A suspect package was sent to the U.S. embassy in Cyprus on Monday and authorities were carrying out tests to determine what it contained, officials said. The sealed package roused embassy staff suspicions and police were called in. It was collected by the fire brigade for further tests for possible toxins. "We discovered a suspicious
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The leaders of the two communities in Cyprus said here Monday that although some progress has been made in their discussions within the framework of the direct negotiations which began in September with a view to reach a solution of the Cyprus problem, this has been insufficient. However they reaffirmed their commitment to do everything
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Global shares weakened on Monday in tandem with the dollar, pressured by signs of a deepening recession in Japan and concerns about the banking sector around the world. Ireland's weekend announcement that it would take stakes in its three main banks for 5.5 billion euros further underlined the global scope of the worst financial crisis
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Ireland's three main banks on Monday welcomed the government's injection of 5.5 billion euros ($7.68 billion) into them with the state taking majority control of Anglo Irish Bank after a loan scandal. The government announced late on Sunday it will make an initial investment of 1.5 billion euros in Anglo Irish Bank, giving it 75
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Britain's FTSE 100 index fell early on Monday, with miners leading the losers as Rio Tinto announced production cuts, while banks rose with HSBC rebounding to snap a seven-session losing run. At 0846 GMT, the FTSE 100 index was down 25.29 points, or 0.6 percent at 4,261.64. The UK blue chip index closed down 1
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Nokia on Sunday removed one of the key obstacles for takeup of its new Internet offering, combining sign-ins for its overall services site Ovi.com and for its media sharing service. Nokia has bought a dozen companies — including an $8.1 billion acquisition of mapping company Navteq — to jump-start its Internet business as growth in
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Work began on Sunday to fix submarine cables under the Mediterranean suspected of being cut by a ship's anchor, disrupting Internet and international telephone service in parts of the Middle East and south Asia. Experts arrived at the site of the damage between Sicily and Tunisia on a cable ship at 1330 GMT on Sunday.
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A Chinese woman who became an online sensation after posting a homemade pornographic film of herself on the Internet has been detained in Shanghai, according to state media. The 12-minute-video showed the woman, surnamed Huang, performing "sex acts," the official China Daily said in its weekend edition, without elaborating. "It soon became one of the
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The Internet entrepreneur behind an online video game inviting users to throw footwear at President George W. Bush sold the property on eBay in just four days, he told Reuters on Friday. Briton Alex Tew, who made Internet history in 2006 when he made a million dollars selling pixels at a dollar each on milliondollarhomepage.com,
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A suspect package was sent to the U.S. embassy in Cyprus on Monday and authorities were carrying out tests to determine what it contained, officials said. The sealed package roused embassy staff suspicions and police were called in. It was collected by the fire brigade for further tests for possible toxins. "We discovered a suspicious
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