Cruise ferry to be towed to Finnish port
Helsinki - A cruise ferry with almost 1,700 people onboard was to be towed to the Finnish port city of Turku on Monday due to problems with its rudder system, the ferry operator said. The rudder system failure was detected Sunday when the ferry Silja...
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Reducing bacteria in the kitchen
Frankfurt - When food spoils it's often because it hasn't been properly refrigerated or it has not been cooked long enough. A German personal hygiene and detergent industry association in Frankfurt recommends cooking meat thoroughly to kill possible ...
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2009-11-23 ] Category : [
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Don't completely forbid alcohol to your teens
Berlin - A blanket ban on alcohol for your teens is counterproductive since it only increases the urge to drink, reports the German Professional Association for Children and Youth Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy (BJKPP). Once children re...
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2009-11-23 ] Category : [
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Jordan's central bank to continue dinar-dollar peg
Amman - The Governor of the Jordan Central Bank (CBJ) on Sunday defended tying the Jordanian national currency, the dinar, to the US dollar, saying the policy proved helpful for national exports. He said that the dinar-dollar peg, which was adopted i...
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2009-11-22 ] Category : [
Finance (General) ]
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EXTRA: Interpol arrested 1,300 suspects in Asia during 2008
Lyon/Hamburg - In their fight against the Asian betting mafia the international police organization Interpol already arrested 1,300 suspects last year and confiscated 16 million dollars, an Interpol report showed. During the Operation SOGA II (Soccer...
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2009-11-22 ] Category : [
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Report: No living witnesses left for Demjanjuk trial
Berlin - The trial of alleged war-criminal John Demjanjuk, 89, will likely proceed without any eyewitnesses available to the prosecution, the news magazine Focus reported Sunday. Due to start on November 30, the trial of Demjanjuk, who was extradited...
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2009-11-22 ] Category : [
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Pope meets with Anglican head over Vatican overtures
Rome - Pope Benedict XVI met with the head of the Anglican Church, Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, on Saturday in Rome to discuss the Catholic Church's overtures to Anglicans. In their cordial talks in the Vatican, Williams and Benedict sp...
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2009-11-21 ] Category : [
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Fire temporarily halts flights at Prague airport
Prague - A fire in the control tower halted air traffic at Prague airport for five hours on Saturday, radio reports said. The blaze broke out at around 5 am (0400 GMT), probably as a result of a cable defect. It was quickly extinguished, but smoke fi...
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2009-11-21 ] Category : [
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