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IMF tells UK to consider rate cut

Written on May 22, 2012 by Editor - Top News Stories

22 May 2012 Last updated at 08:39 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Christine Lagarde: “When I look back to 2010 and what could have happened… I shiver” The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said the … Continue reading →

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Suicide attack targets Yemen army

Written on May 21, 2012 by Editor - Top News Stories

21 May 2012 Last updated at 12:55 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. The BBC’s Frank Gardner: “The fight between al-Qaeda and the Yemeni government goes on” More than 90 people have been killed in a … Continue reading →

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Six people hurt in gas explosion

Written on May 21, 2012 by Editor - Top News Stories

21 May 2012 Last updated at 17:36 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Eyewitness Keith Thompson: “It felt like the windows came in, a massive explosion” Three police officers, a paramedic, a gas engineer and an … Continue reading →

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Nato endorses Afghan timetable

Written on May 21, 2012 by Editor - Top News Stories

21 May 2012 Last updated at 17:12 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Barack Obama: “It is in Pakistan’s interests to work with us and the global community” Nato leaders meeting in Chicago have endorsed plans … Continue reading →

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Don’t scare workers, urges Cable

Written on May 21, 2012 by Editor - Top News Stories

21 May 2012 Last updated at 16:44 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Vince Cable: “We don’t need to scare the wits out of workers” Business Secretary Vince Cable has condemned proposals to make it easier … Continue reading →

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Italy quake victims given shelter

Written on May 20, 2012 by Editor - World News

21 May 2012 Last updated at 01:13 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. A magnitude 5.1 aftershock is caught on camera, as the BBC’s Alan Johnston reports Thousands of people left homeless by a powerful earthquake … Continue reading →

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Nationalist Nikolic in Serbia win

Written on May 20, 2012 by Editor - World News

20 May 2012 Last updated at 21:43 ET Nationalist Tomislav Nikolic’s win has been described as a “political earthquake” for Serbia Nationalist Tomislav Nikolic has been elected president of Serbia, with liberal incumbent Boris Tadic admitting defeat soon after polls … Continue reading →

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North Koreans ‘free Chinese crew’

Written on May 20, 2012 by Editor - World News

21 May 2012 Last updated at 01:11 ET The 29 Chinese fishermen and three boats seized in the Yellow Sea by unidentified North Koreans are free and have arrived in China, reports say. The North Korean foreign ministry notified the … Continue reading →

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Millions watch Pacific eclipse

Written on May 20, 2012 by Editor - World News

20 May 2012 Last updated at 23:29 ET Tokyo had a spectacular view of the eclipse An “annular eclipse” has being viewed across a swathe of the Earth stretching across the Pacific from Asia to the western US. The eclipse … Continue reading →

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Ryanair reports record profits

Written on May 20, 2012 by Editor - Top News Stories

21 May 2012 Last updated at 02:35 ET The airline warned profits in the current financial year would be happening Budget airline Ryanair has reported record profits as fare rises helped to offset a sharp rise in fuel costs. Net … Continue reading →

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