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French preliminary inflation at 2.7% in August
Aug 28 (Reuters) - The rise in French consumer prices accelerated in August, preliminary data from statistics agency INSEE showed on Friday. France's harmonized inflation rate, adjusted for comparison...
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LeapFrog plans up to $100 million in India healthcare investments over two years
By Rishika Sadam Aug 28 (Reuters) - Global private equity firm LeapFrog Investments plans to invest $80 million to $100 million in India's healthcare sector over the next two years, a top executive to...
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King Harald, Norway's reform-minded head of state, dies at 89
OSLO, Aug 28 (Reuters) - Norway's King Harald, a reformer who emerged from the shadow of his well-loved father over more than three decades on the throne, has died aged 89, the royal palace said on Fr...
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Drew Gilbert homers as Giants shut down Diamondbacks
By Field Level Media Aug 28 (Field Level Media) - Drew Gilbert led off the bottom of the first inning with a home run, Landen Roupp combined with three relievers on a six-hitter and the host San Franc...
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Take Five: Summer's over, buckle up!
LONDON, Aug 28 (Reuters) - A G20 gathering, key U.S. jobs data and central bank meetings in Canada and New Zealand all suggest there's not much downtime for traders catching up on that post summer rea...
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Norway awaits news on health of 89-year-old King Harald
OSLO, Aug 28 (Reuters) - Norway on Friday awaited news from the royal palace on the health of King Harald, the 89-year-old monarch who has been hospitalised for more than 10 days and who was said on T...
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Nepal lake breaks banks, water level rising, district official says
KATHMANDU, Aug 28 (Reuters) - Officials in Nepal's Rasuwa district have received a notice saying a lake has broken its banks, two days after a flash flood hit the region, Narendra Pariyar, the most se...
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China's factory activity seen contracting again in August: Reuters poll
BEIJING, Aug 28 (Reuters) - China's factory activity is expected to have contracted for a second straight month in August, a Reuters poll showed on Friday, indicating that manufacturers' sentiment lik...
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Rescue stopped after dammed lake near Nepal border started overflowing
Aug 28 (Reuters) - Authorities in Nepal have stopped rescue operations for the next 90 minutes, an army officer said on Friday, after reports that a dammed lake in the flood-hit region began to overfl...
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On islands key to Taiwan's defense, troops prepare for a Chinese first strike
By David Lague and Yimou Lee PENGHU, Taiwan, Aug 28 (Reuters) - In the pre-dawn darkness on an island in the Taiwan Strait, Taiwanese troops earlier this month pulled long, gleaming 105mm shells from ...
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