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• French construction group plans 4,000 job cuts

  - 2008-07-24

  PARIS AFP — French construction group Saint-Gobain said Thursday it would cut 4,000 jobs this year, mostly in Britain, Spain and the United States, as part of a cost-cutting drive in the face of a sharp downturn in the housing market. "Faced with the gradual deterioration in the international...

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• Canada's Margaret Atwood wins Spain's top literature prize

  - 2008-06-25

  MADRID AFP — Canadian author Margaret Atwood was on Wednesday awarded Spain's prestigious Prince of Asturias Prize for literature as "one of the most outstanding voices of contemporary fiction," the jury announced. "Margaret Atwood offers in her novels a politically committed, critical view of the world and contemporary society,...

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• Rights groups going ape over Gibraltar's licence to cull

  - 2008-04-16

  GIBRALTAR AFP — Animal rights groups have expressed outrage over a plan by Gibraltar's government to cull its famous Barbary Apes, which are posing a hazard as they roam the town in search of food. The government of the tiny British territory off Spain's southern coast plans to cull...

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• GM to cut 5,900 jobs in Europe: report

  - 2008-03-10

  FRANKFURT AFP — US carmaker General Motors is to cut up to 5,900 jobs at its Opel and Saab units in Europe this year through outsourcing or voluntary redundancies, German magazine Auto Motor und Sport said Monday. Some of the cuts were already announced last year, including 1,300 posts...

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• Spanish king emerges unscathed from own 'annus horribilis'

  - 2007-11-14

  MADRID AFP — Spain's King Juan Carlos has undergone a turbulent year involving the separation of his eldest daughter, protests by Catalan separatists and a sexually explicit caricature depicting his only son. "The king's horrible year," daily newspaper Publico wrote on its front page Wednesday below a photo of...

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• Spain's fiercely loyal cider drinkers

  - 2007-10-02

  NAVA, Spain AFP — Waiters in Spain's northern region of Asturias appear a little clumsy, judging by the splattered floors in many establishments where clients are invariably offered cider instead of red or white wine. In this verdant region of forests and secluded beaches, locals are fiercely proud of...

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• Italy sees cut in Eurofighter order

  - 2007-08-13

  MILAN AFP — Italy will "probably" cut its order of 121 Eurofighter jets because the planes have become more expensive, the defence ministry said Monday. Rome has already bought 75 Eurofighters in two rounds of purchases. It was expected to take delivery of another 46 after 2012 in a...

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• Cost aside, Americans would vacation in Australia: survey

  - 2007-07-02

  WASHINGTON AFP — Australia has topped the list of the most popular vacation destinations for Americans, if money were no object, a survey showed Monday. The Harris Poll showed Australia as the leading choice for Americans for the 11th year in a row. Italy was the second choice...

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• Serbia, tipped by bookies, qualifies for Eurovision final

  - 2007-05-10

  HELSINKI AFP — Serbia, tipped by bookmakers as the favourite in the 2007 Eurovision song contest, qualified in Thursday's semi-final for this weekend's final showdown in Helsinki. Serbian songstress Marija Serifovic, 23, who outclassed her competitors at the Hartwall Areena on Thursday evening with the ballad "Molitva", has the...

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• Thousands of Britons leave country for Australia, Spain, France

  - 2007-04-20

  LONDON AFP — Around 500 Britons a day are leaving the country, with Australia, Spain and France the most popular destinations, although far more new immigrants are arriving, official figures showed Friday. The most recent statistics show that 380,000 people emigrated from Britain for a year or more, of...

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