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 IMF calls on UK to do more to boost economy The International Monetary Fund has issued a tough assessment of U.K. economic policy, urging the coalition government and Bank of England to do more to boost demand in the economy. Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T10:44:55Z OECD warns eurozone crisis stunting global recovery  Europe came under mounting pressure Tuesday to take action to boost growth as the OECD warned the eurozone crisis has worsened and poses the most serious risk to a recovery for the global economy.Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T11:09:46Z All trapped Zimbabwe miners accounted for: company  HARARE (Reuters) - All of around 60 miners trapped underground after an accident at Zimbabwe's Mimosa platinum mine have been accounted for and are being brought to the surface, the company in charge of the mine said on Tuesday. "A number of employees who were accommodated in refuge bays due to low visibility are now in the process of being moved to surface," Mimosa said in a statement. It said it was too early to assess the impact on platinum production.Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T11:14:28Z Five killed in restaurant blast in Syrian capital BEIRUT (Reuters) - Five people were killed when an explosive device detonated at a restaurant in the Syrian capital Damascus on Tuesday, Syrian state media and activists said. The northern Damascus neighborhood of Qaboun where the bomb went off has been a centre of protests demanding the end of President Bashar al-Assad's rule and has also seen fighting between Assad loyalists and rebels. State television blamed the explosion on "terrorists," a term the Syrian government uses when referring to the armed opposition. ... Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T10:47:38Z Joplin commemorates anniversary of deadly tornado  A day of solemn remembrances and forward-looking celebrations is planned Tuesday as Joplin commemorates the anniversary of a tornado that ripped the city in half.Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T11:01:23Z Houston museum unveils $85 million dinosaur hall  Pups in her womb, a large eye visible behind the rib cage, one baby stuck in the birth canal, all fossilized in stone, modern-day evidence of how this ancient marine beast, the Ichthyosaur, died: in childbirth.Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T11:05:14Z 10 Things to Know for Tuesday  Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today (times EDT):Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T10:54:11Z Spain teachers, students strike over spending cuts  Teachers and students at all levels of Spain's education system went on strike Tuesday to protest wide-ranging government spending cuts, chanting and erecting makeshift tombs at university campuses to symbolize what they claim will be the death of the country's schooling system.Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T10:53:37Z Brandon Cronenberg is a chip off the bloody block  You wait years for a new Cronenberg movie at Cannes, and then two come along at once.Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T10:49:48Z UK awards deals to design new Trident submarines LONDON (Reuters) - Britain awarded contracts to design its next generation of nuclear deterrent submarines on Tuesday, bringing renewal of the controversial and costly Trident weapons system a step closer. Debate has raged in cash-strapped Britain on whether to renew the Trident nuclear deterrent - which currently consists of four submarines carrying Trident warheads - at an estimated cost of some 20 billion pounds ($31.5 billion). ... Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T10:58:18Z |