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      <title>House prices fall again in August</title>  
      <description>House prices fell for the second month in a row in August, according to the Nationwide building society.</description>  
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      <title>ECB ups eurozone growth forecasts</title>  
      <description>The European Central Bank raises its forecast for eurozone growth for this year and next year, and keeps interest rates on hold.</description>  
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      <title>Russia extends grain export ban</title>  
      <description>Russia will consider lifting its grain export ban only after the next year's harvest has been reaped, Vladimir Putin says.</description>  
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      <pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:39:21 GMT</pubDate>  
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      <title>Eurozone growth of 1% confirmed</title>  
      <description>The eurozone economy grew by 1% between April and June, driven by strong German growth, official figures confirm.</description>  
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      <pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 09:54:55 GMT</pubDate>  
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      <title>Plans for more £5 notes in ATMs</title>  
      <description>All banks and building societies have put in place plans to begin dispensing £5 notes from the cash machines, a report reveals.</description>  
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      <title>Afghan bank 'to avoid collapse'</title>  
      <description>The head of Afghanistan's Central Bank tells the BBC he will not allow the country's biggest commercial bank to collapse.</description>  
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      <title>Blair 'warned on economy' in 2005</title>  
      <description>The UK should have addressed its public deficit back in 2005, former Prime Minister Tony Blair has told the BBC.</description>  
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      <title>Higher student loan rates begin</title>  
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      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 13:42:00 GMT</pubDate>  
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      <title>Wheat pushes world food prices up</title>  
      <description>UN says international food prices have risen to levels not seen since 2008, partly because of drought in Russia.</description>  
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      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:09:55 GMT</pubDate>  
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      <title>Credit card debt is hitting banks</title>  
      <description>Banks have written off a record amount of credit card debt despite charities reporting a fall in calls from worried borrowers.</description>  
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      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 12:39:17 GMT</pubDate>  
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      <title>Currency trading hits $4tn a day</title>  
      <description>A three-year report into currency dealing shows rapid growth in trading, with the majority of trades happening in London.</description>  
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      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 10:54:10 GMT</pubDate>  
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      <title>Australian economy doubles pace</title>  
      <description>Australia's economy grew for its sixth straight quarter hitting 1.2% thanks to high demand for commodities.</description>  
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      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 08:53:56 GMT</pubDate>  
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      <title>Record rise in home solar panels</title>  
      <description>A record number of UK homeowners installed solar panels in August, according to energy regulator Ofgem.</description>  
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      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 01:39:56 GMT</pubDate>  
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      <title>Private toll roads 'no solution'</title>  
      <description>Private toll roads are not a cost-effective answer to traffic problems, the government is warned by transport campaigners.</description>  
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      <pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 21:47:33 GMT</pubDate>  
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      <title>Fed mulls further debt purchases</title>  
      <description>Minutes from its August meeting reveal the US Federal Reserve will buy up more debt if conditions worsen "appreciably".</description>  
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      <title>Brazilian housing boom</title>  
      <description>After years of building for others, Sergio Oliveira has bought a home of his own</description>  
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      <title>Balancing act</title>  
      <description>Singaporeans' concerns about the number of immigrant workers</description>  
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      <title>Virtual rule</title>  
      <description>A Russian republic goes electronic to deal with red tape</description>  
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      <title>All in the same boat</title>  
      <description>European tourists share their views on the euro crisis</description>  
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      <title>Living happily ever after?</title>  
      <description>Coping with retirement: how are your parents coping, and how do you prepare?</description>  
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      <title>Cost of drought</title>  
      <description>Russia's economic growth hit by extreme temperatures</description>  
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