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New Zealand votes to keep its flag

BusinessInsider.com 

REUTERS/Paul Hackett

WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand voted on Thursday to retain its national flag, which includes the Union Jack of its former colonial ruler, after a 16-month exercise that cost taxpayers NZ$26 million ($17.44 million).

Preliminary results of a referendum showed 56.6 percent of voting Kiwis wanted to keep the flag, which is completed by the Southern Cross constellation, with critics dubbing the alternative featuring a silver fern a "beach towel".

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Hengelo gaat niet opnieuw praten met pomphouder

Tubantia 

HENGELO -  Hengelo gaat niet opnieuw in overleg met pomphouder Busscher aan de Deurningerstraat. Een motie van de VVD waarin wethouder Jan Bron daartoe werd opgeroepen haalde het woensdagavond niet in de gemeenteraad. Alleen de VVD zelf stemde voor.

Afghanistan may contain large resources of undiscovered potash: USGS

Khaama Press (Afghan News Agency) 

The United States Geological Survey (USGS) has said Afghanistan may contain large resources of undiscovered potash together with the Central Asian countries. According to a global mineral resource assessment led by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Central Asia Salt Basin of Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Afghanistan has the potential to contain between 39 and 54 Read the full article...

Jet Airways Buses Stranded Passengers out of Brussels

WSJ.com 

Jet Airways says it has moved about 450 of its passengers who were stuck in Belgium after terror attacks there earlier this week to neighboring Netherlands, where they can get onward flights. The passengers were taken by bus to Amsterdam’s airport.

Lewis grows African footprint

Business Report 

Lewis completes the acquisition of a portfolio of 57 Ellerines and Beares stores in four southern African countries to expand its African footprint.

Forse boetes voor vier grote accountants

Tubantia 

AMSTERDAM (ANP) - De vier grote accountantsorganisaties in Nederland, Deloitte, EY, KPMG en PwC,krijgen miljoenen euro's aan boetes opgelegd door de Autoriteit Financiële Markten (AFM). Volgens de toezichthouder hebben ze zich niet aan hun zorgplicht gehouden.

7 per cent of girls not physically active, report warns

Sydney Morning Herald 

We wriggled out of primordial darkness and learnt to run tens of kilometres a day to avoid becoming a grizzly animal's lunch. Yet today, young people are struggling to achieve even one hour of physical activity a day.


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