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Thursday August 01 2013

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Police told to disperse Cairo protesters
Egypt's government orders that two Islamist protest camps in Cairo backing ousted Mohamed Morsi be dispersed, raising the possibility of more bloodshed
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Italy awaits Berlusconi appeal verdict
Italians hold their breath as media mogul and former PM waits to hear if his conviction for tax fraud is upheld, possibly ending his political career
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US economy's big makeover in five charts
Sweeping revisions add to size of GDP, Great Recession shallower than previously calculated in changes likely to have important implications for the Federal Reserve
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Zimbabwe heads to the polls under cloud
Weak economy remains the focus for most voters as Morgan Tsvangirai makes his third attempt to wrest the presidency away from Robert Mugabe
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Raskin chosen for deputy treasury post
Elevation of Raskin, a former Maryland financial regulator who took office as a Fed governor in October 2010, leaves vacancy at US central bank
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Obama defends Summers to Democrats
The president said there was little in the nature of policy differences between Summers and Janet Yellen, the vice-chair of the Fed
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Cyprus reforms on track but risks remain
A lenders' report from the European Commission, European Central Bank and IMF clears the way for the island to receive €1.6bn in aid tranches
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US tries new methods in new peace talks
In his first term, Obama pushed for a moratorium on settlement-building in the West Bank and called for 1967 borders to be the basis for negotiations
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Kazakh politician and banker held in France
Confusion over origin of extradition request for former Kazakh energy minister wanted over the collapse of his BTA bank
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EU penalises Faroes in fishing dispute
Economic war came to Europe's high seas as the EU moved to punish the Faroe Islands, its tiny neighbour, for allegedly plundering stocks of herring
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The World Blog with Gideon Rachman
 
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In the Picture: Israeli-Palestinian peace talks
>Israeli and Palestinian negotiators met for two days of talks in Washington this week to discuss restarting the peace talks that collapsed in 2008. US secretary of state John Kerry said that Israeli ...
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