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(MENAFN - ) Morocco's 'Banque Populaire' intends to open a branch in London in order to better serve the Moroccan community living in the United Kingdom, said Mohamed Benchaaboun, the president of this financial institution. The opening of this branch,
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Rod Pampling has plenty to play for at the AT&T National, including a late exemption into the British Open. Pampling is crossing the Atlantic next week anyway, to play the Scottish Open at Loch Lomond, and he would obviously like to stay on for the
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- British aides face trial, says Iranian cleric
BEIRUT - A senior Iranian cleric said yesterday that employees of the British Embassy in Tehran who have been arrested in recent days would be put on trial for unspecified charges of acting against Irans national security, a move denounced by members of
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Great Britain, the dominant industrial and maritime power of the 19th century, played a leading role in developing parliamentary democracy and in advancing literature and science. At its zenith, the British Empire stretched over one-fourth of the earths surface. The first half of the 20th century saw the UKs strength seriously depleted in two World Wars. The second half witnessed the dismantling of the Empire and the UK rebuilding itself into a modern and prosperous European nation. The UK currently is weighing the degree of its integration with continental Europe. A member of the EU, it chose to remain outside of the EMU for the time being. Constitutional reform is also a significant issue in the UK. Regional assemblies with varying degrees of power opened in Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland in 1999.
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AP - A top aide of Iran's supreme leader called the country's main opposition figure a U.S. agent and accused him of committing crimes against the nation in an editorial Saturday.
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