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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/KC2844/9MUORF/9LT7GA/40S17Y/   World news briefing: Thursday May 23 2013 World News - latest world news headlines - FT.com   Ireland pledges to fight tax avoidance Prime minister insists Ireland does not cut special tax deals with foreign companies as he arrives for an EU summit where the issue will top agenda http://link.ft.com/r/KC2844/NR6AP6/5CJLMI/XHU6SY/87P6TD/N9/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=23   Apple unlikely to change without tax reform The company's defence rests on a simple premise – that its actions stem from an outdated US corporate code – and many Republican senators agree http://link.ft.com/r/KC2844/NR6AP6/5CJLMI/XHU6SY/GY87CB/N9/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=23   IMF studies bond restructuring reform First high-level attempt to address the issue since efforts to create a sovereign debt mechanism failed a decade ago http://link.ft.com/r/KC2844/NR6AP6/5CJLMI/XHU6SY/FDGZ09/N9/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=23   Bernanke says bond buying could slow The Fed chairman said it might consider taming asset purchases soon if officials became convinced that the economic recovery was on a steady upward path http://link.ft.com/r/KC2844/NR6AP6/5CJLMI/XHU6SY/87P6TY/N9/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=23   Brussels to tighten bank bailout rules EU proposes more stringent rules on state bailouts by which investors would suffer heavier losses and would be levied before taxpayers http://link.ft.com/r/KC2844/NR6AP6/5CJLMI/XHU6SY/K9CWZV/N9/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=23   White House admits to strikes on US citizens The deaths of the Americans have become one of the most politically sensitive aspects of the widespread use of drones under Mr Obama to kill suspected terror leaders http://link.ft.com/r/KC2844/NR6AP6/5CJLMI/XHU6SY/PN7IWT/N9/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=23   Egyptian security force staff freed Mohamed Morsi, Egypt's Islamist president, greeted the men at a military airport in Cairo and vowed to continue a crackdown in the troubled Sinai http://link.ft.com/r/KC2844/NR6AP6/5CJLMI/XHU6SY/20SLNW/N9/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=23   Ai Weiwei mocks state in music video Ai Weiwei, the Chinese artist, has dedicated to dissidents everywhere a heavy-metal video he has made that satirises the power of state authorities http://link.ft.com/r/KC2844/NR6AP6/5CJLMI/XHU6SY/4VRHPH/N9/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=23   Iran business shocked by Rafsanjani bar Economy has been struggling due to international sanctions that have helped fuel inflation, which has been officially put at 32.2% http://link.ft.com/r/KC2844/NR6AP6/5CJLMI/XHU6SY/SU49D2/N9/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=23   Eurozone seeks 'Tobin tax' incentives Officials look to ease collection of the levy, using market infrastructure, and make it more difficult to sidestep the bloc's taxman http://link.ft.com/r/KC2844/NR6AP6/5CJLMI/XHU6SY/LSVX7M/N9/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=23   News by Email The World   Ai Weiwei: the Greatest Hits edition http://link.ft.com/r/KC2844/NR6AP6/5CJLMI/XHU6SY/9MUOHM/N9/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=23   Battle for Qusair highlights Hizbollah's dilemma http://link.ft.com/r/KC2844/NR6AP6/5CJLMI/XHU6SY/6ANG17/N9/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=23   In depth - FT.com Austerity Europe Libor scandal Bank bonuses 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..