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Crisis-hit Greeks slash household heat as fuel prices rise
AFP, Published on 16/12/2012
» Temperatures are falling fast in Greece but with new taxes sending the price of heating fuel higher than ever before many crisis-hit households are unsure they can afford to warm their homes this winter.
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Trying to live 'normally' in Syria's second city
AFP, Published on 04/01/2013
» The benches in Hawas park in the battered city of Aleppo are now mere metal skeletons, the wood stripped off by residents to burn so they can keep warm in the northern Syrian winter.
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Peugeot unveils petrol hybrid using compressed air
AFP, Published on 23/01/2013
» French carmaker PSA Peugeot Citroen unveiled Tuesday a petrol hybrid engine that stores energy using compressed air which it hopes will be a game-changing technology to improve energy efficiency.
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S. Korea president-elect loses PM nominee
AFP, Published on 30/01/2013
» South Korean president-elect Park Geun-Hye stressed the need for "clean government" Wednesday, the day after her nominee for prime minister embarrassingly withdrew ahead of his confirmation hearings.
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Philippine farmers hope for coconut-craze windfall
AFP, Published on 05/02/2013
» Philippine farmer Liezl Balmaceda has never heard of Madonna, but the US pop star's endorsement of coconut water may help change her impoverished life for the better.
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Coca-Cola habit a factor in N.Zealander's death: coroner
AFP, Published on 12/02/2013
» A New Zealand woman's 10-litre (2.2 gallon) a day Coca-Cola habit was a major factor in her death, a coroner found Tuesday, urging the soft drink giant to put health warnings on its caffeinated products.
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Manzano points finger at Fuentes over doping
AFP, Published on 14/02/2013
» Spanish former cyclist Jesus Manzano on Wednesday told a court he was given the blood-booster EPO and other drugs by a doctor accused of masterminding a vast blood-doping network and currently on trial in Madrid.
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Weapons and chocolate cake in Mali's jihadist camps
AFP, Published on 12/04/2013
» Picking through the spartan remains of the jihadist camps dotting Inais valley in northern Mali, it is obvious to the French soldiers that their enemy is having a tough time of it.
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F1 supremo Ecclestone moots Bahrain rescheduling
AFP, Published on 19/04/2013
» Formula One's commercial ringmaster Bernie Ecclestone on Friday suggested that the Bahrain Grand Prix could be rescheduled as the season-opening race but Brazil would remain subject to track upgrades.
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Prost rejects calls for F1 overhaul
AFP, Published on 24/05/2013
» Formula One legend Alain Prost went some way on Friday to calming the storm that threatens to rock the sport by rejecting the idea that an overhaul is needed.
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