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November 17, 2011

Virgin buys Northern Rock for £747m

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Spain's 4th largest airliner goes broke1
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Spain's first private airport goes bust1
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Spain’s property bust is only getting worse.1
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that means that it's not illegal." ~ Richard M. Nixon1
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The European Union executive is not aware of any talks concerning Greek debt restructuring1
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The King of Spain is a serial womaniser who once made a pass at Princess Diana while she was on holiday with Prince Charles1
The King of Spain’s son-in-law was at the centre of a corruption storm today as he came under investigation for siphoning off public money.1
The man whose evidence led to the jailing of a police chief has been arrested on suspicion of fraud days before the crown will try to convince judges that he is still a reliable witness1
The number of Britons arrested overseas is on the rise1
The Occupy London Stock Exchange protest encampment outside St Paul's Cathedral.1
The slain Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi secretly spirited out of Libya and invested overseas more than $200 billion1
The Spanish town of Benalup in Andalucia.1
The Teewave AR.1 uses Toray carbon fiber for its chassis1
The UK could become a hub for smuggling the herbal stimulant khat1
The World Bank today approved $297 million in loans to Morocco to help finance the Ouarzazate Concentrated Solar Power Plant Project1
Thomas Cook is running low on cash and has begun talks with its banks1
Thomas Cook it. So runs the slogan. Would you1
Thousands of North African migrants could seek to enter Britain after Italy announced on Thursday that it would grant travel permits to more than 201
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Tony Blair is unaccountable over business interests1
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Toshiba said on Tuesday it had dispatched 100 engineers to provide help and support at Japan's stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant and the neighbouring Daini plant.1
Trial begins in giant Spanish corruption scandal1
TV celebrity Peter Andre visited the new Aventura Amazonia1
Twelve Step As A Different Culture.1
Two British tour operators who come to Spain go bust1
TWO MILLION EUROS CLAIMED AFTER CANCELLED STONES CONCERT1
UBS CEO Gruebel resigns over rogue trading loss1
UK border checks are 'a bad joke'1
UK economy forecast: Eurozone crisis dampens Bank’s growth estimate1
UK press in dock over phone-hacking1
UK ticketholder wins £41 Euromillions jackpot1
Underworld bankers Daniel Keenan and Andrew Barnett who laundered £17m of drug money are jailed1
US and France send warships through Strait of Hormuz1
US recession fears savage world financial markets1
Various stories about how Al Qathafi lived his last moments have emerged1
Violent clashes in the build-up to Croatia and Republic of Ireland's Euro 2012 Group C clash in Poznan1
Virgin buys Northern Rock for £747m1
Vladimir Putin is moving to Marbella1
Wall Street markets are suffering huge falls this morning as fears grow that Europe's plan to save the euro will unravel1
Wanted Belgian fugitive arrested in Alhaurín El Grande1
was arraigned on gun charges1
was the city you avoided1
Watchdog warns over shooting probe1
Wayne Rooney launches phone-hacking claim1
where a similar levy was trialed three years ago.1
Whistle-blower links Serbian drug lords1
whistleblower claims1
who believes the star loves him1
who is said to have ridden himself of a nasty skin complaint thanks to his visit to the Hedionda baths1
who was identified by prosecutors as a member of the Tiny Rascals Gang-Grey1
yet another young Briton has tragically fallen to her death from a hotel balcony1

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