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G20: Geithner Rejects Brown 'Bank Tax' Plan

G20: Geithner Rejects Brown 'Bank Tax' Plan

US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner has told Sky News he is "not prepared" to support Gordon Brown's call for a financial transaction levy.

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Murder Hunt After Body Found In Lancashire

Murder Hunt After Body Found In Lancashire

A murder hunt has been launched after a man's body was found behind a property in Lancashire.

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British Tourist Shot Dead In Texas Bar

British Tourist Shot Dead In Texas Bar

A British man shot dead in a US bar was just "in the wrong place, at the wrong time", his family have said.

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Family Tribute To 'Loving' Mum Killed In Fire

Family Tribute To 'Loving' Mum Killed In Fire

A murder hunt has been launched after a mother of nine died saving her son from a house fire started by a firework pushed through her letterbox.

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G20: Geithner Rejects Brown 'Bank Tax' Plan

Murder Hunt After Body Found In Lancashire

British Tourist Shot Dead In Texas Bar

Family Tribute To 'Loving' Mum Killed In Fire

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Obama Praises Soldiers Who Stopped Gunman

Obama Praises Soldiers Who Stopped Gunman

Barack Obama has told Americans that soldiers' training and heroism prevented further deaths in the Fort Hood...

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Getting to the root of the matter

Getting to the root of the matter

Baffled scientists are trying to get to the root of this astonishing plant dug out of the ground by a Chinese...

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Tyler 'quits Aerosmith'

Tyler 'quits Aerosmith'

Steven Tyler has quit Aerosmith, according to the band's guitarist Joe Perry.

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G20: Geithner Rejects Brown 'Bank Tax' Plan

G20: Geithner Rejects Brown 'Bank Tax' Plan

US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner has told Sky News he is "not prepared" to support Gordon Brown's call...

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The measures would also have to be "non-distortionary" - to ensure they did not result in inefficient allocation or encourage avoidance - and should reinforce the action already taken to stabilise the financial system. He stressed that the contribution of the financial services sector would have to be "fair, measured and enable financial services to make their necessary contribution to future economic growth".

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