LONDON - Raise a pint to the old British pub: Dark-paneled, fixed on the English landscape , and, more than ever these days, empty. Beer sales in British pubs have slumped to their lowest level since the Great Depression, including a 10 percent drop

One armed Frenchman fails to swim the channel - Daily Telegraph
Olivier Desmet, 56, whose left forearm was amputated after a motorcycle accident in 1976, said he had dreamt of attempting the 35-kilometre (22-mile) crossing for the last five years. “For me it’s a great success and not a failure”, Desmet said

U.S. beer industry charts stormy economic seas - Forbes
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. beer makers are trying to plot a new course as their industry faces a roiling sea of political and economic uncertainty and global consolidation. Industry executives gathered in New York Wednesday for the annual members-only

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