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Italy government calls confidence vote on austerity
ROME (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti's government on Wednesday asked for a vote of confidence in the upper house to seal approval of a 33-billion euro (27 billion pound) austerity...
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Exclusive: North Korea's military to share power with Kim's heir
BEIJING (Reuters) - North Korea will shift to collective rule from a strongman dictatorship after last week's death of Kim Jong-il, although his untested young son will be at the head of the ruling...
View ArticleU.S. learned of Kim's death from "open" sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government got its first warning North Korean leader Kim Jong-il had died from an intelligence unit that monitors media reporting around the world, two U.S. officials...
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UK breakup risk poses 'enormous challenge'
Britain's future as a united country will be one of the "enormous challenges" faced in the coming years, the outgoing head of the civil service has warned.
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A ray of sunshine at Christmas? UK growth revised up
There was a minor but unexpected bit of good news this morning, as UK economic growth was revised up to 0.6%.
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Govt shamed over solar incentives after high court defeat
MPs have poured scorn on the government's "clumsy" handling of their incentives for solar energy installations, one day after the high court ruled ministers' approach unlawful.
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Two Met officers dismissed for excessive force
Two Metropolitan police officers have been dismissed and another two given written warnings after a complaint of excessive force was upheld.
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Nazi party Tory faces French criminal investigation
The Tory MP who attended a Nazi-themes party at an Alpine ski resort could face jail after French authorities launched a criminal investigation.
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Balls attacks family photoshoots
Shadow chancellor Ed Balls has expressed distaste at politicians doing photoshoots with their children - the day after Ed Miliband was pictured at home with his family.
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French to probe Nazi-row MP party
French prosecutors have opened an investigation into a Nazi-themed party attended by Conservative MP Aidan Burley.
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France probes Nazi-themed party attended by MP
French prosecutors said on Thursday they had opened a probe into a Nazi-themed stag party attended by British Conservative MP Aidan Burley that led to him losing his post as a parliamentary aide.
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Huhne attacks Cameron's EU politics
Britain's interests would have been better defended had David Cameron not decided to leave the centre-right European People's party (EPP) grouping, Chris Huhne has claimed.
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Scotland may be handed referendum power
Whitehall officials could give Scotland the power to run its own independence referendum, it has been reported.
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Wales faces gloomy 2012 outlook
Welsh first minister Carwyn Jones has warned of a "tough" 2012 in his Christmas message.
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Cameron makes Falklands pledge
David Cameron has promised that Britain would never surrender sovereignty of the Falklands against the wishes of the islanders.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Britain said on Friday that Argentinian-led efforts to ban ships flying the Falkland Islands flag from South American ports were "unjustified and counterproductive" and vowed to...
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To stay or to go? Britons mull future outside EU
LONDON (Reuters) - Long dismissed as "Little Englanders" living on the fringe of politics, Britain's vocal band of EU-haters sense that their moment may have come. Prime Minister David Cameron's...
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PM vows action on sexualised ads
David Cameron is planning tougher action against "unscrupulous" companies that use sexualised advertising and "pester power" to sell goods to children.
View ArticleMassive Khan rally defies Pakistan ruling party
KARACHI (Reuters) - Pakistan's former cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan brought at least 100,000 people into the streets of Karachi Sunday in a massive rally that increases pressure on the...
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Prince Philip misses royal Christmas
LONDON (Reuters) - Queen Elizabeth's 90-year-old husband spent Christmas Day in a hospital bed after successful surgery to clear a blocked heart artery, missing the royal family's celebrations at its...
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