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(Photo: WN / Janice Sabnal)McDonald's: the world's local restaurant
Cars parked outside McDonald's fast food chain in Manila, Philippines on September 1, 2009....Full Story

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(Photo: AP / Eckehard Schulz)Few Signs of Turnabout in Germany
Germany's Christian Democratic Union chairwoman Chancellor Angela Merkel briefs the media about their new ruling coalition in Berlin on Saturday, Oct. 24, 2009....Full Story

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Pensioners 'kidnapped adviser'
| berlin Four elderly Germans have gone on trial charged with kidnapping their financial adviser and imprisoning him in a bid to recover Euro2.5m (£2.2m) in lost savings. | They are accused of seizing the financial adviser, a 56-year-old man, outside his apartment in th...Full Story
Jail threat to skiers who go too far off-piste
| After the deadliest weekend in the Italian mountains of the winter, ministers are expected to rush through legislation introducing huge fines and possible jail terms for skiers and climbers who flout avalanche warnings. | Eight people died and 10 were seriously injure...Full Story
Mary Dejevsky: Ukraine is at last throwing off the shackles of the Cold War
| The last time Viktor Yanukovych featured prominently in the Western media was more than five years ago. When the drama of Ukraine's Orange Revolution was at its height, he played the villain. With his power base in the east, his clumsy style and his compromised victor...Full Story
Yanukovych claims election 'fair'
| Supporters of the pro-Russian Viktor Yanukovych danced in the snow in Kiev yesterday, celebrating the victory of their candidate in the Ukrainian presidential election, as international monitors praised the vote as free and fair. | With only one per cent of the votes ...Full Story
More people to get title deeds: Balan
| Special Correspondent | Over a lakh title deeds issued so far | Minister inaugurates houses for Adivasis | Houses constructed at a cost of | Rs.1.19 lakh | KANNUR: Minister for Electricity and Welfare of Backward and Scheduled Communities A.K. Balan has announced that...Full Story
Barcelona offers to sign friendship pact with Delhi
| Special Correspondent | NEW DELHI: The City of Barcelona, which had hosted the Olympic Games in 1992, on Monday offered to sign a friendship agreement with Delhi which is due to host the Commonwealth Games later this year. | The offer was made by a delegation led by S...Full Story
In the Capital Today
| GENERAL | A ll India Management Association: Indian Marketing Congress 2010 "Marketing for Emerging India: The Road Ahead", Hotel Le Meridien, 9-30 a.m. to 5 p.m. RELIGION | Sri Devi Kamakshi Mandir: Ekadasi, A-11 Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, Institutional Area, opposite JNU ...Full Story
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Ethiopian Airliner's flight recorders sent to France
Daily Star Lebanon | Relatives Protest over how Cabinet handled incident | By Patrick Galey | Daily Star staff | Tuesday, February 09, 2010 | - Powered by | BEIRUT: The flight recorders from the Ethiopian Airlines plane which crashed off the coast of Beirut were transp...
Spain helps beekeeping project get buzzing in Akkar
Daily Star Lebanon | Daily Star staff | Tuesday, February 09, 2010 | - Powered by | BEIRUT: Spanish and Lebanese officials celebrated on Saturday the launching of an apiculture (beekeeping) project in Akkar. The center in Deir Dalloum, Akkar, was opened in the pre...
Court sets extradition hearing for 'Paris bomber'
Daily Star Lebanon | Daily Star staff | Tuesday, February 09, 2010 | - Powered by | OTTAWA: A Canadian court on Monday set a tentative June extradition hearing for Canadian-Lebanese national Hassan Diab, arrested 15 months ago for his alleged role in a 1980 Paris bombi...
Turkey alters its compass
Arab News | Linda Heard, sierra12th@yahoo.co.uk | Turkey's affiliations under the leadership of the Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan — a devout Muslim — are swinging from West to East. This is good news for the Arab world as Ankara is a major politi...
Euro up despite debt worries as stocks rebound
Arab News | Agencies | NEW YORK: US and European stocks eked out gains on Monday, lifted by defensive shares, while the euro edged up from 8-1/2-month lows despite persistent worries about the fiscal health of highly indebted nations in the euro zone. | A mode...
Lebanese president urges Spain to enforce implementation of UNSCR 1701
Daily Star Lebanon | Tuesday, February 09, 2010 | - Powered by | BEIRUT: President Michel Sleiman called on Spain King Juan Carlos I to enforce the implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1701 as he slammed Israel for hindering any progress on the Mideast peac...
France agrees to sell Russia advanced warship
China Daily | PARIS:France has agreed to sell Russia an advanced amphibious warship and is considering a Russian request for three more, French defense officials said Monday. It would be the first major arms deal between Russia and a NATO member. | French Pres...
Philosopher-king Bernard-Henri Lévy not first to lose his clothes
The Times | Splendid hoaxes do not just dupe people, they reveal their foolishness. Layers of pomposity and self-regard are removed to disclose a naked truth. | The embarrassment of Bernard-Henri Lévy is particularly exquisite because he was not the target of ...
Bernard-Henri Lévy a laughing stock for quoting fictional philosopher
The Times | When France's most dashing philosopher took aim at Immanuel Kant in his latest book, calling him "raving mad" and a "fake", his observations were greeted with the usual adulation. To support his attack, Bernard-Henri Lévy - a showman-penseur known ...
Yuliya Tymoshenko under pressure to concede defeat in Ukraine poll
The Times | Yuliya Tymoshenko was under pressure to concede defeat in Ukraine's presidential election after international monitors endorsed the results. | With 99 per cent of votes counted Viktor Yanukovych, her rival, retained a lead of about three percentage...
Greek bailout is looking increasingly likely
The Times | You know a country is in real financial trouble when its leaders start muttering about conspiracies by foreign speculators. The Greeks have already done it and yesterday the Spanish joined in. | The Spanish attempts to calm bond market investors se...
McDonald's: the world's local restaurant
The Times | Have you tried a Ranch Snack Wrap or a Little Italian yet? Or a Little Chorizo Melt? Or an Oriental Snack Wrap? If you have, you are not alone. These exotic-sounding delights are all part of the "Little Tasters" menu, introduced by McDonald's in Br...
Barcelona offers to sign friendship deal with Delhi govt
Zeenews New Delhi: The city of Barcelona on Monday offered to sign a friendship agreement with Delhi Government to share each other's experience in diverse fields. | The offer was made to Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit by a delegation from the Spanish c...
Russia Names New Chief in Troubled Region
The New York Times | MOSCOW - President Dmitri A. Medvedev on Monday made one of the most complex regional appointments of his presidency, nominating Magomedsalam M. Magomedov to be the next president of the combustible southern republic of Dagestan. | Mr. Magomedov, 4...
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