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From WORLD 3:46pm

Berlusconi to abandon frontline politics

Former Italian PM gives first interview since resignation

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Berlusconi and life outside limelight
Interactive timeline Berlusconi’s career
Berlusconi vacuum salesman to PM
Philip Stephens Europe rests on Monti’s shoulders

From WORLD 9:53pm

US jobs boost lifts global sentiment

Unemployment rate drops as economy adds 243,000 workers

Global Market Overview from MARKETS 10:46pm

Stocks surge on strong US jobs data

Hopes for global economy lift sentiment

From COMPANIES 8:08pm

Facebook chief faces tax bill of $1.5bn

Money due on profit on stock options

In depth Facebook
Sheryl Sandberg A social, networked executive
Facebook millionaires eye new exploits

From COMPANIES 5:34pm

Spain caps senior pay at bailed-out banks

Executives limited to €600,000 a year

Magazine

Cindy Sherman

Photographer Cindy Sherman talks to Simon Schama about how she looks at herself and sees everyone else

Demographic timebomb

Pet dog portrait

It’s not just humans that are living longer and as our pets grow older they face many of the same health problems

From COMPANIES 3:54pm

Glencore and Xstrata turn to City dealmaker

Michael Klein paved way for proposed $88bn merger

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From WORLD 6:31pm

Gazprom cuts gas supplies amid cold snap

Russian company in dispute with European Union

beyondbrics Russian gas - under pressure
Editorial Putin’s politics
Brussels blog Cameron is not alone
Putin orders share buy-back
Putin ready for test if poll goes to run-off

From WORLD 2:57pm

Three killed in Egypt as unrest spreads

Thousands protest over killing of 74 football fans

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From COMPANIES 5:16pm

Google refuses to halt privacy policy change

EU officials urge user impact investigation

Inside Business Google 2.0 prepares to come out of the shade
Google and Facebook make Leveson plea

From WORLD 2:11pm

Israel debate on Iran strike gains urgency

US and Israel at odds over level of threat

Weekend

house and home

A fight to save one of Hong Kong’s last Chinese Renaissance style mansions is propelling a new heritage movement

visual Arts

‘Jewish Cemetery, Mount of Olives, East Jerusalem’, by Gilles Peress

Ways of seeing: What happened when leading photographers came together to discuss art and Israel and bear costumes

Science

Banana trees are viewed from the ground through a fish-eye lens in order to measure leaf cover

Exercise calms nightmare bosses, the sexually isolated banana is ripe for GM and how elephants keep their cool

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