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Threat of Christmas postal strikes looms

Union may suspend talks if no headway made over modernisation plans The postal dispute could reignite next week if Royal Mail continues to stall over peace talks, sources close to the Communication Workers Union have warned....

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Putin to travel to France next week

MOSCOW, November 20 (RIA Novosti) - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will visit France on November 26-27, when a decision could finally be made on the purchase of a French Mistral-class helicopter carrier, a government...

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Ask Gill: cruising with a disability; theft at Johannesburg; seeing the Northern Lights

Our resident expert solves your travel conundrums. This week: cruising with a disability; theft at Johannesburg; seeing the Northern Lights; and visiting the Canary Islands without flying. 'There's a great deal of debate over...

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Funding pledge to launch hovercraft service on Forth

Published Date: 20 November 2009 MILLIONS of pounds of funding has been pledged to launch a hovercraft service across the Forth. Transport giant Stagecoach has set up a joint venture with hovercraft makers, the Bland Group, for...

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Reviewing of the issue on election of the Supervisory Council for JSC Ventspils nafta postponed

Today, on November 20, 2009, the issue on election of the Supervisory Council that was included in the previously announced agenda was not reviewed at the extraordinary shareholders' meeting of joint stock company Ventspils...

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Bristol International Airport decision delayed

A DECISION on the £150million expansion of Bristol International Airport (BIA) has been postponed. North Somerset Council had anticipated reaching a decision on the contested planning proposal at a south area committee meeting...

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Energy Principles

My critique of a proposal for expanded tax credits to promote the electrification of transportation prompted some interesting comments. It also got me thinking again about an underlying problem that leads to the kind of...

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Barnes & Noble says Nook shipments will be delayed

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Barnes & Noble Inc said on Friday it had sold out of its first allotment of newly launched Nook electronic readers due to high demand and new shipments will not arrive in time for the holidays.

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Natural Gas Plunges 12 Percent This Month

Good news for home heating: With the most natural gas in storage, prices plunge by 12 percent By CHRIS KAHN AP Energy Writer NEW YORK November 20, 2009 (AP) The Associated Press Post a Comment Natural gas prices have dropped by...

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Why Google Should Cool It With Chrome OS

Sometimes you have to take a step down to step up. That's what Google should've done with its open-source PC operating system Chrome OS, which the corporation demonstrated Thursday. Instead, Google is positioning Google Chrome...

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