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British annual consumer price inflation eased to a one-year low in March, while retail price inflation turned negative for the first time in nearly 50 years, official data showed on Tuesday. The

Registrations of motor vehicles dropped sharply for a third month in a row in March, falling by 21.6% over the year earlier to 4,522. For the whole of the first quarter, total

The nominally communist AKEL government of Cyprus managed to spend all of the huge surplus it inherited in less 12 months, according to the latest figures for the general government accounts. The

Top policymakers are striving to temper optimism the global economy has turned a corner, which has propelled world stocks on a six-week climb. Trillions of dollars committed to stimulus packages are starting

 It was "crass nonsense" to believe the economic crisis was impossible to predict, Bank of England policymaker David Blanchflower said in an interview on Monday. The arch dove considered resigning over what

Trillions of dollars committed to stimulus packages are starting to work, but governments may have to do more to pull the world economy out of its worst recession in eight decades, the

Somali pirates have released a Togo-flagged cargo ship seized last week, a U.N. aid agency said on Monday, and pirate sources said a ransom was paid. Sea gangs have continued to hijack

Turkish Cypriot hardliners swept to victory in parliamentary elections in northern Cyprus on Sunday in a result that could hamper peace talks with Greek Cypriots essential to Turkey's EU membership ambitions. The

U.S. companies are concerned that they are not getting a fair chance at contracts linked to China's 4 trillion yuan ($585 billion) stimulus package, a leading U.S. business group said on Friday.

Turkish Cypriots vote on Sunday in a parliamentary election likely to give a boost to hardliners and complicate the fragile peace process with Greek Cypriots in the divided Mediterranean island. The vote