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McCartney to play first ever concert in Israel
AFP - Music legend Paul McCartney is to stage his first ever concert in Israel next month, four decades after the Beatles were barred from playing there, he said on his website Thursday.
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Aer Lingus says it suffers first-half loss
AFP - Irish airline Aer Lingus said on Thursday that it faced a first-half net loss of 20.6 million euros (30.4 million dollars) because of the soaring cost of jet fuel and slowing global growth.
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U.S., Europe and Japan planned dollar rescue: report
Reuters - The United States, Europe and Japan planned joint intervention to rescue the dollar when it was plunging in March at the time U.S. investment bank Bear Stearns collapsed, the Nikkei business newspaper reported.
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Drinks group Diageo says annual net profit up 2.0%
AFP - Diageo, the world's biggest maker of alcoholic drinks, said on Thursday that net profit rose 2.0 percent in 2007-08, aided by a strong showing at its international division.
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TUI Travel says in airline merger talks with Lufthansa, T Cook
AFP - British travel firms TUI Travel and Thomas Cook said Thursday that they are in talks with Germany's Lufthansa about a merger of their respective airline units TUIfly Germany, Condor and Germanwings.
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Wales and the north east -- the fattest areas in Britain
AFP - Northern England and Wales have claimed the unenviable title of the country's fattest areas following the publication of an "obesity map" on Thursday.
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Slice of Charles and Diana's wedding cake sold for £1200
AFP - A 27-year-old slice of wedding cake made for Prince Charles and Diana has sold for 1200 pounds at an auction, it was reported Thursday.
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South Ossetia: Georgian spy plane shot down
AP - The interior minister of the separatist-held region of South Ossetia says his forces have shot down an unmanned Georgian spy plane.
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Blaze family still missing
AFP - Police were still searching for a multi-millionaire business man and his family on Thursday following a suspected arson attack on their home.
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Spilling over
Could Crimea become the new cold front?
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