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BoE governor King warns of euro risk to British recovery
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LONDON (Reuters) - The single biggest risk to Britain's nascent economic recovery is continued eurozone weakness, the Bank of England's outgoing governor Mervyn King said in a television interview on Sunday.He
Independent Scotland open to Cyprus-style bank risks, says Britain
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* Referendum on independence due in Sept. 2014* Breakaway would leave Scotland vulnerable-British Treasury* Scottish financial sector would dwarf economy, says reportBy William JamesLONDON, May 19
Independent Scotland open to Cyprus-style bank risks, says Britain
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LONDON (Reuters) - An independent Scotland would have a vastly oversized financial sector that would leave it vulnerable to a Cyprus-style banking crisis, Britain's finance ministry says.Before a referendum
Google's wearable Glass gadget: cool or creepy?
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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google staged four discussions expounding on the finer points of its Glass wearable computer during this week's developer conference. Missing from the agenda, however, was a session
Kuwait replaces oil officials at KPC after $2.2 billion Dow payment
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KUWAIT (Reuters) - State-run Kuwait Petroleum Company (KPC) appointed a new chief executive and suspended other top officials after the country paid $2.2 billion in damages to Dow Chemical Co <DOW.N>
New accuser says Michael Jackson trained him to lie about abuse
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(Reuters) - A close friend of Michael Jackson who had testified in defense of the late pop king at his child sex abuse trial said on Thursday that the singer had intimidated and brainwashed him into lying
Upmarket Pakistan district votes again as Imran Khan decries killing
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ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - An upmarket constituency of Pakistan's violence-plagued city of Karachi voted again under tight security on Sunday, a day after gunmen killed a senior politician from a reformist
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Penitent Romanian hacker aims to protect world's ATMs
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VASLUI, Romania (Reuters) - Valentin Boanta, sitting in his jail cell, proudly explains the device he has invented which, he says, could make the world's ATMs impregnable even to tech-savvy criminals like
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Native American actress proud to walk Cannes red carpet
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CANNES (Reuters) - Native American actress Misty Upham never dreamt she would be walking the red carpet at Cannes to showcase a film shot on her reservation.Upham features in Jimmy P. Psychotherapy of
Winning ticket for $590.5 million Powerball lottery sold in Florida
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(Reuters) - A single winning ticket for a record U.S. Powerball lottery jackpot worth $590.5 million was sold in Florida, organizers said late on Saturday, but there was no immediate word about who won
Upmarket Pakistan district votes again as Imran Khan decries killing
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ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - An upmarket constituency of Pakistan's violence-plagued city of Karachi voted again under tight security on Sunday, a day after gunmen killed a senior politician from a reformist
Denmark wins Eurovision on ABBA's turf with folksy ballad
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MALMO, Sweden (Reuters) - Denmark's Emmelie de Forest won Eurovision on Saturday before an international TV audience of around 125 million, clinching the coveted crown of euro-pop with a folksy ballad
Winning ticket for $590.5 million Powerball jackpot sold in Florida
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(Reuters) - One winning ticket for a record U.S. Powerball lottery jackpot worth $590.5 million was sold in Florida, organizers said late on Saturday.No other information on the winning ticket was immediately
Republican cites IRS scandal in close Virginia governor's race
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RICHMOND, Virginia (Reuters) - Virginia Republicans on Saturday formally nominated Ken Cuccinelli for governor in the nation's marquee 2013 political race, and the conservative attorney general wasted
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Los Angeles mayoral race narrows, latest opinion poll shows
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - City Councilman Eric Garcetti leads City Controller Wendy Greuel by 7 percentage points in a tightening race for mayor of Los Angeles, according to the latest opinion poll, but
MIDEAST STOCKS - Factors to watch - May 19
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DUBAI, May 19 (Reuters) - Here are factors that may affectMiddle East stock markets on Sunday. Reuters has not verifiedthe press reports and does not vouch for their accuracy.INTERNATIONAL/REGIONAL*
Google's wearable Glass gadget: cool or creepy?
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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google staged four discussions expounding on the finer points of its Glass wearable computer during this week's developer conference. Missing from the agenda, however, was a session
Beatles' guitar auctioned to the tune of $408,000
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A custom-made electric guitar played by the late John Lennon and George Harrison of the Beatles sold at a New York auction on Saturday for $408,000, said officials with the company
Greying China taps rural elderly to care for those even older
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QIANTUN, China (Reuters) - Two years short of 70, Zhang Guosheng spends his days caring for an 81-year-old fellow villager - washing his clothes, bringing meals to his bed, and keeping him company - a
Lundbeck says drug shows improvement in depression symptoms
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COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Danish pharmaceutical group Lundbeck and Japanese partner Takeda said on Saturday that data from clinical phase III studies with the antidepressant vortioxetine had shown significant
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