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Gordon Brown steps down as prime minister

Brown defied the odds to stay on as prime minister for five days after the most closely fought election in decades ended with the opposition …
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Obama ‘actively engaged’ on European financial crisis

Gibbs said Obama had spoken by phone to Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero about structural reforms in Spain.
Reuters

Obama ‘deeply frustrated’ oil leak not stopped

"I would say the president is deeply frustrated that we have not plugged this leak," Gibbs told reporters.
Reuters

NASA’S outdated labs jeopardize research

Bureaucratic changes mean that staff running the labs have to spend an inordinate amount of time asking for money while their facilities …
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Talks between Liberal Democrats and Conservatives end

Officials from both parties declined to say whether a power-sharing deal had been agreed. "We have completed our discussions in a good atmosphere and …
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Crisis prompts some Albanian workers to quit Greece

"Some of them are returning back," said Nikolaos Pazios. "They are maybe disappointed in Greece, they have administrative problems, or they think the …
Reuters

Fact Box: Sex abuse scandals in the Catholic Church

Following are revelations in the major abuse scandals: IRELAND: May 2009 – The Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse issued a five-volume report …
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Ash affects flights in Morocco, Turkey, Spain

Eight airports in Morocco — among them Casablanca, Rabat-Sale, Tangiers, Tetouan, Agadir and Essaouira — were closed early Tuesday afternoon and could …
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China, U.S. to renew human rights talks

To Liu Xia, whose author-dissident husband is serving an 11-year prison sentence on subversion charges, such attention can only be a good thing. "I …
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Analysis: Merkel’s caution in euro crisis weakens Germany in European Union

On top of that came Sunday’s drubbing at the ballot box in a regional vote which has undermined her domestic authority. That result, which her …
Reuters

Some euro applicants in less of a hurry now

The benefits of the euro appear less clear than during the first months of the global financial turmoil in 2007 and 2008, when smaller members were …
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UK parties in race for power-sharing deal

Brown’s statement late on Monday disrupted efforts by the centre-right Conservatives to broker a power-sharing deal with the Liberal Democrats after …
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OPEC lifts 2010 oil demand growth forecast again

The monthly report from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, which pumps more than one in every three barrels of oil, said demand …
Reuters

Young women refocus money priorities in recession

Nearly half of women aged 18-39 years old who were questioned in the poll said they are increasing the amount of money they save or invest, compared …
Reuters

WHO panel to review H1N1 pandemic status in coming weeks

The Emergency Committee is waiting for the onset of winter in the southern hemisphere before making its recommendation, spokesman Gregory Hartl …
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Norway should limit Arctic soot to slow warming

The study also said climate change, likely to be felt strongly in the Arctic, would shift Norway’s fish stocks, forests and reindeer pastures …
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Travel firms count cost of volcanic ash disruption

British travel company TUI Travel
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Face-to-face time makes us happier than Facebook

The Happiness Barometer, conducted in 16 countries across the globe, was based on the Coca-Cola Happiness Index, which surveyed between 500 to 1,000 …
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