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Morning Digest: Insight: Portugal toughs it out as austerity bites

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06/11/2012

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Insight: Portugal toughs it out as austerity bites

GRANDOLA, Portugal (Reuters) - To every Portuguese, the town of Grandola is a cradle of the 1974 revolution that ended decades of dictatorship, but nowadays it is hard to find even a spark of revolt here against the worst economic hardship in the country's recent history..

Muslim, Buddhist mob violence threatens new Myanmar image

SITTWE, Myanmar (Reuters) - Northwest Myanmar was tense on Monday after sectarian violence engulfed its largest city at the weekend, with Reuters witnessing rival mobs of Muslims and Buddhists torching houses and police firing into the air to disperse crowds..

Stock futures point to higher open

LONDON (Reuters) - Stock index futures pointed to a higher open on Wall Street on Monday, with futures for the S&P 500, the Dow Jones and the Nasdaq 100 up 1.0-1.3 percent..

Irish love story "Once" wins eight Tony Awards

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The fairytale success of beloved indie Irish love story "Once" ballooned on Sunday when it scooped Broadway's highest honors, the Tony Awards, including a win for best musical..

Nadal and Djokovic must return to finish Paris duel

PARIS (Reuters) - Novak Djokovic and Rafa Nadal will have to come back to finish their French Open final after rain prevented a conclusion on Sunday with the match on a knife-edge..

Swiss court eases terms for Google's Street View

ZURICH (Reuters) - Technology giant Google can continue to provide its Street View service in Switzerland after a Swiss Court ruled the company was not bound to blur all faces and number plates before publishing images on the Internet..

U.S. pushes for more global cooperation in space

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States wants more global cooperation in space including joint war games and combined operations with allies, and is pushing for data-sharing deals with France, Japan and other countries, a U.S. defense official said in an interview..

Cameron left eight-year-old daughter in pub

LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister David Cameron accidentally left his daughter behind in a country pub after a Sunday lunch with friends following a mix-up over which car she was meant to be going home in, his Downing Street office said on Monday..