LONDON: British Prime Minister Gordon Brown played down the prospect of injecting more state cash into struggling banks in an interview Sunday, amid fears that October’s bailout has failed to boost credit flows. Speaking to the Observer newspaper, Brown said the government was determined to create conditions…
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ZOHRA Dati may be only a few days old but she is already a celebrity, with a page on Facebook and her short life story the subject of intense speculation in the press and on the internet. She owes her status in large measure to her mother, Rachida Dati, France’s glamorous Justice Minister who has rarely been out of the headlines since she became a symbol of ethnic diversity when she was appointed to President Sarkozy’s Cabinet in…
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Israeli troops battle Hamas militants as ground forces and tanks go into Gaza after a week of intense air strikes.
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A 12-year-old boy is found guilty in the United States of murdering his mother following a row over his household chores.
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At least four people are killed and dozens are injured after powerful earthquakes rock eastern Indonesia, officials say.
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At least 35 people are missing after a ferry capsizes on a river in eastern Nepal, officials say.
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Researchers say they can harness the power of gold nanoparticles to devise a better way of delivering drugs to patients.
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The US space agency’s Mars rovers celebrate a longer-than-expected five years investigating the Red Planet.
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The BBC names 26-year-old Matt Smith as the actor to replace David Tennant and become the 11th Doctor in 2010.
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A British journalist and his Spanish colleague have been released by Somali kidnappers, according to officials in the country.
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