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Alleged Indian terrorism mastermind arrested in Algarve hotel

singhterroristOfficers from Portugal’s Foreigners and Borders Service (SEF) have nabbed the notorious Khalistani terrorist Paramjit Singh, alias Pamma, a conspirator in the 2010 bombings in Patiala and Ambala in northern India and the mastermind of a 2009 murder, or is he?

According to the SEF, the arrest warrant describes the man as dangerous and violent and "wanted for murder and bombings."

Polls show Spain’s governing conservatives may have most votes

spanishpmVoting has ended in Spain’s hotly contested general elections and the nation holds its breath until all the ballots are counted.

Exit polls indicate that PM Mariano Rajoy’s governing centre-right Popular Party (PP) has won the most seats.

Kate and Gerry may fund independent Madeleine search

mccanns2Madeleine McCann’s parents may launch a new privately funded search for their daughter after the Metropolitan Police announced in October that Operation Grange is to be scaled down.

Kate and Gerry McCann have £750,000 remaining in their ‘No Stone Unturned’ appeal fund and may use it to hire private detectives to follow leads and get answers to pending questions.

Alpine cheese fuels electricity production

switzerlandA power station in the French Alps is generating electricity by using skimmed whey, a by-product of locally crafted Beaufort cheese.

Bacteria added to the whey convert it into biogas, a combination of methane and carbon dioxide. The biogas is then used to create electricity.

Tougher fines for drivers who use mobiles in Britain

mobilephonedrivingDrivers in Britain caught using their mobile phones are likely to face steeper fines and more penalty points on their licences.

The crackdown was outlined by Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin, who said the tougher rules would form part of the government’s new road safety plan, to be published this week.

Minister says Banif problems were 'swept under the carpet'

MinisterForeignSilvaThe new Foreign Affairs Minister, Augusto Santos Silva, said today that the Banif situation showed "how illusory were the supposed truths underlying the right-wing propaganda" and said the time for election fantasy is over.
 
"It is not true, nor was it ever true, that the financial system, in particular the banking system, had been corrected by the intervention of the Troika.

Paulo Portas' memory lapse over TAP deal

portas4Former Deputy Prime Minister Paulo Portas says that if TAP is re-nationalised by the Socialist Party it will be a permanent threat to the taxpayer.

The leader of the CDS-PP, said it sends out the wrong signal to impose a political ideology on the TAP ownership issue and argued that without privatisation the company will always face threats to its future.

Spain to follow in Portugal’s footsteps?

ciudadans2Not for the first time, Spain looks like following in the footsteps of its much smaller neighbour.

It’s not quite on the grand scale of the Spanish taking their cue from the Portuguese in the Age of Discoveries, or in switching from dictatorship to democracy in the 1970s.