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| Train fares rise in new year
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 AFP - Rail fares are set to rise in January with some tickets going up by more than twice the rate of inflation, the train operators said on Friday.
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| Stocks stage a turnaround
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 AFP - The London stock market staged a turnaround on Friday despite a steady flow of dismal economic news.
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| Men deny French student murders |
| Two men deny murdering two French students who were found dead in a blazing bedsit in London. |
| UK home repossessions up 12 pct in 3Q from 2Q
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| AP - Home repossessions in Britain jumped 12 percent to 11,300 in the third quarter from the previous quarter, the Council of Mortgage Lenders said Friday, more evidence that the financial crisis is taking its toll on households and the ailing housing market. |
| Italian telecoms talks collapse |
| Hutchison Whampoa subsidiary 3 Italia fails to reach a merger agreement with Telecom Italia because of price disagreements. |
| Report: Ford Germany needs no state bailout money
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| AP - Bernhard Mattes, chief of Ford Motor Co's. German unit, said that while the company can survive without a bailout from the German state, it hopes the European Union will help the ailing auto industry with a loan package. |
| Monty, Wilson hot at Hong Kong Open golf
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 AFP - Scotland's Colin Montgomerie shrugged off one of the worst slumps of his career at the UBS Hong Kong Open on Friday, while 'nearly man' Oliver Wilson raised hopes of a breakthrough win.
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| Russian MPs vote for longer presidency
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 Reuters - Russia's lower house of parliament approved on Friday a constitutional amendment extending the presidential term of office to six years from four.
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| Madonna and Ritchie granted divorce in London court
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 AFP - A judge granted pop megastar Madonna and her filmmaker husband Guy Ritchie a divorce Friday, barely a month after they announced the end of their eight-year marriage.
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| Eurozone recession deepening rapidly |
| The eurozone's recession is deepening rapidly, with private sector activity contracting this month at the fastest rate for at least a decade, a closely-watched survey has indicated |
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