 Fireworks fly as Spain takes over EU presidency and vows to 'fight for economic recovery'
| Spain took over the presidency of the European Union today, with the prime minister promising to work to end the continent's economic crisis. | The six-month rotating post passed from Sweden to Spai... (photo: WN / Renzelle Mae Abasolo) The Daily Mail
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 Exiled Tibetans hope for freedom in New Year
| Dharamsala, Jan 1 (ANI): Tibetan's in-exile living in India hope for freedom from Chinese control and peace in the New Year. | On the occasion of the New Year they also prayed for the long lif... (photo: WN / Yeshe Choesang) Newstrack India
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 Gold's 25% rise in 2009 eclipsed by palladium, platinum and silver
NEW YORK (REUTERS) - | Gold prices sealed their biggest yearly gain in three decades with a small advance on Thursday, rising for an unprecedented ninth consecutive year as dollar-hedging t... (photo: WN / Sayali Santosh Kadam) Mineweb
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 Dubai to open world's tallest building
| DUBAI - Once-bustling Dubai will open the world's tallest skyscraper on Monday, boasting new limits in design and construction, hopeful of polishing an image tarnished by the debt woes afflicting th... (photo: WN / Guillaume Poulet-Mathis) Inquirer
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 Burj Dubai to welcome residents in Feb 2010
Dubai, Jan 1 (PTI): | Burj Dubai, the world's tallest tower, will receive its first residents as early as February 2010. Over 12,000 people will live and work in the mixed-use tower comprising luxurio... (photo: GFDL) Deccan Herald
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 World stocks rebound in 2009 but 2010 uncertain
| Paris - After a dismal 2008, world stock markets recorded a spectacular rebound in 2009 even though the economy was in crisis, but confidence had not been completely restored and there were fears fo... (photo: AP / Mark Lennihan) Business Report
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 Led nation in years of tumult
| BANGKOK -- Abdurrahman Wahid, the eccentric, nearly blind Muslim cleric who served for almost two turbulent years as Indonesia's president, championing a tolerant brand of Islam, died on Wednesday i... (photo: AP / Vincent Thian) The Miami Herald
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 Pamela Cox: Latin America enters decade with more clout
| WASHINGTON | What a difference a decade can make. | Ten years ago, Latin America and the Caribbean received the new century in the midst of tremendous uncertainty. The Asian financial crisis and the... (photo: DLA /Alex Rivas) The Providence Journal
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