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App appetites are on the up and up

Source: The Independent

Barcelona :: Spain | updated Fri Nov 20 15:36:54 -0800 2009 | technology-news

Is the iPhone set to become the most popular games console around? 7.4 million of the devices were sold worldwide in the last three months alone (helping to boost Apple’s profits to £1bn – up 46 per cent on last...

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Ibra blow to Barca

Source: The Star

Madrid :: Spain | updated Fri Nov 20 15:53:08 -0800 2009 | sports-news

Barcelona�s Swedish in��ter��na�tional striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic has been ruled out of today�s clash with Athletic Bilbao and could also miss Tuesday�s crucial Champions League tie against Inter Milan.

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'Planet 51' plot, performances drag

Source: The Fresno Bee

Madrid :: Spain | updated Fri Nov 20 00:04:48 -0800 2009 | entertainment-news

The film looks at what it would be like for a planet of Sea Monkey-looking inhabitants, who seem to be stuck in the '50s, to get a close encounter of the Earthly kind. Their isolated world of backyard barbecues, comic...

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Forecast bad for holiday firms

Source: The Scotsman

Tui :: Spain | updated Fri Nov 20 19:17:57 -0800 2009 | business-news

Thomas Cook and Thomson owner TUI Travel came under pressure yesterday after gloomy comments from analysts on prospects for the tour operators...That was enough, in an otherwise subdued session, to push shares in Thomas Cook and TUI Travel down by...

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Union cancels next Iberia strike

Source: BBC

Madrid :: Spain | updated Fri Nov 20 06:16:48 -0800 2009 | business-news

On Thursday, Iberia said it had agreed an average 4% pay rise for cabin crew. The crew had planned strikes for 30 November to 2 December, and 14 December to 18 December, over the airline's plans for a hiring and...

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Terra stockholders vote for CF slate

Source: The Advocate

Benidorm :: Spain | updated Fri Nov 20 12:05:53 -0800 2009 | business-news

Three nominees to the Terra Industries Inc. board of directors — who were backed by fertilizer rival CF Industries — have been elected over Terra candidates, according to unofficial results at Terra’s annual meeting today. Each company operates ammonia-based chemical...

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TV: Thursday Hot List

Source: Radar Online

Madrid :: Spain | updated Fri Nov 20 07:00:42 -0800 2009 | entertainment-news

The stress of the holiday season is upon us!...Community is one of those comedies that is just so out there and so politically incorrect—and we just can’t get enough. Joel McHale is hilarious as a former lawyer turned community college...

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'New Moon' rises over weekend B.O.

Source: Variety

Madrid :: Spain | updated Thu Nov 19 19:39:09 -0800 2009 | entertainment-news

Thanks to Summit Entertainment's sequel "New Moon" and a crop of other films, the weekend is likely to bring record revenues at the domestic B.O., according to box office observers...Sandra Bullock-Quinton Aaron football drama "The Blind Side" among older women,...

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U.K. apologizes to Spain for buoy colors

Source: United Press International

Madrid :: Spain | updated Fri Nov 20 12:14:14 -0800 2009 | political-news

Britain says it is sorry the Royal Navy used a buoy painted the colors of the Spanish flag for target practice. Giles Paxman, the British ambassador to Spain, offered an official apology at the Spanish Foreign Ministry in Madrid for...

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Santander takes pole position in charges battle

Source: The Independent

Santander :: Spain | updated Fri Nov 20 16:17:15 -0800 2009 | business-news

Santander – owner of Abbey and Alliance & Leicester – this week announced plans to launch a fee-free account in January. Meanwhile the Supreme Court will announce its decision on the long-running bank charges case next Wednesday and is expected...

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