Authorities slaughter more than 20,000 birds after H7N9 strain of virus is detected in pigeons and human death toll rises to six
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From the Bahamas and Cuba down to Aruba and Suriname, international oil companies are lining up to locate potentially rich offshore deposits in the Caribbean. The death of Chavez might end the cheap flow of subsidized Venezuelan oil.
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As Cypriots grow increasingly concerned about their finances, there are fears of potential social unrest. Bank customers now face losing up to 60 percent of savings over 100 thousand euros, as part of the island’s bailout deal.
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The police are increasingly using unmanned aircraft in their efforts to track down criminals in the Netherlands, leading to MPs’ questions about the privacy implications.
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Unleaded petrol called E10 could add £80 to a family’s annual driving costs
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A potent painkiller made from the poison of jungle frogs is believed to have entered the food chain in contaminated horse meat, it has today been revealed. The drug – dermorphin – is used to drug racehorses, enabling them to run while they are badly injured.
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Swedes should brace for a downturn in housing prices in the face of overvalued homes and ballooning household debt, the head of Sweden’s financial regulator has warned.
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Iceland could become the first Western democracy to block all internet porn under radical new proposals. ears about the damaging effects on children have led the government to work on legal measures to try and stop the flood of graphic sexual material reaching the island’s shores.
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Golden Dawn is the Neo Nazi party from Greece. There may be as many as 900,000 Greek immigrant in Germany, many of them illegal.
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