Forget sick birds or infected bats; the yearly pilgrimage to Mecca would be the ideal way to spread a potentially lethal disease. All those people have to go home eventually.
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The EU has agreed on more sanctions against Syria and tighter controls to prevent weapons deliveries. But sanctions have so far not worked to stop the violence, so Brussels also plans to increase its aid to refugees.
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Rupert Murdoch has resigned as a director of a string of companies behind The Sun, The Times and The Sunday Times, fuelling expectations that he is preparing to sell the newspaper group.
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Visa Europe has been holding weekly meetings to discuss scenarios in case of a collapse of the euro zone, joining a slew of other companies preparing plans for a potential breakup of the currency bloc.
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“….One of our favorite regular reads is the The Long Run, the Short Run and the In-Between-note from Jefferies’ Sean Darby, which (we think) comes out once a week. Darby’s latest has a very nice, idiot’s version of how Greece would leave the Euro and re-Drachmatize the economy….”
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Countries must take urgent steps to value their natural capital – such as forests, peatlands and coastal areas – as part of their economic development, the World Bank has urged.
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Originally, the program was jointly funded by two federal health agencies to monitor influenza patients in eight locations. But that funding will expire in March, so GlaxoSmithKline stepped in to keep the research going.
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British Liberal MEP Diana Wallis’ decision to resign from the European Parliament following her failed bid to win the presidential seat as an independent candidate could see her seat taken over by her husband.
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Following huge protests, Peruvian Cabinet chief Salomon Lerner resigned Saturday after less than five months in the post and was replaced by the interior minister, who inherits an unresolved dispute over the country’s biggest mining investment.
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