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COLUMN-Commentary: Inside Putin's unburstable bubble
Sept 22 (Reuters) - A few days before the Russian parliamentary election, the Russian anti-corruption campaigner Alexei Navalny released a video of the country house used by the prime minister - and former president - Dmitry Medvedev. Navalny and his colleagues had located Medvedev after he posted a photo on Instagram of his mushroom-picking excursion near the Volga River.
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BoE's Forbes says latest data may point to faster growth in 2017
LONDON (Reuters) - Bank of England policymaker Kristin Forbes said the latest economic data suggested Britain's economy would grow faster than the central bank had forecast last month, with momentum potentially carrying through into 2017.
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Accused New York bomber's wife back; lawyer seeks access to suspect
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The wife of the Afghan-born U.S. citizen charged in last weekend's bombings in New York City and New Jersey has returned to the United States, a law enforcement official said on Thursday, as a defense lawyer pressed to get access to the accused man.
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Global stocks climb as Fed calms investors; bond prices up
NEW YORK (Reuters) - World stock indexes advanced and the Nasdaq hit a record high on Thursday while bonds rallied, a day after the U.S. Federal Reserve signaled an increasingly cautious approach to future U.S. interest rate increases.
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Reuters U.S. Sports Schedule at 2:30 PM ET on Thursday, September 22
September 22 (Reuters) - Reuters U.S. sports schedule at 2:30 PM ET on Thursday:
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French business lobby groups urge extension of EU-U.S. trade talks
PARIS (Reuters) - French business lobbies called on Thursday for the extension of talks between the European Union and the United States on a free trade deal, even as the French government called for an end to the negotiations.
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MotoGP extends Aragon contract to 2021
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain will be guaranteed at least two MotoGP races for the next five years after promoters Dorna announced a contract extension for the MotorLand Aragon circuit on Thursday in addition to Valencia.
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IATA slams 'catastrophic' tax haven ruling in Brazil
BRASILIA (Reuters) - The International Air Transport Association urged Brazil on Thursday not to list Ireland as a tax haven, a decision that would increase taxes on aircraft leases for Brazilian carriers struggling to regain profitability.
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UPDATE 5-Tennis-St Petersburg Open men's singles round 2 results
Sept 22 (Gracenote) - Results from the St Petersburg Open Men's Singles Round 2 matches on Thursday
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UPDATE 4-Eight wounded as rockets from Syria pound Turkish border town
DIYARBAKIR/ANKARA, Sept 22 (Reuters) - Six children were among eight civilians wounded when three rockets fired from Islamic State-controlled territory in Syria hit a Turkish border town on Thursday, the Turkish military said.
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