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If this email is not displayed correctly, please click on the following link or open your browser and paste the link into the address field: http://view.ed4.net/v/WDI4RR/87P6JN/4N3C1O/RN7YTC/   World news briefing: Thursday May 23 2013 World News - latest world news headlines - FT.com   G8 and G20 focus on tackling avoidance OECD is drawing up plans to reform rules on taxing companies across borders but experts are sceptical about governments' willingness to co-operate http://link.ft.com/r/WDI4RR/3CYFD8/UU4QGA/JEKFST/IEOW22/VU/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=23   US to be more transparent about targeted killings The White House is moving to defuse criticism of its national security policy by being more transparent about targeted killings and announcing how it will close Guantánamo Bay http://link.ft.com/r/WDI4RR/3CYFD8/UU4QGA/JEKFST/52F8US/VU/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=23   Judges grill Lagarde over €400m pay-off Judges probe IMF chief's role in 2008 arbitration process that settled a long-running legal dispute involving colourful the multimillionaire http://link.ft.com/r/WDI4RR/3CYFD8/UU4QGA/JEKFST/WHD3QY/VU/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=23   China data add urgency to stimulus calls Factory activity shrank for the first time in seven months, raising concerns of sluggish growth and adding to pressure on Beijing to act http://link.ft.com/r/WDI4RR/3CYFD8/UU4QGA/JEKFST/Q3M9XW/VU/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=23   Peace talks work more for US than Syria Geneva 2 delays the harder choices that Obama will have to make but its chances of bringing peace to Syria – if it is held at all – are slim http://link.ft.com/r/WDI4RR/3CYFD8/UU4QGA/JEKFST/RP5SKD/VU/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=23   Suicide bombers hit Niger army and mine Soldiers killed in gun battle with Islamists following attack in Agadez and at least 14 staff wounded in another strike at Areva's Somaïr site http://link.ft.com/r/WDI4RR/3CYFD8/UU4QGA/JEKFST/MJ2YMZ/VU/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=23   Business to push for Mideast peace deal Israeli and Palestinian executives have been quietly holding talks over the past year and are drafting a joint appeal to their leaders to agree a deal http://link.ft.com/r/WDI4RR/3CYFD8/UU4QGA/JEKFST/Q3M9XM/VU/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=23   Italy's Democrats fracture over future Deep divisions within the centre-left Democrats are undermining Enrico Letta as prime minister and raising questions over the party's future http://link.ft.com/r/WDI4RR/3CYFD8/UU4QGA/JEKFST/FDGM0B/VU/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=23   Indian cricket betting scandal deepens A betting scandal in the highly lucrative Indian Premier League is getting closer to the heart of the cricket tournament's senior management http://link.ft.com/r/WDI4RR/3CYFD8/UU4QGA/JEKFST/WHD3QS/VU/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=23   Brussels puts olive oil jugs back on the table In what has become a public-relations nightmare for Brussels, a plan to ban olive oil jugs on restaurant tables has been withdrawn http://link.ft.com/r/WDI4RR/3CYFD8/UU4QGA/JEKFST/PN7QWA/VU/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=23   News by Email The World   Gnomes, streakers and Aussies invade Chelsea http://link.ft.com/r/WDI4RR/3CYFD8/UU4QGA/JEKFST/VTKNE7/VU/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=23   Ai Weiwei: the Greatest Hits edition http://link.ft.com/r/WDI4RR/3CYFD8/UU4QGA/JEKFST/PN7QWC/VU/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=23   In depth - FT.com Great tax race Austerity Europe Libor scandal Tools Your account    Portfolio Email Briefings    Price alerts Keyword alerts    RSS feeds Subscribe to FT.com     © THE FINANCIAL TIMES LTD 2013 ABOUT THIS EMAIL You have received this email because you have signed up from the NBE preference page. FT.com Change Briefings  •   Unsubscribe  •   Change Email Address  •   Forward this email to a friend  •   Privacy Policy  •   About Us  •   Help This email was sent by or on behalf of a company owned by Pearson plc, registered office at 80 Strand, London WC2R 0RL. Registered in England and Wales with company number 53723..