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09 December 2009 2:37 PM | Tagged: ecb ratchets pressure greece
Greece has been warned by a top European Central Bank policymaker that it has a year to bring public finances back under control or risk having its bonds disqualified for use as collateral by banks borrowing ECB liquidity.The comments by Axel Weber,

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08 December 2009 7:07 PM | Tagged: british spy denies iraq pressure distances blair
LONDON - One of Britain's former spy chiefs denied Tuesday that he received political pressure to change a key intelligence briefing paper cited by Tony Blair in the run-up to the 2003 invasion of Iraq. But John Scarlett distanced himself from a fo

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08 December 2009 1:27 PM | Tagged: indian govt pressure carbon pledge
India's environment minister faced criticism in parliament on Monday and dissent from negotiators after his offer to reduce the country's carbon footprint ahead of the Copenhagen climate change talks. Jairam Ramesh announced last week that India wou

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08 December 2009 10:27 AM | Tagged: londons retailers pressure
London equities continued to weaken on Tuesday, with signs of slower spending on the high street unnerving retail stocks at the height of the peak festive shopping season. Tesco was the FTSE 100’s biggest loser after its quarterly sales growth misse

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07 December 2009 4:47 PM | Tagged: indian govt pressure carbon pledge
India's environment minister faced criticism in parliament on Monday and dissent from negotiators after his offer to reduce the country's carbon footprint ahead of the Copenhagen climate change talks. Jairam Ramesh announced last week that India wou

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06 December 2009 3:19 PM | Tagged: zola pressure sell
The struggling Hammers were brushed aside 4-0 by champions Manchester United at Upton Park on Saturday as Carlton Cole and Matthew Upson watched from the sidelines injured. And Zola is now likely to have Zavon Hines out for a lengthy spell with a kn

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05 December 2009 6:57 PM | Tagged: protests pressure copenhagen climate deal
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, whose country is the world's number four greenhouse gas emitter, announced he would attend a closing summit in Copenhagen, joining 104 other leaders including Obama in a sign of growing momentum for a deal. In t

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04 December 2009 11:09 PM | Tagged: mexico draw extra pressure too
MEXICO CITY - Mexico was lucky being drawn in a group with South Africa forthe World Cup, although it puts an extra burden on El Tri facing the home team - and playing the opening game of the monthlong tournament.'I don't envy the Mexicans who are