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German economy sees ‘record’ growth of 2.2%

The German economy grew by 2.2% in the three months to the end of June, its fastest quarterly growth in 20 years, official figures show. “Such quarter-on-quarter growth has never been recorded before in reunified Germany,” the national statistics office, Destatis, said. The main reason for the higher-than-expected growth was strong exports, helped by a weaker euro. Separate figures showed ... Read More »

Dead Girl in Google Street View!

Well, it seems apparently Google’s street view was involved in a murder. Google’s Street View of Middle Road in Worcester, England has a dead girl in it and Google as usual didn’t bother about it or report to the police at least. This is the actual image from Google’s street view : The locals who saw this on street view ... Read More »

Russian spy suspect missing in Cyprus

A Russian spy suspect arrested in Cyprus and granted bail has gone missing, police say. Christopher Metsos was held at the Mediterranean island’s Larnaca airport on Tuesday by immigration officers after an Interpol alert. He is one of 11 people at the centre of an FBI spying investigation – the others are being questioned in the US. A Canadian citizen, ... Read More »

Russian secret agents arrested in US

Russian secret agents have been arrested in US. The FBI has arrested 10 people for allegedly serving for years as secret agents of Russia’s intelligence service, the SVR, with the goal of penetrating U.S. government policymaking circles. According to court papers unsealed Monday, the FBI intercepted a message from SVR headquarters, Moscow Center, to two of the defendants describing their ... Read More »

Oil spill threatens to roil US-British relations

WASHINGTON — The leaking oil that has tainted the Gulf of Mexico is also threatening the political shores on both sides of the Atlantic, with a British company the villain. President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron planned to discuss the environmental catastrophe over the telephone on Saturday, hoping to ease what has become a growing rift over ... Read More »