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London shares close lower as HSBC disappoints
LONDON (AFP) – London shares closed lower on Monday as shares in HSBC tumbled after the global banking giant posted…
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Soccer brawl: Will Europe choose to ignore Serbian racism?
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World War I centennial: The Great War and its great and terrible consequences
On June 28, 1914, a Bosnian-Serb student named Gavrilo Princip killed Austrian archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, the duchess.…
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As a young reporter, I once expressed shock at how routinely and reflexively government officials lied to the press. A…
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