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
„He said: "Bono, as an artist, activist, and advocate for the poor, you have made a real difference, crossed boundaries and have broken taboos." On receiving the award, Bono said: "This is going to make me worse." This is the sixth year of the awards, a spin-off from the MTV Video Music Awards held in the US each September. British acts fared well, with Fatboy Slim netting the Best Dance accolade and Blur winning Best Video for Coffee And TV. Whitney Houston scooped Best R&B actThe Backstreet Boys won one of four awards for which they were nominated - Best Band, while American band The Offspring came out on top in the Best Rock category. Will Smith claimed his first award since 1997, for Best Male act, while Eminem won the Best Hip Hop act.“
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BBC News | AMERICAS | US bus attack horror
„Greyhound earlier reported 10 people had been killed in the crash. The driver was treated for a cut to his neck and was stable after surgery, said Coffee County Medical Examiner Dr Al Brandon. He confirmed that the driver's throat had been slashed with a "sharp instrument similar to a razor blade". Dr Brandon said the driver had told him that one passenger on the bus, who spoke with a foreign accent and is said to have been carrying a Croatian passport, got up from his seat and spoke to him several times before the attack.“
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BBC NEWS | UK | Muslims get soft drinks go-ahead
„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 | Row over coffee advice for diabetics
„Rob van Dam, who led the research, said: "In view of the widespread use of coffee and the large health burden of type 2 diabetes, our finding of an inverse association between coffee consumption and risk of type 2 diabetes could have important public-health implications. "However, our findings need to be replicated and possible adverse effects on other health aspects should be considered in the choice to consume coffee." He told BBC News Online: "It has been shown over and over again that caffeine lowers insulin sensitivity. But they only study people for a few hours. Exercise and diet "If you look over several days, then there's not such a clear effect - a tolerance of caffeine could develop.“
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