Sunday, May 26th, 2013

World

Pentagon OKs Lockheed or Boeing fighters sale to South Korea

By Andrea Shalal-Esa
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Defence Department said on Wednesday it has approved the sale of either the Lockheed Martin Corp F-35 stealth fighter or Boeing Co's...
April 4, 2013, 3:56 am
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Toyota seeks to avoid midlife crisis for youthful Scion brand

By Ben Klayman
DETROIT (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp <7203.T> executives are weighing repositioning Scion as a line of premium small cars as they debate the youth brand's future i...
April 4, 2013, 3:24 am

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Cyprus faces "very unfavourable" outlook in near term - Sarris

By Michele Kambas
NICOSIA (Reuters) - Cyprus should brace itself for an extended period of difficulty in the near term after sealing a bailout deal forcing it to forgo much of its banki...
April 4, 2013, 3:11 am

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Capriles mocks "skin-deep" socialists before Venezuela vote

By Andrew Cawthorne
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's opposition presidential candidate tore into government leaders on Wednesday as false revolutionaries lining their pockets while profe...
April 4, 2013, 3:10 am

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Chinese activist Chen meets Bush, urges pressure

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng, the center of a diplomatic crisis a year ago, on Wednesday met former US president George W. Bush and urged pressure on Beijing to improve human rights.
April 4, 2013, 3:04 am
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U.S. to send missile defences to Guam over North Korea threat

By Jack Kim and Phil Stewart
SEOUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States said it would soon send a missile defence system to Guam to defend it from North Korea, as the U.S. military ...
April 4, 2013, 2:35 am

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British Airways parent IAG, Boeing reach deal on 18 Dreamliners

MADRID (Reuters) - International Airlines Group said on Wednesday it had firmed up orders for 18 of Boeing's 787 Dreamliners, a show of confidence in the jet...
April 4, 2013, 2:29 am

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Italy delays decree to pay state debts to companies

By Giuseppe Fonte
ROME (Reuters) - Italy's caretaker government said it was delaying approval of a decree to pay back some 40 billion euros (33.6 billion pounds) of state debts to priva...
April 4, 2013, 1:39 am

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RBS faces $6 billion investor action

LONDON (Reuters) - A group of shareholders in Royal Bank of Scotland is suing the lender and four former directors for losses they claim they incurred when the bank succumbed to a state bailout in 200...
April 4, 2013, 1:20 am

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CEE currencies seen shaking off Cyprus effect - Reuters poll

By Sandor Peto
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Currencies in the European Union's emerging markets are expected to strengthen in the coming weeks, returning to last year's firming trend as any eff...
April 4, 2013, 1:14 am

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Euro outlook cut again after botched Cyprus bailout - Reuters poll

By Andy Bruce
LONDON (Reuters) - Evaporating hopes for an economic recovery and last month's botched bailout of Cyprus persuaded analysts to chop their outlook again for the euro over t...
April 4, 2013, 1:12 am

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Sterling to come under pressure from weak economy - Reuters poll

By Yati Himatsingka
(Reuters) - The battered British pound could lose more ground to the dollar as the Bank of England scrambles to put the economy on more solid footing, possibly with ...
April 4, 2013, 1:08 am

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Irish recovery fragile, but bailout exit on course - IMF

By Padraic Halpin
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland's gradual recovery is fragile but signs of life in the domestic economy suggest it is capable of exiting its bailout on schedule at the end ...
April 4, 2013, 1:00 am

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Taliban kill 44 in attack on Afghan court: officials

HERAT, Afghanistan (AFP) - Taliban militants stormed an Afghan court on Wednesday, killing at least 44 people in a bid to free insurgents standing trial, officials said, in the deadliest attack for more than a year.
April 4, 2013, 12:13 am

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U.S. companies hire fewer in March, service sector growth slows

By Leah Schnurr
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. companies hired at the weakest pace in five months in March as recent strong demand for construction jobs evaporated, while growth in the vast ...
April 4, 2013, 12:08 am

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China reports another death from H7N9 bird flu

SHANGHAI (AFP) - A man in the Chinese province of Zhejiang has died of the H7N9 strain of bird flu, state media said Wednesday, bringing the total deaths attributed to the virus to three since the first human cases.
April 3, 2013, 11:21 pm

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Irish recovery uncertain but bailout exit on course - IMF

DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland's gradual recovery remains highly uncertain but recent developments support its capacity to exit its international bailout on schedule at the end of this year, the Internati...
April 3, 2013, 11:11 pm

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First charges brought in Savile sex investigation

LONDON (Reuters) - The first criminal charges have been brought in a wide-ranging British investigation into sex abuse allegations surrounding the late TV presenter Jimmy Savile, a scandal that has en...
April 3, 2013, 11:03 pm

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Analysis - Bailout sends Cyprus on uncertain quest for new growth model

By Jan Strupczewski
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Cyprus's bank restructuring, a condition for international aid it needed to stave off bankruptcy, will force the Mediterranean island to scrambl...
April 3, 2013, 11:02 pm

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Portugal opposition wants bailout renegotiation, new government

LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal's main opposition party leader called on Wednesday to renegotiate Lisbon's EU/IMF bailout programme and said the centre-right coalition government was "incompetent" and had...
April 3, 2013, 10:40 pm

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