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IMF WARNS: China Is Taking Ever Greater Risks And Putting The Financial...
The International Monetary Fund has warned that China is taking ever greater risks as surging credit endangers the financial system, and called for far-reaching reforms to wean the economy off excess...
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The UK Is Replacing Paper Money With Plastic Money
The Bank of England is taking its new plastic £5 and £10 notes on a nation-wide roadshow – what will the public make of them?"Oh yes, I like them. They are so much more hygienic,” says Elizabeth...
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A Quick Guide To The Syria Chemical Weapons Plan
How will Syria dispose of its chemical weapons?Syria has formally applied for membership of the Chemical Weapons Convention. This obliges the country to get rid of its 1,000 tons of chemical gases and...
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Another Brilliant Move By Netflix — They Look At Which Shows People Steal To...
Video streaming giant Netflix has revealed that it looks at pirate downloading sites to work out which television series to buy.The company will check the popularity of shows on file-sharing websites...
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Flies Are Hard To Catch Because Time Moves Slower For Them
Flies avoid being swatted in the same way Keanu Reeves dodges flying bullets in The Matrix, by watching time pass slowly, research suggests.The smaller an animal is, and the faster its metabolic rate,...
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How To Have The Best Time Possible At Munich's Oktoberfest
Munich’s Oktoberfest is one of the world’s largest food and drink festivals in the world, attracting around seven million visitors a year.Here’s our guide on how to make the most of your time and money...
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Australian Billionaire's Plan To Build An Exact Replica Of The Titanic Is...
A model of the proposed 'Titanic II' cruise ship – a replica of the ill-fated Titanic liner – has been tested in Germany.The 9.3-metre wooden model was put through propulsion and power testing in a...
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Analysts On BlackBerry: 'DISASTER'
BlackBerry shares slumped on Friday after the troubled smartphone maker said it will slash 4,500 jobs and lose almost $1bn in the second quarter. Here is what a few analysts had to say of the...
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Chinese Food Cart Worker's Execution Ignites Huge Public Outcry In China
In life, Xia Junfeng was a nobody: he lived hand-to-mouth, selling fried sausages from a food cart in the Chinese city of Shenyang and trying to raise his young son.But his death on Wednesday morning...
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Airline Co-Pilots Admit To Sleeping At The Same Time On A Long-Haul Flight
Two airline pilots have confessed to being asleep in the cockpit at the same time during a long-haul flight into the UK.The captain and his co-pilot on the packed 325-seat Airbus A330 had decided to...
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A New Theory Explains Why Warm Water Freezes Faster Than Cold
It is a phenomenon that has baffled the world's brightest minds since the time of Aristotle.Now a team of physicists believe they may have solved the centuries-old mystery of why hot water freezes...
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Google Is Working On A Car You Control By Waving Your Arms Like In 'Minority...
Drivers may soon be able to open and close windows or control the air conditioning in their vehicle with the wave of a hand.Internet giant Google and car manufacturer Ford are both developing vehicles...
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Trendy Parisian Restaurants Accused Of Seating Patrons According To Their Looks
Two trendy Parisian restaurants have been accused of seating guests according to how good-looking they are to raise the tone of the establishmentsTwo trendy Parisian restaurants have been accused of...
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A New Species Of Bacteria Was Lurking In NASA's Clean Rooms
Nasa does not need to travel to the stars to find new forms of life – it has discovered a new species of bacteria living in the special rooms used to build spacecraft.The US space agency uses...
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Russian Commuters Win Free Metro Travel If They Can Do 30 Squats
Commuters in Moscow are being given free metro tickets – as long as they can perform 30 'Olympic-standard' squats.A machine that issues a free ticket if passengers can perform the squats within a...
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Video Emerges Of Russian Special Forces Arresting Greenpeace Protesters In...
This is the dramatic moment a Greenpeace ship was boarded by armed Russian authorities during a protest against oil drilling in the ArcticThe newly released footage was shot on September 19 and shows a...
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The Differences Between Men And Women On Tinder
A Woman's Perspective On TinderRelationship expert Caroline Kent tests out dating app Tinder for a week. Here's how she fared.As a trailblazer of casual sex and being skint, I am allegedly the prime...
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Philippines Typhoon Survivor: 'Two Out Of Five Corpses Are Children'
Only when Lynette Lim started to walk into Tacloban City, a few hours after 'Super' Typhoon Haiyan wreaked unimaginable devastation across the Philippines, did she realise how lucky she herself had...
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99.3% Of Women And Girls In Egypt Are Sexually Harassed
Egypt is the worst country in the Arab world to be a woman, according to a poll of gender experts which found high levels of sexual harassment and female genital mutilation as well as an increase in...
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Two Separate Paintings Could Sell For More Than $80 Million This Week
A 50-year-old Andy Warhol painting is going head-to-head with a Francis Bacon triptych in New York's auction houses this week to reach more than $80 millionNew sales records may be broken this week in...
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