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   Swine flu may have hit one peak; more to come 

   Reuters - Friday, November 20 09:58 pm

   WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The pandemic of swine flu may be hitting a peak in the Northern Hemisphere, global health officials said on Friday, but they cautioned it was far from over. More »

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   IMF head eyes global currency change 

   Reuters - Tuesday, November 17 08:36 am

   BEIJING (Reuters) - The imperative of greater global currency stability means the world can no longer rely, as it has done since the end of the gold standard, on a currency issued by a single country, the head of the IMF said on Tuesday. More »

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   Italy arrests Mafia boss, on run for 15 years

   Reuters - Sunday, November 15 07:34 pm

   PALERMO, Italy (Reuters) - Italian police arrested a top Sicilian mafia boss on Sunday who had been a fugitive for more than 15 years, dealing what a minister said was a major blow to the crime syndicate. More »

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   U.S. warns Iran of consequences over standoff 

   Reuters - Thursday, November 19 10:58 am

   SEOUL/MANILA (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama issued a strong warning to Iran on Thursday of consequences of its failure to respond to the offer of a nuclear deal and could have a package of steps to take "within weeks." More »

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   EU names Belgian PM Van Rompuy as first president 

   Reuters - Friday, November 20 09:57 am

   BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union leaders named Belgian Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy, who is little known outside his own country, as the bloc's first president on Thursday to lead efforts to make it more influential on the world stage. More »

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   Transsexual in Italian political scandal found dead

   Reuters - Friday, November 20 10:43 am

   ROME (Reuters) - A Brazilian transsexual caught up in a scandal which prompted the resignation of a senior Italian politician -- the centre-left governor of Lazio region, which includes Rome -- was found burnt to death in his home Friday. More »

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   Obama Afghan decision to come after Thanksgiving

   AFP - Yesterday, 08:53 am

   WASHINGTON (AFP) - US President Barack Obama has put off a decision on whether to send reinforcements to Afghanistan until after next week's Thanksgiving holiday amid resistance to a troop buildup among key Democrats and criticism from the right. More »

8. Politics

   Iran demands US free its assets after Obama warning

   AFP - Thursday, November 19 12:28 pm

   TEHRAN (AFP) - Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Thursday urged Washington to unblock Iranian assets, as US President Barack Obama warned of "consequences" after Tehran's dismissal of a UN-brokered nuclear fuel deal. More »

9. Politics

   Mock funeral mourns Venice's shrinking population 

   Reuters - Saturday, November 14 06:52 pm

   VENICE, Italy (Reuters) - A procession of gondolas accompanied a pink coffin along Venice's Grand Canal on Saturday in a mock funeral to protest against the steep decline in the city's population. More »

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    Brown says ready to respond swiftly to Walker review 

    Reuters - Yesterday, 07:46 pm

    LONDON (Reuters) - LONDON (Reuters) -Prime Minister Gordon Brown said on Saturday in his weekly podcast he was ready to "respond swiftly" to David Walker's banking review recommendations expected next week. More »