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href="/web/20110111092620/http://www.thenational.ae/business/markets/market-minute-january-4-2011"> <img width="160" src="/web/20110111092620im_/http://www.thenational.ae/deployedfiles/Assets/Richmedia/Video/20110104 Mar Min 159x106.jpg" alt="Market Minute - January 4, 2011"/> <img height="14" width="14" src="/web/20110111092620im_/http://www.thenational.ae/staticfiles/images/portal/icon-multimedia-video.gif" alt="(Video)" class="icon-multimedia"/> </a> </div> <p class="last-updated">Jan 4 , 2011 | 12:00AM GST</p> <p class="views">Viewed 425 times</p> </div><!-- end article-teaser --> </div><!-- end grid-3 --> <div class="grid-3"> <div class="article-teaser article-teaser-with-image"> <h4 class="headline"><a href="/web/20110111092620/http://www.thenational.ae/arts-culture/art/looking-back-at-the-news-in-pictures-for-2010">Looking back at the news in pictures for 2010</a></h4> <div class="image"> <a href="/web/20110111092620/http://www.thenational.ae/arts-culture/art/looking-back-at-the-news-in-pictures-for-2010"> <img width="160" src="/web/20110111092620im_/http://www.thenational.ae/deployedfiles/Assets/Richmedia/File/lookingBackthumb.jpg" alt="Looking back at the news in pictures for 2010"/> <img height="14" width="14" src="/web/20110111092620im_/http://www.thenational.ae/staticfiles/images/portal/icon-multimedia-interactive.gif" alt="(Interactive)" class="icon-multimedia"/> </a> </div> <p class="last-updated">Jan 2 , 2011 | 12:00AM GST</p> <p class="views">Viewed 307 times</p> </div><!-- end article-teaser --> </div><!-- end grid-3 --> <div class="grid-3 grid-nested-last"> <div class="article-teaser article-teaser-with-image"> <h4 class="headline"><a href="/web/20110111092620/http://www.thenational.ae/arts-culture/art/the-nationals-pictures-of-2010">The National's pictures of 2010</a></h4> <div class="image"> <a 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