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Subsidy reform dispute imperils Morocco's ruling coalition
RABAT (Reuters) - Morocco's junior government party is threatening to quit the coalition unless Islamist prime minister Abdelilah Benkirane moderates plans for sweeping cuts to subsidies on food and energy.

South Sudan army says retakes town from rebels in east
JUBA (Reuters) - South Sudan's army has retaken an eastern town captured by rebels two weeks ago, a military spokesman said on Monday, in a conflict that has uprooted thousands of people and hampered government plans to explore for oil.

GE Capital plans to pay $6.5 billion in dividends to GE
(Reuters) - GE Capital Corp's board has approved a plan to pay $6.5 billion in dividends, including a special dividend of $4.5 billion, to parent General Electric Co in 2013.

Actavis to buy Warner Chilcott in $5 billion stock deal
(Reuters) - Generic drugmaker Actavis Inc, which has been the subject of takeover speculation, plans to buy specialty pharmaceutical company Warner Chilcott Plc for $5 billion in stock.

Stock futures dip after records, acquisitions eyed
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stock index futures dipped in light volume on Monday as investors search for catalysts after major U.S. equity indexes closed a fourth consecutive week of gains Friday.

Actavis to buy Warner Chilcott in $5 billion stock deal
(Reuters) - Generic drugmaker Actavis Inc, which has been the subject of takeover speculation, plans to buy specialty pharmaceutical company Warner Chilcott Plc for $5 billion in stock.

Five dead in Israeli bank robbery
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A bank robbery in Israel on Monday ended with the deaths of five people, including one of the holdup men who apparently shot and killed himself when police launched a raid to free hostages.

Iran electoral watchdog hints at Rafsanjani rejection
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran's electoral watchdog said on Monday it would bar physically feeble candidates from running for president, in an apparent hint that it could disqualify 78-year-old former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani from the race.

Yahoo to acquire Tumblr for $1.1 billion cash
(Reuters) - Yahoo Inc will buy online blogging service Tumblr for $1.1 billion in cash, the company said on Monday.

Car bombs kill eight in Russia's Dagestan: investigators
MAKHACHKALA, Russia (Reuters) - Two car bombs exploded in the capital of the Russian province of Dagestan on Monday, killing at least eight people and wounding about 20 others, investigators said.

Congo's army clashes with rebels near eastern city of Goma
KINSHASA (Reuters) - Congolese soldiers clashed with rebel fighters for the first time in nearly six months on Monday near the city of Goma, just days before U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is due to visit the troubled eastern borderlands.

Stock futures little changed after records, acquisitions eyed
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stock index futures were little changed in light volume on Monday as investors search for catalysts after major equity indexes closed Friday for a fourth consecutive week of gains.

Dell says cannot disclose more information to Icahn yet
(Reuters) - Dell Inc said in a letter to suitors Carl Icahn and Southeastern Asset Management that the company would not provide more information about itself unless the board determined that their proposal was "superior" to founder Michael Dell's.

Actavis to buy Warner Chilcott in $8.5 billion stock deal
(Reuters) - Generic drugmaker Actavis Inc, which has been the subject of intense takeover speculation, said on Monday that it had struck a deal to buy specialty pharmaceuticals company Warner Chilcott Plc for $8.5 billion in stock.

Actavis to buy Warner Chilcott in $8.5 billion stock deal
(Reuters) - Generic drugmaker Actavis Inc, which has been the subject of intense takeover speculation, said on Monday that it had struck a deal to buy specialty pharmaceuticals company Warner Chilcott Plc for $8.5 billion in stock.

XenoPort to drop multiple sclerosis drug after trial failure
(Reuters) - XenoPort Inc said it will stop developing its experimental multiple sclerosis treatment after data from a late-stage trial showed the drug did not improve patients' condition significantly compared with a placebo.

Unclear whether Fed's bond buying has helped economy: Fisher
(Reuters) - While the Federal Reserve's accommodative policies have boosted stocks and helped the rich, it is unclear whether they are doing enough for the broader U.S. economy, a top central bank official said on Monday.

Chesapeake Energy hires Anadarko executive as CEO
(Reuters) - Chesapeake Energy Corp said it hired Robert Douglas Lawler of rival Anadarko Petroleum Corp as chief executive, filling the post vacated by co-founder Aubrey McClendon.

China trying to manage exposure of corruption online
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's Internet is brimming with disclosures of officials collecting bribes, homes and luxury accessories as casually as they do mistresses.

Brazilian killed in hot-air balloon crash in Turkey
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - A hot-air balloon flying over Cappadocia, a tourist destination in central Turkey, crashed after colliding with another balloon on Monday, killing a Brazilian passenger and injuring 24 other people, the Anatolian news agency said.