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23 May '12

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Global NewsAn example of open data

Open data has many uses. As well as being able to analyse data, it can be used to create online/offline apps and can help enhance existing websites.

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Torchbearer Dimitrios Chondrokoukis, a Greek high jumper, at a special ceremony where the torch was handed over to the London 2012 Olympic Games

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United KingdomOlympic Torch set for co-operative journey through UK

Four staff from Midcounties Co-operative have been chosen to carry the Olympic Flame as part of the Olympics relay around the country this summer.

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Volunteer Julia Starczewski collects water to mix cement to help refurbish the school

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Global NewsVolunteers find spirit of co-operation in Africa

Volunteers from Midcounties Co-operative have recently returned from refurbishing a school in a village outside Magara, at the base of the Great Rift Valley in Tanzania. Here, ...

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Global NewsShare your IYC photos

Why don’t you join us and add your IYC photos to the International Year of Co-operatives Group on Flickr - http://www.flickr.com/groups/1887756@N23/?added=6. You’ll be in good ...

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Louis Doering, Chair of the dotCooperation board, speaking at the board's last meeting at the ICA's General Assembly, Cancun.

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United StatesdotCoop: A global board for a global organisation

dotCooperation LLC is the organisation that oversees the management of the .coop domain name, the board that is part of this stretches right across the world.

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United KingdomUK co-operatives unite to launch the International Year

Co-operative organisations and retail societies have come together to get the 2012 UN-backed International Year of Co-operatives off to a flying start in the UK.

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Global NewsMidcounties Co-operative post record profit

Midcounties Co-operative, Britain’s second biggest independent society, has announced a record profit of £26 million for the year ended January 22nd.

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Global NewsWhat was so nice about Fairtrade Fortnight

Fairtrade Fortnight is the most full-on and extraordinary two weeks of our year (not to mention all the time planning it) and we, and the farmers, meet more fantastic people in 14 ...

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Global NewsFairtrade and Women and Pancakes

Fatima and Harriet in their Kuapa dresses at Oxford Town Hall

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Global NewsMidcounties staff move to new HQ

Midcounties Co-operative expects to complete the phased move of around 170 administrative and support services staff to its new headquarters near Leamington Spa by the end of the month.

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