MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for August 16th 2007
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Thursday, August 16th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
RN super destroyer surpasses all expectations in trials
A Royal Navy warship built in Clyde shipyards and billed as the world's most advanced destroyer finished Thursday its first test run on the open sea. HMS Daring, the first in a batch of six destroyers ordered by the Royal Navy, has completed a month of sea trials and arrived at the town of Largs on the west coast.
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Thursday, August 16th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Black Thursday for markets but mixed signals from Wall Street
Global markets plunged again on Thursday with London's main FTSE 100 index seeing its sharpest fall in four-and-a-half years, but in New York Wall Street shares staged a dramatic recovery after suffering heavy losses earlier in the day.
