Some 20,000 staff providing advice on tax returns will hold walkouts on Monday over “privatisation”, the PCS union says.

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Tax officers in lightning walkout

Washington and Lee University will hold classes Monday over the objections of David Knoespel and some of his law school classmates, who unsuccessfully petitioned their institution to shut down for the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. Read full article > >

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Va. students object to Martin Luther King Jr. Day classes

Washington and Lee University will hold classes Monday over the objections of David Knoespel and some of his law school classmates, who unsuccessfully petitioned their institution to shut down for the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. Read full article > >

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Greece’s Prime Minister George Papandreou on Monday said his troubled country will hold a referendum on a new European debt deal reached last week — gambling on a hard-bargained agreement that took months to hammer out.

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Greece to Hold Referendum on New Debt Deal

Thai leader says Bangkok’s city-centre flood defences will hold, as efforts continue to protect the city from the country’s worst floods in decades.

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Bangkok ‘safe’ as floods approach

Thai leader says Bangkok’s city-centre flood defences will hold, as efforts continue to protect the city from the country’s worst floods in decades.

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Bangkok ‘safe’ as floods approach

Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou will hold talks with the German chancellor later to discuss Greece’s progress in cutting its budget deficit.

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The Bank of England’s new Financial Policy Committee (FPC) will hold the first of its quarterly meetings on Thursday.

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Bank watchdog holds first meeting

Vietnam says it will hold a live-fire drill in the South China Sea next week, amid escalating tensions with China over disputed waters.

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Vietnam announces live-fire drill

The Senate Armed Services Committee will hold a hearing next week on the crisis in Libya

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Senate Armed Services Committee to hold hearing on Libya next week

The Unite union says it will hold a fresh strike ballot among British Airways cabin crew after a “legal blitz” from the airline.

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BA crew strike ballot ‘unlawful’

The Democrats will hold their national political convention in Charlotte, N.C., in 2012. The president won North Carolina in the 2008 election.

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The Caucus: Democrats Pick Charlotte for 2012 Site

South Korea said Tuesday that it will hold military talks with North Korea next week — the first inter-Korean dialogue of any kind since a deadly artillery exchange in November.

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Koreas Set Military Talks While South Says Summit Is a Possibility

Motherwell will hold further talks on Wednesday with former Scotland international Stuart McCall about the club’s managerial vacancy.

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When Patrick J. Kennedy’s eighth term in Congress ends next month, no member of his family will hold national office for the first time since 1947.

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Patrick Kennedy Packs Up 63 Years of Family History