Kabul: Afghan President Hamid Karzai questioned Thursday the willingness of his Western allies to strike insurgent bases in Pakistan given the strong evidence of alleged support in Pakistan for the Taliban. "The war against terrorism is not in the villages or houses of Afghanistan ......
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London: Metro Bank, Britain's first new high street lender for over 100 years, opened its first branch to the public — and dogs — yesterday in a move aimed at shaking up the retail banking sector. Co-founded by billionaire US businessman Vernon Hill, Metro Bank hopes to tap into public...
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LYON, France (Reuters) - A pocket of water big enough to fill 20 Olympic pools, trapped inside a glacier on Mont Blanc, could burst at any time and endanger lives in a French Alpine valley, officials said on Thursday. Researchers at...
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QUITO (Reuters) - South American foreign ministers meet in Ecuador on Thursday to discuss broken ties between Venezuela and Colombia, with sparks likely over the two Andean nations' clashing plans to fix a crisis over leftist rebels. The gathering of the 12-member Union of South American Nations is...
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Shipping officials said Thursday that they were examining the hull of a Japanese oil tanker that was mysteriously damaged this week as it traversed a strategically vital waterway between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula. The ship’s owner has said that it may have been attacked. With the tanker...
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Citigroup has agreed to pay $75 million to settle federal claims that it failed to disclose vast holdings of subprime mortgage investments that crippled the bank during the financial crisis, according to two people briefed on the settlement. Add to Portfolio Citigroup Inc Go to your Portfolio »...
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ISLAMABAD ' Pakistan on Thursday observed a day of mourning for the 152 people killed in the country's worst aviation disaster, as rescue workers searched for the aircraft's black box. Investigators hope the flight data recorder will give clues to the exact cause of Wednesday's crash which occurred...
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