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"No options off table" over Syria - Hague
LONDON (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad must realise that "no option is off table" if his government fails to negotiate seriously at peace talks in Geneva, Britain's Foreign Secretary Will...
May 21, 2013, 3:06 am-
Goldman exits China's ICBC, 7 years and billions later
By Fiona Lau and Elzio Barreto
May 21, 2013, 3:00 am
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs Group Inclaunched the sale of about $1.1 billion (722.6 million pounds) worth of Hong Kong-traded shares... -
Actavis to buy Warner Chilcott in $5 billion stock deal
By Caroline Humer
May 21, 2013, 2:46 am
(Reuters) - Generic drugmaker Actavis Inc, itself the subject of takeover speculation, said on Monday it would buy specialty pharmaceutical company Warne... -
StanChart to buy Morgan Stanley India wealth management arm
By Sumeet Chatterjee
May 21, 2013, 2:37 am
(Reuters) - Standard Charteredhas agreed to buy the Indian wealth management unit of Morgan Stanley , helping the British bank expand it... -
AstraZeneca closes in on site for new home in Cambridge
By Ben Hirschler and Tom Bill
May 21, 2013, 2:29 am
LONDON (Reuters) - AstraZenecais closing in on a site for its new $500 million home in Cambridge, with a biomedical park just south of the E... 
Pepsi to march in, as foreign troops leave Afghanistan
KABUL (Reuters) - PepsiCo
May 21, 2013, 2:17 amwill open its first plant in Afghanistan in 2014, its Afghan partner said on Monday, the same year foreign troops complete their withdrawal from the country aft... 
Danone hopes to crack China with new dairy deal
By Donny Kwok and Astrid Wendlandt
May 21, 2013, 1:51 am
HONG KONG/PARIS (Reuters) - France's Danoneis aiming for a bigger slice of one of the world's fastest-growing dairy markets by invest... -
Ex-Goldman banker Thornton steps down from HSBC board
LONDON (Reuters) - John Thornton, the former Goldman Sachs
May 21, 2013, 1:48 ampresident who specialises in Chinese affairs, is stepping down from the board of HSBC to spend more time on his o... 
Asia-Pacific leaders warn of water conflict threat
CHIANG MAI, Thailand (AFP) - Fierce competition for water could trigger conflict unless nations cooperate to share the diminishing resource, leaders from Asia-Pacific nations warned on Monday.
May 21, 2013, 1:44 am
Israel's Lapid speaks of removing some settlers for peace
By Maayan Lubell
May 21, 2013, 1:32 am
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Finance Minister Yair Lapid, whose new centrist party is the second largest in Israel's government, said on Monday thousands of Jewish settlers wo...
NZ's Vettori set to replace injured Martin
LONDON (AFP) - New Zealand spinner Daniel Vettori could return to action in the second Test against England this week after Bruce Martin was ruled out of the rest of the tour with a calf injury.
May 21, 2013, 1:32 am
Hezbollah suffers big losses in Syria battle - activists
By Khaled Yacoub Oweis and Dominic Evans
May 21, 2013, 1:23 am
AMMAN/BEIRUT (Reuters) - About 30 Lebanese Hezbollah fighters and 20 Syrian soldiers and militiamen loyal to President Bashar al-Assad have been...
23 Hezbollah members killed in Syria
Syrian government forces pushed deeper into a strategic opposition-held town near the Lebanese border Monday, battling rebels in fierce street fighting.
May 21, 2013, 1:00 am
Pakistan's Musharraf granted bail
A judge has granted Pervez Musharraf bail in a case related to the murder of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.
May 21, 2013, 12:59 am
Wave of attacks kills at least 57 in Iraq
A string of attacks in the Iraqi cities of Baghdad and Basra has killed at least 57 people.
May 21, 2013, 12:58 am
Cambodian 'Day of Anger' remembers K. Rouge victims
CHOEUNG EK, Cambodia (AFP) - Black-clad students wielding branches and bamboo sticks on Monday mimed the abuse and murder of Khmer Rouge victims to remember the dead on Cambodia's annual "Day of Anger".
May 21, 2013, 12:56 am
Israel calls off UNESCO mission to Jerusalem
JERUSALEM (AFP) - Israel said it called off a United Nations investigative mission to Jerusalem's Old City due to start Monday because of Palestinian efforts to politicise the visit, as the UN said it was postponed.
May 21, 2013, 12:42 am-
GE Capital plans to pay $6.5 billion in dividends to GE
(Reuters) - GE Capital Corp's board has approved a plan to pay $6.5 billion in dividends, including a special dividend of $4.5 billion, to parent General Electric Co
May 21, 2013, 12:34 amin 2013.
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Ukrainian billionaire sues business rivals in London
KIEV (Reuters) - Ukrainian billionaire industrialist Viktor Pinchuk is suing two of his compatriots in London's High Court, saying they failed to hand over an iron ore business for which he paid $143 ...
May 21, 2013, 12:30 am
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