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| AZN | 1.34% | 75.135 | $ | |
| CMSD | -0.33% | 24.36 | $ | |
| NGG | 1.01% | 72.535 | $ | |
| RIO | -0.26% | 65.75 | $ | |
| GSK | 3.63% | 42.647 | $ | |
| BCE | 0.13% | 23.3 | $ | |
| BCC | -0.6% | 76.15 | $ | |
| BTI | 0.42% | 53.055 | $ | |
| RBGPF | 0% | 72.59 | $ | |
| RYCEF | -0.32% | 15.82 | $ | |
| JRI | 0.5% | 14.121 | $ | |
| SCS | 0.12% | 17.21 | $ | |
| VOD | 0.56% | 11.555 | $ | |
| BP | -1.14% | 34.36 | $ | |
| RELX | 1.41% | 47.803 | $ |
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Central Nigeria flooding kill more than 115
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Comedian Russell Brand pleads not guilty to rape, sexual assault charges
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Swiss officials halt further evacuations after glacier collapse
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Egypt denies court ruling threatens historic monastery
Egypt and Greece sought to ease tensions over the historic St Catherine's monastery in the Sinai peninsula on Friday after a controversial court ruling said it sat on state-owned land.
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Ex-Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams wins BBC libel case
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French court jails ex-Syria rebel for 10 years for war crimes
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French surgeon sentenced to 20 years for abusing children
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Iran hangs man convicted of Israel spying, activists slam 'unfair' trial
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