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France's banking commission has fined Societe Generale about 4 million euros ($6.3 million) for its faliure to prevent a massive rogue trading loss.
05/07/2008
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The Georgian breakaway region of South Ossetia has ordered a "general mobilisation" of its forces after three people were killed in shelling, the province's government has said.
04/07/2008
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More than 50 people have been injured in an explosion in Minsk, Belarus' capital, during a concert celebrating Independence Day, police and witnesses said.
04/07/2008
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Asian stocks continue to fall, particularly reflected through the Japanese stock market where the longest losing streak in half a century reached the eleventh consecutive day.
04/07/2008
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Israel and Syria have agreed to a fourth round to indirect peace talks mediated by Turkey.
04/07/2008
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A senior member of a Darfur rebel group accused of taking part in an attack on a city near Khartoum, the Sudanese capital, has appeared in court.
04/07/2008
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A UN appeals court has acquitted Naser Oric, a former commander of Bosnian Muslim forces in Srebrenica during Bosnia’s 1992-1995 war.
03/07/2008
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Tens of thousands of South Korean car workers have added their voice to opposition against resumed US beef imports.
03/07/2008
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Starbucks, the US coffee retailer, has said it will close 600 US outlets and cut up to 12,000 jobs in the next year, as the company struggled to compete in the faltering US economy.
02/07/2008
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The US military has said it is charging a Saudi man with "organising and directing" the bombing of the USS Cole warship in Yemen in 2000.
01/07/2008
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At least 42 Tamil Tiger fighters and two Sri Lankan army soldiers have been killed after separate clashes in the country’s northern region, the military has said.
27/06/2008
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Spain's lower house of parliament has voted overwhelmingly in favour of ratifying the European Union's Lisbon Treaty, two weeks after its rejection by voters in Ireland.
27/06/2008
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European Union leaders are meeting Dmitry Medvedev, the Russian president, for talks on energy and security issues, as they aim to secure a new partnership agreement.
27/06/2008
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An initial investigation into a Syrian site alleged by the US to have hosted a secret nuclear reactor was inconclusive, a senior UN inspector has said.
26/06/2008
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South Korea's government has announced it will implement a controversial deal to resume US beef imports from Thursday.
25/06/2008
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