Zookeepers feared for the welfare of a family of three monkeys Wednesday, a day after they were stolen from a theme park in central England. Cotton-top Tamarin monkeys Tommy, Tina and Terry were taken on

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Businessman Armando Guebuza was sworn in as Mozambique's president on Wednesday, taking over from Joaquim Chissano who retired after 18 years, which saw the once war-torn country become an African success story. Guebuza, from the

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Microsoft chairman Bill Gates presented a plan backed by his software company in co-operation with European science bodies to create a network of elite research centres, in a speech here on Wednesday. A similar programme

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Russian President Vladimir Putin has come out against parts of an anti-terror bill that would drastically restrict media reporting of militant attacks, a newspaper reported on Wednesday. Putin had told parliament he feared the section

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Hollywood darlings Gwyneth Paltrow and Halle Berry will join famed director Martin Scorsese in the line-up of presenters at this year's Academy Awards, organisers said Tuesday. Previous Oscar winners Paltrow, Berry and Scorsese, one of

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Africa and South Asia are likely to be the regions worst-hit by climate change a few decades from now, according to projections unveiled here Wednesday at an international conference on global change. No part of

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The Bangladeshi taka ended weaker on Wednesday as importers sought US dollars, dealers said. The taka was quoted at 62.00/63.70 per dollar, against 61.00/63.47 on Tuesday. Call rates ranged between 4.0 percent and 18.0 percent,

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The yuan ended unchanged at 8.2765 per US dollar on Wednesday, near the stronger end of its managed trading range. The one-year non-deliverable dollar forward discount versus the yuan was at 3,900 points, implying a

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The Swiss franc recovered from troughs against the dollar on Wednesday as dealers shied away from taking big bets ahead of an interest rate decision by the US Federal Reserve later on the day. The

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The dollar shuffled in ranges on Wednesday as traders wondered if the Federal Reserve would signal an increase in the pace of policy tightening when it announces an expected interest rate rise later in the

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