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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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Kabir Audu, entrepreneur Homeward bound
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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A car Car industry waning in central Russia

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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ECONOMY Shoppers give muted VAT response
World economy 'heads for growth'
Rise in public sector borrowing
Seasonal rise in mortgage lending

COMPANIES Decline in car output rate slows
More job cuts at Threshers owner
Low rates hit Nationwide profit
Good weather boosts Fuller profit

UK YOUR MONEY Call for flood prevention change
Banks 'are charging sneaky fees'
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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