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All change at the top for banks Barclays and HSBC
LONDON (Reuters) - Change swept through the top of Britain's banks on Tuesday with Barclays appointing its investment banking supremo Bob Diamond as chief executive and HSBC announcing its chairman is to go into government.
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London gridlock as transport strike brings chaos
LONDON (Reuters) - Millions of commuters across the capital struggled to get to work on Tuesday as a 24-hour strike by workers on London's underground rail system crippled much of the network, hurting the city's convalescent economy. Passengers took to bikes, buses, walked, or made use of extra boat services on the River Thames that snakes through the city in a bid to beat the stoppage, called in protest at 800 job cuts driven by austerity measures.
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U.S. religious leaders condemn "anti-Muslim" frenzy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. religious leaders on Tuesday condemned an "anti-Muslim frenzy" in the United States, including plans by a Florida church to burn a Koran on September 11, an act a top general said could endanger American troops abroad.
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Obesity surgery "could save UK millions"
LONDON (Reuters) - Providing surgical treatment for people who are morbidly obese could save British taxpayer-funded health services and the wider economy hundreds of millions of pounds a year, leading surgeons said on Wednesday.
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Australian govt prepared to adjust mining tax
CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia's fragile Labor government suggested on Wednesday it could adjust a planned profits-based tax on mining companies to bend to demands of the independent MPs giving it a slender grip on power.
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