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EU money helps Roma get jobs and fight stereotypes (AFP)

AFP - The Roma minority are targets of a security crackdown in France, but an EU-funded project has given two dozen members of the community new jobs and new hope at a troubled time for gypsies.

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Aftershocks rattle quake-hit NZ city (Reuters)

Reuters - Aftershocks rocked New Zealand’s second-biggest city on Monday causing further damage and forcing authorities to extend a state of emergency after the country’s most damaging earthquake in 80 years.

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Cigarette maker Lorillard 2Q profit falls (AP)

AP - Lorillard Inc., the nation’s third-biggest cigarette maker, said Monday that lower volumes and higher promotional costs drove its net income down 8 percent in the second quarter as it raised its prices.

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Geithner favors allowing some tax cuts to expire (AP)

AP - Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner said that allowing tax cuts for the wealthy to expire would be “the responsible thing to do.”

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French court hands Noriega 7-year prison term (AP)

AP - A Paris court on Wednesday convicted aging former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega of laundering drug money in France and ordered him to spend seven years behind bars — a decision that left friends and foes worried he might die in a prison far from home.

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Spill spells more trouble for Florida real estate (Reuters)

Reuters - Chris Reid was pumped. After suffering through a few years of tight credit and the U.S.

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Taxes up, spending cut in Britain’s ‘bloodbath’ budget (AFP)

AFP - Britain has launched a package of higher taxation and spending cuts termed a “bloodbath” budget by some of the press who warned failure could bring down the government.

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German government rejects aid for GM’s Opel (AP)

AP - Germany on Wednesday rejected General Motors’ request for aid from the federal government for its Opel unit, saying the U.S. automaker had enough funds to pull its subsidiary through.

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Spanish austerity vote helps reverse euro decline (Reuters)

Reuters - Spain turned to austerity while China and the United States offered soothing words about Europe on Thursday, providing a respite in the euro-zone debt crisis that allowed markets to recover.

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J. Crew doubles 1Q net income, raises guidance (AP)

AP - Catalog retailer J. Crew Group Inc

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