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Business

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  NBC hires news division chief from Britain

  NBC has gone out of the company and out of the U.S. to find a president for its news division, naming the first woman to hold the top job at its news ... 

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  Russian oligarchs foot most of 2014 Sochi Olympics

  The mountains of Sochi are now home to Potanin's slope, Gazprom's gondola lift and Sberbank's ski jump. The nicknames used by locals and an army of ... 

• US says Pakistan curbing explosive fertilizers

  Pakistan has taken a number of steps to prevent fertilizers made within its borders for agriculture from being used as explosives in roadside bombs ... 

• 51 die in 2 South Sudan clashes; army retakes town

  Twenty-four people died in a battle between South Sudan's military and rebel fighters the government believes to be supported by neighboring Sudan, ... 

• Actavis buying Warner Chilcott in $8.5B deal

  Actavis is buying Warner Chilcott in an all-stock transaction valued at about $8.5 billion which would create the third-biggest specialty ... 

• Oil price falls below $96 a barrel

  The price of oil fell Monday ahead of the release later this week of economic data from the U.S. and China, the world's two largest economies, and a ... 

• China asks NKorea to release fishing boat, crew

  China is urging North Korea to release a Chinese fishing boat whose owner says it was seized by gun-toting North Koreans earlier this month and held ... 

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  SKorea analyzing NKorea's 4 projectile launches

  South Korea is analyzing whether projectiles North Korea fired into its eastern waters over the weekend are short-range missiles or a new type of ... 

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  Chinese premier visits India to boost ties

  Just weeks after a tense border standoff, China's new premier visited India on Sunday on his first foreign trip as the neighboring giants look to ... 

• Coast Guard to take testimony on Shell grounding

  Circumstances surrounding the grounding of a Royal Dutch Shell PLC drill barge off a remote Alaska island will be explored in a public hearing in ... 

• Russian TV: American accused of spying flies out

  The U.S. Embassy employee accused of spying in Moscow flew out of Russia on Sunday, five days after he was ordered to leave the country, NTV ... 

• Mice return from a month in space

  A Russian capsule carrying mice, lizards and other small animals returned to Earth on Sunday after spending a month in space for what scientists said ... 

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  Pope leads pep rally at Vatican, meets with Merkel

  Pope Francis lamented that investment losses by banks trigger more alarm in the economic crisis than the struggle of people to feed their families, ... 

• Journalist found dead in eastern Congo

  The body of a Congolese journalist was found on the bank of the Ngezi River near the provincial capital of Bunia in eastern Congo, the city's mayor ... 

• Union leads march in Rome calling for job creation

  A union of Italian metal workers has led thousands of people in a march through the heart of Rome to press the new government for measures to spur job ... 

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  SPIN METER: GOP raps Dems for IRS union cash

  Seeking maximum political gain from the string of controversies swirling around the White House, Republicans are on the attack against Democratic ... 

• UEFA lifts 2nd year of Malaga ban

  European football's governing body has revoked the second year of the ban it had imposed on Malaga for not meeting its financial fair-play regulations 

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  Argentine dictator Videla dies in prison at age 87

  Former dictator Jorge Rafael Videla, who took power over Argentina in a 1976 coup and led a military junta that killed thousands of his fellow ... 

• Cyprus drops limits on 8 more foreign banks

  Cyprus on Friday got rid of limits on money transfers and withdrawals for international clients of another eight foreign banks doing business in the ... 

• Syrian hackers compromise FT blog, Twitter feeds

  A clutch of Twitter accounts and a blog maintained by the Financial Times were hacked Friday, the latest in a series of cyberattacks claimed by the ... 

• Glance: Europe's Key Institutions

  Following the chaotic bailout of Cyprus, top European Union officials are saying it's time to rethink how the region manages its crisis — and who ... 

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  Retirement tests if Beckham built lasting brand

  David Beckham's pecs are at least as much a part of his brand as his kick; his brand of shoes ultimately more lucrative than the game he's giving up. 

• Italian Cabinet passes first economic measures

  Italy's new cross-party government has adopted its first measures to help the economy. They include suspending a tax on primary residences and ...