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Murray pulls out of Rome Masters with back pain

ROME (AFP) - Andy Murray pulled out of the Rome Masters on his 26th birthday on Wednesday as the Scot succumbed to back and hip pain during a second-round clash with Marcel Granollers.
May 16, 2013, 12:50 am
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France must offer credible, faster reforms - EU's Barroso

By Elizabeth Pineau and Ingrid Melander
BRUSSELS/PARIS (Reuters) - European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso urged France on Wednesday to push ahead faster with economic reforms...
May 16, 2013, 12:49 am

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Banks pull out of EU steel sector, firms seek alternative funds

By Silvia Antonioli and Tessa Walsh
LONDON (Reuters) - Banks are withdrawing from Europe's troubled steel sector, putting the survival of even some of the most established industry play...
May 16, 2013, 12:47 am

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U.S., European groups divided on how to improve Bangladesh factories

By Jessica Wohl and Nivedita Bhattacharjee
(Reuters) - A trans-Atlantic divide between European and U.S. retailers over how best to respond to fatal disasters in Bangladesh textile fact...
May 16, 2013, 12:40 am

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Honda 'to announce Formula One comeback'

TOKYO (AFP) - Honda are expected to announce shortly they will return to Formula One in 2015 as an engine supplier to British team McLaren to revive their championship-winning partnership, a company source said Wednesday.
May 16, 2013, 12:36 am

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JC Flowers buys British debt collection business from AnaCap

LONDON (Reuters) - Private equity firm AnaCap said on Wednesday it had agreed to sell British consumer debt collector Cabot Credit Management (CCM) to U.S. investment firm JC Flowers.
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May 16, 2013, 12:36 am
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Hong Kong cries fowl as giant rubber duck deflates

HONG KONG (AFP) - The giant inflatable rubber duck which has attracted tens of thousands of visitors since it sailed into Hong Kong two weeks ago was reduced to a sad deflated disc on Wednesday in the city's harbour.
May 16, 2013, 12:19 am

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QPR star Remy arrested on suspicion of rape

LONDON (AFP) - QPR's France striker Loic Remy has been arrested on suspicion of rape, according to sources on Wednesday.
May 16, 2013, 12:19 am

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'Gatsby' stars grace Cannes ahead of grand opening

CANNES, France (AFP) - Stars of "The Great Gatsby" rolled into Cannes for the European premiere of Baz Luhrmann's controversial 3D epic, which was to kick off the world's most prestigious film festival late Wednesday.
May 16, 2013, 12:17 am

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Opposition targets Swan over debt and deficit

Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan has spent the day defending the Government's delivery of a $19 billion budget deficit, rather than the surplus promised last year.
ABC - May 16, 2013, 12:17 am
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Anti-Mafia police seize hundreds of millions in assets

ROME (AFP) - Anti-Mafia police in Italy on Wednesday seized hundreds of millions of euros in assets from Sicilian "supermarket king" Sebastiano Scuto after an appeal court convicted him of Mafia ties.
May 16, 2013, 12:14 am
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Turks see art as good investment but also path to prestige

By Asli Kandemir
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey's contemporary art scene is buzzing. Collectors pay millions for the hottest works at exclusive auctions, high-end galleries are springing u...
May 16, 2013, 12:11 am

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Exclusive - Ghana plans up to $1 billion Eurobond in 2013

By Kwasi Kpodo
ACCRA (Reuters) - Ghana plans a Eurobond worth up to $1 billion (655 million pounds) to refinance debt and fund infrastructure projects, its vice president said, adding t...
May 16, 2013, 12:06 am
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Two bodies discovered in Girrawheen homes

Police have discovered two bodies at separate houses in the Perth suburb of Girrawheen.
ABC - May 16, 2013, 12:01 am

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LulzSec hackers "at cutting edge" of cyber crime, court told

By Estelle Shirbon
LONDON (Reuters) - Four British hackers who took part in 2011 cyber-attacks on targets ranging from the CIA to Sony were audacious, arrogant men whose motivation was ...
May 15, 2013, 11:58 pm

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LulzSec hackers "at cutting edge" of cyber crime, court told

By Estelle Shirbon
LONDON (Reuters) - Four British hackers who took part in 2011 cyber-attacks on targets ranging from the CIA to Sony were audacious, arrogant men whose motivation was ...
May 15, 2013, 11:57 pm

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Merkel offers controlled glimpses of private life

BERLIN (AFP) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel has revealed she finds "nice eyes" attractive in men, had a Polish grandfather and can easily handle an all-night summit without sleep.
May 15, 2013, 11:54 pm

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Malaysian PM unveils cabinet amid race tension

KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) - Malaysia's premier on Wednesday unveiled a cabinet which he said would foster reconciliation after a racially divisive election, but which was attacked by the opposition as merely the status quo.
May 15, 2013, 11:49 pm

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Bombs kill more than 35 people across Iraq

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Bomb attacks in Shi'ite areas of Baghdad and in northern Iraq killed more than 35 people on Wednesday, following weeks of violence by Sunni Islamist insurgents determined to unleas...
May 15, 2013, 11:46 pm

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France must speed up reforms - EU's Barroso

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso urged France on Wednesday to speed up structural reforms of its ailing economy in return for winning an extra two years to cut it...
May 15, 2013, 11:42 pm

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