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North Korea tests fourth missile in two days

North Korea tests fourth missile in two days

UN chief Ban Ki-moon warns of a dangerous escalation after short-range missile tests.

Zhang retains men's world crown

PARIS, France (AFP) - Defending champion Zhang Jike of China retained his men's singles title at the World Table Tennis Championships in Paris on Monday after defeating compatriot Wang Hao in the final.
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Bankers prepare financing for Finnish mobile firm DNA sale

By Claire Ruckin
LONDON (Reuters) - Bankers are putting together just under 1 billion euros $1.28 billion (839.83 million pounds) in financing for a potential sale of Finnish mobile pho...
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Tornadoes slam central US, killing two

At least two people are reported dead in a series of tornadoes that have torn through the central United States.
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Biggest traders helping EU oil probe, not in it - sources

LONDON (Reuters) - European investigators have asked top trading houses Glencore , Vitol and Gunvor to help with a probe into oil price manipulation, while not suggesting they are under ...
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Royalty Pharma ups offer for Elan to $12.50 per share

LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. investor Royalty Pharma raised its offer to $12.50 (8.21 pounds) per share for Irish drugmaker Elan on Monday, representing a premium of 45 perce...
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Nigeria eases curfew in northeast, fights on against Boko Haram

MAIDUGURI (Reuters) - Nigeria relaxed a curfew on Monday in parts of the northeast where its troops are mounting their biggest offensive yet against militants from the Islamist group Boko Haram.
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India, China vow to end long-running border dispute

NEW DELHI (AFP) - The Indian and Chinese premiers pledged on Monday to finally resolve a border dispute that has soured ties for decades, saying good relations between the two Asian giants were key to world peace.
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Rosneft names new managers after former TNK-BP executives quit

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Rosneft , the state-owned Russian crude producer which earlier this year bought TNK-BP, announced several senior management appointments on Monday after former TNK-BP...
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Imran Khan's party wins Karachi seat election rerun

KARACHI (AFP) - The party of former Pakistani cricket hero Imran Khan secured victory in a repeat election held in one constituency of violence-plagued Karachi, election officials said Monday.
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German state to buy more bank data in tax clampdown

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The German state of North-Rhine Westphalia may buy more secret Swiss bank data to clamp down on tax evaders even as politicians seek diplomatic ways to end bank secrecy, its fina...
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"No options off table" over Syria - Hague

LONDON (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad must realise that "no option is off table" if his government fails to negotiate seriously at peace talks in Geneva, Britain's Foreign Secretary Will...
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Goldman exits China's ICBC, 7 years and billions later

By Fiona Lau and Elzio Barreto
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs Group Inc launched the sale of about $1.1 billion (722.6 million pounds) worth of Hong Kong-traded shares...
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Actavis to buy Warner Chilcott in $5 billion stock deal

By Caroline Humer
(Reuters) - Generic drugmaker Actavis Inc , itself the subject of takeover speculation, said on Monday it would buy specialty pharmaceutical company Warne...
May 20, 2013, 10:46 pm
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StanChart to buy Morgan Stanley India wealth management arm

By Sumeet Chatterjee
(Reuters) - Standard Chartered has agreed to buy the Indian wealth management unit of Morgan Stanley , helping the British bank expand it...
May 20, 2013, 10:37 pm
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AstraZeneca closes in on site for new home in Cambridge

By Ben Hirschler and Tom Bill
LONDON (Reuters) - AstraZeneca is closing in on a site for its new $500 million home in Cambridge, with a biomedical park just south of the E...
May 20, 2013, 10:29 pm
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Pepsi to march in, as foreign troops leave Afghanistan

KABUL (Reuters) - PepsiCo will open its first plant in Afghanistan in 2014, its Afghan partner said on Monday, the same year foreign troops complete their withdrawal from the country aft...
May 20, 2013, 10:17 pm

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Danone hopes to crack China with new dairy deal

By Donny Kwok and Astrid Wendlandt
HONG KONG/PARIS (Reuters) - France's Danone is aiming for a bigger slice of one of the world's fastest-growing dairy markets by invest...
May 20, 2013, 9:51 pm

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Ex-Goldman banker Thornton steps down from HSBC board

LONDON (Reuters) - John Thornton, the former Goldman Sachs president who specialises in Chinese affairs, is stepping down from the board of HSBC to spend more time on his o...
May 20, 2013, 9:48 pm
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Asia-Pacific leaders warn of water conflict threat

CHIANG MAI, Thailand (AFP) - Fierce competition for water could trigger conflict unless nations cooperate to share the diminishing resource, leaders from Asia-Pacific nations warned on Monday.
May 20, 2013, 9:44 pm

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Israel's Lapid speaks of removing some settlers for peace

By Maayan Lubell
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Finance Minister Yair Lapid, whose new centrist party is the second largest in Israel's government, said on Monday thousands of Jewish settlers wo...
May 20, 2013, 9:32 pm

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