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World Digest: Opponents of Venezuela’s Chávez jailed in crackdown

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VENEZUELA Chávez opponents jailed in crackdown Two foes of Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez who had publicly criticized the socialist government in recent days found themselves in jail this week as part of a crackdown on opposition figures that has prompted alarm about the state of democracy in the oil-rich Latin American country. On Monday, former [...]

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UK expels Iran diplomats after embassy attack

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TEHRAN (Reuters) – Britain shut Iran’s embassy in London and expelled all its staff on Wednesday, saying the storming of the British mission in Tehran could not have taken place without consent from Iranian authorities. Read more

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Central banks act as euro zone crisis rages

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BRUSSELS/LONDON (Reuters) – The world’s major central banks acted jointly on Wednesday to provide cheaper dollar liquidity to starved European banks facing a credit crunch as the euro zone’s sovereign debt crisis threatened to bring financial disaster. Read more

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UK to expel all Iranian diplomats

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The UK is to expel all Iranian diplomats following the storming of its embassy in Tehran, Foreign Secretary William Hague has announced. Read more

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Stocks supported by US, China economic hopes (AP)

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MOSCOW – Stock markets rebounded Wednesday as renewed optimism over the state of the U.S. economy and fresh Chinese policy easing supported sentiment despite the failure of European finance ministers to announce radical new measures to deal with the crippling debt crisis afflicting the 17-nation eurozone. Sentiment was dampened in the early part of the [...]

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Muslim Brotherhood says leads Egypt’s vote count (Reuters)

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CAIRO (Reuters) – The Muslim Brotherhood’s party said on Wednesday its bloc was leading the vote count in the first stage of Egypt’s first election since the fall of Hosni Mubarak. Read more

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Speed’s hanged body was found by wife, inquest told

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Wales football manager Gary Speed was found hanged at his home by his wife, an inquest was told yesterday Read more

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Women doctors may will soon outnumber men after numbers in medical school go up ten-fold

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Figures from medical schools show that while the number of men entering medicine has doubled in the past four decades, female recruits have risen ten-fold. Read more

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Trump may enter presidential race

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Expand Donald Trump says he is considering entering the American presidential race. File photo Donald Trump says he is considering entering the American presidential race as an independent in May. The real estate mogul and host of the Celebrity Apprentice told CBS News he was [...]

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Prince Harry and Baby

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