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Tuesday March 19 2013

Financial Times - World

Contractors reap $138bn from Iraq war

FT analysis reveals how private US and foreign groups have benefited, with the top 10 contractors securing business worth $72bn between them
http://link.ft.com/r/BLH300/SU6I0F/0GINVW/WTRPMV/XBXL9W/CM/h?a1=2013&a2=3&a3=19

Cyprus scrambles to renegotiate bailout

Island's banks are ordered to stay closed for two more days to avoid a bank run, as the government delays vote for the second day running
http://link.ft.com/r/BLH300/SU6I0F/0GINVW/WTRPMV/7ZRVLE/CM/h?a1=2013&a2=3&a3=19

Cyprus shows German line is hardening

Russian money swelling the coffers of Cypriot banks has given Merkel's opponents a chance to talk tough and seize the moral high ground
http://link.ft.com/r/BLH300/SU6I0F/0GINVW/WTRPMV/PN2JW0/CM/h?a1=2013&a2=3&a3=19

Bloomberg takes aim at cigarette displays

In New York the smoking rate among adults fell from 21.5% in 2002 to 14.8% in 2011 – but youth smoking has been flat at 8.5% since 2007
http://link.ft.com/r/BLH300/SU6I0F/0GINVW/WTRPMV/UL5PI0/CM/h?a1=2013&a2=3&a3=19

Elite barrister Metzner found dead

Death being treated as suicide after his body was found in waters around the Brittany island he owned. Clients included former French prime minister
http://link.ft.com/r/BLH300/SU6I0F/0GINVW/WTRPMV/3CQ63P/CM/h?a1=2013&a2=3&a3=19

China joins top five arms exporters

Chinese arms exports rose 162% in 2008-2012 mainly because of sales to Pakistan, ousting the UK as the world's fifth-largest weapons exporter
http://link.ft.com/r/BLH300/SU6I0F/0GINVW/WTRPMV/DX156H/CM/h?a1=2013&a2=3&a3=19

Argentina asks pope for help on Falklands

President wants pontiff to lobby Britain to negotiate sovereignty of the islands despite recent poll showing its residents wish to stay British
http://link.ft.com/r/BLH300/SU6I0F/0GINVW/WTRPMV/FDTW0O/CM/h?a1=2013&a2=3&a3=19

Japan's farmers dig in against trade deal

The agriculture ministry says that if import barriers are lifted under the prime minister's plan, Japan's agricultural output could shrink by half
http://link.ft.com/r/BLH300/SU6I0F/0GINVW/WTRPMV/Z8DHJY/CM/h?a1=2013&a2=3&a3=19

ICC to consider Kenyatta case

The International Criminal Court is to hold hearings on Monday on whether to dismiss charges against the recently elected Kenyan president
http://link.ft.com/r/BLH300/SU6I0F/0GINVW/WTRPMV/CWUM8B/CM/h?a1=2013&a2=3&a3=19

'Miracle' of Bihar propels Kumar

The man seen as an exemplar of efficient governance is being courted by both of India's main political alliances ahead of a 2014 general election
http://link.ft.com/r/BLH300/SU6I0F/0GINVW/WTRPMV/9MNAH1/CM/h?a1=2013&a2=3&a3=19

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