 Departure tax rise takes effect
Higher rates of the air passenger duty (APD) airport departure tax have taken effect, hitting passengers with a ticket increase of around 8%. | Airline chiefs urged Chancellor George Osborne to re-exa... (photo: AP / Sang Tan) Belfast Telegraph
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 Suu Kyi runs for parliament in crucial Myanmar poll
| YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar holds crucial by-elections on Sunday that are expected to see Aung San Suu Kyi, who led the fight for democracy under the former junta, entering parliament for the first t... (photo: AP / Khin Maung Win) The Star
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 Alaska, oil giants end lease spat to target LNG exports
| Alaska and three oil giants on Friday ended a long-running spat over North Slope energy leases that could open the way for building a trans-Alaska gas pipeline and lead to liquefied natural gas expo... (photo: Public Domain / Joshua Garcia) Turkish Press
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 Wall Street Week Ahead: S&P 500 may be poised for a pullback
Tweet NEW YORK: After the best first quarter in 14 years, the S&P 500 may be poised for a pullback as investors look to a slew of economic data for insight on the strength of the domestic economy.... (photo: AP / Richard Drew) The Times Of India
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 Searching shadows for end to foreclosure crisis
| ADAM GELLER | AP National Writer= WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — When Frank Verna pulls up to a battered, four-unit apartment building at lunch hour, he's just over a mile as the seagull flies from ... (photo: WN / Janice Sabnal) The Guardian
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 US acted to conceal evidence of intelligence failure before 9/11
Share | The US government shut down a series of court cases arising from a multimillion pound business dispute in order to conceal evidence of a damning intelligence failure shortly before the 9/11 at... (photo: US DoD / Sun L. Vega) Pakalert Press
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 SKorea To Work With US To Reduce Iran Oil Imports
| SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean officials said Saturday that they will continue working with the U.S. to reduce oil imports from Iran after President Barack Obama greenlighted potential san... (photo: EC / EC) National Public Radio
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 Indonesia's parliament blocks fuel prices hike
| JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia's parliament has blocked the government's plan to hike fuel prices by more than 30 percent this weekend, but will allow a future price increase under certain co... (photo: AP / Dita Alangkara) The Guardian
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