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Fri, May 25, 2012

Analysis: Greeks not alone in bank savings exodus

By Steve Slater and George Georgiopoulos

LONDON/ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek savers may be gripped by a "great fear that could develop into panic" in ...

Fri, May 25, 2012

Lebanese hostages in Syria to be released "within hours": cleric

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanese hostages kidnapped in Syria will be set free "within hours", an Islamist cleric who is brokering their release said on Friday ...

Fri, May 25, 2012

Insight: Crisis dims dreams for Europe's poor east

By Michael Winfrey and Luiza Ilie

PETRACHIOAIA, Romania (Reuters) - Five years after joining the European Union, this town 13 miles outside of Romania's ...

Fri, May 25, 2012

New Romania PM eyes tax cuts to boost growth

By Sam Cage

BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romania's new government will stick to this year's budget plan but aim to combine growth with austerity ...

Fri, May 25, 2012

Pakistani interrogator says bin Laden wives gave little away

By Michael Georgy

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Osama bin Laden's three wives were fiercely loyal to him and gave little away when they were interrogated ...

Fri, May 25, 2012

Exclusive: China leadership rules Bo case isolated, limits purge: sources

By Benjamin Kang Lim and Chris Buckley

BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese President Hu Jintao has demanded senior Communist Party officials stifle tensions over the ousting ...

Fri, May 25, 2012

Analysis: China's nine-dashed line in South China Sea

By David Lague

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Alongside an armada of paramilitary patrol vessels and fishing boats, China has fired off a barrage of historical ...

Thu, May 24, 2012

Hurricane Bud takes aim at Mexico's Pacific coast

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Hurricane Bud, the first Pacific hurricane in the 2012 season, strengthened into a major Category 3 storm on Thursday as it ...

Thu, May 24, 2012

Exclusive: Fidelity facing "thousands" hit by Facebook woes

By Jessica Toonkel and Tim McLaughlin

BOSTON (Reuters) - Fidelity Investments said it was working with "thousands" of brokerage clients affected by trading issues that ...

Thu, May 24, 2012

Italy's Monti says Greece will probably keep euro

ROME (Reuters) - Greece will probably remain in the euro zone, Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti said on Thursday, but demands made of Greece by ...