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Tears for China as gold domination ends
Aug 8th, 2012
Qin Kai broke down in tears as Russian Ilya Zakharov shattered China's dream of sweeping all eight gold diving medals at the London Olympics on Tuesday. (Source: AFP) -
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By William Schomberg LONDON (Reuters) - Bank of England Governor Mervyn King has urged successor Mark Carney not to bring to Britain his trademark policy of spelling out how long interest rates will remain low. King also said the bank could not be run as "a one-man show," a sign of concern at high expectations that the arrival of the Cana... [Full Article]
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