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London businesses bemoan Olympic slump

The Olympics have turned London into a tale of two cities, with shops, hotels, theatres and restaurants in the centre suffering a tourist drought while crowds throng to the games a few miles to the east. Continue reading

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UN monitors visit Syria opposition stronghold

Five unarmed U.N. truce monitors toured the battered city at the heart of the Syrian uprising on foot Saturday, encountering unusually calm streets after weeks of shelling as a throng of residents clamored for foreign military help to oust President Bashar Assad Continue reading

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