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Surfer rides biggest wave ever: Video of Garrett McNamara catching 90-foot wave
Daily Mail
Garrett McNamara surfs a 90ft wave at Praia do Norte, Nazaré, PortugalMcNamara told Surfer Today: 'I feel so blessed and honoured to have been invited to explore this canyon and its special town. The waves here are such a mystery. ...
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Daily Mail
Pousadas of Portugal
Calgary Herald
Today there are 44 pousadas across Portugal, each with its own regional restaurant and most located away from main cities. You won't find any pousadas in Lisbon, but if you want to spend a few days in the Portuguese capital, Heritage Hotels of Lisbon ...
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ECB as Lender of Last Resort Would End Crisis for Silva
BusinessWeek
Italian 10-year bond yields this week climbed to a euro-era record of 7.48 percent, surging past the 7 percent level that led Greece, Ireland and Portugal to seek international bailouts. Ten-year Italian rates fell to 6.42 percent today, ...
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MyCosmetics 1.4 says Bonjour to French Speakers
prMac (press release)
[prMac.com] Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal - Bubble Surprise today is thrilled to announce the release of MyCosmetics 1.4, an update to their unique and innovative lifestyle app for Women. After the enormous success of MyCosmetics previous versions,...
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ECB as Lender of Last Resort Would End Crisis for Silva
San Francisco Chronicle
Italian 10-year bond yields this week climbed to a euro-era record of 7.48 percent, surging past the 7 percent level that led Greece, Ireland and Portugal to seek international bailouts. Ten-year Italian rates fell to 6.42 percent today, ...
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Man arrested on suspicion of murder after pointing police to Sandra Maralhas' body
Daily Mail
Mrs Maralhas, described as 'happy and smiling' and believed to be fromPortugal, worked as a shop assistant in nearby Martin's Newsagents for five years before moving away from the area earlier this year. Some neighbours said that she had moved to the ...
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Daily Mail
Italy's Berlusconi to resign today, end scandal-hit era
Firstpost
Global markets panicked earlier this week because of the sustained political turmoil in the eurozone's third largest economy, and Italy's borrowing costs shot above a “red line” of 7 percent — the level at whichPortugal and Ireland had to seek an ...
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El-Erian Says There's Still Time to Solve European Debt Crisis
BusinessWeek
This week, Italy's bond yields surged past the 7 percent threshold that prompted Greece,Portugal and Ireland to seek bailouts. Italy's parliament gave final approval today to a debt-reduction measure aimed at bolstering investor confidence. ...
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Paying Keen Attention to the Bottom Line
Barron's
Today, in Europe, we obviously have problems with sovereign debt for Greece,Portugal, Spain, Italy, and Ireland. HSBC Holdings (HBC) has exposure to those markets. What is that exposure? How much has been written down? If it's written down another 50% ...
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Fantasy Football Scout
Jose Bosingwa, a Fantasy favourite with 21.6% ownership, has been left out of the Portugal squad and could therefore be recalled against Liverpool given his freshness when compared with Branislav Ivanovic, who played in Serbia's 2-0 loss to Mexico and ...
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Fantasy Football Scout
Letter: Even high European tax rates are not enough to pay for socialism
TCPalm
The British media talk of Italy being next, then Spain and Portugal, along with huge concern that France is close to the tipping point too. The United States is approaching its $15 trillion debt limit with no attempt to slow down or dramatically ...
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Olivia Katrandjian: Jose and Pilar: A Love Story
American Superstar Magazine
In 1998, he became the first writer in Portuguese to win the Nobel Prize for Literature.Today, his books have been translated into 25 languages. Not bad for a man who didn't go to middle school. While this may sound like the story of a self-made man, ...
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Plenty left to decide in second leg of Euro qualifiers
TSN
The matchup that will draw the most interest for next week's return games is the hotly contested matchup between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Portugal. The two nations are staging a rematch of their 2010 World Cup qualifying playoff match that saw ...
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Weekly Market Recap: Berlusconi Steals Greece's Spotlight, MF Global Deepens ...
Wall St. Cheat Sheet
Yields on Italian 10-year bonds soared above 6.65%, nearing the 7% level that drove Greece, Ireland, and Portugal to seek bailouts. 3) Banks. Embattled investment bank Jefferies (NYSE:JEF) managed to stay in positive territory today after disclosing ...
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Volvo Ocean Race : Tables turning as west starts to pay
BYM News (press release)
After announcing their retirement from Leg 1 on Friday, Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing weretoday en route to Lisbon, Portugal, where they will put their Volvo Open 70 yacht Azzam onto a ship bound for Cape Town. Abu Dhabi were forced to pull out of the leg ...
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Watch all of Sky's Heineken Cup games this weekend
SkySports
They only lost away to Portugal and Denmark in their Euro qualifying group. 37 Norway break away from the corner and Adam Matthews has to make a fine challenge to deny Huseklepp a clear run on goal. 36 Bellamy finds all sorts of space before slipping a ...
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Gentlemen fall for bonds
Hindustan Times
They bought the higher-yield bonds, ignoring the growing fiscal problems of nations like Ireland, Spain and Portugal. Regulators bear responsibility. Before 1999, when Europe forged its monetary union, regulators permitted banks to treat the debt of ...
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Public service unions will be our demise
The Union of Grass Valley
Next to bankrupt behind Italy are Spain, Portugal, Ireland … and even France, whose banks have been heavy lenders to both Italy and Greece. And every one of the teetering Europeans has been put on a collision course with the iceberg by their ...
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IMF's Lagarde Urges 'Proper, Expedited' Debt Action by Italy
BusinessWeek
Italian yields this week climbed above the 7 percent level that spurred Greece, Ireland and Portugal to seek bailouts. “No country can be immune under the present circumstances,” Lagarde said. “No matter how developed or how emerging or how far away it ...
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The Brazilians are coming
ESPN (blog)
Gabriel Medina won both the Quiksilver Pro France and the Rip Curl Pro Search in San Francisco, and sandwiched in between Adriano De Souza came away with at win at the Rip Curl Pro Portugal, his second first-place finish of the season. ...
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Fine and cold east Wet in the west
WeatherOnline
A good deal of dry weather as will across the Balkans today while showers will affect Greece and again southern parts of Italy. Sunny and dry across Turkey and northern parts of Italy into Switzerland and Austria. Cloudy and windy across Portugal but ...
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Ireland and Croatia eyeing Euro spots
ABC Online
In the other play-off first legs, Czech Republic overcame Montenegro 2-0 in Prague while Bosnia and Portugal slugged out a goalless draw on a poor surface in Zenica. Ireland, seeking to forget the disappointment of its infamous 'Henry handball' ...
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We are in a downtrend: Mehraboon Irani, Nirmal Bang Securities
Economic Times
First it was Ireland, then it was people talking of Spain, Portugal, Greece and now we are talking of Italy. So one does not know as to which country is going to be next so we all know that problems are there, if they are there in the valuations then ...
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Pain and gain in a 'European Winter'
DAWN.com
It has already claimed the scalps of leaders in Portugal, Ireland, Greece and Italy. The revolt in Europe is not against dictators, but politicians trying to impose tough austerity measures to placate market forces that have driven the cost of ...
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Canadian Dollar Rises, Has Weekly Advance on European Optimism
BusinessWeek
The yield on the nation's benchmark 10-year bond rose above 7 percent this week, increasing concern Italy will follow Greece, Portugal and Ireland in seeking financial assistance from the European Union and the International Monetary Fund. ...
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Travel Insider: News and notes on great golf venues
PGA Tour
TRAVEL INSIDER With mild winter temperatures, calm winds and dozens of first-rate courses, the Algarve in southern Portugal is one of Europe's leading golf destinations. Through Feb. 29, 2012, the Algarve Promotion Bureau is offering groups of eight ...
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England v Spain - as it happened | Scott Murray
The Guardian
But even if they do manage to defeat the world champions - who have admittedly gone down in three recent high-profile away friendlies, 4-1 in Argentina, 4-0 in Portugal, and 2-1 in Italy - the concomitant hubris would be certain to nip any English ...
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The Guardian
S&P Says Technical Error Caused Mistaken France Downgrade E-mail
BusinessWeek
A downgrade of France's AAA credit rating would affect the rating of the European Financial Stability Facility, the bailout fund for struggling euro member countries that has funded rescue packages for Greece, Ireland and Portugal partially through ...
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The Tragedies of African Democracies – XVIII
GhanaWeb
“The countries that were initially the poorest members, such as Portugal, Ireland, and Spain, have grown the fastest, whereas the country that was initially richest, Germany, has grown slowly, and so the states that make up the European Union have ...
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Ups and downs of Eurozone
The Voice of Russia
But that of course I think contributed in some part to the situation that we face today. So ultimately the wishes of the electorate are important and if they are ignored that itself can, as we've seen in Greece and in other countries can result in ...
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The Voice of Russia
Troubled economies make progress
Herald Sun
A boost to confidence also came when Greece's new unity government was sworn in to ratify the crucial EU bailout, and in Portugal, lawmakers gave preliminary approval to the 2012 austerity budget. An across-the-board rise in the 30 Dow blue chips was ...
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How the ECB became a central player
Irish Times
The ECB now works with the IMF and the European Commission in the bailout troika, overseeing the recovery programmes of Greece, Ireland andPortugal. However, reports frequently surface of tension between ECB and IMF officials. ...
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Irish Times
WE MUST NEVER FORGET THE DEBT WE OWE TO THE FALLEN
Express.co.uk
As Europe squabbles over debt and who will pay the price of profligacy in Greece, Italy, Spain and Portugal, we should have another moment of silent reflection today and give thanks that this time the battles are being fought with words not bullets. ...
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Can Europe pull back from the brink?
The Guardian
Portugal doesn't really matter, it's not systemic, and so it all comes down to Italy. GT: But if Greece exits everyone will say, will others follow? What frustrates US policymakers is that this is the first big global crisis since the collapse of ...
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The Guardian
How to lose customers and alienate stakeholders...
Equitymaster.com
While the likes of Spain, Portugal and Italy are staring at a GDP de-growth in 2012, the relatively stable ones too will hardly see any economic expansion. As per the European Union, the Eurozone's inflation adjusted GDP growth would be just around ...
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Los Angeles based Grupo Fralex set to open 100 Montaditos in California
Your-Story.org (press release)
100 Montaditos, which is tremendously successful in Spain, Portugal and France and owned by Madrid based Grupo Restalia made its US debut in Miami with currently two locations. Grupo Fralex and Grupo Restalia are negotiating a Joint Venture for the ...
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Eurozone crisis will hit UK hard, warns Cameron
The Guardian
There was a welcome decline in the Italian bond yield – the interest rate the embattled government pays on its debts – which jumped above 7% on Wednesday, the level that triggered bailouts for Ireland, Portugal and Greece. By the end of Friday, ...
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The Guardian
Developed world needs a BASIC lesson in Durban
China Daily
Today, the eurozone debt crisis is all the news. From Ireland to Greece, and now presumably Italy, the eurozone has its hands full. Who knows, Spain and Portugalcould follow next. The world is going into a tizzy, because the fate of Europe and the US,...
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After long refusing to join the convention banning these weapons, Obama now ...
Salon
I will be speaking about the success of drug decriminalization in Portugal. The event, sponsored by the Cato Institute, is open to the public and tickets are still available. (3) Below are several five-minute YouTube clips of the book talk I gave last ...
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Hawaiian surfer conquers record wave in Portugal
Yet the break in Nazare, Portugal, dubbed Praia do Norte, ... For publication consideration in the newspaper, send comments to letters@usatoday.com. ...
www.usatoday.com/sports/action/story/2011-11-09/big.../1
Portugal Does Not Want a New Aid Program, Passos Coelho Says
Portugal's parliament today began discussing the government's 2012 budget proposal. The coalition government is backed by the Social Democrats and the ...
www.businessweek.com/.../portugal-does-not-want-a-new-aid-...
Bosingwa in Bento blast
Jose Bosingwa has launched a scathing attack on Portuguese coach Paulo ... the written press with all the gossip and speculation from today's newspapers. ...
www1.skysports.com/football/news/.../Bosingwa-in-Bento-blas...
EU, IMF officials in Portugal to review deal - RTÉ News
Officials from the EU, International Monetary Fund and European Central Bank arrived inPortugal today to review progress in its debt bail-out after calls for the ...
www.rte.ie/news/2011/1107/portugal-business.html
Eurocrisis relay baton – Portugal's next — RT
Go to main page News Eurocrisis relay baton – Portugal's next ...Today, EU leaders will meet again in Brussels to finalize a new plan to...
rt.com/news/crisis-portugal-eurozone-bailout-127/
Hawaiian surfer rides record wave in Portugal - Arizona Sports ...
... surfer rides record wave in Portugal - Arizona Sports News from USA Today. ... Yet the break in Nazare, Portugal, dubbed Praia do Norte, or North Canyon, ...
tucsoncitizen.com/.../hawaiian-surfer-rides-record-wave-in-por...

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