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Ugandan traders bemoan Chinese shopkeeper influx

KAMPALA, (Reuters) – Ugandan shopkeepers, who  shuttered shops for two days this week to protest over the cost  of doing business, have complained about an influx of Chinese,  prompting the government to promise a headcount of immigrants.

Betty Ford

Former U.S. first lady Betty Ford dies, age 93

LOS ANGELES,  (Reuters) – Betty Ford, the wife of the  late President Gerald Ford, who overcame alcohol and  prescription drug addictions and helped found a rehabilitation  clinic that bears her name, died  yesterday at the age of 93.

Pakistan denies N.Korea bribe for nuclear technology

ISLAMABAD, (Reuters) – A retired Pakistani general  strongly denied yesterday a report that he took $3 million in  cash in exchange for helping smuggle nuclear technology to North  Korea in the late 1990s, while the nation’s foreign office  called the story “preposterous.”

Hugo  Chavez

Venezuela bonds dip again after Chavez return

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela’s widely traded  global bonds inched down yesterday after President Hugo  Chavez’s return from cancer surgery in Cuba, which has left  some doubts about how effectively he can govern.

Libyan rebels push towards Tripoli on two fronts

AL-QAWALISH, Libya, (Reuters) – Rebel fighters seized   A village south of the Libyan capital and another group  advanced towards Tripoli from the east yesterday in the  biggest push in weeks towards Muammar Gaddafi’s main stronghold.

Rupert Murdoch

New hacking allegation piles pressure on Murdoch

LONDON, (Reuters) –     Prime Minister David Cameron  led a chorus of condemnation yesterday over allegations a  top-selling British newspaper from Rupert Murdoch’s global media  empire hacked the voicemail of a missing schoolgirl who was  later found murdered.

Review raises questions over benefits of cutting salt

LONDON, (Reuters) – In an analysis likely to fuel a  long-running debate over the health impacts of too much salt,  researchers have found no evidence that moderate cuts to salt  intake reduce the risk of developing heart disease or dying  prematurely.

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