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<title>Expatica - Belgian Local Headlines</title>
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<title>Wervick shag cigarettes to become Japanese</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 15:00:35 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Tobacco giant Japan Tobacco has acquired West Flemish roll tobacco producer Gryson for a hefty 475 million euros. This is 12.3 times the expected cash flow of 38.7 euros for the year....]]></description>
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<title>Bill Gates donates 3 million dollars to Flemish malaria research</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 15:00:35 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The Bill &amp;amp; Melinda Gates Foundation donated a&amp;nbsp; 3 million dollar 2.3 million euros fund to malaria researchers at the Institute for Tropical Diseases ITG in Antwerp to change...]]></description>
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<title>Flanders promises more training support for SMEs</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 15:00:35 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Large companies employing a staff of more than 250 receive more than half the 200 million euros earmarked for Flemish training support in enterprises, figures released to Flemish MP...]]></description>
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<title>Flanders and the Netherlands remain positive about cultural collaboration</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 15:00:35 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Flanders and the Netherlands will continue to cooperate on a cultural level after a long period they shared too little to set up a meaningful programme. Since 2006 the Cultural Treaty...]]></description>
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<title>Last Post in Ypres candidate for World Heritage list</title>
<link>http://www.expatica.com/be/news/belgian-news/last-post-in-ypres-candidate-for-world-heritage-list_229768.html</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 15:00:35 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A case has been submitted to Unesco to recognise the daily Last Post ceremony which has been taking place daily under the Menen gate in Ypres since 1928 as an intangible cultural...]]></description>
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<title>"Flemish Charter not a step towards independence"</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 15:00:20 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[For the past twenty year there has been talk of a Flemish Charter or manifesto containing the basic rights of Flemish society. The eventual compromise is not be referred to as a...]]></description>
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<title>2011 a record year for inland shipping</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 15:00:20 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The Scheepvaart nv Shipping plc confirmed that freight traffic via inland shipping reached a record 40 million tons last year. Scheepvaart plc, a public company with full shareholding...]]></description>
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<title>Custom-made medicines on the increase</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 15:00:20 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Pharmaceutical companies and researchers are increasingly moving towards more personalised medications or innovative, custom-made drugs. &amp;ldquo;Science is not static,&amp;rdquo; says Leo...]]></description>
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<title>Flemish dancers feature at Avignon Festival</title>
<link>http://www.expatica.com/be/news/belgian-news/flemish-dancers-feature-at-avignon-festival_229509.html</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 15:00:20 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Antwerp choreographer Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui&amp;nbsp;will be&amp;nbsp;one of the key guests at this year&amp;rsquo;s 66th edition of the Avignon Festival&amp;nbsp;which runs from 7 to 28 July,...]]></description>
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<title>Japan Tobacco to buy Belgium's Gryson</title>
<link>http://www.expatica.com/be/news/belgian-news/japan-tobacco-to-buy-belgium-s-gryson_229413.html</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 09:00:16 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Japan Tobacco said Thursday that it would buy Belgian rolling tobacco maker Gryson NV for 475 million euros ($597 million) to expand its foothold in the European market.The...]]></description>
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