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HAPPY LUNAR NEW YEAR!!!

GREETINGS   FROM MONGOLIAN LUNAR NEW YEAR!!!...

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Bill Gates’s Desert Island playlist

Image copyrightGates Foundation In today's Magazine When pyjamas ruled the fashion world Making money out of the migrant crisis The downside of being a property guardian 10 things we didn't k...

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If you are a serious sun-seeker, you will want to spend your time in the sunniest place possible. But where should you go to catch the most rays?

One way to define the sunniest place is to ask which spot gets the most continuous hours of sun. If that is what you want, you might be surprised to find it is not the sunshine state of Florida you should visit, but a destination much furth...

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Stalin ‘used secret laboratory to analyse Mao’s excrement’

Image copyrightAPImage captionMao Zedong (L) and Josef Stalin (R) were the two most powerful leaders in the communist world at the time (two photos have been merged together to create this image) A former Soviet agent says he has found evi...

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Barclays facing $70m US dark pool trading fine

Image copyrightReuters Barclays is set to be fined $70m (£49m) for misleading investors about its US "dark pool" trading operations, says the New York Attorney General's office. The UK-based bank has been accused of not making it clear to...

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Myanmar to begin new parliament session ending military-only rule

Image copyrightReuters Image captionAung San Suu Kyi is constitutionally barred from becoming president Hundreds of MPs are gathering for a new session of Myanmar's parliament, set to choose its first democratically elected government in ...

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