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COMMENT: You mentioned that the EU would impose capital controls at the WEC. I was in the banking industry in Sweden. The capital controls that were imposed in 1939 were not lifted until 1989. Not everyone appreciates your depth of knowledge. SW REPLY: You are absolutely correct. Sweden introduced wartime exchange controls in 1939. Maintained
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Has resident doctors’ pay gone up or down? published at 11:32 GMT Nicholas Barrett BBC Verify researcher With a fresh strike by resident – or junior – doctors due to happen just before Christmas, this morning on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme there was a heated discussion about whether their pay has risen or fallen.
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Ian Youngs Culture reporter Getty Images Jafar Panahi picked up three trophies at the Gotham Awards in New York on Monday Award-winning Iranian film-maker Jafar Panahi has been given a prison sentence on charges of creating propaganda against the political system, his lawyer has said, on the same day his new film won a string
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Meryl Sebastian & Abhishek Dey India has ordered all new smartphones to come pre-loaded with a non-removable, state-run cybersecurity app, sparking privacy concerns. Under the order – passed last week but made public on Monday – smartphone makers have 90 days to ensure all new devices come with the government’s Sanchar Saathi app. It says
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Mayeni Jones BBC Africa correspondent Ali Ngwane / BBC Farmers like Mary Penge, 41, say their crop soil has been contaminated by the toxic spill Even before the dam collapsed, Lamec did not feel safe working at the copper mine. “If our work protective gear gets damaged, it is not always replaced,” he tells us.
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China and Japan’s coast guards have given different accounts of a confrontation that occurred near a group of geopolitically sensitive islands in the East China Sea. China’s Coast Guard said on Tuesday that a Japanese fishing vessel had illegally entered the waters of the Diaoyu Islands – which Tokyo calls the Senkaku Islands. China claims
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