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Brown 'an optimist' over UK economy - PA
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Gordon Brown has brushed aside gloomy economic news, insisting he remained an 'optimist' over the future of the country's finances. The Prime Minister, speaking as the Cabinet met in Nottingham on its
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Tamiflu-resistant swine flu hits UK hospitals
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A strain of Tamiflu-resistant swine flu has spread between patients in a hospital. Published: 6:20PM GMT 20 Nov 2009 Five patients on a unit for people with severe underlying health conditions at the
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Football: Match-fixing scandal arrests
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UEFA representative Peter Limacher addresses a news conference in Germany into the match-fixing. STORY HIGHLIGHTS German prosecutors make 15 arrests in Europe-wide match-fixing scandal European football
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Italian sex scandal woman 'dead'
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Forensic tests are expected to formally identify the body A Brazilian transsexual named in a sex scandal involving a former Italian politician is believed to have been killed in a fire in her Rome flat.
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1,900 jobs go as off-licences close - PA
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Administrators of Threshers owner First Quench have announced another swathe of store closures and more than 1,900 job losses. First Quench - which also trades as Wine Rack, The Local, Haddows, Bottoms
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Korean supermodel found hanged in Paris: embassy
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PARIS (AFP) - Twenty-year-old South Korean supermodel Daul Kim was found hanged in her central Paris apartment after an apparent suicide, the South Korean embassy said on Friday. Kim -- a regular on the
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Analysis: Blair 'too big' for Europe job
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Tony Blair, shown at a crossing between the West Bank and Israel, didn't get the EU presidency but remains a Mideast envoy. STORY HIGHLIGHTS EU presidency went to a low-profile official rather than Tony
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Severe floods submerge UK towns
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Body found in flood search STORY HIGHLIGHTS One police officer missing after rivers burst their banks in Cumbria, England Police: Earlier reports that 11 people were missing were incorrect 200 people
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New Issue-TD Ameritrade sells $1.25 bln debt
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Nov 20 (Reuters) - TD Ameritrade Holding Corp (AMTD.O) on Friday sold $1.25 billion of senior unsecured notes in three parts, said IFR, a Thomson Reuters service. Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Citi
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Mussolini's blood and brain up for sale on eBay
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ROME (AFP) Italian dictator Benito Mussolini's blood and brain went on sale Friday for 15,000 euros (22,000 dollars) on online auction website eBay, before the company pulled the ad posted by an anonymous
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Norway reports mutated version of H1N1 virus
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A reality check for investors mulling sale of gold (7:00a) Will Cisco's Flip Video morph into a smartphone? (11:18a) Dell shares drop following disappointing report (1:34p) Story Comments Screener (19)
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Tainted Victory: French Feel Shame Over Ireland Match
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To the great sorrow of Irish soccer fans, the fat lady of their sport sang on Friday, dashing what little hope Ireland had left of reviving its vanquished World Cup dreams. On Friday, soccer's international
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Treasure lectures hot tickets at British Museum
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LONDON (Reuters Life!) - The most important treasure trove found in Britain for decades is on display at the British museum in London and will be the subject of two hot-ticket lectures and a drop-in talk
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11 missing after floods in England
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Parts of Scotland and northern England were under several feet of water Friday morning after raging rivers burst their banks and flooded towns, officials said. A police officer was missing after flooding
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America and Europe Not So Different After All
- 19 Hours ago
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Europe More Alike Culturally - TIME ADD TIME NEWS s Q&A Are the and Europe Really That Different? By Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009 Paul Hardy / Corbis MORE Add to my: norati Blog this on: Americans and Europeans
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Italian lawyers: U.S. student had 'hatred' for Briton
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PERUGIA, Italy - An American student accused of murdering her British roommate in Italy had a growing hatred for the victim and killed her in retaliation during a drug-fueled sex game, a prosecutor said
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Tainted French soccer win angers Irish
- 20 Hours ago
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In the 2002 World Cup quarterfinals, the United States cried foul when German Torsten Frings' hand appeared to keep a ball out of the net. American midfielder Gregg Berhalter's shot looked as if it crossed
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Philippines-Market factors to watch - Nov 20
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MANILA, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Here are news stories and press reports which may influence local financial markets on Friday. WHAT IS HAPPENING TODAY IN THE PHILIPPINES, ALL TIMES LOCAL (The inclusion of
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Ireland gets EU approval for 5-yr bank guarantee
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DUBLIN, Nov 20 (Reuters) - The European Commission has approved Ireland's revised guarantee scheme for bank liabilities of upto five years in duration, Irish Finance Minister Brian Lenihan said on Friday.
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Argentine trade surplus widens in October
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, 02:25 PM EST BUENOS AIRES, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Argentina's trade balance widened in October from the same month a year ago to a higher-than-expected $1.182 billion, the government said on Friday. A Reuters
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