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Trump says his name worth $3 billion

What's in a name? About $3 billion, if you happen to spell it T-r-u-m-p.

Real estate mogul, reality television star and author Donald Trump estimates his net worth at $7 billion in a forthcoming book

Global economic outlook grim: China vice-premier

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Chinese Vice-Premier Wang Qishan said the global economic outlook remains grim, and that China and the United States should work together to achieve balanced economic growth.

"Global economic conditi

Secretive North Korea opens up to cellphones

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Secretive North Korea is expected to register the 1 millionth cellphone user on its new 3G network by the end of the year, barely four years after people were thrown into prison camps, or possibly eve

U.S. debt panel to admit defeat on Monday

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A congressional 'super committee' is expected to formally announce on Monday that its three-month-long effort to forge a $1.2 trillion deficit reduction plan has failed, aides told Reuters.

Barring a

Bharti Airtel shares fall after CBI search offices

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Shares in Bharti Airtel, India's top mobile phone carrier, fell as much as 3.6 per cent on Monday after the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) searched its offices and those of Vodafone's Indian un

L&T looking overseas to beat local slowdown

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Larsen and Toubro, India's biggest engineering conglomerate, is targeting overseas revenue growth as part of a strategy to beat a slowdown in Asia's third-largest economy, the firm's chief financial o

Chinese strip down for Ai Weiwei amid porn investigation

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First it was money folded into paper planes that were flown over the walls of dissident artist Ai Weiwei's home.

Now Chinese Internet users' latest show of solidarity with Ai has taken the unlikelie

Khmer Rouge trio accused of Cambodia's 'worst horrors'

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The three most senior surviving commanders of the 1970s Khmer Rouge regime masterminded one of the 'worst horrors' of the 20th century, killing or enslaving millions of Cambodians, a U.N.-backed war c

Sikhs can carry Kirpan into London Olympic venues

Sikh athletes and spectators will be allowed to wear ceremonial daggers into 2012 London Olympic venues, despite the intense security arrangements, as part of a multi-faith approach to the Games.

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Australia snatch win in nerve-jangling final test against South Africa

Beleaguered Australians Brad Haddin and Mitchell Johnson helped steer their team to a dramatic two-wicket victory in the second test to level a memorable series against South Africa on Monday.

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