Greece will raise the average rate of retirement by two years to 63 by 2015 as part of a spate of measures to clean up its loss-making public sector, the labour minister said on Tuesday.

Greece to hike pension age in cost-cutting drive: minister

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Leading French intellectual Bernard-Henri Levy has been caught red-faced for praising the work of a philosopher who, it turns out, was invented as a joke by a journalist from a satirical daily.

French intellectual caught quoting fake philosopher

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Iran's announcement that it plans to enrich uranium to 20 percent on its own territory raises "doubts" about its nuclear intentions, the head of the Russian national security council said Tuesday.

Iran move raises 'doubts' on nuclear intent: Russian official

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Iran's announcement that it plans to enrich uranium to 20 percent on its own territory raises "doubts" about its nuclear intentions, the head of the Russian national security council said Tuesday.

Iran move raises 'doubts' on nuclear intent: Russian official

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Moody's said Tuesday it had put Toyota's credit rating on review for a possible downgrade, warning that the auto giant's worldwide recalls "may significantly damage" its brand image.

Moody's threatens to downgrade Toyota's credit rating

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You know smoking is bad for you. You know inhaling someone else's smoke is bad for you. Now a US study says third-hand smoke -- tobacco residue clinging to surfaces -- is also bad for you.

Third-hand smoke also bad for you: study

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Japan's transport minister on Tuesday criticised Toyota Motor for its handling of safety problems, saying the auto giant should have been quicker to recall faulty vehicles.

Toyota should have acted sooner: Japanese minister

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The UN nuclear watchdog said Tuesday that a team of its inspectors was in place in Iran to monitor Tehran's plans to start enriching uranium to higher levels.

Defiant Iran starts uranium enrichment to 20%

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Toyota said Tuesday it would recall more than 400,000 hybrid vehicles around the world, including its latest Prius model, plunging deeper into crisis as lawsuits in the United States piled up.

Toyota announces mass hybrid vehicle recall

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China overtook Germany last year to become the world's leading exporter as German trade suffered its sharpest slump since 1950, figures from Germany's national statistics office showed on Tuesday.

China overtakes Germany as leading trade exporter

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Sachin Tendulkar hit his third century in a row but could not stop South Africa from moving closer to victory on the fourth day of the first Test against India on Tuesday.

S.Africa sight Test win after Harris double

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A former close ally of Philippine President Gloria Arroyo and 196 other people were on Tuesday charged with murder over an election-linked massacre that horrified the nation, prosecutors said.

197 people charged with murder over Philippine massacre

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An Australian mining company Tuesday admitted giving the wrong name for a Chinese firm involved in a 60-billion-US-dollar coal deal, but insisted the agreement was genuine.

Australian miner admits China firm name mix-up

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IOC chief Jacques Rogge said he was so concerned about the slew of positive doping tests in Russia that he had met Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and demanded action.

Rogge concerned over Russian doping cases

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US Marines on Tuesday stepped up preparations for a major assault on a key Taliban bastion in southern Afghanistan hailed by officers as the biggest offensive of the eight-year war.

US Marines gear up for major Afghan assault

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Michael Jackson's doctor pleaded not guilty to involuntary manslaughter in connection with the pop superstar's sudden death last year from a lethal cocktail of prescription drugs.

Jackson doctor denies manslaughter charge

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<p> BANGKOK - THAI Airways has announced plans to spend more than US$1 billion (S$1.4 billion) leasing 15 new aircraft over the next four years as the airline seeks to brighten prospects following two years of financial woes. </p> <p>The flag carrier's board of directors agreed the budget on Monday as it appointed Pravich Rattanapira as new chairman of its executive board following the resignation of his predecessor last month in an excess baggage scandal. </p>

Thai Airways to lease aircraft

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<p>BANGKOK - THAILAND'S attorney-general wants all of former premier Thaksin Shinawatra's US$2.2 billion (S$3.1 billion) fortune to be seized by the court in its ruling this month, the office said in closing arguments Tuesday. </p> <p>Chief of the attorney-general's team, Mr Sekesan Bangsomboon, said the 121-page final document had been submitted to the Supreme Court 'to explain why the assets should be seized and we have asked the court to seize all of it'. Thaksin is living in exile to escape a two-year jail term for graft handed to him in absentia in October 2008. </p>

Aim to seize Thaksin's assets

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<p>HONG KONG - THE Hong Kong studio behind TMNT and Astro Boy has shut down as its parent company tries to recover from losses. </p> <p>Imagi International Holdings Ltd said in a statement to the Hong Kong stock exchange that it stopped funding its computer animation studio on Feb 5 'to further preserve its limited liquidity and shareholder value'. The studio will ask a Hong Kong court to name liquidators, the statement issued on Monday said. </p>

HK's Imagi shuts down

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<p>THE number of visitors to Singapore fell by 4.3 per cent last year to 9.7 million, driving the revenue from the sector down 19 per cent to S$12.4 billion, the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) said on Tuesday.<p>The number was still slightly higher than the STB's target of 9 to 9.5 million visitors, which, analysts said, was conservative.</p>

Tourist arrivals down 4.3%

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