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 First Deputy Managing Director John Lipsky of the International Monetary Fund met today with Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius of Lithuania to review recent economic developments and discuss the prospects for Lithuania’s economy. | 
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 The sailing boat ‘Traité de Rome’ (Treaty of Rome) has docked in Valencia’s port to bring the Spanish Presidency of the European Union to those visiting the 33rd America’s Cup, which begins in the Mediterranean city on Monday. | 
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 MEPs will vote Tuesday on whether to approve or reject the new Barroso II European Commission. | 
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 The EBRD’s Board of Directors has adopted a new strategy for Kazakhstan, which reinforces the Bank’s commitment to further support the Kazakh economy and sets out the priorities for its activities in the country over the next three years. | 
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 ICSA Labs, an independent division of Verizon Business, is the first independent security-product testing and certification laboratory to earn ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation, validating the laboratory's world-class capabilities. | 
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 BS/2, a company operating in the field of banking technologies, will be a golden partner at the exhibition Wincor World 2010, which will take place on 26-28 January 2010. | 
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 The fate of blue fin tuna hangs in the balance this week as a complete ban on the trade is debated by MEPs. | 
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 The first solar cell production line was opened in Vilnius on 26 January. | 
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 Science and information are at the centre of the EU's crusade to bring down cancer rates. | 
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 The exhibition, ‘EL GRECO Domenikos Theotokopoulos 1900’ returns to Europe after a two-month stay at the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico, where it received more than 250 000 visitors. | 
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 The “shame” that athletes “bring on themselves, their family and their country” by using illegal drugs is something athletes don't consider according to David Howman, Director General of the World Anti-doping Agency. | 
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 “I was once beaten up so badly, I spent four days in a coma. I was thrown out onto a heap of corpses, and I was found there by one of my comrades.” | 
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 "Avatar" sped past the 1 billion dollar (USD) mark at the worldwide box office after three weekends in release, making it the fourth-biggest movie of all time. | 
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 Khezi Dean is an illusionist - some people also question his sanity. On Tuesday he was dropped into a massive ice cube in the centre of the Israeli city of Tel Aviv. | 
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| | | | | | | |  | Quote of the Day |  |  | | I have accepted the money and for a dowry sold my freedom. | | Plautus |
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