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Uefa official Peter Limacher addressed a press conference in Germany
Match-fix probe targets 200 games
About 200 football ties are under investigation in what one Uefa official calls Europe's biggest match-fixing scandal.
Probe targets 200 games
UK to take on match-fixers
Football bets may be stopped

A Cadbury Dairy Milk Hershey 'mulls $17bn Cadbury bid'
US chocolate maker Hershey considers launching a solo bid of at least $17bn (£10bn) for UK firm Cadbury, reports say.

Jean-Claude Trichet, President, ECB ECB slows emergency cash support
The European Central Bank says it will scale back emergency monetary support for fear of fuelling inflation.

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Why many Nigerian entrepreneurs are returning home
The MGM logo Purring pussycat
Is the famous MGM lion about to lose its roar?
Cows in Botswana Beefing up
How Botswana is putting more meat on its beef industry


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EU seeks Russian energy boost
Nick Reilly from General Motors GM chief on Vauxhall plans

Somalia still top of corruption list


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COMPANIES
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Low rates hit Nationwide profit
Good weather boosts Fuller profit

UK YOUR MONEY
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Call for flood prevention change
Bogus callers in council tax scam
'Fee-free' bank account unveiled

AFRICA
Super-jumbo flights to seat 840
Congo gold 'still funding' rebels

AMERICAS
Ex-smoker wins $300m in damages
Computer glitch hits US flights

ASIA PACIFIC
Business rebounds at China Mobile
Sony aims to return TVs to profit
EUROPE
ABN Amro gets new Dutch bail-out
Credit card security breach fear

MIDDLE EAST
Oil price up as US reserves fall
Intel in Jerusalem 'Sabbath deal'
SOUTH ASIA
Reliance to expand oil business
Air India losses more than $1bn

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Break time at Chilamba school Hard choices
Should food or education be Malawi's priority?
Underground sign Singing for Coke
Will buskers on the Tube sing for their sponsor?
Workers at Orlovka gas compressor station in Ukraine (file pic) Pipe dream
EU hoping Russia will stabilise energy supplies

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