China can now buy U.S. debt directly from the government, in what is the Treasury Department’s first-ever direct relationship with a foreign government.

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U.S. Said to Let China Buy Direct From Treasury

China’s economic might has rolled up to America’s doorstep, with loans from state banks, investments by companies and outright gifts from the government.

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U.S. Alert as China’s Cash Buys Inroads in Caribbean

A five-year-old girl is among 400 children to have received assistance from the government’s Forced Marriage Unit in the last year.

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Girl of five forced into marriage

Renewable energy has received exceptional help from the government, mostly as part of the 2009 stimulus bill. That is ending, but some say it has been unnecessary.

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A Gold Rush of Subsidies in the Search for Clean Energy

Crime Prevention Minister Baroness Browning is stepping down from the government on health grounds, Downing Street says.

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Crime minister Browning resigns

Crime Prevention Minister Baroness Browning is stepping down from the government on health grounds, Downing Street says.

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Crime minister Browning resigns

The US military says it is withdrawing some of the more than 200 troops it has in Pakistan, after a request from the government in Islamabad.

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US to reduce troops in Pakistan

Security minister Baroness Neville-Jones has stepped down from the government “at her own request”, Downing Street says.

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Security minister exits coalition

Workers from outside the European Union who earn more than £150,000 a year are to be excluded from the government’s immigration cap.

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High earners’ migration cap to go

Sources in Egypt report that the Internet and text messaging has been shut off, only hours before a large anti-government protest has been planned. While no official word came from the government, the Italian company Seaborne, a major Internet service…

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Reports: Egypt’s Internet Shut Off

Councils are to share an extra £15m from the government to cover the impact of the big freeze on the road network.

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Extra £15m given to fix potholes

Employees of multinational companies will be exempt from the government’s immigration cap, indicates David Cameron.

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Migrant cap ‘axed for employees’

The UN tribunal investigating the killing of former Lebanese PM Rafik Hariri says it expects full co-operation from the government.

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UN tribunal criticises Hezbollah