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A Eurostar train enters the Channel Tunnel in Calais, northern France, in this Nov. 21, 1996 file photo. Anglo-French tunnel operator Eurotunnel reported a euro1.89 billion (US$2.36 billion) net loss in 2003 on Monday, Feb. 9, 2004 and said it had appealed to the French and British governments to allow for a rate cut to help boost traffic.
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 The New York Times 
Eurotunnel Ekes Out Profit for 2009 Despite Disasters
| PARIS — Eurotunnel Group said Tuesday that it managed to make a profit in 2009, despite lingering repercussions from a 2008 fire and the disastrous breakdown of Eurostar trains at the height o... (photo: AP / Michel Spingler, file)
Dogs - Animal - Pet
British   Dogs   Microchip   Pets   Photos  
 Star Tribune 
A chip for spot: British dog owners could be forced to microchip and insure their pets
| LONDON - British dog owners may be forced to microchip their pets and take out insurance, part of a proposed crackdown on the country's dangerous canines. | Postmen are delighted, but civil libertar... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)
Sleeper high-speed bullet train in China  The Daily Mail 
200mph train could link London and Beijing in just two days
| Rail travel between London and Beijing in just two days could be possible within a decade through an ambitious Chinese project. | The Asian power wants to build the 200mph rail line through Europe, ... (photo: Creative Commons / Yaohua2000)
Asia   Beijing   London   Photos   Travel  
Japanese Yen - Currency - Money  The Guardian 
Yen rises as equities slip; sterling falters
* Higher-yielding currencies dip vs yen * Some talk of euro/yen selling by Japanese exporters * But BOJ easing speculation seen likely to temper yen rise * Sterling falters after weak housing data * M... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba)
Business   Currency   Japan   Market   Photos  
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British TV celebrity Jade Goody The Daily Telegraph Australia
British TV celebrtity Jade Goody left her $5 million fortune to her children and nothing to husband Jack Tweed
| JADE Goody, the modern-day TV star who let viewers live her tragic death from cancer, cut out her playboy husband entirely from her $5 million will. | Jack Tweed, whom ... (photo: AP / Rajanish Kakade)
Britain   Celebrity   Photos   Society   Star  
Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki speaks during a joint press conference with his Turkish counterpart Ahmet Davutoglu, unseen, in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Sept. 12, 2009. The Siasat Daily
Iran, US trade accusations afresh
| Tehran, March 08: Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said on Monday that US and British forces are fomenting terrorism in the region. | "I accuse the US, Brita... (photo: AP / Vahid Salemi)
Iran   Mottaki   Photos   Politics   World  
 Sean "P. Diddy" Combs directs photographers as they sing "Happy Birthday," to him as his date Kim Porter, left, listens, Thursday, Nov. 4, 2004, after Combs arrived for his 35th birthday celebration at Cipriani on Wall Street in New Y m&c
P Diddy holds London party for new album Last Train To Paris
| Rapper P Diddy celebrated the launch of his new album Last Train To Paris with a party in London. | Sean (Diddy) Combs arriving at the 60th Primetime Emmy Awards at the... (photo: AP photo )
Album   Diddy   Party   Photos   Train  
Three Bengali women in saris and a man carrying a pot on his head. The Guardian
Recommit to women's liberation
| Today is the 100th International Women's Day. First agreed at a socialist women's conference in Copenhagen in 1910, its aim was to campaign for the rights of working wo... (photo: Creative Commons / Ahron de Leeuw)
Campaign   Human Rights   Labor   Photos   Women  
Barack Obama tours the Centre Pompidou modern art museum.jpg The Guardian
Barack Obama exploited the internet but will it be key to this election?
| Party and voter-generated online content played a big part in the election of Barack Obama, but Britain is likely to see something different | This is the year that the... (photo: Public Domain / TCY)
Obama   Photos   Politics   US   World  
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