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Societe Generale to pay traders 250 million euros
PARIS — Societe Generale, hit by a major trading fraud scandal two years ago, on Thursday defended the payment of at least 250 million euros (340 million dollars) in bonuses to…
'Suspicious' Ukraine footballers turned away from Harrods
LONDON — Footballers from Ukrainian team Shakhtar Donetsk said they were refused entry to London's Harrods store which is owned by tycoon Mohamed Al Fayed, ahead of a match Thursday against…
Kosovo independence anniversary highlights EU split
BRUSSELS — The European Union on Wednesday displayed its deep split over Kosovo's status as the breakaway province celebrated the second anniversary of its independence from Serbia.Ulrike Lunacek, the European parliament's…
Researchers find trigger for narcolepsy: study
GENEVA — Swiss scientists say they have found a trigger for narcolepsy, the health disorder that sparks sudden daytime bouts of tiredness or sleep, in a move that could open up…
Italian chef in doghouse on 'national cat day'
ROME — Italy marked "national cat day" on Wednesday amid a storm of controversy over a television host's insistence that feline meat is a "delicacy" to be savoured.Beppe Bigazzi, 77, was…
Eight in 10 English men will be too fat by 2020: data
LONDON — Eight out of 10 men and nearly seven out of 10 women in England will be too fat by 2020, according to new data released Wednesday.Researchers said that while…
Eight in 10 English men 'will be too fat by 2020'
LONDON — Eight out of 10 men and nearly seven out of 10 women in England will be too fat by 2020, according to new data released Wednesday.Researchers said that while…
UN envoy 'meets prisoners in Myanmar'
YANGON — A UN envoy visiting military-ruled Myanmar to inspect progress on human rights ahead of elections has met prisoners in the country's remote northwest, officials said Wednesday.Special rapporteur Tomas Ojea…
Obama to establish fiscal commission Thursday: official
WASHINGTON — US President Barack Obama will Thursday sign an executive order establishing a bipartisan commission to find ways to reduce the gaping US budget deficit, a White House official said.Obama…
Hunger-hit N.Koreans are thinner than southerners
SEOUL — North Korean teenage refugees are far shorter and thinner than their South Korean peers, official data showed Wednesday, amid reports of a deepening food crisis in the impoverished communist…
Chronic conditions including obesity up in US kids: study
WASHINGTON — Chronic conditions including asthma, obesity and behavior disorders have become more common among US children in recent years, with environmental changes and more diagnoses partly to blame, a study…
Breaking Swiss speeding laws can cause indigestion
GENEVA — A trucker who ate evidence of breaking Swiss speed limits has paid the price -- a stomach ache from swallowing the discs which recorded his driving, police said Tuesday.The…