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Italian police on Saturday arrested two Pakistani men accused of providing logistical support for last year's terror attacks ...
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guardian.co.uk Sport:
• Kallis suffered fractured rib during Champions League• All-rounder could struggle to recover in time for first TestSouth Africa all-rounder Jacques Kallis will miss the entire one-day international series against England because of a fractured rib. Proteas coach Mickey Arthur admitted Kallis may not even recover in time t (Read More)
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• Bowler could return for latter stages of ODI series• South Africa all-rounder ruled out of remaining gamesThe England cricketcamp has had the look of a field hospital in recent weeks so the sight of Stuart Broad running in to bowl at Centurion, coupled with the news that South Africa's Jacques Kallis would miss the remain (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Politics:
Are Herman van Rompuy and Cathy Ashton the best of all available choices as the European Union council president and the high representative on foreign policy respectively? Undoubtedly not. Yet they are competent people and they are the choices that the EU has now made. Were Mr van Rompuy and Baroness Ashton chosen in the m (Read More)
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Unless they end in promises, and a treaty within months, Ed Miliband believes the Copenhagen talks will be a disaster. But can the British energy secretary, in Denmark for a frantic round of pre-summit diplomacy, win the argument?It's breakfast time in the biggest of Copenhagen's Scandic hotels. Over the obligatory croissan (Read More)
The Guardian:
Commodities soared and emerging markets took off, but the average small investor missed out, says Patrick CollinsonIt invests in goldmines – and it became a goldmine. Every £1,000 invested in BlackRock Gold & General at the beginning of the decade was worth £7,846 10 years later, closely followed by another gold-invested fu (Read More)
The Guardian:
Gold was a lousy investment in the 90s … how times change. The humble savings account, meanwhile, more than held its ownGoldIt has been one of the best investments of the past decade, and this week it was hitting new highs. But 10 years ago nobody wanted to know. Gold was trading at just $281.50 (£171.93) an ounce in Januar (Read More)
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• County 'would not help with my England career'• Spinner determined to win back Test and one-day placesMonty Panesar has said he left Northamptonshire to join Sussex because his former employers did not want him enough and were not interested in him furthering his international career. The England spinner, 27, who is curre (Read More)
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India 426 & 412-4; Sri Lanka 760-7 declaredMatch drawnSri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara rued a lost opportunity early in the first Test after India escaped with a draw on a flat pitch.Sri Lanka, aiming to win their first Test match on Indian soil in 27 years of trying, had the home team struggling in the first innings befo (Read More)
The Guardian:
James Murdoch's speech to investors in Barcelona yesterday revealed the direction that News Corporation plans to take in the coming years. His key quote:In the business of ideas, which is the business that we are in, we do think journalism plays a role, and we do think there are business models there that will make a lot of (Read More)
Gawker:
Having covered breast healthcare issues all week, the papers move south to other ladyparts today. But forget all that, buy the tabloids, and read about a foot model cast out into the street (almost) for her princess-and-pauper love. Cervical cancer screenings are being added to the wider debate about healthcare today. Only (Read More)
The Guardian:
Rajinder Singh says he supports far-right party's anti-Islam stanceA Sikh man who has campaigned for the BNP in support of its anti-Islam stance has been put forward to be the party's first non-white member.Rajinder Singh, who is in his late 70s, has twice lent support to Nick Griffin during the British National party leade (Read More)
Reuters:
MUMBAI (Reuters) - Network18 Media & Investments Ltd said on Friday group firm, Television Eighteen India Ltd will merge broadcast operations of two of its channels that will save 650 million rupees annually.
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MUMBAI (Reuters) - Consumer firms in India are raising advertising and promotional spends this fiscal to lure shoppers and garner volumes but margin pressure due to rising costs may spoil the party.
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guardian.co.uk Politics:
From Ukraine to the Caymans and China to Zimbabwe, UK envoys are joining the band of bloggersFor our man in Ukraine, it was an uncomfortable moment. Arriving back at the embassy in Kiev, Britain's ambassador, Leigh Turner, discovered a troupe of angry Ukrainian folk dancers. The dancers were protesting about the fact that t (Read More)