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Reading (RC322): The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee: Happy and glorious, the river Queen. (Telegraph)
On a most British of days – right down to the weather – more than a million people line the Thames to pay tribute to the Queen on her Diamond Jubilee. Has there ever been a more robust, a more … Continue reading
Reading (RCA322): The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee: Happy and glorious, the river Queen. (Telegraph) – answers
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Over one million people waited by the River Thames to see the Queen.
She has been the Queen for 60 years.
This anniversary is called the Diamond Jubilee.
“Turned out” means “arrived”.
She is 86.
She is short.
The purpose of waiting by … Continue reading
Reading (RC321): Sponsor turns off Olympics cash machines. (The Times)
Visitors to the Olympic Games who do not have a Visa card should be prepared to bring cash when attending venues this summer.
Visa, one of London 2012’s official sponsors, has requested that the 27 existing cash machines located in Olympic … Continue reading
Reading (RCA321): Sponsor turns off Olympics cash machines. (The Times) – answers
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People will need a Visa card.
You should carry cash.
27 cash machines will be switched off.
Visa has the power to request this because it is an official sponsor.
8 new Visa only machines will be installed.
No, because most UK … Continue reading
Reading (RC320): Spain faces ‘total emergency’ as fear grips markets. (Telegraph)
Spain is facing the gravest danger since the end of the Franco dictatorship as the country is frozen out of global capital markets and slides towards an epic showdown with Europe.
“We’re in a situation of total emergency, the worst crisis … Continue reading
Reading (RCA320): Spain faces ‘total emergency’ as fear grips markets. (Telegraph) – answers
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No, it does not.
It is coming into conflict with Europe.
Felipe Gonzalez is the country’s elder statesman.
They have fallen by 4.8%.
They have fallen by 14.6%.
They have risen by 18%.
The opposite of deflation is inflation.
Reading: (RC319): Apple chief Tim Cook admits ‘intense interest’ in television sector. (Telegraph)
Apple chief executive Tim Cook has admitted that television is “an area of intense interest for us” in comments that are likely to fuel speculation that the company plans to make TVs.
“We’re not a hobby kind of company, as you … Continue reading
Reading: (RCA319): Apple chief Tim Cook admits ‘intense interest’ in television sector. (Telegraph) – answers
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Tim Cook is the Chief Executive of Apple.
They think it is going to make TVs.
Apple TV allows people to download content from YouTube and iTunes.
Apple televisions might revolutionise the TV business.
Cook was speaking at the All Things Digital Conference … Continue reading
Reading (RC318): Syria Houla massacre: Russia told to intervene before it is too late. (Telegraph)
William Hague issued an ultimatum to Russia last night to intervene in the Syrian crisis before it was too late, warning that the massacre of at least 108 people, including 32 young children in Houla, had taken the country to … Continue reading
Reading (RCA318): Syria Houla massacre: Russia told to intervene before it is too late. (Telegraph) – answers
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William Hague has issued an ultimatum.
He is the Foreign Secretary.
108 people were killed in Houla.
He is meeting Sergei Lavrov, the Russian Foreign Secretary in Moscow.
He says Russia risks its last bastion of influence in the Middle East … Continue reading
