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Why Euro Will Not Collapse

Large euro sign installation is seen in front of the European Central bank headquarters in Frankfurt.
The ongoing sovereign crisis in the eurozone countries has renewed concerns over the fate of the euro, the second largest reserve currency as well as the second most traded currency in the world.

World’s top 10 favorite foods

Mexican food
Oxfam, a UK based international aid group, released its interesting findings from a new global food survey, which pointed that globally there are two major reasons why people change their diets: rising price of food or health reasons. In addition, the public opinion poll report highlighted world's top 10 favorite foods.
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E. coli hits France

German food store Lidl recalls frozen hamburgers after 8 children hospitalized in France.
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Scientists: Red lunar eclipse due to volcanic ashes

Guide to watching lunar eclipse

Everybody is gearing up for a date with a moon that will turn scarlet in the shadow of Earth. You are lucky if you manage to be in Africa, Central Asia, South America, Europe, Australia or Philippines because you will be the ones to witness total lunar eclipse.
The German institute researchers have introduced opto-electric decoding method

German scientists laser their way again; transfer 700 DVDs in 1 sec

Scientists at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany, have succeeded in transferring a record 700 DVDs in only one second making it the highest bit rate on a laser. With 26 terabits per second, it would be possible to transmit up to 400 million telephone calls at the same time, they say.
Nokia ends legal rift with Apple, accepts financial settlement

Nokia Wins Patent Battle Versus Apple

Mobile giant Nokia said it has signed a patent license deal with Apple that would end all the pending patent litigations between the two companies over iPhone, iPod and iPad.
German cops training vultures

German cops train vulture 'detectives' to find bodies

In the fight against crime German police have come up with an innovative idea for a weapon- vultures that can find hidden corpses. Three vulture detectives - called Sherlock, Miss Marple and Columbo - are being trained in Walsrode bird park in northern Germany, a local media reported.
Syria unrest

Syrian Helicopters open fire to disperse protesters

Hardly a few days after Syrian civilians started fleeing the nation to find a safe place in Turkey border, Syrian helicopter gunships fired machineguns to disperse pro-democracy protests, witnesses said, in the first reported use of air power to suppress unrest in Syria's increasingly bloody three-month-old uprising.
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City Guide: Berlin, Germany

Go for the history, go for the culture, go for the art, whatever the reason, make sure you don't miss Germany's most Vibrant city!
Amazon Kindle

Kindle to Generate $5.48 bln Revenue in 2011 for Amazon: Analyst

Caris & Co. said Kindle is a multi-billion dollar opportunity for Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN). Kindle can generate revenue in excess of $5.48 billion and $1.20 billion in gross profit in 2011, while the brokerage expects at least $8.64 billion in revenue and $2.11 billion in gross profit by 2012.

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