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Japan suspect in Briton murder 'to release book'

AFP - 47 mins ago

TOKYO (AFP) - A Japanese man suspected of killing young British woman Lindsay Ann Hawker has written a book about the nearly three years he spent on the run before his arrest in 2009, a report said. More »

Cocoa soars on Ivorian export ban, Cargill complies
Reuters - 5 hours 38 mins ago
LONDON/ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Cocoa prices jumped to near their highest in 30 years on Monday as top producer Ivory Coast's Alassane Ouattara declared a month-long export ban to stop revenues reaching his rival for the country's presidency. More »
'Austerity Mum' blogger exposed as top exec's wife
AFP - 5 hours 51 mins ago
LONDON (AFP) - The website of a blogger calling herself "Austerity Mum" about coping in the financial downturn was offline Monday after she was exposed as being the wife of a top London executive. More »
U.S. backs call for Ivory Coast cocoa export ban
Reuters - 6 hours 2 mins ago
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Monday threw its support behind the call by Ivory Coast's presidential claimant Alassane Ouattara for a month-long ban on cocoa exports to stop revenues reaching his rival, incumbent Laurent Gbagbo. More »
Key Obama aide on Iran sanctions steps down
Reuters - 6 hours 21 mins ago
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's point person on cracking down on financial flows to Iran resigned on Monday, marking the loss of a key player in the U.S. effort to pressure Tehran over its nuclear program. More »
PM condemns 'appalling' Moscow attack
AFP - 6 hours 25 mins ago
LONDON (AFP) - Prime Minister David Cameron "utterly condemned" Monday's deadly suicide attack at a Moscow airport, adding. More »
Man dies after 15-hour standoff
AFP - 8 hours 1 min ago
LONDON (AFP) - A man died after shooting himself in Luton following a 15-hour stand-off with police.Paramedics sent more than three hours trying to save the man's life after at least one shot was fired on Leagrave Common in north Luton. More »
BBC to slash online budget by a quarter
AFP - 8 hours 25 mins ago
LONDON (AFP) - The BBC said Monday it would cut its online budget by 25 percent as the publicly-funded broadcaster responds to criticism that is an unfair competitor to commercial rivals. More »
No new cat to fight Downing Street rat
AFP - 8 hours 43 mins ago
LONDON (AFP) - There's a new menace stalking the heart of power in Britain: a rat has been spotted on the steps of 10 Downing Street, the most famous front door in the land. More »
Man shoots himself after 15-hour standoff
AFP - 10 hours 1 min ago
LONDON (AFP) - A man is being treated by paramedics in Luton after shooting himself at the end of a sixteen-hour stand-off with police. More »