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Obama's Afghan surge sets sights on Kandahar

A year ago, mobile phones worked just fine in the pomegranate orchards and vineyards along the Arghandab river on the outskirts of Afghanistan's second largest city, Kandahar.
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FTSE lower as Dubai worries linger; oils weak

Britain's top share index was 0.8 percent lower by midday on Monday, pulled down by weak energy stocks and banks, as investors were troubled by lingering anxiety caused by Dubai's debt problems.
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Daily Forecast - 30/11/2009

The Aussie dollar declined rapidly on Friday as concern in Asia over another blow out in credit spreads from a possible Dubai World debt default rocked the high yielders.
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KPMG to represent Dubai's creditor banks: report

Banks who lent over $30 billion to Dubai World, the debt-laden state investment group, plan to appoint auditors KPMG to represent them in talks over recovering their money, the Independent on Sunday newspaper reported.
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Iran MPs urge government to reduce IAEA cooperation

Lawmakers urged Iran's government on Sunday to prepare a plan on reducing cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), after the U.N. body rebuked Tehran for secretly building a uranium enrichment plant.
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Afghan meeting to map path to security handovers

A major international conference on Afghanistan, to be held in London in January, will aim to set the conditions for a gradual transfer of security responsibilities to Afghan control, Britain said on Saturday.
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Leona Lewis hopes Echo will resound

Violence and theft. Not words one would normally associate with Leona Lewis, the squeaky-clean winner of The X Factor, who went on to stunning worldwide success with her debut album, Spirit.
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Abu Dhabi to aid Dubai on case by case basis

Abu Dhabi, wealthy capital of the United Arab Emirates, will pick and choose how to assist debt-laden neighbor Dubai, a senior official said on Saturday, after fears of a Dubai default sent global markets reeling.
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Banks, world leaders play down Dubai debt threat

World leaders expressed confidence in the global economic recovery on Friday despite fears about a debt default by Gulf emirate Dubai, while major banks played down their exposure to the debt.
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New oil platforms, pipes to boost Iraq export

Iraq aims to install four new floating oil terminals and three new undersea oil pipelines that will boost export capacity to 8 million barrels per day from a current 1.9 million bpd, a top oil official said.
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UK banks eclipse rivals on UAE loan exposure

British banks have far greater exposure to potential problem debts in the United Arab Emirates than rivals in France, the United States, Japan or anywhere else, loans data show, as worries mount about the region.
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Octomom is open to having more kids

Mother of 14 children, Nadya Suleman, made headlines this year when she gave birth to octuplets told Good Morning America she is open to having more kids in the future.
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Holidaybreak posts FY results ahead of mkt view

Holidaybreak Plc posted full-year results ahead of market view, sending its shares up almost 3 percent, but the British specialist holiday firm said sales intake in the current year to date was down 3 percent.
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Drug resistant H1N1 no major change in virus: WHO

Tamiflu resistance in some H1N1 patients with badly weakened immune systems does not seem to reflect a major change in the virus' susceptibility to the frontline drug, the World Health Organization said on Thursday.
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U.S. followed own timetable on Iraq war: UK envoy

The United States followed its own military timetable for the 2003 invasion of Iraq rather than allowing diplomacy to run its full course, the former British ambassador to the United Nations said on Friday.
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IAEA votes to censure Iran over nuclear cover-up

U.N. nuclear watchdog governors voted on Friday to rebuke Iran for building a uranium enrichment plant in secret but Tehran dismissed the move as intimidation which would poison its negotiations with world powers.
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FTSE down 0.2 pct; banks weak on Dubai exposure

Britain's leading share index was 0.2 percent lower by midsession on Friday, falling for a second session with banks pressured by persisting anxiety over Dubai's debt default and oil majors weak with the crude price.

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