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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Friday invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to resume direct talks in Washington on September 2 with the aim of reaching a peace deal within one year.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Global mergers and acquisitions (M&A) have hit nearly $200 billion so far in August, $77 billion shy of the record set in 1999 for what is typically one of the quietest months of the year, Thomson Reuters data shows.
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One in three adults takes a soft toy to bed
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LONDON (Reuters) - Global mergers and acquisitions (M&A) have hit nearly $200 billion (128 billion pounds) so far in August, $77 billion shy of the record set in 1999 for what is typically one of the quietest months of the year, Thomson Reuters data shows.
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The US has set an ambitious timetable to resolve the Middle East peace crisis between Israel and the Palestinians within one year.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Friday invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to resume direct talks in Washington on September 2 with an aim to reaching a peace deal within one year.
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Carpets of Kidderminster, one of the last major carpet manufacturers in the Midlands, goes into administration.
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WASHINGTON (AFP) - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Friday Israeli and Palestinian leaders would resume direct peace talks in Washington on September 2, with the goal of a settlement in one year.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Friday invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to resume direct talks in Washington on September 2 with an aim to reaching a peace deal within one year.
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Medical emergencies on commercial airplanes are not common, but certain passengers -- including the elderly and pregnant women -- face greater risks of complications requiring flight diversions, a study of one airline finds.
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Burning Spear's Marcus Garvey was one of the founding texts of 1970s roots reggae, an album which confirmed to the growing crossover British market that Bob Marley may just be the tip of a huge wave of talent about to break out of Jamaica.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Friday invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to resume direct talks in Washington on September 2 with an aim to reaching a peace deal within one year.
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World 800m champion Caster Semenya admits she will be taking a step into the unknown on Sunday as she looks to rebuild her career in the wake of her sex test ordeal.The 19-year-old won the world championships at Berlin's Olympic Stadium a year ago in controversial style as she ran a personal best of one minute 55.45 seconds only for the sport's governing body to demand a sex test.
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A top US egg producer Thursday expanded its recall to include 380 million chicken eggs that could be contaminated with salmonella bacteria, in one of the largest such recalls in recent history.The eggs were produced by Wright County Egg in Galt, Iowa, and sold around the country under 13 different brands, packed in boxes of six, 12 and 18 eggs.The company on August 13 voluntarily recalled 220 million eggs from the market after hundreds of reported salmonella cases. The FDA reported that first recall on Wednesday.
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Afghan police said Friday that 30 security guards had been killed in a day-long clash with Taliban fighters in one of the most volatile regions of the war-ravaged country.The deaths come just days after President Hamid Karzai ordered all private security firms in the country to disband by the end of the year and their employees to either leave the country or, if eligible, join the police force.The fighting lasted all day Thursday in the Sangin district of southern Helmand province, where the Taliban insurgency is concentrated, a senior police officer said.
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Home Secretary authorises a blanket ban on marches in Bradford, home to one of Britain's largest Asian communities.
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Carpets of Kidderminster, one of the area's last major carpet manufacturers, goes into administration.
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KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AFP) - Afghan police said Friday that 30 security guards had been killed in a day-long clash with Taliban fighters in one of the most volatile regions of the war-ravaged country.
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The Battle of Britain is commemorated by a reading of one of Churchill's most famous speeches and a fly-past at Whitehall.
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JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A Middle East treaty creating a Palestinian state at peace with Israel can be completed in one year of negotiations, said major powers who were due on Friday to invite both parties to start talks in two weeks.
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