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Top 30 (sold albums + streaming stats): 1. (No 21 in the all-time bestsellers list) Adele – 21 (806,023,008 streams) 2. (No 28) Metallica – Metallica (229,955,391) 3. (No 29) Nirvana – Nevermind (121,970,542) 4. (No 23) Bruce Springsteen – Born in the USA (94,855,753) 5. (No 10) Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin IV (93,040,647) […]
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Permission for the new runway, which will be built 1.6km north of the current main runway, was originally granted in 2007 with 31 conditions attached. The economic downturn and the subsequent fall in passengers coming through the airport saw the plans put on hold. Passenger numbers at the airport have grown in the past two […]
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SC Braga – Shakhtar Donetsk: SC Braga is currently 4th in the table 20 points behind the first, SL Benfica and 6 points in front of the 5th. Therefore they focus mainly on the Europa League. Donetsk is currently 2nd, 3 points behind Dynamo Kiew. They won easily against RSC Anderlecht in the last round […]
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Real Madrid will offer Cristiano Ronaldo back to Manchester United for €60m (£48.5m) this summer, according to reports in Spain. Spanish publication ES have claimed that Real have decided to cash in on the 31-year-old at the end of the season because his contract expires in 2018 and he will only lose value. Ronaldo played […]
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Ireland’s headline inflation rate has been negative for 12 of the last 15 months, CSO figures show. Consumer prices fell by 0.3 per cent in the year to March, according to the latest official figures. The primary drivers were decreases in transport (-5.9 per cent), furnishings and household equipment (-2.5 per cent), and clothing […]
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From a medieval African trading town to a Mediterranean island nation, these overlooked outposts are worth a look. Austria What Americans (and some Europeans) forget about Austria is that 100 years ago, it was a great Imperial capital of Europe, on par with London, Paris, Rome… and then the political fortunes of the Austro-Hungarian Empire faded. […]
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Current Italy manager will join London club at end of Euro 2016. Antonio Conte has signed a three-year contract worth £15m to become the new Chelsea manager and will join the club after helming Italy’s Euro 2016 campaign. The Italian had already announced his decision to step down as his national team’s manager after the […]
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Peadar Kearney, an IRB member and the author of many popular political songs and verses, produced the text of ‘The Soldier’s Song’, working in collaboration with Patrick Heeney, who was mainly responsible for the melody. The original text was in English and consisted of three stanzas and a chorus. The words and music may well […]
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VfL Wolfsburg – Real Madrid The VfL Wolfsburg recently made more headlines beside the pitch rather than on it, after Max Kruse was publicly criticized for his extravagant lifestyle and Nicklas Bendtner was suspended from the club. They form has been very bad in the past games, playing a draw against Darmstadt and losing 3:0 […]
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