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Tropical Storm Nineteen

12 March 2010

As of 00:00 UTC Friday, 12 March, the centre of tropical storm Nineteen ( as yet un-named) was located near to 10.6S 177.2W in the southwest Pacific Ocean, approximately 560 miles (900 km) north west of Pago Pago and around 700 miles (1,100 km) north northeast of the Fiji capital Suva. According to the...


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If last year was the year of the cat, then this year could be the year of the debt crisis.

Mike Van Slooten, head of international market analysis at Aon Benfield