Smokers may get fewer hours of sleep and have less restful slumber than non-smokers, according to a German study that looked at more than two thousand people. Researchers whose work appeared in the journal Addiction Biology found that of nearly 1,100 smokers surveyed, 17 percent got fewer than six hours of sleep each night and
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Football Association chairman David Bernstein has issued an unreserved apology to the families of the 96 Liverpool fans killed in the Hillsborough disaster following the publication of an independent report into British football's darkest day. The report by the Hillsborough Independent Panel, published on Wednesday, revealed a litany of police cover-ups in the wake of
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Authorities in Afghanistan have ordered that YouTube's website be blocked indefinitely to stop Afghans watching a U.S.-made film that insults the Prophet Mohammad which has sparked unrest elsewhere, government sources told Reuters on Thursday. Four U.S. officials including the ambassador to Libya were killed in the east Libyan city of Benghazi on Tuesday night after
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* Exposure includes Cyprus Popular Bank * Three banks have begun legal proceedings against an investment vehicle owned by Dubai's ruler in an unprecedented move to secure repayment of loans in the Gulf state that could delay a wider deal on restructuring $10 billion of debt. Royal Bank of Scotland said on Thursday it
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The dollar tumbled to its lowest level since early May and stock and bond markets curbed some of their resurgent appetite for risk on Thursday as investors waited to see whether the U.S. Federal Reserve announces a new round of money printing. As the dollar suffered from expectations for QE – which would be equal
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International Monetary Fund talks with Greece are focused on getting the current bailout program back on track, an IMF spokesman said on Thursday, when asked about the possibility of a third bailout program. "We're talking about getting the current program back on track," IMF spokesman Gerry Rice told reporters at a regularly scheduled briefing. Rice
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MTN Cyprus, the island’s alternative telecoms provider, has broken past the psychological barrier of 300,000 subscribers, with the telco announcing further expansion of its 26-store network and the launch of new products. The company’s CEO Pieter Verkade, speaking at the recently refurbished "advanced technology" MTN Store on Ledra Street in Nicosia said that the provider
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* Economic and monetary union * The envisaged EU banking supervision rules must be of good quality and provide for accountability. However the member states' current preferences for establishing them risk sending the wrong message, as well as perpetuating inefficiencies, warned the Parliament in a resolution voted on Thursday. The resolution, adopted by a show
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The European Commission has temporarily approved a rescue recapitalisation worth 1.8 billion euro that Cyprus granted to Cyprus Popular Bank for reasons of financial stability. The Commission found the measure to be in line with EU state aid rules because it is limited to the minimum necessary and provides safeguards to minimise distortions of competition.
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President of the Republic Demetris Christofias will visit Brussels on the 19th of September to discuss with the Presidents of the Commission, the European Council and the European Parliament the progress on the Multiannual Financial Framework 2014-2020. CNA has learnt that the four Presidents will have a working lunch on the same day to discuss
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