South Korean rapper Psy plans to follow his "Gangnam Style" YouTube megahit with a single called "Gentleman" and a new dance, but is playing coy about everything else ahead of the song's release, which was moved up a day to April 12. The song will be available for Korean fans then, but Psy will perform
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North Korea will restart its shuttered Yongbyon nuclear reactor, its official KCNA news servce said on Tuesday, a move that could enable it to extract more plutonium to bolster its atomic stockpile for use in nuclear weapons. The announcement came after the North's leader Kim Jong-un declared at a policy-setting meeting of the ruling Workers'
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A fire caused by faulty electrical equipment killed 13 boys at an Islamic school in Yangon on Tuesday, the fire service said, although some Muslims voiced concern since it came after a wave of anti-Muslim violence in Buddhist-majority Myanmar. The boys suffocated after the fire broke out in a dormitory of the school in the
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Cyprus stands today more ready than ever before to claim additional money from EU funds in order to conclude a series of development projects, Minister of Communications and Works Tasos Mitsopoulos has said. In statements to the press Monday, Mitsopoulos said that the Government, following negotiations with the international lenders, managed to exclude from the
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The Bank of Cyprus (BOC) on Monday issued an announcement on the measures that have been implemented, following the Eurogroup decision on Cyprus on March 25th. According to the announcement, a recapitalisation through a bail-in of depositors (a deposit-to-equity conversion) will take place, ensuring that BOC fully satisfies the minimum capital adequacy requirements and maintains
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Luxury travel specialist, Century Travel, announced exclusive offers on board Holland America’s five-star ms Noordam for departures in May and August 2013, inviting its guests to lands of timeless beauty with an eleven-night Ancient Mysteries cruise package for only €1349 per person, offering exceptional value and the added bonus of up to six FREE shore
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Due to the system overload caused by the mass submission of tax returns the Director of Inland Revenue announces the extension of the due date of submission of the following returns via TAXISnet. – Returns for Self Employed Persons with audited accounts for the year 2011 until 19 April 2013. – Returns for Companies with
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Commenting on the recent developments regarding Cyprus’ bailout and economic reforms, Andrey Dashin, founder of Cyprus-based forex broker ForexTime (FXTM) said: “My extensive experience in business, but particularly in the forex market, has taught me to expect to find challenges in the business environment. Without a doubt, Cyprus’ reputation as a financial centre has been
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In the end it was hardly even a stroll, let alone the widely predicted run on the banks of Cyprus. Commentators had been confident that as soon as the banks reopened on Thursday at noon after Cyprus signed a rescue deal with the European Union to stave off national bankruptcy, there would be scenes of
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According to figures by the Cyprus Statistical Service, for the period January – December 2012 revenue from tourism is estimated to €1.927,7 mn compared to €1.749,3 mn in the corresponding period of 2011. The above data show an increase of 10,2%. Meanwhile, on the basis of the results of the Passenger Survey, revenue from tourism
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