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Second day of riots shake Sweden

Second day of riots shake Sweden

200 youths have hurled rocks at police and set cars ablaze in riots triggered by an incident in which police shot and killed a man wielding a knife.

Clearwire recommends vote for revised Sprint bid

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Clearwire Corp said on Wednesday its special committee and its board of directors approved majority shareholder Sprint Nextel Corp's revised offer to ta...
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Analysis - Rich country investors returning home

By Natsuko Waki
LONDON (Reuters) - The world's biggest investors may be rethinking 20 years of boosting overseas holdings and are instead seeking more stable cash income at home, as agi...
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Syria rebels call for reinforcements as war spreads abroad

By Erika Solomon
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Rebels fighting for control of the Syrian town of Qusair called for reinforcements on Wednesday to repel forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad in...
44 minutes ago

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Chinese PM pledges stronger partnership with Pakistan

ISLAMABAD (AFP) - Chinese Premier Li Keqiang vowed to strengthen his country's partnership with Pakistan Wednesday as he began an official visit less than a fortnight after the country's general election.
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IMF's Lagarde to be quizzed in French arbitration case

By Chine Labbé
PARIS (Reuters) - IMF chief Christine Lagarde will be questioned by a French magistrate on Thursday over her role in a 285-million-euro (242 million pounds) arbitration...
1 hour, 21 minutes ago

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Credit rating firms sow doubt on euro zone bond rally

By Marius Zaharia
LONDON (Reuters) - Credit rating firms say they could further downgrade the ratings of highly indebted euro zone countries, putting their bonds at risk of being pitche...
1 hour, 22 minutes ago
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Farmers plant rice near crippled Fukushima site

TOKYO (AFP) - Farmers have resumed planting rice for market only 15 kilometres (nine miles) from Japan's crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station, a local official said Wednesday.
1 hour, 25 minutes ago

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Bangladeshi volunteers haunted by rescue trauma

SAVAR, Bangladesh (AFP) - Mamun was hailed a hero for pulling survivors from the ruins of Bangladesh's Rana Plaza factory complex but now he struggles to sleep, haunted by the memory of sawing off a young woman's hand.
1 hour, 26 minutes ago

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Nomura eyes Asia alliances, boosts Japan asset target

By Nathan Layne
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's largest brokerage firm Nomura Holdings Inc <8604.T> said on Wednesday it was seeking partners to expand its retail and asset management o...
1 hour, 31 minutes ago
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Europe closes in on tax havens; Austria agrees to swap bank data

By John O'Donnell
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Europe moved closer to ending banking secrecy on Wednesday after Austria dropped objections to sharing data on foreign depositors and the EU focus...
1 hour, 35 minutes ago

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Office bullying video sparks outcry in Singapore

SINGAPORE (AFP) - A Singapore company supervisor caught on video slapping a male intern is in trouble after the clip went viral on the web and sparked a public outcry.
1 hour, 42 minutes ago

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Porn star's calligraphy sparks art debate in China

SHANGHAI (AFP) - Calligraphy by Japanese porn star Sola Aoi has sparked a culture war in China, where she has a huge fan base, with purists dismissing the work as "unskilled" after it was reportedly auctioned for $95,000.
1 hour, 59 minutes ago

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Ireland feels the heat from Apple tax row

By Carmel Crimmins and Conor Humphries
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland called on Wednesday for an international clampdown on multinationals shifting profits around the world to avoid tax, af...
May 22, 2013, 7:39 pm

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N. Korea 'special envoy' in China meeting

BEIJING (AFP) - A top North Korean general and confidant of leader Kim Jong-Un met a senior Chinese official in Beijing Wednesday, with relations between the allies strained ahead of a China-US summit.
May 22, 2013, 7:15 pm

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IMF urges Britain to do more to boost growth

By William Schomberg and David Milliken
LONDON (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund called on Britain's government on Wednesday to do more to speed up slow economic recovery, hin...
May 22, 2013, 7:03 pm

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Swedish capital hit by third day of riots

The Swedish capital has been rocked by riots for a third day, as rioters set fire to cars and threw stones at police.
May 22, 2013, 6:57 pm

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EU leaders shine spotlight on Amazon, Google over tax policy

By Luke Baker
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European leaders will discuss how to combat aggressive tax avoidance by major companies such as Amazon, Google and Apple at a summit on Wednesday, and...
May 22, 2013, 6:41 pm

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Lowe's quarterly profit misses estimates

(Reuters) - Lowe's Cos Inc reported a weaker-than-expected quarterly profit on Wednesday, hurt by colder-than-usual weather at the start of the spring selling season and strong competiti...
May 22, 2013, 6:34 pm
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Profit growth moderates for China state firms in Jan-April

BEIJING (Reuters) - Profit growth at China's state-owned companies cooled in the first four months of the year, government data showed on Wednesday, underscoring a faltering recovery in the world's se...
May 22, 2013, 6:16 pm
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Regulator says satisfied with Lloyds, RBS capital plans

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's financial regulator said it had finalised capital requirements for Royal Bank of Scotland and Lloyds Banking Group and was comfortable with th...
May 22, 2013, 6:10 pm
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