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Rex Features A smart and savvy City couple is to descend on Emmerdale at Christmas as Amanda Donohoe and Maxwell Caulfield join the cast of the Yorkshire-based soap. The pair will play husband and wife Natasha and Mark Wylde, an aspirational, wealthy and dynamic duo who have decided to exchange their high-flying City life for [...]
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The World Bank has named Azerbaijan the global leader in business reforms, according to a new study that examines how countries improve their commercial environments and encourage start-ups. A key to securing the top ranking was Azerbaijan’s forward-thinking “one-stop shop,” also called a “single window” regulation system, that was created this year and which reduced [...]
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Loading new images… Last updated: 2:34 pmSeptember 22, 2008 Posted: 2:33 pmSeptember 22, 2008 BERLIN – The zookeeper who gained fame for hand-rearing the beloved polar bear Knut was found dead in his Berlin apartment Monday. A spokeswoman for Berlin police said Thomas Doerflein was dead when authorities arrived at the apartment and [...]
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On the campaign trail or in interviews, McCain and VP-nominee Gov. Sarah Palin say that Obama will raise taxes on the middle class. A 30-second TV ad called “Dome” released Thursday in swing states says Obama would tax electricity, heating oil and “life savings.” Read more
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This week started with an ominous bang. It was “Black Monday” for bankers, financiers and investors at all wealth levels as a big chunk of the U.S. banking system imploded. The week has been tough on the Republican presidential candidate and war-lovin’ (which means deeper debt-spendin’) Senator John McCain, too. The George W. Bush clone [...]
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This week started with an ominous bang. It was “Black Monday” for bankers, financiers and investors at all wealth levels as a big chunk of the U.S. banking system imploded. The week has been tough on the Republican presidential candidate and war-lovin’ (which means deeper debt-spendin’) Senator John McCain, too. The George W. Bush clone [...]
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This week started with an ominous bang. It was “Black Monday” for bankers, financiers and investors at all wealth levels as a big chunk of the U.S. banking system imploded. The week has been tough on the Republican presidential candidate and war-lovin’ (which means deeper debt-spendin’) Senator John McCain, too. The George W. Bush clone [...]
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This week started with an ominous bang. It was “Black Monday” for bankers, financiers and investors at all wealth levels as a big chunk of the U.S. banking system imploded. The week has been tough on the Republican presidential candidate and war-lovin’ (which means deeper debt-spendin’) Senator John McCain, too. The George W. Bush clone [...]
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WASHINGTON — Regulatory reform is not a very sexy issue. But when you realize that rules and regulations in some places such as Latin America are so onerous that up to 90 percent of business owners choose to stay in the underground economy — and that in turn means no health care coverage for workers, [...]
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A war that can be won is a valuable asset for a presidential candidate. It spreads hope and wards off vote-numbing despair on the campaign trail. For Barack Obama, the winnable war is Afghanistan. John McCain makes the same claim for Iraq. Read more
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BERLIN, Sept. 19 — German police arrested two men near Frankfurt on terrorism charges Friday, alleging they were involved in a cell that had plotted to blow up U.S. targets in Germany a year ago. Read more
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Sept. 21 — Pakistani officials said Sunday that 21 foreigners, including two Americans stationed at the U.S. Embassy, were among the victims of a massive suicide truck bombing Saturday night that destroyed a luxury Marriott hotel in the capital. Read more
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MEDELLIN, Colombia — Gen. Mario Montoya has for years been a trusted caretaker of the sizable aid package Washington provides Colombia’s army, leading helicopter-and-commando teams that eradicated drug crops and helping orchestrate this summer’s dramatic rescue of hostage Ingrid Betancourt and three captured U.S. defense contractors from Marxist rebels. Read more
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JOHANNESBURG, Sept. 20 — South African President Thabo Mbeki, a former liberation leader and architect of his nation’s post-apartheid democracy, agreed to resign Saturday after the top ranks of his party voted to recall him months before the end of his second and final term. Read more
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BAGHDAD, Sept. 18 — Seven American soldiers were killed when their helicopter crashed early Thursday in the desert of southern Iraq, the U.S. military said. Officials said the crash was not caused by enemy fire. Read more
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JERUSALEM, Sept. 21 — Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert resigned Sunday, brought low by a string of corruption probes, while Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni struggled to assemble a coalition that would allow her to succeed him without facing new elections. Read more
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JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli President Shimon Peres held talks on Sunday with parliamentary factions on the formation of a new coalition government after the resignation of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. Read more
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Federal Reserve approved applications on Sunday from Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley to become bank holding companies, putting them directly under the regulatory supervision of the U.S. central bank, the latest step to restore calm to chaotic financial markets. Read more
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Pakistan’s government has pledged to take targeted action against militants, a day after a suicide bomb killed 53 people in the capital, Islamabad. Read more