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South Africa’s motor industry faces tough 2016
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Spain’s consumer prices fall by 0.3% in Jan
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Philippines police seize drugs worth P.3m
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Majority of Russians think inflation is too high
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Russia’s first Islamic bank to open in March
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Gazprom cuts spending on Power of Siberia pipeline
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GlaxoSmithKline fined £37.6m for cheating NHS and taxpayer
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Pak rupee witnesses declining trend
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