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Sterling tumbled and U.K. government bonds jumped following disappointing retail sales data and minutes from the Bank of England.

A rare first edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone with annotations and drawings by JK Rowling sells for a record £150,000.

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DUBAI (Reuters) - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Wednesday he would ask Iran's supreme leader to reverse a ban preventing his aide from running in next month's presidential poll, a test of stability after the violent trauma of the 2009 vote.

French universities could teach in English. For some, this amounts to a betrayal of the national language - for others it's just accepting the inevitable.