In UK, flights at London Heathrow airport's Terminal Five are subject to delays for the second day running due to chaos at the baggage-handling department. On Thursday, thousands of passengers were stranded, with many of them having to be put up in hotels.
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Financial Times And Stock Exchange Group, the global index company, and Conflict Securities Advisory Group, the preeminent research provider specializing in terror-free investment screening and certification services, today announce the launch of the FTSE CSAG Terror-Free Index Series, which is based on the FTSE Global Equity Index Series. The indexes will begin disseminating on Monday, March 31.
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The International Engineering Consortium (IEC) will spotlight leading experts in software and next-generation networks at SOFNET 08 – the only conference and exhibition dedicated to the impacts of software as a driving element in next-generation carrier networks
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The performance costumes of The Supremes, one of the most successful groups of all time, will be on display at the V&A this summer. On show will be over 50 outfits that chart the changing image of the group from their dresses in the early days when they were known as The Primettes to the glamorous Hollywood designs they wore at the height of their fame.
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A new exhibition at the V&A will show the work and collections of Thomas Hope (1769-1831), one of the most influential designers and patron of the arts in Britain in the early 19th century. The exhibition will be on view through 22 June, 2008.
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The V&A will open the new William and Judith Bollinger Jewellery Gallery on 24 May 2008. The gallery will display 3,500 jewels from the Victoria And Albert Museum's jewellery collection, one of the finest and most comprehensive in the world.
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The final masterpiece of composer Luigi Nono, Prometeo, receives its UK premiere at the Royal Festival Hall on 9 and 10 May. This most extraordinary work involves multiple orchestras, two conductors, narrators and groups of instrumental and vocal soloists placed around the Royal Festival Hall auditorium, whilst a live electronic studio, at the heart of the performing space, distributes the music as islands of sound in real time.
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Returning to The Place from 27 March until 17 May, Spring Loaded is a renowned showcase for some of the most refreshing artists choreographing in the UK. The Place backs this conviction by investing in commissioning and initiatives that have enabled many of these artists to research, develop, create and rehearse their work.
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A new work by one of today's leading composers, Thomas Ades, and young Israeli video artist Tal Rosner, will be given its world premiere in the Royal Festival Hall on 28 April, at 7.30pm as the climax to the ETHER festival, Southbank Centre's annual festival of art and technology.
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A display of stunning photographs of the self-governing Maroon community in Jamaica will go on show at Museum in Docklands through 31 August as part of the acclaimed London, Sugar & Slavery gallery’s rolling community exhibition space.
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FTSE Group, the award-winning global index provider, today confirms the results of the March review of the FTSE4Good global index series. An additional 41 companies worldwide have met the index criteria that assess companies’ Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) practices based on principles of Responsible Investment (RI).
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FTSE Group confirms that Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation, Tate & Lyle, and Cobham will all enter the FTSE 100 as a result of today’s review of the FTSE UK Index Series. Moving from the FTSE 100 to the FTSE 250 are Taylor Wimpey, Yell Group, and Rentokil Initial.
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