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Oil prices rise above $80 per barrel
Oil prices rose above $88 a barrel Monday in Asia after OPEC left its crude output quotas unchanged, citing slowing demand and abundant supplies.
Benchmark oil for January delivery was up 34 cents to $88.13 a barrel at midday Singapore…
Tevez still wants to leave Man City
Manchester City captain Carlos Tevez was adamant he still wanted to leave the club despite his transfer request being rejected and said his relationship with some executives was "beyond repair".
The Premier League club had said earlier…
Assange says US prosecuting him
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who angered Washington by releasing secret cables, said in a documentary on Sunday he faced prosecution by the United States and was disappointed with how Swedish justice had been abused.
Assange has…
Ex-City minister calls for breakup of RBS and Lloyds Group
Royal Bank of Scotland and Lloyds Banking Group are "monolithic institutions" that dampen competition and should be split up, the former financial services minister in the last government said on Monday.
LLoyds merged with HBOS during the…
UK police search Bedfordshire property in connection with Sweden blasts
A property in the UK is being searched as part of the investigation into the weekend's bombing in Sweden, in which one man died, police have said.
A search warrant was executed at a property in Bedfordshire, under the Terrorism Act 2000,…
US Senate nears key vote on Obama tax package
The Democratic-led Congress moved on Monday toward grudging approval of President Barack Obama's deal with Republicans to extend expiring tax cuts, even for the wealthiest Americans.
Backers were expected to muster on Monday the needed…
US risky borrowers find credit again, at a price
Credit card offers are surging again after a three-year slowdown, as banks seek to revive a business that brought them huge profits before the financial crisis wrecked the credit scores of so many Americans.
The rise is striking because it…
Artists, politicians want freedom for Iran’s Ashtiani
More than 80 artists, academics and politicians including U.S. actor Robert Redford, singer Sting and France's Bernard Kouchner on Monday called for the release of an Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning.
Sakineh Mohammadi…
Australia says Iran not rogue state – WikiLeaks
Australia is at odds with its major security ally the United States over Iran, saying it is not a "rogue state" and its nuclear weapons program is for deterrence, not attack, according to U.S. cables released by WikiLeaks.
The documents,…
Spain protestors call for WikiLeaks founder’s release
Protests have taken place across Spain calling for the release of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, who is facing extradition from the UK to Sweden for alleged sexual offences.
Hundreds of people gathered outside the British embassy in…