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Oil around $100 for 2 years, gold to scale new highs

Oil is likely to remain weak in the short term due to the sluggish global economy, while gold reaches new peaks on its increasing safe haven appeal and an expected further easing of U.S. monetary policy, a London-based fund manager said.
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London Riots Cause Police to Look into Developing Social Media Restraints

British Prime Minister David Cameron is working with London police, intelligence services and industry officials to see if they can stop potential rioters from communicating through the social media. On Thursday, Cameron told British lawmakers that the free flow of information can be used for good, but can also be used for ill.
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UK Riots: Iran Issues Travel Warning for UK

The Iranian Foreign Ministry warns against travel to the UK during the riots as President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad calls on the U.N. Security Council to investigate "savage aggression" by police.
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World's Fastest Aircraft to be Tested Today

World's fastest Aircraft Falcon Hypersonic Technology Vehicle 2, capable of reaching speeds of up to 13,000 miles per hour is scheduled to be tested on Thursday morning from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
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Falcon HTV-2: Military to Launch Fastest-Ever Aircraft

Speedier, perhaps, than even Superman, the fastest plane ever built, the Falcon HTV-2, can get from London, England to Sydney, Australia in less than an hour, all the while withstanding temperatures of almost 2,000 degrees C, hotter than the melting point of steel.
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MoD Reveals Top Secret Memos of Mysterious UFOs, Aliens

The UK government's National Archives today released 34 UFO files of 9,000 pages from the Ministry of Defence containing top secret memos in which UFOs were discussed, along with sightings and incidents reported by members of the public, during the period 1985-2007.
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Will UK Riots Threaten 2012 Olympics?

The UK is seeing the worst civil unrest in 30 years just months before the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, but officials are optimistic that the riots will have no effect on the safety or planning of the games.
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UK Riots 2011: The View from a British Scholar

"The riots in Britain have not been caused by any sort of political or racial tension. That may exist, but that is not at the heart of these riots. These riots are the result of lawless thugs who have seen an opportunity." -- Victoria Honeyman

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