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AFP - The head of Ireland’s Central Bank said Thursday the country could receive a “very substantial loan” that could run into “tens of billions” of euros as part of…

Reuters - Foreign donors have held up preparations for a referendum on south Sudan’s independence by not transferring money to the organizers and wasting money on pointless grants, the head…

AFP - The head of Britain’s armed forces said Sunday that Al-Qaeda can never be completely beaten, but argued that outright victory is “unnecessary” as long as governments are able…

Reuters - Iran sharply criticized the head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog on Monday and rejected accusations Tehran is not cooperating enough with inspectors trying to verify whether it is…

AFP - World Bank chief Robert Zoellick on Monday urged the world’s leading economies to consider returning to a modified gold standard as fears of an upcoming currency war mount.

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AFP - Britain’s state-rescued Lloyds bank on Wednesday poached Santander UK chief Antonio Horta-Osorio to be its new chief, as the sector completed a management clearout following the global financial…

Reuters - Britain’s top spy, in the first public speech by a serving UK espionage chief, said on Thursday terrorists might hit the West again “at huge human cost” but…

AP - Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s chief of staff was named the new mayor of Moscow on Thursday, cementing the powerful Russian leader’s influence over the capital and its sizable…

AP - A former Afghan president who heads a new peace council said Thursday that he’s convinced the Taliban are ready to negotiate peace.

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AP - WikiLeaks editor-in-chief Julian Assange lashed out at the mainstream media during a debate at a London university Thursday, fighting back at a string of unfavorable stories that have…