| Polished London Fashion Week sheds its quirky image
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Reuters - London Fashion Week shook off its traditional image as a mere playground for quirky emerging talent with a display of grown-up elegance for the autumn/winter 2012 season that had leaders of the global fashion pack singing the British capital's praises. |
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| American war reporter Marie Colvin killed in Syria
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AP - She was instantly recognizable for the eye patch that hid a shrapnel injury — a testament to Marie Colvin's courage, which took her behind the front lines of the world's deadliest conflicts to write about the suffering of individuals trapped in war. |
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| Final interview: Colvin describes deaths in Syria
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AP - This is the text of American war reporter Marie Colvin's final interview, given to BBC television from the Syrian city of Homs the night before she was killed Wednesday. She was staying in a house in the neighborhood of Baba Amr. Reprinted with the permission of the BBC. |
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| Let's hear it for the boys: menswear charms London
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Reuters - Menswear was the focus of autumn/winter 2012 London Fashion Week Wednesday with designers of classic Savile Row suits and avant garde Fashion East casual wear saying that London was still a synonym for quality in men's clothing. |
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| British man gets probation in KBR bribery scheme
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AP - A British man has been sentenced to probation for helping a former Halliburton Co. subsidiary steer massive bribes to Nigerian officials to win more than $6 billion in construction contracts. |
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| Tony Blair's wife sues over UK phone hacking
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 AP - The wife of former Prime Minister Tony Blair is suing Rupert Murdoch's British newspaper company over phone hacking, her lawyer said Wednesdsay.
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| Summary Box: Bank of England split on stimulus
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AP - STIMULATING DISCUSSION: Minutes of their last meeting showed Bank of England rate-setters were divided about injecting another 50 billion pounds ($79 billion) into the economy. Two members argued for a bigger stimulus. |
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| Leaders meet in UK over fragile Somalia's future
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 AP - Somalia's fragile leadership, its neighbors and international allies are meeting in London in the hope of speeding the troubled east African nation's progress toward a stable government and containing the threat from Islamic militants who some fear could export terrorism to Europe and the United States.
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| London Olympics inspiring figure-hugging fashions
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Reuters - As London prepares to host the Olympic Games this summer, fashion designers in the British capital are turning to sport for inspiration, ushering in an era of sleek, figure-hugging dresses and coats which celebrate the female figure. |
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| Bank of England panel split on size of stimulus
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AP - Bank of England rate-setters were divided this month on the vote to inject another 50 billion pounds ($79 billion) into the British economy, with two members arguing that a bigger stimulus was needed, minutes to their last meeting showed Wednesday. |
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| Occupy loses legal fight over St Paul's eviction
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Reuters - Anti-capitalism activists lost their legal fight against eviction from outside London's landmark St Paul's Cathedral on Wednesday after three judges turned down their appeal application, heralding the end of their four-month protest. |
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| Malaysia bans British author's sex education book
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AP - Malaysia has banned a nearly 40-year-old sex education book written by a British author following complaints by Muslim activists that it is obscene. |
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