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Syria blasts kill 14

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BEIRUT - Bombs killed at least 14 prisoners in a Syrian security vehicle on Saturday, and fierce battles erupted between rebels and state forces as the Arab League considered whether to keep monitors in place. | Video

Greece's creditors leave Athens, talks to continue

7:42pm GMT

LONDON/ATHENS - Chief negotiators for Greece's private creditors left Athens Saturday without a deal on a debt swap plan that is vital to avert a chaotic default, sources close to the negotiations told Reuters.

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New Zealand reveals high-octane arrest in Internet fraud case

2:43pm GMT

WELLINGTON - New Zealand police on Saturday revealed bizarre details of the arrest of the suspected kingpin of an Internet copyright theft case against the James Bond-like backdrop of a country mansion hideaway with electronic locks, a safe room and a pink Cadillac. | Video

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Nigerian sect kills over 100 in deadliest strike yet

6:26pm GMT

KANO, Nigeria - More than 100 people were killed in bomb attacks and gunbattles in the Nigerian city Kano late on Friday, a local government security source said, in the deadliest strike claimed by Islamist sect Boko Haram to date. | Video

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Islamists secure top spot in Egypt parliament

6:08pm GMT

CAIRO - The Muslim Brotherhood won by far the biggest share of seats allocated to party lists in Egypt's first freely-elected parliament in decades, final results confirmed, giving it a major role in drafting the country's new constitution.

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Yield hunters emerge from hibernation

4:10pm GMT

LONDON - Blinking in the light and still very nervous, investors have taken tentative steps back into the world's equity markets in 2012, but it won't take much to scare them and they will be looking for encouragement from policy makers in the coming week.

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Boys with their faces painted before a play reenacting a scene from the Ramayana, an Indian mythological epic, are pictured during the Dussehra festival celebrations in the northern Indian city of Chandigarh October 6, 2011. REUTERS/Ajay Verma

Unravelling India, Part 3: Demography

By Jeff Glekin and Hugo Dixon

It’s common in India to say that, even if the country suffers from short-term political paralysis, the long-term growth prospects are great. But is that really so? India's population explosion isn’t an unadulterated blessing: a youthful population is only an asset if it can be employed productively.  Full Article 

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China’s testosterone economy may upset peaceable growth

By John Foley

China's high male-female birth ratio could be economic Viagra. The problem is that China’s maleness doesn’t sit well with its other destabilising trends: too little energy, too little food, and too little land.  Full Article 

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James Scurlock

The strange, rocky beginnings of DHL

By James Scurlock

DHL remains the fastest growing corporation in history and was certainly the most visionary. And yet if DHL’s official corporate history is to believed, the company was conceived during a chance encounter in a parking lot between two men who disliked each other immensely.  Commentary 

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Edward Hadas

Social VAT – great idea for after the revolution

By Edward Hadas

A shift of taxes from labour to consumption might help euro zone members rebalance trade. But the actual effect would be limited. The real appeal is conceptual. When goods are ample and jobs are scarce, taxes should not discourage hiring.  Commentary 

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Antony Currie

Goldman bankers rank ahead of shareholders again

By Antony Currie

Lower taxes and compensation helped Goldman Sachs to beat Q4 estimates. But 2011 return on equity was still a sad 3.7 percent. Applying JPMorgan’s pay rate would have boosted investor returns by half. Instead, Goldman bankers retain a dubious league-table crown.  Commentary 

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Supporters of the pro-democracy movement 88 Generation Students Group hold the movement's flag on their motorcycle while following founder Min Ko Naing back to Yangon January 14, 2011. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun

Freed prisoners add momentum and risk to Myanmar reform

YANGON - Recently freed from prison, the leaders of 2007's "Saffron Revolution" all say they back opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi's decision to place trust in the government's reform pledges. Still, there is an undercurrent of scepticism about the government's true intentions and an impatience for more concrete democratic reforms.  Full Article 

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