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PARIS/ATHENS (Reuters) - Support is growing in the euro zone for the idea of giving Greece more time to pay back its EU bailout in an effort to avoid a default, although details still have to be pinned down.

Source: Support grows for lengthening Greek debt payback

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DETROIT (Reuters) - Chrysler Group LLC, the automaker managed by Fiat SpA, projected its sales would grow by a third in 2011, outpacing gains by the industry in a recovering market on the strength of revamped models.

Source: Chrysler projects profitable 2011 ahead of IPO

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Factory activity in the U.S. Midwest hit a 22-1/2 year high in January as orders surged and employment prospects brightened, providing a fresh signal that the economy would stay on a solid growth path this year.

Source: Factory and spending data support strong growth tone

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LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - A Pakistani court on Tuesday barred the government from handing over a U.S. diplomat arrested for killing two Pakistanis to the United States, in a case that could create new strains between the allies.

Source: Pakistan court blocks handing over of U.S. "diplomat"

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DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland will vote on February 25 in the first general election in Europe dominated by the euro zone debt crisis and by demands to renegotiate an unpopular EU/IMF bailout.

Source: Ireland to vote on February 25

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AMMAN (Reuters) - King Abdullah of Jordan, a close U.S. ally, replaced his prime minister on Tuesday following protests inspired by mass demonstrations in Tunisia and Egypt, but the opposition dismissed the move as insufficient.

Source: Jordan's king appoints new PM after protests

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CHICAGO (Reuters) - A monster winter storm stretching from New Mexico to Maine laid down a sheet of ice on the Plains and lower Midwest on Tuesday, turning to snow as it crept north, and forecasters said the worst was yet to come.




Source: Monster storm carves path across United States

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LONDON (Reuters) - A former Dresdner banker has been jailed for a record 3 years and 4 months for running an eight-year insider dealing scam in Britain as the financial regulator claimed its biggest victory in a battle against market abuse.




Source: Ex Dresdner banker jailed in UK for insider dealing

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LONDON (Reuters) - BP said U.S. regulators were considering filing charges against it related to alleged manipulation of the gas market.




Source: U.S. probes BP for gas market manipulation

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama signed documents on Wednesday ratifying the New START nuclear arms treaty with Russia, an important component of the administration's "restart" of its relationship with Moscow.




Source: Obama signs New START treaty documents