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Ban asks G-20 to agree on 1 trillion dollars to assist poor

Ban asks G-20 to agree on 1 trillion dollars to assist poor New York  - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday asked the group of 20 leading economies meeting in London next week to support 1 trillion dollars to assist developing countries suffering from the deep global recession.

Felipe Calderon to make state visit to Britain before G20 summit

Felipe Calderon to make state visit to Britain before G20 summit Mexico City  - Mexican President Felipe Calderon is to meet with Queen Elizabeth II, Prime Minister Gordon Brown and several British politicians and legislators during a state visit to Britain prior to the G20 summit next week in London.

"President Calderon will have an intense work agenda which includes meetings with the most relevant actors in political life of the United Kingdom," the Mexican president's office said Wednesday in a statement.

British government to hold inquiry over Iraq war

British government to hold inquiry over Iraq war London - The British government is to hold an independent comprehensive inquiry into the planning and conduct of the Iraq war once the bulk of combat troops have come home by the end of July, Foreign Secretary David Miliband announced Wednesday.

A full inquiry would be set up "as soon as practical" after July 31 when British troop levels will have been reduced to 400 from the current 4,100 troops still stationed in southern Iraq.

Northern Ireland terror suspects freed after court ruling

ROUNDUP: Northern Ireland terror suspects freed after court ruling London  - Investigations into the recent murders of two soldiers and a police officer in Northern Ireland were thrown into disarray Wednesday when six men were freed from police custody after winning a legal challenge against their detention.

However Colin Duffy, one of the suspects and a former member of the now inactive Irish Republican Army (IRA) paramilitary group, was immediately re-arrested, his lawyers said.

Home of former British banking boss targeted by vandals

Home of former British banking boss targeted by vandals London - The private home of a British banker has been attacked by vandals following weeks of critical news coverage of a generous pension deal agreed when he was asked to leave his job by the government at the height of the credit crisis last October.

Police in Edinburgh, Scotland, said windows were smashed at the Georgian townhouse of Fred Goodwin, the former chief executive of the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), and the Mercedes S600 limousine parked outside was damaged in the attack in the early hours of Wednesday.

Gazza wants to reunite with his ex-wife

Gazza wants to reunite with his ex-wifeLondon, Mar. 25 : British footballer Paul Gascoigne has vowed to heal his rift with ex-wife Sheryl.

"Hopefully, in time, I will get reunited with them. I want to be, and in time may be with Sheryl. Who knows? We might become friends again," Gazza said with tears in his eyes.

Gazza, who had earlier branded Sheryl a "vulture''" for pocketing 50,000 pounds to appear in a TV documentary, said he wanted his former wife to enjoy her life.

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