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 Welcome to Iceland: it owes us £2.3bn but we still fund tourism project
For anyone still smarting over the £2.3billion that Iceland owes Britain from its 2008 banking meltdown, here is some travel advice: don’t visit the new tourist centre at Eyjafjallajö... (photo: WN / Marzena J.) The Daily Telegraph
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 Burma's Thein Sein: 'Aung San Suu Kyi could be president'
| Burmese leader Thein Sein has told the BBC he would accept Aung San Suu Kyi as president if the people vote for her in the next election in 2015. | Speaking to the BBC's Hardtalk programme, he ... (photo: AP / Sakchai Lalit) BBC News
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 UAE seeks UN redress on occupied islands
| New York: The UAE brought up the issue of the continued Iranian occupation of its three islands of Abu Mousa, Greater and Lesser Tunbs at the United Nations General Ass... (photo: UN / Rick Bajornas) Gulf News
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 China's Lines Around Islands Suggest More Conflict
| BEIJING (AP) — One of the hottest items in bookstores across China is a map for a place that is closed to visitors, home only to animals such as goats and crabs, and ... (photo: WN / Marzena J.) National Public Radio
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 Edible oils remains lower on subdued demand
| The downslide in edible oils continued for the fourth week in a row in the oils and oilseeds market due to sluggish demand at prevailing higher levels amid a weakening ... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar) Indian Express
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 TENNIS: Nishikori knows what he wants
| JAPAN'S Kei Nishikori wants to be Asia's greatest singles player on the ATP Tour. | But to achieve it, he must first break into the top-10 before attempting to leapfrog... (photo: WN / Aaron Gilbert) New Straits/Business Times
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 Asia cracks down on Internet
| By Martin J Young | HUA HIN, Thailand - According to the Freedom on the Net 2012 report released this week by Freedom House, an independent watchdog organization, gover... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar) Asia Times
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 Syrians moved some chemical weapons to boost security - U.S.
U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta speaks next to New Zealand's Minister of Defence Jonathan Coleman (not pictured) as they hold a joint news conference at the Govern... (photo: US DoD / Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo) The Star
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