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Smith could still face British Lions
File picture: Australia openside flanker George Smith has not damaged his knee as badly as first thought and could be fit to play in the back end of the series against the British and Irish Lions. Photo by: Mark ...
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Inflation falls in April giving more leeway for stimulus
By Christina Fincher and Olesya Dmitracova LONDON (Reuters) - Inflation fell twice as fast as expected last month, giving incoming Bank of England governor Mark Carney more leeway to support the economy with more stimulus should the ...
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British official inflation slows to 2.4
BRITISH 12-month inflation slowed to 2.4 per cent in April, hitting a seven-month low on the back of lower transport costs and oil prices, official data ...
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United Kingdom Sharp decrease in inflation
Consumer prices rose in April by 0.2% over the month, but CPI inflation decreased for the first time since September 2012 (to 2.4%). It may increase in the coming months. However inflation should increase less than previously expected in line with the fall in energy ...
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Miners outsourcers keep Britains FTSE at 12-year highs
* Biggest ever fall in organic service revenue* FY earnings down 3.1 percent, just beating market view* CEO refuses to comment on sale of Verizon stake* Will keep hold of latest Verizon payout* Shares flatBy Kate Holton and Paul SandleLONDON, May 21 (Reuters) - Vodafone will reinvest ...
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UPDATE 3-Vodafone keeps Verizon payout to make up for European slump
Tue May 21, 2013 6:52am EDT * Biggest ever fall in organic service revenue * FY earnings down 3.1 percent, just beating market view * CEO refuses to comment on sale of Verizon stake * Will keep hold of latest Verizon payout * Shares flat By Kate Holton and Paul Sandle LONDON, May 21 (Reuters) - Vodafone will reinvest a $3.2 billion dividend from its healthy U.S. arm to counter weakness in ...
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Manchester United Top Table for Premier League TV Earnings
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Farage Germans keen to keep UK in EU not Brits
May 21, 2013 Growing British distrust of the EU has got members of the leading Conservatives to start the push for a referendum on whether to quit. A bill’s in the pipeline for a 2017 deadline for the public to decide if they want to stay in the debt-ridden EU or not. Britain has rattled some cages by pledging an in-out referendum – with France accusing David Cameron of ...
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Pope Francis Watch pontiff perform exorcism on boy in wheelchair
The Pope has been filmed reportedly performing an exorcism on a boy in a wheelchair. Footage shows the pontiff briefly laying both hands on the boy's head after mass on Sunday in St Peter's Square. The boy is then seen shaking for a few seconds. Italian religious satellite channel TV 2000 broadcast the film claiming it showed the Pope had performed an exorcism. But the Vatican ...
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Oklahoma tornado Watch emotional moment survivor finds her pet dog alive under the rubble
This was the tear-jerking moment an elderly survivor of the devastating Oklahoma tornado found her pet dog under the rubble of a house.Barbara Garcia was reunited with the animal during a live TV interview.She was talking to a journalist from KWTV (affiliated to CBS) about losing her home and her dog when the animal emerged."Well I thought God just answered one prayer to let me be OK, but ...
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Eddie Braben Morecambe and Wise comedy writer dies aged 82
Comedy writer Eddie Braben, the third man behind the success of Morecambe and Wise, died today at the age of 82, his manager said.Norma Farnes said Braben, who also wrote for Ken Dodd, died following a short illness.Ms Farnes said: "The writer Eddie Braben, the third man behind the success of Morecambe and Wise, died this morning at the age of 82 after a short illness."It was Billy ...
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Kate Middleton baby Prince William jokes about sleepless nights when wife gives birth
the Duke of Cambridge looked every inch the proud father today as he was handed a babygrow with "My daddy's a hero" emblazoned on the front.With two months to go until the arrival of his first child, William laughed with other parents about the sleepless nights ahead.The father-to-be was handed the outfit and a Help for Heroes teddy bear as he toured the charity's Tedworth ...
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Rotherham council apologises over way it handled removal of children from Ukip foster parents
A council has apologised over the way it handled a decision to remove three Eastern European children from foster parents who were members of ...
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Mahatma Gandhi blood sample up for auction in London
Two microscope slides bearing the blood of former Indian leader Mahatma Gandhi are to go on sale in London on Tuesday and are expected to fetch from 10,000 pounds to 15,000 pounds.The slides were obtained in 1924 when the father of the Indian independence movement was recovering from an appendectomy near Mumbai. He was thought to have donated the blood to the family he was staying with at the ...
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LONDON MARKETS U.K. Stocks Extend Gains To 12-month High
LONDON – U.K.'s benchmark stock index flirted with a more than 12-year high on Tuesday, with mining firms recouping parts of the prior day's losses and Capita PLC rallying after contract news.The FTSE 100 index rose 0.2% to 6,766.67, building on gains from Monday, when the index closed at the highest level since September 2000.Shares of Capita jumped 7.1%, after the process ...
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CORRECTED-Britains Royal Mail sees profits more than double before privatisation
Tue May 21, 2013 5:56am EDT (Corrects headline to show profits more than double, not almost double) LONDON May 21 (Reuters) - Britain's Royal Mail said annual profit had more than doubled on the back of an online shopping boom, providing a timely boost ahead of a stock market listing expected later this year. An initial public offering (IPO) of the state-owned firm, which has 150,000 staff ...
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UPDATE 2-Marks Spencer says investment to hold back profits
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Lyons Tonazzi ruled out of London final
Olympique Lyonnais will go into Thursday's UEFA Women's Champions League final without Latitia Tonazzi due to a calf injury but they are confident Lara Dickenmann will be ...
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Lake Wales to Hold Parade on Thursday for Softball Champions
By PHIL ATTINGER | LEDGER MEDIA GROUP LAKE WALES | For the second year in a row, champion Lake Wales High School Highlanders will have a parade in their honor. The girls' softball team just has to get permission first from the Lake Wales City Commission, but that's not expected to be a problem, since commissioners praised the team at a recent event. It's also listed on the ...
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British inflation eases by more than expected
LONDON -; Official figures show that consumer price inflation in Britain eased in April, largely on the back of lower fuel prices and ...
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Celebrating 150 years of the Lodge that was born in Belfast
AS George Chittick and I make our way out of Schomberg House, the Orange Order’s headquarters based at the top of Belfast’s Cregagh Road, I stop to lean in and admire several of the medals adorning his remarkably pristine collarette - which I had described only a few moments earlier as one of the most orange I had ever seen. He explains the symbolism behind them; one was given to ...
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British mobile phone giant Vodafones annual net profits tumbles 90
Business India News: British mobile phone giant Vodafone said Tuesday that annual net profits tumbled 90 percent after taking a vast impairment charge relating to its businesses in debt-laden eurozone nations Italy and ...
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David Moyes to tell Wayne Rooney his future lies at Manchester United
Manchester United and the new manager is hopeful he can convince the striker that his long-term future remains at the club.Moyes, who spent his first day of work as United's manager visiting the club's Carrington training ground, will make resolving Rooney's future one of his priorities. He was welcomed on Monday by the news ...
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Bell Fit as England Name Unchanged Squad for Second Test
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Falling petrol prices drive first drop in inflation since September
LONDON (Reuters) - Consumer price inflation fell last month for the first time since September, giving incoming Bank of England governor Mark Carney more leeway to support the economy should the recovery weaken. Inflation eased to 2.4 percent ...
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