Tuesday, 27 November 2012

World News Update - 27th November 2012

- There has been an agreed deal on Greece's latest bail out with the IMF. The prime minister of Greece Antonis Samaras was happy with the deal saying that "a new day begins for all Greek's".

- A murder inquiry lead by French, Swiss and Russian expert has began in respect of the Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat who died in Paris 2004. It has been a long suspicion that Arafat was poisoned, and therefore the experts have been given samples of his body after the remain were examined and before the re-sealing of his tomb.

- Floods continue across the UK with worse effected areas such as North Wales and North of England, some residents have been advised to leave their homes. Serious worries regarding how property owners will be able to insure their homes in the future will be a big concern to the government and insurance companies who already face massive claims for both residential of commercial properties.

- Some hope for the UK economic as figures confirm 1% growth between July and September.

- The UK education system is apparently ranked the sixth best in the world following countries such as Finland, South Korea. Hong Kong, Japan and Singapore.

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