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PAKISTAN: Where floods bring hope

While some 20 million people have been affected by the floods in Pakistan since July and more are still being displaced in the southern province of Sindh, one group of people are looking on the bright side.

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UN agency urges global job creation policies to stimulate economies

The heads of the United Nations labour agency and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) today joined other leaders to call for a broad global commitment to policies that focus on creating jobs to reverse the economic downturn bedevilling the world.

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UK workers no longer looking forward to retirement

UK people believe retirement as it has been known is generally over.

A BBC Newsnight poll has revealed some 70% of 1,000 asked thought it would not be feasible for them to stop work before living on a pension for up to 30 years.

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Tax breaks for business coming from Obama

President Obama is to call for business investment tax breaks.

The president already has a proposal in mind to allow companies to write off new capital spending to allow them to speed up their investment strategies.

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