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Disgraced ex-congressman Weiner announces candidacy for NYC mayor

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Two years after resigning from Congress in a lewd photo scandal, former U.S. Representative Anthony Weiner announced in a video message early on Wednesday he is running for New York City mayor.Created 3 minutes ago
CAS reject Murofushi appeal against IOC election block

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BERLIN (Reuters) - The Court of Arbitration for Sport have rejected Japanese hammer thrower Koji Murofushi's appeal against the blocking of his election to the International Olympic Committee's Athletes Commission, CAS said on Wednesday.Created 6 minutes ago
Mercedes dealer review opens home front in luxury war

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FRANKFURT (Reuters) - How many Mercedes staff does it take to sell a car? The answer, in the luxury carmaker's German showrooms, is more than it takes to shift an Audi - just part of the cost gap Daimler wants to close with its premium rivals.Created 18 minutes ago
Bank of Japan vows market steps to curb bond turbulence

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TOKYO (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan vowed on Wednesday to take necessary steps to reduce volatility in bond markets that has threatened to jeopardize the government's fight to end deflation and revive growth.Created 19 minutes ago
Sweden's capital hit by worst riots in years



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STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Hundreds of youths have set fire to cars and attacked police and rescue services in poor immigrant suburbs in three nights of rioting in Stockholm, Sweden's worst disorder in years.Created 30 minutes ago
Immune system cancer drugs tipped to be a $35 billion market



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LONDON (Reuters) - A new wave of medicines that tap the power of the immune system to fight cancer could become the biggest drug class in history, with potential sales of $35 billion a year.Created 31 minutes ago
Mugabe signs Zimbabwe constitution into law

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HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe signed a new constitution into law on Wednesday, paving the way for elections later this year.Created 31 minutes ago
Entertaining change: Sony to look at activist's spin-off idea

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TOKYO (Reuters) - Few foreign activist investors have made much headway in forcing change in Japan, where a conservative corporate culture favors long-standing ties with banks, business partners and workers rather than shareholders seeking value.Created 37 minutes ago
Iran's Ahmadinejad to challenge ally's ban from election

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DUBAI (Reuters) - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Wednesday he would ask Iran's supreme leader to reverse a ban preventing his aide from running in next month's presidential poll, a test of stability after the violent trauma of the 2009 vote.Created 43 minutes ago
Impoverished Malawi sells presidential jet for $15 million

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LILONGWE (Reuters) - Malawi's luxury presidential jet, bought by late leader Bingu wa Mutharika, has been sold for $15 million to raise cash for the impoverished African country, a government official said on Wednesday.Created 44 minutes ago
DBS-Danamon deal hinges on Singapore's invite to Indonesian banks

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SINGAPORE/JAKARTA (Reuters) - Southeast Asia's largest bank merger now depends largely on cooperation between Singaporean authorities and Indonesian politicians.Created 48 minutes ago
Dollar, German bond yields ease before Bernanke



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LONDON (Reuters) - The dollar and benchmark German debt yields eased on Wednesday as expectations hardened that the head of the U.S. central bank will later in the day signal no tapering back of its ultra-loose monetary policy.Created 48 minutes ago
SocGen CEO to face shareholders after Rosbank arrest

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PARIS (Reuters) - Societe Generale management will face investors later on Wednesday for the first time since the shock arrest of the French bank's top Russian executive on charges of bribery.Created 49 minutes ago
Italy to outline youth jobs plan as government struggles

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ROME (Reuters) - Italy's new government, already sinking in opinion polls and riven by internal disputes, on Wednesday lays out its plans to address one of the main causes of public anger - soaring unemployment among young people.Created about an hour ago
Millions falling into poverty in recession-racked Italy: report

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ROME (Reuters) - Millions of Italians cannot afford to heat their homes properly or eat meat as their country is racked by recession and soaring unemployment, said a report which found the number of people considered seriously deprived had doubled in the past two years.Created about an hour ago
China's Li offers to help end Pakistan energy crisis

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ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - China and Pakistan should make cooperation on power generation a priority, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said, as Islamabad seeks to end an energy crisis that triggers power cuts of up to 20 hours a day, bringing the economy to a near standstill.Created 1 hour ago
Airbus wins Oman Air order for three A330 planes

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PARIS (Reuters) - Airbus has won an order for three A330-300 aircraft from Oman Air, the national carrier of the Sultanate of Oman, the European planemaker said on Wednesday.Created 1 hour ago
Garcia apologizes for "fried chicken" jibe at Woods

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LONDON (Reuters) - Spaniard Sergio Garcia has apologized after a "fried chicken" jibe aimed at world number one Tiger Woods during a European Tour awards dinner on Tuesday.Created 1 hour ago
Freeport can't say when Indonesia mine to reopen, confirms 28 dead



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JAKARTA (Reuters) - Freeport McMoRan Copper and Gold Inc said it will not restart production at the world's second-largest copper mine in Indonesia after a tunnel collapse that killed 28 workers until it is convinced of the mine's safety.Created 2 hours ago
Kerry hails tentative Raytheon arms sale to Oman

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MUSCAT (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry hailed on Wednesday what U.S. officials said was an estimated $2.1 billion deal for Oman to buy a ground-based air defense system from U.S. defense contractor Raytheon Co..Created 2 hours ago
