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China knife attacker kills two, injures 11: reports

SHANGHAI (AFP) - A knife-wielding attacker killed two relatives including his sister and then slashed 11 people, six of them children, outside a school in Shanghai, state media said.
March 28, 2013, 11:46 am
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Despite threats, North Korea keeps border factories open

By Ju-min Park
PAJU, South Korea (Reuters) - A heavily armed border crossing between North and South Korea that allows the North access to $2 billion (1 billion pounds) in trade a year,...
March 28, 2013, 10:23 am

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Delve ready to play with Beale despite fight

SYDNEY (AFP) - Ex-Welsh international Gareth Delve is ready to play alongside Kurtley Beale again despite being punched by the Wallaby star during the Melbourne Rebels' tour of South Africa, reports said.
March 28, 2013, 9:57 am

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BOJ's Kuroda says asset purchase limit already broken

By Stanley White
TOKYO (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan will not bankroll government spending, but it has already exceeded self-imposed limits on asset purchases and will continue to do so...
March 28, 2013, 9:36 am

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Macquarie expands in UK power sector

By Cezary Podkul
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Macquarie Bank is expanding its power trading business in the UK, hiring traders from rival banks and sourcing electricity from newly acquired powe...
March 28, 2013, 9:31 am

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Qld-US porn probe nets millionaire cop

A child pornography bust by Queensland police has resulted in the FBI arresting a veteran Boston police officer who recently won a $US1 million lottery.
March 28, 2013, 9:06 am
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Asylum-seeker in frame for Ashes selection

SYDNEY (AFP) - Australia's chief selector John Inverarity says Pakistani asylum-seeker Fawad Ahmed will be in contention for a place in the Ashes squad to tour England if he is granted citizenship in time.
March 28, 2013, 8:38 am

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BP to go ahead with $500 million North Sea investment

By Sarah Young
LONDON (Reuters) - British Oil major BP is to proceed with a $500 million (330.4 million pounds)-plus investment plan in the remote Shetland Islands, another shot in the ...
March 28, 2013, 8:08 am

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UK consumer confidence steady above 2012 lows - GfK

LONDON (Reuters) - British consumer morale held steady for a third straight month in March, remaining 5 points higher than at the same time last year, a survey by market researchers GfK NOP showed on ...
March 28, 2013, 8:06 am

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Consumer confidence steady above 2012 lows - GfK

LONDON (Reuters) - British consumer morale held steady for a third straight month in March, remaining 5 points higher than at the same time last year, a survey by market researchers GfK NOP showed on ...
March 28, 2013, 8:05 am

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Camera retailer Jessops returns for a second shot

By Neil Maidment
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's squeezed high street will receive a much-needed boost on Thursday when camera specialist Jessops is brought back to life by a well-known en...
March 28, 2013, 8:04 am

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Chevron says executive pay to reflect 2012 "incidents"

(Reuters) - Chevron Corp said on Wednesday its executive pay would reflect certain incidents in 2012 as well as a financial performance that outpaced the U.S. oil company's peer group.
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March 28, 2013, 7:27 am

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Australia ends interbank rate-setting panel after Libor scandal

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia is scrapping the panel that sets interbank lending rates after the proposal of new international guidelines and an exodus of the banks that set the rate in the wake of the...
March 28, 2013, 7:17 am
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Britain opens inquest into Berezovsky's unexplained death

By Maria Golovnina
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain opens a judicial inquiry into the death of Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky on Thursday to establish how he died in the locked bathroom of...
March 28, 2013, 7:16 am

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Obama to welcome Singapore PM next week

WASHINGTON (AFP) - US President Barack Obama will welcome Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong to the White House on Tuesday, as he seeks to bolster his diplomatic 'pivot' to Asia in his second term.
March 28, 2013, 6:55 am

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Mali secular rebels appoint administrator

Secular rebels who have been reasserting their presence in the Kidal region of nothern Mali want to retake control, appointing a civil administrator.
March 28, 2013, 6:52 am
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Batman cinema shooter offers guilty plea

Days before the prosecution was set to say whether they'd seek the death penalty, Colorado cinema shooting accused James Holmes has offered a guilty plea.
March 28, 2013, 6:29 am

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Charles makes Syria donation

Prince Charles has made a 'significant' donation to the Red Cross Syria Crisis appeal after visiting a Syrian refugee camp in Jordan.
March 28, 2013, 6:14 am

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Brazilian doctor charged with seven murders, may have killed 300 - investigator

By Anthony Boadle
BRASILIA (Reuters) - A Brazilian doctor who was charged with killing seven patients to free up beds at a hospital intensive care unit may have been responsible for as ...
March 28, 2013, 6:05 am

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Tibetan envoy says China can end immolations

WASHINGTON (AFP) - An envoy of the Dalai Lama said Wednesday that Tibetans would likely end a wave of self-immolation protests if China reopened dialogue with the exiled spiritual leader to address grievances.
March 28, 2013, 5:13 am

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