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McIlroy tight-lipped on management split
McIlroy tight-lipped on management split
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VIRGINIA WATER, England (Reuters) - World number two Rory McIlroy refused on Wednesday to confirm reports he had parted company with his management group, Horizon Sports.
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Bears linebacker Urlacher retires after 13 seasons
Bears linebacker Urlacher retires after 13 seasons
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(Reuters) - Chicago Bears linebacker Brian Urlacher announced his retirement on Wednesday, ending a brilliant 13-year career with the National Football League team with a statement on Twitter.
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Bernanke suggests Fed not ready to pull back on stimulus
Bernanke suggests Fed not ready to pull back on stimulus
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve's monetary stimulus is helping the U.S. economy recover but the U.S. central bank needs to see further signs of traction before taking its foot off the gas, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke said on Wednesday.
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EU leaders talk tough on tackling Amazon, Google over taxes
EU leaders talk tough on tackling Amazon, Google over taxes
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Britain, France and Germany called for stricter rules to stop companies such as Google, Apple and Amazon aggressively avoiding taxes in austerity bitten Europe, while acknowledging they had done nothing unlawful.
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Iran pushes ahead with new nuclear plant that worries West
Iran pushes ahead with new nuclear plant that worries West
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VIENNA (Reuters) - Iran is pressing ahead with the construction of a research reactor that Western experts say could offer it a second way of producing material for a nuclear bomb if it decides to make one, a U.N. report showed on Wednesday.

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Part of Marilyn Monroe exhibition stolen on way to Prague
Part of Marilyn Monroe exhibition stolen on way to Prague
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PRAGUE (Reuters) - Part of an exhibition displaying outfits and photographs of Marilyn Monroe was stolen while being transported to the Czech Republic from Italy, the event's curator said on Wednesday.
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Vatican financial body investigating possible money laundering
Vatican financial body investigating possible money laundering
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VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Vatican's new financial watchdog said on Wednesday it had detected six possible attempts to use the Holy See to launder money last year, citing this as proof of its commitment to transparency.
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Monte Paschi director accused of insider trading-source
Monte Paschi director accused of insider trading-source
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MILAN (Reuters) - A board member at Italy's troubled lender Monte dei Paschi di Siena is being investigated over allegations of breaking insider trading rules and has been suspended, a judicial source said on Wednesday.
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Spain banks may need to raise money to meet provisions: Rajoy
Spain banks may need to raise money to meet provisions: Rajoy
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Spain's Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy on Wednesday said the country's banks may have to raise capital on the financial markets to meet higher provisioning requirements.
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Alonso suggests Red Bull sound like sore losers
Alonso suggests Red Bull sound like sore losers
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MONACO (Reuters) - Red Bull sound like sore losers for complaining about the Formula One tires, Ferrari's Fernando Alonso suggested on Wednesday.
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Amid rancor, a chance for U.S. action on trade bill
Amid rancor, a chance for U.S. action on trade bill
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Major trade legislation appears increasingly likely to clear Congress this year despite an intensely partisan atmosphere made worse by scandals plaguing President Barack Obama's administration.
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Young faces enliven Kuwait's faded art scene
Young faces enliven Kuwait's faded art scene
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KUWAIT (Reuters) - After two lackluster decades, Kuwait is experiencing a quiet revival of an arts scene once known as the most avant garde in the Gulf, thanks to a new generation eager to tackle sensitive issues using cutting-edge art forms.
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Egypt court sentences four men to hang for killing priest
Egypt court sentences four men to hang for killing priest
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CAIRO (Reuters) - An Egyptian court sentenced four men on Wednesday to death by hanging for the 2011 killing of a Coptic Christian priest in his apartment in the southern city of Assiut, state news agency MENA reported.
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Sudan dreams of becoming global sugar player
Sudan dreams of becoming global sugar player
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NEAR SOFIYA, Sudan (Reuters) - In a hangar-shaped factory hall in central Sudan a dozen workers rush to pack refined white sugar gushing from a funnel into paper bags to be loaded on three trucks parked outside.
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British opposition leader says Google tax behavior 'wrong'
British opposition leader says Google tax behavior 'wrong'
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LONDON (Reuters) - Google Inc's tax affairs came under renewed scrutiny in Britain on Wednesday when the leader of the opposition Labour party accused the Internet company of wrongly going to "extraordinary lengths" to avoid paying tax.
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Jockey Ahern found guilty in corruption inquiry
Jockey Ahern found guilty in corruption inquiry
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LONDON (Reuters) - Jockey Eddie Ahern has been found guilty of three breaches of British Horseracing Authority (BHA) rules following a corruption inquiry.

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Analysis: As economy strengthens, a bonds sell-off may beckon
Analysis: As economy strengthens, a bonds sell-off may beckon
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. government bond market has weakened in recent weeks but some investment strategists fear that this may only be the beginning of an extended sell-off.
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Exclusive: Carrefour to divest 25 pct stake in Middle East venture - sources
Exclusive: Carrefour to divest 25 pct stake in Middle East venture - sources
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DUBAI (Reuters) - Carrefour , Europe's largest retailer, is in advanced talks to divest its remaining 25-percent stake in its Middle Eastern joint venture to local partner Majid Al Futtaim (MAF), two sources familiar with the matter said.

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Mugabe signs Zimbabwe constitution, paving way for vote
Mugabe signs Zimbabwe constitution, paving way for vote
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HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe signed a new constitution into law on Wednesday, replacing a 33-year-old document forged in the dying days of British colonial rule and paving the way for an election later this year.
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Iran expands sensitive nuclear capacity: U.N. report
Iran expands sensitive nuclear capacity: U.N. report
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VIENNA (Reuters) - Iran has increased its capacity to refine uranium by installing hundreds of more centrifuges at its Natanz plant, a U.N. nuclear agency report said on Wednesday, underlining Tehran's defiance of Western demands to curb the activity.
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