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• The Voice of France that came from Belgium

  Posted on Friday October 10th, 2008 at 17:56 in belgium, brussels, chanson, existentialist, flemish, france, hiva oa, jacques brel, marquesas islands, music, paris

  30 years ago - on October 9th, 1978 - one of the most famous European voices of the 20th century fell silent forever. On that cool and grey day Jacques Brel - singer, songwriter, existentialist and cultural icon for more than one generation - died in...

• 2008 Nobel Prize for Literature

  Posted on Thursday October 9th, 2008 at 07:07 in 2008, africa, desert, france, jean-marie le clézio, literature, mauritius, nobel prize, swedish academy

  The 2008 Nobel Prize for Literature has been awarded to the distinguished French writer and novelist J.M.G. Le Clézio.The now 68-year-old author is honoured with the 10 million Swedish Kronor (€ 1,024,427) award for his life's work, which includes...

• Taliban destroys Irish-run School in Pakistan

  Posted on Thursday October 9th, 2008 at 00:41 in afghanistan, christians, micheál martin, muslims, north-west frontier, pakistan, presentation sisters, schools, swat, taliban

  A group of fighters from the Islamic fundamentalist Taliban movement has attacked and destroyed a girls' school run by Irish Presentation Sisters in the Swat district (on the map coloured yellow) of North-West Frontier Province (tinted grey) in Pakis...

• Interest Rates Cuts did not stop financial Panic

  Posted on Wednesday October 8th, 2008 at 22:43 in bank of england, central banks, ecb, Economy, europe, finance, ftse, Ireland, iseq, john hurley, stock markets, UK

  Yesterday's half percent cut of interest rates by the ECB in Frankfurt (left) and the world's other most powerful central banks has failed to halt a slide on the international stock markets, even though the Asian stock exchanges have reacted with som...

• 2008 Nobel Prize for Chemistry

  Posted on Wednesday October 8th, 2008 at 15:47 in 2008, Chemistry, gfp, japan, jellyfish, martin chalfie, nobel prize, osamu shimomura, roger tsien, swedish academy, usa

  Two American scientists and a US-based Japanese researcher have been awarded the 2008 Nobel Prize for Chemistry. Prof. Osamu Shimomura, Prof. Martin Chalfie and Prof. Roger Tsien are honoured for their discovery of the brightly glowing protein GFP."T...

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