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Petition against Icesave pay-out

Sat, 02 Jan 2010 13:27:23 +0000

Almost 25% of Iceland’s voters sign a petition against a bill to repay foreigners who lost money in the Icesave banking collapse.

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Chelsea now ‘virtually debt-free’

Wed, 30 Dec 2009 01:31:55 +0000

Chelsea football club says it is now “virtually debt-free” after turning most of its liabilities into equity.

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France to rethink carbon tax plan

Tue, 29 Dec 2009 23:49:23 +0000

A new carbon tax that was supposed to go into effect in France at New Year is struck down, in a blow to President Nicolas Sarkozy.

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China fails to live up to its aspirations

John Bric — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 16:59:42 +0000

If China wants to be regarded as a civilised and important nation than it shouldn’t execute foreign citizens who are suffering mental illness, like it did with Akmal Shaikh, writes George Pitcher .

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China fails to live up to its aspirations

Crabb: Will Robot Rudd finally malfunction?

admin — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 15:44:12 +0000

It’s going to be a long hot summer for Robot Rudd and Mad Monk Tony as they struggle to figure out their own carbon emissions plans, but their election fight will be a win for democracy, says Annabel Crabb .

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Bartlett: The refugee torment continues

admin — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 15:07:47 +0000

With hundreds of thousands of refugees living precariously in risk of human rights abuses in various parts of south-east Asia, it is amazing that Australia is claiming a couple of thousand refugees as a ’crisis’, writes Andrew Bartlett .

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Secret mobile phone codes cracked

Tue, 29 Dec 2009 01:45:53 +0000

A German computer scientist publishes details of the secret code used to encrypt the majority of mobile phone conversations.

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Secret mobile phone codes cracked

Russia ‘signs Ukraine oil deal’

Tue, 29 Dec 2009 01:02:22 +0000

Russia and Ukraine reportedly come to an agreement that will avoid any disruption of oil supplies to the EU.

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Russia dispute ‘could cut EU oil’

Mon, 28 Dec 2009 05:49:08 +0000

Russia has warned a price dispute with Ukraine could cause it to cut oil deliveries to three EU countries, Slovakia says.

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Chinese dissident to appeal jail ruling

Fri, 25 Dec 2009 21:58:30 +0000

A Beijing court has sentenced leading dissident Liu Xiaobo to 11 years in prison for subversion.

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