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Deadline approaches as Greece tries for troika deal. (Euronews Video)
Greece has got til the end of Sunday to agree a deal that will allow a vital second bailout loan of 130 billion euros. WT news feed
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Xstrata Split With Glencore on Terms as Deadline Nears
The biggest merger of the year is still not done. The media keeps on telling us that it is now down to a pissing contest between the CEO’s of both companies. Somehow I doubt that it is that simple....
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Xstrata-Glencore Said to Resolve Takeover Offer Before Deadline.
The Xstrata-Glencore merger soap continues. Now it looks like the CEO of Xstrata might finally give in, for an indecent amount of cash of course. bertb news feed
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New US commander in Afghanistan pledges to stay past Obama’s deadline
Gen. Joseph Dunford told members of the Senate this week that he envisions the US continuing its operations in Afghanistan indefinitely, dismissing the president’s long-standing promise to end...
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‘Glenstrata’ mega-merger deadline pushed back.
Glencore has announced a push-back of the deadline for completing its bn (ã20.6bn) mega-merger with mining giant Xstrata for a second time, over drawn-out antitrust regulatory processes in China and...
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Sort it by Monday! ECB sets deadline for Cyprus plan to raise �5.8bn
Banks could lose emergency funding within 72 hours, prompting exit from euro WT news feed
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UN gives DR Congo deadline on ‘rape’ troops
These are official troops from the central government in Kinshasa. To make matters worse Angelina Jolie and William Hague are in the Congo right now visiting the victims of the war. bertb news feed
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Haiti lawyers give UN cholera compensation deadline
Victims of a Haiti cholera epidemic widely blamed on UN peacekeepers gave the United Nations 60 days Wednesday to clinch a compensation deal or face a lawsuit demand for billions of dollars. bertb news...
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Debt Ceiling Deadline Looming
Senate leaders neared the completion of a bipartisan deal to raise the debt ceiling and end the government shutdown while the rest of the world braced for the possibility of an American default that...
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Syria may miss final deadline for chemical weapon destruction
The head of the organisation overseeing the destruction of Syria’s chemical weapons stockpile said he still hoped Damascus could meet a final deadline of June 30 but it might miss that target. The...
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