Portugal economy to contract: bank

THE Portuguese economy is set to contract by 2.3 per cent this year due to a sharp fall in domestic demand and disappointing export growth, the Bank of Portugal says. With the new forecast, which predicts a deeper contraction than an earlier...

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Cold lambs feast on chocolate eggs

TWO lambs have caused mayhem at a popular UK tourist attraction after trying to scoff a pile of a quarter of a million chocolate Easter eggs. A ewe and the two lambs were found in the egg store at Wookey Hole Caves in Somerset where staff believe...

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Native title boss to step down

THE boss of the body that oversees native title claims in Australia is stepping down after almost two decades of involvement with Aboriginal land rights. National Native Title Tribunal president Graeme Neate announced on Tuesday he would leave...

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Italian star Lollobrigida auctions jewels

ITALIAN actress Gina Lollobrigida is to sell jewellery worth as much as three million euros ($A3.71 million), with some of the proceeds going to help stem cell research, auction house Sotheby's says. Designed by Italian creator Bulgari in the...

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Breivik denied attendance at mum's funeral

NORWEGIAN prison authorities have rejected a request by mass killer Anders Behring Breivik to attend the funeral of his mother, who died last week after a long illness, his lawyer says. Breivik, a 34-year-old right-wing extremist who is serving...

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Steenkamp parents tell of grief

THE parents of Oscar Pistorius' dead girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp have spoken of their grief over her killing. June and Barry Steenkamp are still trying to come to terms with the death of their daughter shot dead at Pistorius' home in the upmarket...

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Spain bank says recession to deepen

SPAIN will seek deeper into recession this year and the unemployment rate, which is already at a record 26 per cent, will rise further as it continues to feel the fallout of the collapse of a property bubble, the central bank says. The Spanish...

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