BBC News | BUSINESS | Viennese in a froth over Starbucks (#)

  „"I've never heard of Starbucks, but I wouldn't go to a coffee house where you can't smoke," said cosmetics worker Ulli Schiller, 38. "And I wouldn't order a coffee to go in a paper cup, because I want to enjoy coffee where it's cozy." 'David and Goliath' The Seattle-based company, which operates nearly 5,000 franchises in almost 30 countries, is planning up to 14 more shops in Austria over the next 18 months. Other American-style coffee enterprises serving similar fare to Starbucks' bagels, brownies and flavoured coffees, may also be under threat. One such is the Coffeeshop Company, located around the corner from the new branch of Starbucks.“

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  „In the wake of the ruling, the British Soft Drinks Association said it would not propose a new labelling policy but some companies might decide to mark their products "halal" to prevent any future confusion.“

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BBC News | HEALTH | Warning over 'killer sweets'

  „A FSA spokesman said: "This is the kind of thing that parents might see and want to use as a stocking filler - so we need to warn them not to. "We know that in other countries, such as Canada, children have died as a result of choking on these." Sticky ingrediant The jellies come in dome-shaped foil-sealed cups that are about the size of individual mini pots of milk or coffee creamer, and can be sold in bags, plastic jars or individually. They can usually be found in corner-shops. The danger comes because children tend to suck out and effectively 'inhale' the sweet, which contains a soft, slippery type jelly with a hard, fruit flavoured gum at the centre, increasing the risk of choking.“

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BBC News | MEDIA REPORTS | Al-Qaeda note suggests 'attack on London'

  „The notebook is said to have contained plans to detonate a 480kg remote control device "to be left in a van parked preferably in Moorgate, in the City of London". The planned attack is reported in both The Observer newspaper in London and the Expresso newspaper, based in Lisbon in Portugal. UK special forces have played an active role in the Afghan campaign Expresso said neither the author of the notes nor the time they were written were known, nor was it known whether the document was "simply a hypothetical exercise". But The Observer says the author of the notebook may have been a British fundamentalist.“

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BBC News | SCOTLAND | Kvaerner plant 'set for take-over'

  „A consortium including some former managers has put together a deal which union leaders hope will safeguard many of the 250 jobs at the former John Brown Engineering plant. But Kvaerner said that more than 100 jobs could actually be lost in the short-term if the deal with Newco went ahead. A company spokesman said that the agreement reached on Friday with Newco - the working name for the consortium - was a "letter of intent" to sell the plant. Unions believe the deal would save jobs The spectre of sale or closure has been hanging over Kvaerner Energy's Clydebank operations since it was revealed in December that a management buy-out attempt had failed.“

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BBC News | Entertainment | Big night for Britney

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