Miliband pledge on tax avoidance

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19 May 2013 Last updated at 04:29 ET Amazon and Google are among the companies MPs have attacked on tax Labour leader Ed Miliband says he will write new rules to tackle corporate tax avoidance if he wins the next … Continue reading →


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‘Briton’ held over children’s deaths

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19 May 2013 Last updated at 09:26 ET The children’s mother is reported to have raised the alarm when she arrived at the flat A man of British origin has been arrested in France in connection with the deaths of … Continue reading →


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Broad stars as England crush NZ

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By Sam Sheringham BBC Sport at Lord’s Stuart Broad took seven wickets in 11 overs to rip through New Zealand and inspire England to an astonishing 170-run win in the first Test at Lord’s. Chasing 239 for victory, the Black … Continue reading →


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Tories ‘united’ on Europe, says Hunt

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19 May 2013 Last updated at 11:13 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Jeremy Hunt told the BBC’s Jeremy Vine the Tories were united over Europe The Conservative Party is united and David Cameron is showing … Continue reading →


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Exclusive: South Africa’s NUM seeks 15-60 percent wage rises from gold, coal producers

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By Ed Stoddard JOHANNESBURG | Sun May 19, 2013 9:16am EDT JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa’s National Union of Mineworkers said it would seek pay rises of up to 60 percent from gold and coal producers, raising the prospect of … Continue reading →


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Analysis: Frontier Markets booming but risks mounting

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By Manuela Badawy NEW YORK | Sun May 19, 2013 10:31am EDT NEW YORK (Reuters) – With the world’s biggest central banks driving yields on safe assets to near zero, some investors are tossing caution to the wind and rushing … Continue reading →


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Analysis: Airline emissions deal may not come before EU deadline

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By Allison Martell Sun May 19, 2013 10:42am EDT (Reuters) – Hope is fading for a global deal to regulate the airline industry’s greenhouse gas emissions ahead of a fall deadline, even though failure could push the industry back to … Continue reading →


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UK lawmakers consider probe into transparency of mining firms

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By Clara Ferreira-Marques LONDON | Sun May 19, 2013 11:35am EDT LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s parliament will this week consider whether to probe the transparency of oil and mining firms listed in London, an issue highlighted by corruption probes at … Continue reading →


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Tunisian police clash with Islamists over banned rally

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By Tarek Amara TUNIS | Sun May 19, 2013 10:55am EDT TUNIS (Reuters) – Supporters of a hardline Islamist group clashed with Tunisian police in two cities on Sunday after the government banned its annual rally and the regional arm … Continue reading →


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North Korea fires short-range missiles for two days in a row

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By Jane Chung SEOUL | Sun May 19, 2013 11:13am EDT SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea fired a short-range missile from its east coast on Sunday, a day after launching three of these missiles, a South Korean news agency said, … Continue reading →


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