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Niger villagers take mass public vow to end female genital mutilation
Reuters* Niger outlawed female genital mutilation in 2003 * Rate at about 2 percent from about 5 percent in late 1990s * Ceremony sponsored by government, NGOs and UNICEF By Abdoulaye Massalatchi MAKALONDI, Niger, May 16 (Reuters) - About 14,000 villagers...Tags: Niger, UNICEF, Health Organizations, Politics, United Nations General Assembly
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Liechtenstein open to bank data exchange talks with EU
ReutersVADUZ (Reuters) - Liechtenstein is reluctantly prepared to discuss exchanging data on bank clients in response to a new European Union push for more transparency from the secretive principality and other tax havens, its prime minister said. "We have...Tags: Financial and Business Services, Politics, Swiss Confederation, Economy, Business and Finance, Government
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Platts in lockdown as investigators continue oil probe
ReutersLONDON (Reuters) - European anti-trust investigators on Thursday searched the offices of price agency Platts and at least one major oil company for a third day, hunting for evidence of possible price manipulation on oil markets, witnesses said....Tags: Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Witnesses, Renewable Energy, Biofuels, Environmental Issues
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Britain's Cameron tells EU rebels to back referendum law
Reuters* Cameron's Conservatives divided over Britain's EU future * Parliament to debate new law on EU withdrawal referendum * Coalition partner's opposition means slim hope of success By Peter Griffiths LONDON, May 16 (Reuters) - Prime Minister David...Tags: Government, Crime, Law and Justice, Referenda, Wars and Interventions, Margaret Thatcher
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IMF staff to visit Spain next week for third bank report
ReutersWASHINGTON, May 16 (Reuters) - International Monetary Fund staff will visit Madrid on May 21 for their third review of Spain's reforms of its banking system, the IMF said on Thursday. The IMF's monitoring is part of a deal agreed to with Spain in July,...Tags: Spain, Politics, International Monetary Fund
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Central banks' actions worked, now beware reactions: IMF
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Central banks got it right when they saved the world economy, but their unprecedented actions risk disruptive cross-border spillovers and potentially heavy losses when the time comes to exit, the IMF said on Thursday. In the most...Tags: Central Bank, Economic Policy, Inflation and Deflation, Money and Monetary Policy, Federal Reserve
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EU trade chief urges no exclusions in EU/US trade talks
Reuters* US-EU trade talks may start next month * France pushing to exclude audio-visual sector * EU's trade head, US envoy, urge that be avoided BRUSSELS, May 16 (Reuters) - European Union trade chief Karel de Gucht urged EU members on Thursday not to...Tags: Trade Dispute, Politics, European Union, U.S. Congress, France
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WHO reports first patient-to-nurse spread of new SARS-like virus
ReutersLONDON (Reuters) - Two health workers in Saudi Arabia have become infected with a potentially fatal new SARS-like virus after catching it from patients in their care - the first evidence of such transmission within a hospital, the World Health...Tags: Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, Research, Pneumonia, France, Viral Diseases and Infections
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EU warns China it is ready to launch telecoms dispute
ReutersBRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission has told China it is prepared to launch an investigation into anti-competitive behavior by producers of mobile telecoms equipment, opening a new front in a multi-billion-euro trade offensive against a...Tags: Nokia Corp., Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd., Politics, Heads of State, Sweden
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INTERVIEW-OECD sees action on corporate tax avoidance
ReutersBy Lidia Kelly MOSCOW, May 15 (Reuters) - International leaders are moving closer to taking action on corporate tax avoidance, despite challenges, a top official at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) said on Wednesday....Tags: G8, Government, Google Inc., Republic of Ireland, National Government
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OECD sees action on corporate tax avoidance
ReutersMOSCOW (Reuters) - International leaders are moving closer to taking action on corporate tax avoidance, despite challenges, a top official at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) said on Wednesday. National austerity measures...Tags: G8, Government, Google Inc., Republic of Ireland, National Government
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Bosnia and Croatia crack down on human smuggling into EU
ReutersZAGREB, May 15 (Reuters) - Police in Bosnia and Croatia have arrested 38 people accused of smuggling illegal migrants into the European Union in a coordinated crackdown on human trafficking in the region. The so-called "Balkan smuggling route" is used to...Tags: Croatia, Politics, European Union, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Balkan Peninsula
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