Former South African President Nelson Mandela is showing "sustained improvement" in hospital although he remains in a critical condition, the government said on Monday. The government statement said President Jacob Zuma had visited the 95-year-old Mandela in the Pretoria hospital where he has been for the last seven weeks receiving treatment for a recurring lung
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EasyJet passengers can now access minute by minute updates about their flight thanks to a new Flight Tracker tool available at www.easyjet.com and on the easyJet app that allows customers jetting off on a summer holiday or business meeting to access live information about their flight up to 48 hours before departure and en route to
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Europe's biggest economy Germany and tiny Estonia were the only euro zone countries which reduced their public debt in the first quarter of this year. The bloc is in the longest recession since the creation of the single currency in 1999, with five members receiving international aid, a record high jobless rate and fragile prospects
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Bank of Cyprus Public Company Ltd (“Bank”) announces the sale of its subsidiary Kyprou Asset Management M.F.M.C to Alpha Trust Mutual Fund Management S.A. The sale which has been completed on 18 July 2013 is subject to the approval of the relevant Regulatory Authorities. The sale falls under the general strategy of the Bank of
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World shares were testing a five-year high on Monday as a strengthening of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's grip on power in weekend elections were seen as a boost for his radical stimulus policies. European stocks saw a steady start to the week, dipping 0.1 percent as upbeat results from Philips and Julius Baer helped
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– Kate taken to west London hospital before 6 a.m. – Baby will be third-in-line to throne – Sex of baby unknown to parents Prince William's wife Kate has gone into labour and been admitted to hospital for the birth of the couple's first child who will be third in line to
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The death toll from a 6.6 magnitude earthquake in China's western Gansu province on Monday more than doubled to 54 people, the municipal government said, with hundreds injured as many homes in affected areas collapsed. The quake hit Minxian and Zhangxian counties, about 170 km (105 miles) southeast of the provincial capital of Lanzhou, at
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The Troika’s mission to Cyprus reviews the implementation of the economic adjustment programme, Simon O’ Connor, the Spokesman of EU Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs, Olli Rehn, told CNA. Asked about the first EC-IMF-ECB review mission to Nicosia, which began on 17 July, O’ Connor said that “the mission will review the implementation of
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Finance Minister Harris Georgiades is meeting anew this morning in Nicosia with the Heads of the Troika mission in Cyprus (European Commission, ECB, IMF), to assess the first week of the delegation’s contacts is the island. Implementation of MoU provisions concerning the public sector and progress of structural reforms will also be on the agenda
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Japanese stocks led Asian markets higher on Monday after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's big election win over the weekend, but a rebound in the yen prompted some profit taking that knocked the Nikkei off highs. Most other Asian share markets were modestly higher, although Hong Kong's Hang Seng and mainland Chinese stocks lost a bit
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