World Portugal
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Test::Kit Plans and YAPC::EU Surprise
<p>I've received some nice feedback about Test::Kit . A number of people at YAPC::EU also told me it sounded interesting, so I made the mistake of promising I'd have an alpha out by conference end.</p>
Tree-killing bug menaces Europe's pine forests
<p>Manuel Coimbra watches in silence, his hands on his hips, as a lumberjack saws down one of his pine trees to stop a killer bug which experts say could wipe out large belts of European woodland.</p>
Islands are close, cheap
<p>Europe is closer than you think and less expensive than you'd expect, if you travel to the Azores, an archipelago of nine islands in the Atlantic Ocean.</p>
Spain accused of exporting binge drinkers to Portugal
<p>Spain has clamped down on the 'botellon' in which huge numbers of young people gather for a drinking session enlarge The little resort town of Tavira, in Portugal's Algarve, is fed up with the hordes of noisy ...</p>
Essentials: Portugal embraces modern style of Vinho Verde
<p>Usually light in body and low in alcohol, it has a knifelike acidity and a hint of fizz.</p>
Europe News at 1100GMT
<p>SOUTH OSSETIA TBILISI, Georgia _ Heavy shelling overnight in the Georgian breakaway province of South Ossetia wounds at least 20 people, officials say.</p>
CSHL neuroscientists glimpse how the brain decides what to believe
<p>It has probably happened to everyone at one time or another. You're driving to a restaurant for the very first time.</p>
FESTIVAL/CRUISE: Allgarve Jazz: Music from a Corner of the World
<p>Upon hearing of my impending trip to Portugal, someone grinned knowingly and muttered, "Ah, the California of Europe." What seemed an odd, glib statement has a new meaning, having been there, eaten and drunk ...</p>
The new peaks to climb when a father dies
<p>Amid the soul-searching and grief, son Peter Hillary reflects upon Sir Edmund Hillary's legacy of adventure and compassion.</p>
Pictured: Bank-heist hostage held at gunpoint moments before robber is shot dead by police
<p>These are the last dramatic moments before police opened fire and killed a bank robber who had been holding hostages for eight hours.</p>
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