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Blog: Wealthy elitepor open03 hace 1 mes | 0 comentariosOrascom has a track record in emerging markets. It has more than 84 million mobile subscribers across the Middle East, Africa and South Asia, but is clearly playing a long game in North Korea. Mobile phones cost several times the average monthly ...
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Blog: 'Rumours flying around'por open02 hace 1 mes | 0 comentarios
In the past year, workers have been busy at theatres, hotels and apartment blocks across the capital. Tram lines have been ripped up and replaced, the facades of buildings torn down and reconstructed. At the Ryugyong itself, an army of labourers has ...
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Blog: Will 'Hotel of Doom' ever be finished?por open02 hace 1 mes | 0 comentarios
Infamously ugly and unfinished, the shell of the Ryugyong Hotel dominates North Korea's capital, Pyongyang. But work on the skyscraper began again last summer after a 16-year hiatus and, as the company behind it tells the BBC's Matthew Davis, an end ...
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' Blog: Serious problem'por open01 hace 1 mes | 0 comentarios
Hundreds of soldiers and riot police are still surrounding the Brazilian embassy compound in Tegucigalpa, where Mr Zelaya has been living since his dramatic return to Honduras last week. On Sunday, the interim government gave Brazil 10 days to ...
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Blog: Honduras 'may restore liberties'por open01 hace 1 mes | 0 comentarios
The interim leader of Honduras, Roberto Micheletti, has said civil liberties could soon be restored in the country. They were suspended in response to a call for protests by deposed President Manuel Zelaya, who remains holed up in the Brazilian ...
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Blog: 'Love the Queen'por open10 hace 1 mes | 0 comentarios
John Emms and his wife, Audrey, from Egham, Surrey, are regular visitors to royal events at Windsor and managed to find a good spot near the start of the route. "We are great fans of royalty," said Mr Emms, who had been reading about Mr Sarkozy in ...
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Blog: Modest dresspor open10 hace 1 mes | 0 comentarios
A modest crowd of hundreds watched as the procession passed - first there was the Queen, dressed in a beige suit and feathered hat, and dark-suited Mr Sarkozy in the Australian state coach. They were followed by Prince Philip and Mrs Sarkozy - in ...
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Blog: Blair babe triggers tabloid frenzypor open11 hace 1 mes | 0 comentarios
Baby Number Four at Number Ten'' is the way The Scotsman reports that Cherie Blair is pregnant at the age of 45. According to The Daily Mail, the Prime Minister's wife is following an increasing trend among British women of adding to their families ...
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Blog: Nude image of Carla Bruni soldpor open11 hace 1 mes | 0 comentarios
A nude photograph of France's first lady, Carla Bruni, has been auctioned for $91,000 (£46,098) - more than 20 times the expected price. The image was taken by photographer Michel Comte in 1993, when Ms Bruni was a highly sought-after model. The ...
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Blog: Boxer jailed for murderpor open08 hace 1 mes | 0 comentarios
A boxer known as "The Gent" has been jailed for seven years for killing his love rival with a single right hook. Charlie Rumbol, 21, knocked out 18-year-old Robert Radford in a London street because he spent the weekend with his former girlfriend ...
