Crisis watch - 8 Oct 2010-Rates and currencies

Crisis watch - 8 Oct 2010
Rates and currencies
When considering local interest rates or currencies, it is often tempting to view these in isolation, as though we are not part of a global and closely interlinked economy

War In Afghanistan News 8 Oct 2010

News reports provided by ISAF Joint Command regarding operations conducted in the following provinces: Kandahar, Kunduz, Badghis, Paktika and Oruzgan.
Two Afghan males were treated, Oct. 6, after approaching a Bagram Air Field gate with injuries sustained from a detonated landmine.

Who was John Lennon? - Reuters -

Lennon, along with Paul McCartney, is considered one of the most influential singer-songwriters of the 20th century. He was voted the greatest rock 'n' roll icon of all time in a poll conducted by Q music magazine in 2004.

UFO's Over China | ALIENS AND UFOS

Officially the Chinese government holds that there is no such thing as UFO's from another planet. Their stance is that the reports of such unearthly craft are the products of the fevered insane minds of Americans and other occidental sensationalism. That stance has yet to keep unidentified flying objects from showing up there, it merely means that there are fewer reports that are allowed to be made. Sometimes their problem makes itself so apparent there is little way to completely hide the issue.

South Africa's Smoking Chimp Dies - ABC News

Charlie the smoking chimp, believed to be 52, dies of natural causes.

Taser death sparks row in Australia

Police in the state of New South Wales (NSW) were forced to defend their actions when a man died after being shot in the chest by officers responding to a domestic dispute in outer Sydney on Monday.

The Scandinavia Show 2010 legraph

Visit The Scandinavia Show at London Olympia on October 9-10 for a unique Nordic experience. The show will present the best of Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland and Iceland in the fields of design, travel, fashion and food. You'll find all the best of brand Scandinavia for you to taste, test and buy, plus enter our competition to win a world-famous Aalto vase courtesy of Skandium.

Julia Gillard 'not passionate' about foreign policy, Jul 10, 2010

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The Prime Minister of Australia Julia Gillard calls a federal election for 21 August 2010. (iPrime) (Aljazeera) Dozens of residents protest against plans to build four wind turbines in a field in 

Video: Desmond Tutu retires from public life - Telegraph

A look back at Desmond Tutu's life as a religious and political figure in South Africa and around the world.

Commonwealth Games 2010 in pictures: part two

 

Rebecca Adlington of England poses with the gold medal during the medal ceremony for the Women's 800m Freestyle Final </div>