5,200 metres above sea level, thanks to Huawei and China Mobile.Climbers will now be able to live stream the view from Mount Everest after the technology companies...
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Fidelity Worldwide Investment Director Sees Signs Of Dotcom Crash Sequel, 15...
Tom Stevenson is an investment director at Fidelity Worldwide Investment. The views expressed are his own. He tweets at @tomstevenson63.If you wait around long enough even the most discredited...
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More Than 3,000 Species Of Life Found In Buried Antarctic Lake
A giant lake buried more than two miles beneath the Antarctic ice has been found to contain a "surprising" variety of life.Analysis of ice cores obtained from the basin of Lake Vostok, the subglacial...
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Singapore Airlines Is Making Some Major Upgrades For Economy Passengers
Singapore Airlines (SIA) has revealed the latest generation of seats they will be fitting in all new aircraft from September. Passengers on certain flights on the London-Singapore route will be the...
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The Best Restaurants In Provence
Two-Michelin-starred chef Raymond Blanc reveals his favourite restaurants in Provence.Where Raymond Blanc would enjoy...A typical brunchMy favourite food market is at Sanary-sur-Mer, where there are...
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An Egyptian Photographer May Have Recorded His Own Death During Egyptian...
He fires more than once and then, suddenly, turns the rifle and points toward the camera lens.The film ends – and so too ended the life of Ahmed Samir Assem.The 26-year-old photographer for Egypt’s...
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More British Women Are Keeping Their Last Names After Marriage
In a feminist revival, British brides are increasingly choosing to keep their maiden names after marriageWhat’s in a name? More importantly, what’s in a maiden name? If you subscribe to the...
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China's Failing Soccer Players Forced To Take 'Patriotism Education' Classes
One of China's top football clubs has vowed to "crackdown on sloth" among its players with a slew of new measures including forcing underperforming stars to attend "patriotism education"...
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What Happens When Parents Are The Last Resort For Cash-Strapped Homebuyers
Another week and another raft of house-price data. Everyone now agrees that prices are going up. What they don’t agree on is by exactly how much – and whether it’s a problem.There is excited talk in...
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A 1954 Mercedes-Benz Racecar Just Sold For A Record $29.7 Million
A new world record was set at the Goodwood Festival of Speed today, when a 1954 Mercedes-Benz fetched the highest price for a car sold at auction.The W196R, which was driven by Juan Manuel Fangio and...
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Obama Calls Vladimir Putin To Demand The Return Of Edward Snowden
The American whistleblower Edward Snowden has sought asylum in Russia, in his first encounter with the outside world since becoming marooned at a Moscow airport three weeks ago during a globe-trotting...
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J.K Rowling Secretly Wrote A Novel Under A Man's Name, And People Thought It...
Writing under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith, the Harry Potter creator wrote a 450-page crime novel called The Cuckoo’s Calling.The book is billed as a “classic crime novel”, written in the style of PD...
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