UK announces Bethlehem investors talks
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Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Tuesday Britain and the United States will co-sponsor an international conference in Bethlehem early next year to promote investment in the Palestinian territories.
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BETHLEHEM, West Bank  - Hundreds of pilgrims and a  new Palestinian leadership celebrated Christmas in the town of  Jesus's birth on Saturday with new hopes for peace following  Yasser Arafat's death.
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GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Dec 13 (IPS) - Barbados is the venue for a new round of talks  starting this week that could make or break efforts to forge an  agreement between Caribbean nations and the 27-member European  Union for a new trade and aid pact that must be concluded by the  end of the month in order to comply with World Trade Organisation  (WTO) rules.
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Interim Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas arrived in Bethlehem under heavy security this evening for Christmas celebrations. It was the first time in four years that a Palestinian leader has spent the holiday in the traditional birthplace of Jesus.
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BETHLEHEM, West Bank  - Pilgrims gathered in Bethlehem on Monday for a Christmas mass promoted by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Western powers as a chance to highlight the benefits of peacemaking.
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Business & money: Â· Group in talks with banks as deadline loomsÂ· Only increased offer will win over Rio Tinto board
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Arsenal shareholders will head into Thursday&#39;s annual general meeting at Highbury secure in the knowledge the future of their club is in safe hands.
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LONDON: Senior Israeli and Palestinian officials are scheduled to meet in Britain next week for private talks, the first such contact between the two sides since the death of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat.
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British life insurers Resolution  and Friends Provident  confirmed on Monday that they are in advanced merger discussions that could lead to the creation of a group worth over 8 billion pounds ($16.4 billion).
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Britain has received a report from U.S. investment bank Goldman Sachs on options for the troubled Northern Rock bank and is talking to potential buyers about them, Prime Minister Gordon Brown said on Saturday.
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Manchester United has confirmed it has held more talks with US financier Malcolm Glazerwho wants to take-over the club. But in a statement on Monday it would not hold any more talks unless a definitive offer was put on the table.
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Talks between the London Stock Exchange  and the heads of two European bourses are set to resume next week.
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Report: Official announcement due next week during British PM Blair&#39;s Israel visit. Conference to be confined to PA reforms, will not deal with borders, refugees, settlers and future of Jerusalem.
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The German bourse meets with the LSE amid talk that it will raise its proposed bid price for the London Stock Exchange to Â£1.5bn.
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Goldman Sachs , hired to help arrange financing to rescue Northern Rock , is now seeking investors in China and the Middle East to help fund a takeover, a source familiar with the situation told Reuters.
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Executives at Red Sox owner John W. Henry's sports marketing firm acknowledged yesterday that they had held discussions about buying the New Hampshire International Speedway in Loudon.
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London-based Absolute Capital Management Ltd is set to list on the London Stock Exchange's Alternative Investment Market on a date still to be determined.