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Top 10 Getaways without the Kids

Now the kids have been back at school for a bit, you might feel you could use a little break from the domestic world with your partner, as long as the grandparents don't mind watching over the children while you jet off for a short holiday.
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Absa merges units in line with Barclays structure

Absa Group, the South African bank majority owned by British lender Barclays, said it would merge its business and retail banking units and has also created a small team of Barclays and Absa executives to lead its expansion across the continent.
Models present creations by Lebanese designer Elie Saab as part of his Spring/Summer 2012 women's ready-to-wear fashion collection show in Paris

No Somber Mood Allowed on Paris Catwalks

Paris Fashion Week ended like it started with a positive and relaxed spirit and a skillful bow by Lebanese designer Elie Saab with a glamorous 1970s collection for next summer inspired by the American TV series Charlie's Angels.
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Dubai Official Challenges Gold Retails to be More Versatile

Gold retailers in the United Arab Emirates have to be more versatile with their products to avoid falling sales, a senior industry official said on Monday, defying retailers' complaints that the booming gold price has deterred customers.
Trade Minister Anand Sharma in New Delhi December 14, 2009. Sharma said on Tuesday a dispute over restrictions on the import of Chinese telecoms equipment will not hurt commercial ties between the world's two fastest-growing economies.

India Says Agrees to Boost Trade With Pakistan

India and Pakistan agreed on Wednesday to further liberalise trade flows with tentative moves such as opening a second customs post and issuing more visas, seen as bolstering a fragile peace process between the two nuclear-armed rivals.
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Libya bourse sees trading resumed next month

Libya's stock market will be ready to resume trading in about one month and hopes to attract more foreign investors, the head of the exchange's Benghazi branch told Reuters on Sunday.
Elizabeth Taylor poses as she arrives for a A.R. Gurney's play ''Love Letters'' at Paramount Studios in Los Angeles in this December 1, 2007 file photo.

Elizabeth Taylor's designer clothes to be auctioned

Designer clothes owned by Hollywood legend and fashion icon Elizabeth Taylor, including haute couture by Chanel, Yves St. Laurent and Dior, will be sold at auction in New York, Christie's said on Wednesday.
Soldiers who joined sides with anti-regime protesters chant slogans

Deaths Mount as Army Factions Clash in Yemen

A rocket attack on a protest camp in Yemen's capital Sanaa Tuesday raised the death toll to at least 58 in some of the deadliest violence to hit the country in eight months of pro-democracy demonstrations.
A performer is seen during a preview for the 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards Governors Ball in Los Angeles

At Emmy Time, the Gift Suites Hit Hollywood

Adults can embrace their inner child with T-shirts by Lotty Dotty featuring the image of a paper doll who comes with her own detachable Velcro clothing to mix and match, changing the doll's outfit to fit the wearer's own personal fashion.
National Transitional Council (NTC) head Mustafa Abdul Jalil

Residents of besieged Gaddafi town given two days to go

Libyan transitional forces besieging a bastion of forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi on Tuesday gave residents two days to leave before a threatened onslaught, and fears rose for the fate of civilians trapped in the last redoubts of the fallen strongman.
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'Eid Mubarak' Wishes Heard Around the Globe

Muslims around the world are wishing each other an Eid Mubarak, or blessed festival. In cities across the globe, Muslim devotees gathered in and around mosques, giving thanks to Allah for helping them through the preceding month.

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