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Timberlake, West ‘most stylish men of 2011’

Singer Justin Timberlake and Kanye West have been named the most stylish men of 2011 in a new poll by a magazine.

Cradle of Arab Spring celebrates first anniversary

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Tens of thousands of people packed a provincial town square to celebrate the first anniversary on Saturday of Tunisia's democratic revolution in the place where it began, unleashing a tide of popular

Olympus tells lenders cash crunch looms - Nikkei

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Japan's disgraced Olympus Corp, whose balance sheet took a massive hit after it admitted to a long-running accounting cover-up, told lenders its cash and deposits could run out in 2015, a newspaper re

Chinese guards ‘rough up’ Bale

Hollywood actor Christian Bale was roughed up by Chinese security guards as he attempted to visit a blind legal activist whose detention has sparked a domestic and international outcry, CNN reported on Friday.

RBI frees interest rates on non-resident deposits

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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday deregulated interest rates on non-resident external rupee deposits and ordinary non-resident accounts to provide greater flexibility to banks in mobilising su

Indian refiners explore replacing Iranian oil: Sources

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Indian companies have begun talks with alternative suppliers to slowly replace Iranian oil, fearing their current mechanism for payments to Tehran for some 350,000 barrels a day (bpd) via Turkey could

‘Whatever’ deemed most annoying word: poll

Do you want to kill a conversation? Try saying ‘whatever.’

Words like ‘you know’ and ‘like’ might be irritating to hear, but for the third year in a row, it's ‘whatever’ that holds the most power to

Kingfisher to get $47 million loan from Sahara: Report

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The Sahara group will give a loan of more than Rs 2.5 billion to cash-strapped Kingfisher Airlines to help the carrier continue operations, the Times of India reported on Saturday, citing sources.

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U.S. withdrawal in Iraq rolls into final act

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American soldiers signed over their last military base to Iraqi officials on Friday with the U.S. troop pullout drawing to an swift end nearly nine years after the invasion that ousted Saddam Hussein.

Italy’s Monti faces confidence vote on austerity

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Italy's government faces a confidence vote in parliament on Friday, a move to speed up approval of a 33-billion euro ($43 billion) austerity package intended to restore market confidence in the euro zone's third largest economy.

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