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HSBC cuts targets as capital rules bite, costs jump - Yahoo! News

LONDON (Reuters) – HSBC (HSBA.L) cut its profitability targets due to the cost of tougher banking regulations and plans to cut costs and overhaul other areas after its annual profits fell short of expectations.

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Afghan gov't: NATO op killed 65 civilians - Yahoo! News

KABUL, Afghanistan – Sixty-five civilians, including 40 children, were killed in a NATO assault on insurgents in eastern Afghanistan earlier this month, according to findings of an Afghan government investigation released Sunday.

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Vietnam matriarch, now 92, spread piano culture - Yahoo! News

HANOI, Vietnam – Time was running out, and it wasn't safe to stay. Sixty upright pianos had to be moved from Hanoi's music conservatory to a village in the countryside where students could practice without the constant threat of American bombers.

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Attack shuts Iraq's largest oil refinery, kills 1 - Yahoo! News

BAGHDAD – Gunmen attacked Iraq's largest oil refinery before dawn Saturday, killing a guard and forcing a shutdown that threatened to exacerbate acute electricity shortages that have prompted violent protests.

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Fed officials play down oil price risks - Yahoo! News

NEW YORK (Reuters) – The Federal Reserve would react to higher oil prices only if the increases spilled over into broader areas, officials of the U.S. central bank said on Friday, with one policy maker calling the risks "manageable."

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Consumer confidence at 3-year high, home prices slip - Yahoo! News

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Consumer confidence rose to a three-year high in February, but a drop in home prices for the sixth month in a row in December suggested the economy still faces significant hurdles.

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Hollywood comes out for NBA all-star game - Yahoo! News

LOS ANGELES (AFP) – Hollywood A-listers turned out en masse for the NBA all-star game and were treated to a superb display of showmanship from hometown hero Kobe Bryant, who led the West over the East 148-143.

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Memories of 1995 haunt GOP as shutdown talk grows - Yahoo! News

WASHINGTON – Few memories haunt Republicans more deeply than the 1995-96 partial shutdown of the federal government, which helped President Bill Clinton reverse his falling fortunes and recast House Republicans as stubborn partisans, not savvy insurgents.

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