Citigroup: US to sell its stake in bailed-out bank

The US government is preparing to sell its 27% stake in Citigroup, in what would be one of the largest share sales in history.Some 7.7 billion shares in the bailed-out bank will be sold in tranches throughout 2010, the US Treasury said. It will...

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Gaddafi says Nigeria should split into several states

Libya's leader Muammar Gaddafi says Nigeria should become several states, despite Nigerian fury after he earlier said it should become two countries.He said he was wrong to have said earlier this month that Nigeria should be divided into Muslim and...

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Moscow Metro hit by deadly suicide bombings

At least 38 people have been killed after two female suicide bombers blew themselves up on Moscow Metro trains in the morning rush hour, officials say.Twenty-four died in the first blast at 0756 (0356 GMT) as a train stood at the central Lubyanka...

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