The UK’s largest care provider, Four Seasons, is in talks to find money to refinance its debts, but it denies union claims it is in financial difficulty.

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Care provider in new debt talks

Russia’s foreign minister said on Wednesday that Syria’s vice president would seek open talks with the rebels, even as regime forces were reported to be shelling the city of Homs.

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As Russia Pushes Diplomacy, Syrian Forces Are Said to Pound Homs

Displaying youthful vigor, Henrique Capriles sprang from his campaign van in the center of this farm-belt town on a recent day, leading his followers on a sprint along narrow streets. Teenage girls mobbed him, mothers wanted to talk about better schools, and unemployed workers asked about jobs. And some even told him: You look like Hugo Chavez did in 1998, the way you energize your followers. Read full article > >

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Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez faces tough challenge in likely foe Henrique Capriles

An assault by the Syrian army on the restive city of Homs enters its fourth day as Russia’s foreign minister is due in Damascus for talks.

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Syria assault enters fourth day

MPs and peers are are urging the government to bring in a law in England and Wales against stalking – as is already the case in Scotland.

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MPs demand law against stalking

Greece holds further talks with its international lenders, as the debate on more austerity measures continues.

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Greece says lender talks ‘tough’

Party leaders in Greece’s ruling coalition end talks on details for a crucial 130bn-euro EU rescue plan without agreement.

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Greek leaders pause bailout talks

Manchester United and England defender Rio Ferdinand talks to Football Focus’s Dan Walker about the John Terry controversy, England and his club’s push for the title.

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VIDEO: The Big Interview – Rio Ferdinand

President Obama and Mitt Romney each face challenges in how they talk about better-than-expected employment numbers on the campaign trail.

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Improved Job Picture Poses Risks to Obama and Romney

Michelle Obama has been making the talk show rounds this week (“The Tonight Show,” “Rachael Ray”) and now “The Ellen DeGeneres Show,” to talk about her fitness and healthy eating initiative. She already made Jay Leno eat vegetables, and now, the First Lady shows off her athletic skills in a competition with Ellen DeGeneres: Read full article > >

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Ellen DeGeneres challenges Michelle Obama to a push-up contest (Video)

NYSE Euronext and Deutsche Borse said they were in talks to call off their planned merger, after European antitrust regulators formally opposed the deal.

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Kristen Bell, an actress best known for playing the title character on “Veronica Mars,” really love sloths. “I’ve been obsessed with sloths for as long as I can remember. They must be my spirit animal or something,” Bell recently told the Insider. Read full article > >

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Kristen Bell cried tears of joy when a sloth came to her birthday party (Video)

President Hamid Karzai is said to fear being sidelined by a United States initiative for peace negotiations with the Taliban and is pushing to open direct talks, Afghan officials said.

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Afghan Officials Consider Separate Talks With Taliban

The latest progress comes in the wake of two days of talks in Athens between the bankers lobby representing most investors, and Greece’s political leadership.

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Greece Inches Toward Deal in Talks With Its Creditors

Wait, they haven’t given out the Oscars for last year’s films and we’re already talking about 2012? It’s hard to believe another movie season is upon us — and even harder, at a time when Hollywood seems more addicted than ever to sequels, prequels and reboots, that we might go to the multiplex and enjoy something genuinely original. The spring collection of films includes its share of adaptations of proven properties, but as anyone familiar with “Batman” or “The Green Lantern” knows, it’s all in the execution. Here are some opening dates to circle (and maybe one to cross off): Read full article > >

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Spring preview — Films: ‘Hunger Games,’ ‘Moonrise Kingdom’