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Stories for March 19th 2010

• Friday, March 19th 2010 - 01:21 UTC

  Greece closer to the IMF; Euro plummets below 1.36 US dollars

  

  News that Greece may go cap in hand to the IMF for help with its debt crisis prompted investors to rush for the relative safety of the dollar, which soared against the Euro on Thursday. The Euro fetched 1.3603 dollars down more than a US cent on late trading.

• Friday, March 19th 2010 - 00:12 UTC

  Proposal to ban Atlantic bluefin tuna international trade rejected

  

  A proposal to ban international trade in Atlantic bluefin tuna, which is a sushi mainstay in Japan, has been rejected by a UN wildlife meeting. Thursday's decision occurred after Japan, Canada and many poor nations opposed the measure on the grounds it would devastate fishing economies.

• Friday, March 19th 2010 - 00:07 UTC

  Inventor of the Web says WWW is a fundamental right for a democracy

  

  The World Wide Web is becoming as important to the future of mankind as free speech, the inventor of the Web Sir Tim Berners-Lee has said. Because the network is neutral and access to data open, the Web is becoming a vital tool to ensure open government, and as such it should be considered a right.