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British Airways
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 The Independent 
BA starts search for potential successor to CEO Walsh
British Airways has appointed the recruitment consultants Whitehead Mann to find a new chief operating officer and possible successor for its embattled chief executive Willie Walsh. The successful... (photo: Creative Commons / Nigel Ish)
Strawberry Fields Forever
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 The Independent 
Strawberry fields Forsaken
Millions of pounds worth of soft fruit and vegetables are likely to be left to rot in fields this summer because of a shortage of foreign pickers caused by the falling value of the pound and new... (photo: creative commons / )
 GAZA CITY,GAZA STRIP- 16 DECEMBER 2006: A Palestinian Hamas supporter holds a picture of Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh during a Hamas rally in Gaza December 16, 2006. Gunmen from the governing Hamas movement and the Fatah faction of President Mahmoud Abb  Daily Star Lebanon 
Gaza plunges into darkness as Israel cuts fuel supplies

By Agence France Presse (AFP) Compiled by Daily Star staff Monday, May 12, 2008 The besieged Gaza Strip faced new blackouts on Sunday as its only power plant shut down after receiving no fuel from... (photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb)
France   Gaza   Israel   People   Photos
China  Stockhouse 
Jigsaw puzzles of China's economy

By Tiger Tong, Contributor China, the world's second-largest exporter of goods and the fourth-largest economy, is growing at the fastest pace among all major economies. But there is a vast difference... (photo: Creative Commons / Airunp )
China   Economy   Photos   World   investment
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert (ayt1) The Australian
Businessman admits funding Olmert
MILLIONAIRE US businessman Morris Talanski has admitted he gave financial contributions to Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert but says he believed they were intended for... (photo: AP Photo / Sebastian Scheiner)
Israel   Law   Photos   Politics   US
Zimbabwe's President, Robert Mugabe (ayt1) The Australian
Peacekeepers sought for Zimbabwe runoff
ZIMBABWE'S main opposition group says it has stepped up efforts to secure regional peacekeepers for a run-off presidential election against Robert Mugabe after weeks of... (photo: AP Photo / Sayyid Azim)
Elections   Photos   Politics   Society   Zimbabwe
Polar bear Canoe
Environmentalists, energy companies look to U.S. for decision on polar bears
By Bob Weber, THE CANADIAN PRESS Canadian environmentalists and energy companies will be looking to the American government this week for a decision that will affect... (photo: GFDL / Ansgar Walk)
Canada   Environmentalists   Photos   Polarbears   Wildlife
Porsche 911 Wall Street Journal
Today's Gas-Guzzling Exotic Cars May Get Zapped by New Fuel Rules

A Porsche 911 is a marvel of automotive engineering and an object of desire for people who've worked hard enough, and been lucky enough, to have $80,000 or more to drop... (photo: GFDL / Cars en travel)
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INDIA-WEATHER-SUMMER-SLEEPING Gulf News
A restaurant on rail tracks caters to Kolkata's poor
Kolkata: One chapatti for 50 paisa, a plate of rice for 1 rupee, a bowlful of curry for 1 rupee... so reads the menu card of a "restaurant" on railway tracks that has... (photo: WN / Bhaskar Mallick)
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Janet Smith shops at Lodge's department store in Albany, N.Y., Tuesday, March 25, 2008. American consumers are gloomier about the economy that at any point since just before the U.S. invasion of Iraq, as slumping housing prices and soaring fuel costs depress consumer confidence to its lowest level in five yea Stockhouse
Foreign investors may returnto emerging economies--BSP

'Investors would adjust based on their risk preferences. The emerging markets are expected to be resilient and therefore would continue to be attractive to real money... (photo: AP / Mike Groll)
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KLps1 - May 07 - Perth,Australia - Vodafone - Telecommunications - Mobile - Phone - Cellular. (ps1)  The Statesman
Vodafone eyes £20b bid for MTN 
Press Trust of India LONDON, May 11: World's largest mobile phone operator Vodafone is understood to be examining a possible bid for MTN, close on the heels of the South... (photo: WN/Patricia)
Business   Photos   Technology   Telecommunication   Vodafone
Bicycle Houston Chronicle
Gas prices knock bicycle sales, repairs into higher gear
TOOLS BISMARCK, N.D. - Four-dollar-a-gallon gas is good for business - if you run a bike shop. Commuters around the country are dusting off their old two-wheelers - or... (photo: Public Domain Photo / PeteJMitchell)
Bicycle   Gas   Photos   Prices   Transportation
 ** FILE ** Part of the Sakhalin-2 liquefied natural gas project in Ai region, about 70 km (43 miles) north of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk at the Pacific island of Sakhalin, in this Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2006 file photo. Russia on Wednesday extended by a month an env Reuters
EnCana to split into separate oil, gas companies
Sun May 11, 2008 1:29pm ET | | CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - EnCana Corp (ECA.TO: ,  , ), Canada's biggest energy company, said on Sunday it plans to split itself into... (photo: AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev, File)
Alberta   Canada   Energy   Oil   Photos