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Andean gold in $3bn bidding war

added on 2010-09-03 10:00:42 (BBC News - News Front Page)
Rival Canadian gold mining companies, Goldcorp and El Dorado, lock horns in a $3bn fight to buy up Andean Resources. ...more.

French honour for WWII veteran

added on 2010-09-03 09:30:44 (BBC News - News Front Page)
A World War II veteran receives France's highest decoration for bravery, 66 years after liberating a town there. ...more.

China warships end Burma visit

added on 2010-09-03 09:00:41 (BBC News - News Front Page)
The first visit of Chinese warships to Burma ends as top Burmese leader Than Shwe prepares to visit Beijing, highlighting the two country's close ties. ...more.

Travel warning before Pope visit

added on 2010-09-03 04:30:52 (BBC News | UK | UK Edition)
Traffic management plans are being finalised across Scotland for the visit of Pope Benedict XVI. ...more.

Gardeners' Legionnaire's warning

added on 2010-09-03 02:30:39 (BBC News - News Front Page)
Gardeners are being warned about the risk of Legionnaire's disease from compost after a pensioner developed the disease after handling compost. ...more.

ICRC asks for more Pakistan funds

added on 2010-09-02 18:00:46 (BBC News | World | UK Edition)
ICRC increases its Pakistan floods appeal by $76m as it warns that only a fraction of humanitarian needs were being met. ...more.

Three Russian Pilots Freed in Darfur

added on 2010-09-02 15:31:23 (Pravda.Ru: Russian news and analysis)
Three Russian pilots who were abducted in Sudan’s western region of Darfur on Aug. 29 have been freed, Sudan army spokesman Al-Sawarmi Khaled said today. ...more.

Kingpin Barbie Arrested in Mexico

added on 2010-09-02 15:31:23 (Pravda.Ru: Russian news and analysis)
Edgar Valdez Villarreal from Texas, alias "the Barbie," is the third major suspected drug lord to fall in Mexico in the past 10 months and a coup for President Felipe Calderon in his embattled war on powerful cartels. ...more.

The Dollar's Days are Numbered

added on 2010-09-02 15:31:22 (Pravda.Ru: Russian news and analysis)
The U.S. currency has had its days as provost of international transactions and how to maintain currency reserves of countries. There is growing awareness that the world's central banks are directly propping up the criminal U.S. financial system to transfer their reserves in exchange for Treasury bonds and other notes. The transfer of reserves relieves fiscal deficit and finances eternal wars always being undertaken by the military-industrial complex housed in the Pentagon. ...more.
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