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Opec predicts spike in oil demand

But cartel says increased consumption depends on continued global recovery, and state stimuli

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Biden slates new West Bank houses

Israeli minister apologises to US vice-president for ill-timed plan that obstructs peace efforts

China calls on US to make stronger pledges on climate change

CHINA yesterday told the US to make stronger commitments on climate change and provide environmental expertise and financing to developing nations.

Karzai defies US concerns to host Iran’s president

AFGHAN President Hamid Karzai hosted Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Kabul yesterday, after the US’s defence chief said he was wary of Tehran’s influence in the country.

Berezovsky wins libel suit over poison claim

SELF-exiled oligarch Boris Berezovsky yesterday won a libel case against a Russian broadcaster that accused him of masterminding the murder of a former KGB agent in London.

China’s export boom gathers pace

Third month of strong annual gains stokes inflation fear, points to need to cut stimulus

Remember 1937: strict economy is a sure way to ruin

David G Blanchflower says talk of fiscal retrenchment is too much, too soon

Significant part of UN food aid for Somalis diverted — report

MUCH of the food aid intended for Somalia’s poor is diverted to corrupt contractors, radical Islamist militants and local United Nations (UN) staff, a Security Council report revealed.

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