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Taliban attack Bagram as Nato death toll risesUS deaths in Afghanistan pass 1,000 landmark; British casualties double in a year ![]() Price inflation at 3.7 per cent puts VAT rise in doubtMervyn King confident it will fall again soon - but rate is higher than the City expected ![]() Gordon Brown 'wanted to stand down within a year'Number Ten aide says former PM knew his weaknesses and was talked out of promising to resign ![]() Elvis Costello pulls out of Israel gigsBritish singer is the latest performer to join Israel boycott ![]() RBS executive Cameron banished from the CityJohnny Cameron agrees to leave the banking industry to avoid punishment after FSA probe ![]() 'Banker to the poor' brings microcredit ideal to NYCMuhammad Yunus sends a message to Wall Street by opening a Grameen Bank branch in NYC ![]() |