The rate of Consumer Prices Index (CPI) inflation in the UK fell to 4.8% in November, from 5% the month before, figures show.

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The US unemployment rate drops sharply to 8.6% in November, its lowest level in two-and-a-half years, from 9% the month before, figures show.

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Unemployment in US falls to 8.6%

The rate of Consumer Prices Index inflation rose to 4.5% in August from 4.4% the month before, official figures show.

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Some good news out of Houston: Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is set to be moved to an outpatient treatment center by the end of the month, her spokesperson confirmed Friday. The move comes six months after Giffords was shot during an attack that killed six…

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The US unemployment rate fell to 8.9% in February, down from 9% the month before, as the private sector added jobs.

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Prime Minister David Cameron was sent baby gifts by shops and the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi the month his daughter Florence was born.

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David Cameron reveals gifts given to baby Florence

The UK’s inflation rate rose to 3.3% in November, from 3.2% the month before, after a record rise in food prices. .

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When the month of Ramadan began, I received a letter from Laura Fattal, the mother of one of the three young American hikers detained in Iran. In it, Fattal appealed to me, the first Muslim scholar she had contacted, to intervene on behalf of her son and his two friends.

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