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Euro zone sentiment dips in April on Cyprus woes

BERLIN (Reuters) - Euro zone sentiment fell for a second consecutive month in April due to concerns over the Cyprus bailout, Sentix research group said on Monday.
Sentix said its monthl...
April 8, 2013, 6:41 pm
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Santander says restates 2012 net profit at 2.295 billion euros

MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's Santander restated its 2012 net profit on Monday at 2.295 billion euros (1.95 billion pounds), up from a previously reported 2.205 billion euros on January 31...
April 8, 2013, 6:17 pm

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Serbia rejects Kosovo deal, begs EU for more time

By Aleksandar Vasovic and Matt Robinson
BELGRADE (Reuters) - Serbia rejected a European Union-brokered plan on Monday to tackle the ethnic partition of its former province Kosovo, a mov...
April 8, 2013, 5:53 pm

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Cyprus bank probe to cover Popular, central bank says

By Karolina Tagaris
NICOSIA (Reuters) - Cyprus's central bank confirmed on Monday it will extend an inquiry into the banking crisis that has crippled the island to fully cover Cyprus Po...
April 8, 2013, 5:32 pm

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Bomb hits Afghan bus, kills nine

GHAZNI, Afghanistan (AFP) - A roadside bomb exploded under an Afghan bus southwest of Kabul on Monday, killing nine people and wounding at least 22 others in an attack blamed on Taliban militants, officials said.
April 8, 2013, 5:30 pm

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N. Korea preparing for fourth nuclear test: South

SEOUL (AFP) - North Korea appears to be preparing a fourth nuclear test as well as a provocative missile launch, South Korea said on Monday, despite an unusually blunt call from China for restraint.
April 8, 2013, 5:18 pm

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Greece's Eurobank says merger plan with NBG suspended

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek lenders National Bank and its unit Eurobank will be recapitalised separately, meaning their plan to merge will be suspended, Eurobank said on M...
April 8, 2013, 5:13 pm

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Xcite seeks partner for Bentley field as reserves rise

LONDON (Reuters) - Oil company Xcite Energy said it would seek a partner to help fund the development of the Bentley field in the North Sea after an independent report showed it contain...
April 8, 2013, 4:54 pm
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Woman dies in PNG sorcery murder

A former primary school teacher has been beheaded by a mob in PNG's Bougainville after being accused of sorcery; another woman is in hiding.
April 8, 2013, 4:42 pm
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Australia's GM Holden cuts 500 jobs, blames high currency

SYDNEY (Reuters) - General Motors Holden, the Australian unit of General Motors , is cutting 500 jobs, or 18 percent of its workforce, as the unprecedented strength of the Australian dolla...
April 8, 2013, 4:30 pm

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Five dead, 53 hurt in Thai bus cliff plunge

BANGKOK (AFP) - Five people died, including a seven-month-old baby and a Belgian woman, and 53 were injured when a Thai tour bus plummeted off a hillside in northern Thailand after its brakes failed, according to police.
April 8, 2013, 4:19 pm

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China's bird flu outbreak no cause for panic - WHO

By Michael Martina
BEIJING (Reuters) - A strain of bird flu that has been found in humans for the first time in eastern China is no cause for panic, the World Health Organization said o...
April 8, 2013, 4:05 pm

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Barry Callebaut profit misses forecasts as costs bite

ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss chocolate and cocoa product maker Barry Callebaut said net profit fell a greater than expected 7.4 percent in the half-year to February due to bigger investment...
April 8, 2013, 3:51 pm

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Two women suspected of sorcery beheaded in PNG

SYDNEY (AFP) - Two elderly women were beheaded in Papua New Guinea after being tortured for three days, a report said Monday, the latest in a string of sorcery-related crimes.
April 8, 2013, 3:31 pm
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Vodka maker CEDC files for bankruptcy, Tariko to gain full control

(Reuters) - Poland's Central European Distribution Corp , seeking to reduce its debt load, has filed for a pre-packaged bankruptcy that will give Russian businessman Roustam Tariko full ...
April 8, 2013, 2:57 pm

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US diplomat killed in Afghanistan mourned

US Secretary of State John Kerry has paid special tribute to a foreign service officer killed in Afghanistan.
April 8, 2013, 2:51 pm

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Hong Kong airbridge collapse rips door off plane

HONG KONG (AFP) - Hong Kong authorities have launched an investigation after an airbridge collapsed at the city's airport, ripping the door off a Cathay Pacific plane and injuring a technician.
April 8, 2013, 2:31 pm

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S. Korea says North's missile launch may be imminent

SEOUL (AFP) - A top South Korean security official said Sunday that North Korea may test-launch a missile this week, as the United States delayed its own missile test due to soaring tensions on the peninsula.
April 8, 2013, 12:45 pm

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S.Korea's Park claims LPGA Kraft Nabisco crown

RANCHO MIRAGE, California (AFP) - South Korea's Inbee Park claimed her fifth LPGA Tour title and second major championship with a closing round of three-under 69 to win the Kraft Nabisco Championship by four strokes.
April 8, 2013, 12:41 pm

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MUFG buys U.S. property loans from Deutsche worth $3.7 billion

By Taiga Uranaka and Denny Thomas
TOKYO/HONG KONG (Reuters) - Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group <8306.T> has acquired a U.S. commercial property loan portfolio from a Deutsche Bank &...
April 8, 2013, 12:28 pm

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