Metro Bank Faces 'Slow Burn To Get Moving'

The first high street bank to launch in the UK for more than 100 years has opened its doors to customers - to a lukewarm response from industry commentators.... Continue...

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Sky Boss: 'I Guarantee We Won't Become Fox'

Sky News will not become a clone of its American sister channel Fox News, the BSkyB boss has said.... Continue...

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Spy chief nominee clears Senate hurdle (Reuters)

Reuters - The Senate Intelligence Committee on Thursday unanimously approved James Clapper to be President Barack Obama's intelligence chief, sending the nomination to the full Senate.... Continue...

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Monsoon Rains Batter Pakistan, Killing 60

At least 60 people have died and thousands more are stranded after heavy monsoon rains in northwest Pakistan.... Continue...

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Spanish Court Seeks Arrest of U.S. Soldiers in Hotel Attack (Time.com)

Time.com - Spain's National Court has re-opened its case against three U.S. troops implicated in a 2003 attack on Baghdad's Hotel Palestine that killed two journalists... Continue...

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Raging Russian fires destroy homes, people flee (AP)

AP - Raging forest fires encircled a southern Russian city an... Continue...

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Arab League backs Palestinians on restarting talks (AP)

AP - Arab nations on Thursday backed the Pal... Continue...

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Lack of Iraq government 'embarrassing': FM (AFP)

AFP - The lack of a government nearly five months o... Continue...

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Uganda bombings bring Africa together. Except Eritrea. (The Christian Science Monitor)

The Christian Science Monitor - Shortly after marking two weeks since suspected twin suicide bombings killed 76 people watching the World Cup Final in Uganda's capital of Kampala, leade... Continue...

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Baghdad attacks kills 16 (AFP)

AFP - Sixteen people, including nine security force members, were kill... Continue...

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