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/ 16 December 2008
The Fed appeared set to cut interest rates to within sight of zero on Tuesday and Japan was weighing steps to ease funding.
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/ 16 December 2008
Police found a bundle of dynamite in a major Paris department store on Tuesday after Agence France-Presse received a letter from an unknown group.
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/ 16 December 2008
A squirrel-sized lemur from Madagascar has given scientists new evidence about the evolutionary history of HIV-related viruses.
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/ 16 December 2008
Venezuela’s anti-US President Hugo Chávez said on Monday that an Iraqi reporter who flung his shoes at US President George Bush was courageous.
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/ 16 December 2008
All foreign troops except for US forces will be out of Iraq by the end of July, said the head of the Iraqi Parliament’s foreign affairs committee.
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/ 16 December 2008
A Tuareg rebel group on Tuesday claimed responsibility for the kidnapping of two Canadians, including a top UN envoy, who disappeared in Niger.
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/ 16 December 2008
President Kgalema Motlanthe may face an uphill battle in his attempt to persuade Parliament to rubber-stamp his decision to fire Vusi Pikoli.
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/ 16 December 2008
Zimbabwe’s embattled government claimed on Tuesday to be victim of a terror campaign following an assassination bid against the air force chief.
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/ 16 December 2008
The unrest that has gripped Greece for nearly two weeks has also complicated efforts to service the country’s debt, it was reported on Tuesday.
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/ 16 December 2008
The interim leadership of the Congress of the People were on Tuesday confirmed in their positions. The leadership group was extended to 12 people.