China: US Factory Boss 'Hostage' Speaks Out

An American company boss who is being detained by workers in a Chinese factory has been speaking about his ordeal from behind the metal bars of his office window. Staff at the Beijing medical supply plant co-owned by Chip Starnes have been holding him...

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Satellites To Boost Internet In 180 Countries

Billions of people who struggle with slow internet access are to get quicker connections when a dozen new satellites are shot into space. The first four satellites will be carried into orbit by the Russian Soyuz rocket, as part of a project to offer...

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Tax Breaks For Married Couples 'Before 2015'

Tax breaks for married couples will be introduced by David Cameron before the next election, according to a Treasury minister. David Gauke has moved to reassure Tory backbenchers amid growing concern in the party about how much support is being offered...

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Italian Football Clubs Raided In Tax Probe

Police have raided 41 Italian football clubs, including 18 of the 20 Serie A sides, as part of a tax and money-laundering investigation. Documents were seized and premises searched in an apparently coordinated operation early on Tuesday as officers...

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Market Mayhem: Europe Volatile Amid Fightback

European stock markets are tentatively putting on some weight after China moved to reassure investors that its credit tightening policy would not damage liquidity. Asian stock markets suffered steep falls during much of Tuesday's session - with the...

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Qatar: Influential Emir Hands Power To Son

One of the richest and most influential leaders in the world, the Emir of Qatar, has abdicated his crown in favour of his son. Dozens congratulated the Emir (l) and his son after the abdication ceremony Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al Thani handed power...

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Education Group To Cash In With £200m Sale

By Mark Kleinman, City Editor One of the country's biggest private providers of pre-university education is poised to cash in on a surge in the number of foreign students in the UK with an auction valuing it at up to £200m. Sky News understands...

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Jane Austen Set To Appear On New £10 Note

Plans have been drawn up to put novelist Jane Austen on the £10 banknote. The author of Pride And Prejudice, Sense And Sensibility and Emma is a "clear candidate" to replace Charles Darwin on the new note, said Sir Mervyn King, the outgoing governor...

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Greece Bailout: Reshuffle As Deadline Looms

Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras has announced an overhaul of his cabinet, days after a junior coalition partner quit the government. Restless and visibly fatigued from having faced down the gravest political crisis to grip his government just a...

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Secret Anglo-Irish Bank Tape Inquiry Launched

Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny has ordered a government investigation into the Anglo-Irish Bank bailout after the release of secret audio recordings. In them, Peter Bowe, then head of Capital Markets, can be heard telling Peter Fitzgerald, director...

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